Not a Blog, but a Cry for Help

Movies as Kids Books

2010-08-23T13:45:00.004-05:00

This is crazy. Find more here.

High Speed Trains

2010-08-12T18:33:00.003-05:00

Check out this article about high speed trains of the future.

Pooh Bear?

2010-08-05T12:50:00.003-05:00

check it out here.

A New Anit-Smoking Tactic

2010-07-28T15:08:00.003-05:00

A young designer came up with the idea of making impractical cigarette packaging to deter smoking. This is pretty clever. Read more here.

Very Helpful Book List

2010-07-23T11:28:00.002-05:00

Here's a list of design books that I came across. Before I found it I had no idea how to find out about good design related books.

Stop the Violence by Francois Robert

2010-07-23T11:19:00.002-05:00

This is pretty cool and kind of creepy at the same time.

Double Fine Action Comics

2010-06-24T13:04:00.001-05:00

Yo, Check these out. This is a pretty funny comic strip.

seriously.

2010-06-14T12:51:00.000-05:00

ha ha ha!!!

Tag Sale Find

2010-06-11T12:19:00.002-05:00

Check out what I picked up at a tag sale yesterday.

M.I.A. "Born Free"

2010-04-27T12:59:00.001-05:00

Best Dance Video I've Seen In A Long Time

2010-04-06T14:34:00.000-05:00

Autographed Baby

2010-04-05T13:36:00.003-05:00

If you forget to bring something for Saban to autograph, a baby will do in a pinch.

Plastic Bag

2010-03-26T16:37:00.000-05:00

beautiful.

London Road Rage

2010-03-24T19:46:00.002-05:00

Mancatdillafish

2010-03-10T19:37:00.002-06:00

My friend is looking for a new logo...so I decided to create a hybrid animal. As it is...I don't think this would be very good for his purposes. Who knows if people would even be able to recognize the Armadillo shell. At least it doesn't look like a croissant any more.

The Most Important Presidential Address Ever Made

2010-03-08T16:50:00.002-06:00

Logo Idea 001

2010-03-07T14:08:00.004-06:00

One of my friends is going through the process of re-branding their website and asked me to help. Here is one of my suggestions:

Just in case you couldn't tell what it is...It's a catfish in a pickle costume!!!! COME ON!

New Favorite Comics: Hark, A Vagrant by Kate Beaton

2010-03-02T12:46:00.003-06:00

kate beaton is an illustrator with a history degree. the combination makes for hilarious historical high time! here's a good one:

and HERE is a link to her archive. ENJOY!!

Metal on Metal's Bastard Music Video

2010-02-16T15:53:00.002-06:00

simple idea, great execution. OH! pun intended!!! i'm soooo wicked. guffa guffa guffa!

El Perro Del Mar's Change of Heart Music Video

2010-02-16T15:50:00.002-06:00

i'm really diggin on this band right now, but i especially love this video!

2010-02-05T15:53:00.001-06:00

Another Commerical! This is Ridiculous.

2010-01-25T18:39:00.000-06:00

This Can't Be Real!

2010-01-19T13:32:00.000-06:00

My wife, me, and Mark Twain

2010-01-17T20:09:00.002-06:00

My wife and I collaborated on this picture to send to my grandmother. We thought that this would help her understand what our trip to Mark Twain's House was like.

Saxx Laws

2010-01-15T10:27:00.001-06:00

AE Scripts is Awesome!

2010-01-15T08:06:00.002-06:00

Check out AE Scripts. I downloaded 5 or 6 scripts yesterday and they seem pretty awesome so far. I had always been intimidated about using scripts for some reason, but they are easy to use. I used this one script called created 3D box and I was able to make an abstract 3D cross shape in like 15 seconds. This stuff really looks like it could add a new wrinkle to my work as well as cut down on time.

Kickass News Intro From 1982

2010-01-12T10:12:00.001-06:00

TODAY IS THE DAY!

2010-01-07T14:57:00.002-06:00

i know it's an old one, but here's prothro's greatest catch for nostalgia's sake:

and now for MORE HYPE VIDEOS:

terrence cody getting hyped

and an excellent rap to get you ready:

HYPE VIDEO!!!!!

2010-01-06T18:33:00.002-06:00

TOMORROW TOMORROW, IT'S ONLY A GAME AWAY!! TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!! GET HYPED!!!

(technically: shot with Canon 7D camera bodies at 1/125th and 1/160th shutter-speed at 60P [720]) that's a dslr. kind of a big deal to look this good.

SEC Championship Game 12.5.2009, GeorgiaDome from patrick murphy-racey on Vimeo.

Stay Classy, Football

2010-01-04T12:42:00.005-06:00

one of my favorite blogs, the selvedge yard, has an excellent post about bear bryant, coaching aesthetics and class - namely citing that ubiquitus shot in every football game of the coach on the sidelines and how the contemporary coach in a puffy starter jacket covered in logos look like the michelin man. that's not classy, not like bear bryant. it has photo accompaniment. read it here.

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-25T11:36:00.001-06:00

Toilet Paper Typography

2009-12-21T11:43:00.003-06:00

For more info about this project click here.

Why Would You Knit That Blog

2009-12-21T11:35:00.002-06:00

I stumbled across this interesting blog devoted to weird knitting. Check it out.

Carl's Stone Cold Lock of the Century of the week

2009-12-18T15:06:00.002-06:00

My friend Jason just told me about this. Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force picks NFL games on espn.com. This stuff is insane. I particularly liked weeks 8,13 and 14.

Facial Hair Font

2009-12-17T15:15:00.003-06:00

I was searching for an example of the guides used when designing a font and I came across this:

2009-12-15T16:02:00.001-06:00

Christmas (NSFW)

2009-12-15T10:57:00.003-06:00

i hope everyone is excited about receiving their christmas presents from me! as you all know, i'm a notoriously personal and specific giver and this year i found one perfect present fit for everyone!!! it's THIS.

Cockroach and PEZ dispenser

2009-12-14T18:02:00.004-06:00

These drawing emerged after comments that I had left on the "WAY FUNNY" post. I drew the first one and Emster did the second. I was thinking about possibly developing this idea into a short animation, but I'm not sure what people would think if they saw something like that on my reel.

WAY FUNNY

2009-12-10T13:08:00.003-06:00

for whatever reason, this is one of the funniest things i've seen in a little while. mostly the tom hankses. i laughed out loud in a room by myself. not by the influence of other people's gaiety, but an honest, out-loud laugh. it was no chortle, either.

this was created by johnny chew, the younger brother of my friend billy chew. there's more on his website.

Congress and the BCS

2009-12-09T09:32:00.002-06:00

It looks like Congress is moving forward with a bill that would bring about some sort of playoff system to College football. I know some people say that this is a waste of time and tax payers money, but I disagree. I think it's awesome that something could possibly be done to change a product to satisfy the general public. Now, if congress could do something about 24 hour news (get rid of it, it's unnecessary and leads to sensationalism) and cable companies(I would be interested a package that would let me pick the channels that I actually want).

Paula Deen Teaches Pole Dancing

2009-12-08T09:02:00.002-06:00

I just read McSweeney's latest "Short Imagined Monologue". If you ever wandered how Paula Deen might approach teaching pole dancing, this might give you a good idea.

I Thoroughly Enjoyed This

2009-12-08T00:06:00.001-06:00

fisherman bill dance's classic bloopers. there are loads more on his dvd's.

YESSSS!!!!!!!!

2009-12-04T11:00:00.002-06:00

This is the kind of thing that makes me wish that I had dropped out of school and pursued my dreams…I wanted to be the best RN in the world. People kept telling me that I had to go to school for that! Well…this video says I can do whatever I want and you can't tell me that that's not true! For all the impressionable kids out there reading this, stay in school and don't do drugs!

Brain Washed Kid

2009-12-03T13:06:00.003-06:00

You know you have reached a major milestone when your young child begins to repeatedly rant about your favorite college football team's arch-rival. Job well done! I just want to clarify, I agree that children should be as hardcore fans as their parents. If a child chooses to root for your arch-rival. You probably failed as a parent. When I have children I will feel that I have failed if they root for the Crimson squad in the "A" day game. Defense wins championships!

Washed Out - "New Theory"

2009-12-02T00:19:00.002-06:00

went out with friends on a saturday night to skates 280. we found an oasis best visualized in slow motion. this video features the king of skate dancing, speedy aka jeremy.

Washed Out - "New Theory" from justin gaar on Vimeo.

In Honor of Thanksgiving Week, Here's Paula Deen Being Hit in the Face with a Ham

2009-11-23T12:14:00.006-06:00

On VIDEO!!!! HOOORAY!!!! Hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving! I know I will, now.

The New Between Two Ferns

2009-11-17T14:57:00.002-06:00

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis from Between Two Ferns

Strangely Perverse Bud Light Commercial

2009-11-17T14:05:00.004-06:00

i find the idea for this add really strange. everyone knows that if you buy bud light you're a pervert deserving of public scorn, but is bud light that cognizant of their clientele? as a fall-back-beer budweiser drinker, i'm thinking.... yes.

Allison Schulnik's Video for Grizzly Bear's "Ready, Able"

2009-11-16T11:46:00.002-06:00

Ramona Falls Music Video

2009-11-12T16:41:00.000-06:00

really cool animation for this ramona falls video.

Conversation with Todd: Clash of the Titans

2009-11-11T09:56:00.003-06:00

I often talk to Todd in the morning via gchat. I thought today's conversation was worth sharing with everyone.

me: Sup, dawg?

Todd: http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi342754585/
Just looking at new awesomeness.

me: Looks pretty bad ass! They just need more explosions and badass cars. Where are all the car chases?

Todd: And quicker cuts in the trailer. I was almost able to make out what the actors and monsters looked like.

me: lame! What were they thinking? But seriously...cars would make the thing cooler. And tanks and jets…and a boat chase sequence.Also…where's Statham?!!!They really need him.

Todd: I bet he's the final boss.

me: That would be sweet. Is he playing Hitler?! That's just messed up! Statham can't play Hitler!Burt Reynolds could though…Statham could be Hitler's brother.

Todd: in real life? That would explain a lot.

me: Maybe…that's not what I was talking about...but, you're right. It makes a lot of sense…especially the awesome driving skills.

Todd: And the ability to get the hot girls.Did you ever see Crank 2?

me: Not yet I need to.

End of conversation. I do really need to see Crank 2. I've been meaning to. No excuses though. I'm sorry for letting all of you down out there.

Nick Saban Radio Show Questions

2009-11-10T15:40:00.002-06:00

Go here to post questions for Saban to address during his weekly radio show. Falcon and I have sat down and thought long and hard about some of the questions that we really would like Saban to answer. Our questions focus on a range of topics. Specifically, literature, fashion, love and there are a couple of questions about football. Mainly the other topics. The show is Thursday, so get your questions in now.

Three Wolf/Mount Cody Moon

2009-11-05T10:04:00.004-06:00

game day is coming. this one is important. we need to channel our energies and project them toward tuscaloosa. i have inspiration for you. go ahead and marinate on that for a little while.

this glorious image is brought to you by alabama man dance over at tower of bammer. if you roll tide, then you should be reading this blog. they've got the information you want, not those dumb statistics and numbers and mathematics that the dummies are always talking about on the electronic noise picture.

Another Badass Video

2009-11-04T14:53:00.000-06:00

Passion Pit - The Reeling from phantomcolor on Vimeo.

Staggeringly Beautiful

2009-11-03T15:12:00.001-06:00

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

MAKE SURE to check out the making of

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc.

2009-10-30T16:10:00.001-05:00

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. from Chris Cairns on Vimeo.

Something I Shot

2009-10-29T15:31:00.002-05:00

This is a music video for Alabama Public Television. As an educational lead up to our upcoming Sloss Furnaces documentary, our education producer had local artists contemporize older songs once sung in the mines and furnaces of Sloss. This is a contemporary version of "I Got a Man in the Bama Mine," originally by Merline Johnson and performed here by Kate Taylor and her band. Kate also stars in the video. The intention is to educate through music. This is not the educational cut, but my own. It's only slightly different. I cut out some parts that I thought were less successful, or too obvious, which are appropriate in the version intended for a younger audience. There was absolutely no budget. That's what's up with the fake money. We had a crew of three people trying to do what we needed 5 to 6 to accomplish. It was shot primarily on a borrowed jib with a monitor that was incompatible with our camera, so, we couldn't see anything the camera was capturing and basically had to guess. Oh, public television... That being said, I think it turned out pretty well!

"I Got A Man In the Bama Mine" cover by K. Taylor from justin gaar on Vimeo.

Vladislav Delay - Toive

2009-10-27T19:17:00.000-05:00

Vladislav Delay - Toive from Lorenzo Sportiello on Vimeo.

Cullman Liquidation Commercial

2009-10-26T11:10:00.002-05:00

i really enjoy when people are brutally honest. why not make that a commercial?

What the @#&%! is wrong with the Japanese?

2009-10-23T17:31:00.000-05:00

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III

2009-10-20T15:46:00.000-05:00

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c

Rape-Nuts

www.thedailyshow.com

Daily Show
Full Episodes

Political Humor

Health Care Crisis

Pixar Parody

2009-10-20T10:14:00.000-05:00

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

This is pretty good. One of my coworkers shared this with me.

Live Blog of Langford Trial

2009-10-20T10:06:00.003-05:00

kyle whitmire is live blogging the langford trial on the birmingham weekly's website!!! this is going to be great!!!

Critique: Miller Lite's New Commercials

2009-10-19T19:29:00.002-05:00

I'm guessing Miller is trying to tempt you with the refreshing nature of its beer by haphazardly pouring it everywhere. In my opinion there is just something wrong about being so wasteful with beer intentionally. Sure, you have to waste a little beer when you pour the first one from the tap. If you don't want any head. I know this is the way it works in this case, but I still feel sad after every pour. Has Miller never heard of a party foul? Seriously! You don't spill beer if you don't have to. There is nothing tempting about the way beer spilling looks. Just show it carefully, even over-protectively being guided into a perfectly chilled glass. Do they think average Americans are going to want to purchase a product that promotes wastefulness? Wake up, Miller! No time to be asleep at the wheel.

Robin Williams on Larry Langford

2009-10-16T10:04:00.003-05:00

"ol' joke stealer," as they call him in the industry, came to birmingham and made some jokes about football and larry langford. go figure. kinda funny. saw him at a rodeo one time - horse, spurs, and crooked clown commissioner jokes. the man knows his audience.

Untitled Sound Objects

2009-10-15T13:22:00.004-05:00

zimoun and pe lang, two chinese artists, have been creating sound installations since 2005 by using computer operated small machines and robots with different materials such as chains, seeds, plastics, and rubbers, that are used as sources for sound. zimoun, along with graphic designer marc beekhuis, is the co-founder of Leerraum which is quoted as being,"an international network, platform and label of artists engaged in studying space, form and structure through a reductionist approach and careful yet radical handling of materials." radical indeed. they've created a room with the aesthetics of a clean room environment, or perhaps some strange sleepy white limbo where the brown noise of simple machines create a never ending slumber. they've just released a video collection from 2005 through 2008 of several installations in switzerland. here is the video collection:

this is a live installation:

these are some test machines and sounds for the 2005-2008 installations:

this is a microphone recording woodworms in a piece of wood:

Woodworms I, Zimoun 2009 from ZIMOUN VIDEO ARCHIVE on Vimeo.

here are isolated sounds from single sound contributions by a sound artist playing behind shutters that when opened increase the volume creating a distinction in what is heard:

The XX

2009-10-14T12:52:00.004-05:00

if you've not heard the xx's new album xx then you should get it. it's one of the more interesting albums of the year. here's a track called crystallized made into a fan video by fake tv. it rulez so hard.

Nujabes Music Video

2009-10-14T12:13:00.003-05:00

new music video for a laid back nujabes track. the video is basically made up of people running in the most ridiculous, animated way they're capable, shot in super slow motion. it was shot with a Casio EXILIM EX-F1 camera. they're moderately affordable and shoot up to 1200fps. that's pretty fantastic for a pro-sumer.

Georges Méliès - Le Diable Noir (The Black Imp) (1905)

2009-10-13T15:37:00.002-05:00

here's some georges méliès for your day. the innovator of almost every early film effect died penniless. this one still has some impressive tricks.

Psychedelic Sperm Machine

2009-10-13T10:57:00.001-05:00

add a little color to your sex life why not?

Cardboard Monsters

2009-10-13T10:51:00.001-05:00

awesome street animation by sjors vervoort.

Sam Taylor-Wood - A Little Death (2002)

2009-10-09T15:25:00.001-05:00

Rich Fulcher's Tiny Acts of Rebellion

2009-10-08T17:02:00.002-05:00

rich fulcher of snuff box and the mighty boosh is releasing a book entitled, "Tiny Acts of Rebellion." the book contains "97 almost-legal ways to stick it to the man." here is a video he made to promote the book:

Way to go Australia!

2009-10-08T15:53:00.002-05:00

holy shit.

Tobias Stretch News

2009-10-08T14:58:00.004-05:00

he's released a new video:

i was completely underwhelmed, unfortunately. the costuming is brilliant, the lighting, haunting, but there was very little to this concept. the urban environment was a change, but something about this ruined the ethereal quality of his work. i also really disliked the song, but hey, you can only do so much with what your asked to do.

he's done an insightful interview with file magazine and is working on a mixed live action and animation short which he discusses in the interview. he's also progressing on an epic feature script and novel. impressive.

Tornado vs. House

2009-10-07T17:44:00.004-05:00

This guy I worked with in college just contacted me about a video we worked on together. Apparently it is receiving a lot of views on youtube. We created this video as part of a going away celebration for a former Dean of the College of Communication at Bama. I created the 3D house. We went to the Dean's house and took a bunch of pictures so that I could make a pretty realistic version. At the time, I was pretty nervous we were going to get yelled at or one of the neighbors was going to call the cops. I think it looks pretty suspicious when several college students are taking pictures of a nice house.

It's very classy to let someone know that you are re-using a collaboration. Thanks, Ben.

"The Berlin Reunion" Performance by Royal de Luxe

2009-10-07T15:41:00.003-05:00

absolutely unbelievable photo set of royal de luxe's "the berlin reunion" puppetry performance over at the big picture. holy shit it's incredible!

Way Funny King Khan and BBQ Interview

2009-10-07T13:52:00.002-05:00

after watching that, you'll need this for a reference.

human font

2009-10-06T18:30:00.004-05:00

I was trying to get inspiration for a logo that I want to design when I came across these alphabets online. I was specifically trying to find an interesting way to form an "F". Here is what I found.

Very Intense Music Video

2009-10-06T18:18:00.003-05:00

This song is one of the reasons that the ending of Footloose is so awesome. I learned a good deal of my dance moves from that final scene and trust me they are always a hit. The other day I was trying to decide what songs to blip and I thought of this one. I did not blip it in the end, but I did enjoy the video. It's definitely a precursor to Sabotage.

New Broken Letters Song

2009-10-05T19:58:00.004-05:00

broken letters are about to release a new ep, or, they could have already released it and i'm purveying false information, yet again, through this new form of media that the old media says is disseminating poor information like glenn beck with a tv show. this is a live performance of the new broken letters song, "eyetooth & i" from that ep. it's my favorite song on the new release. i also happened to help shoot the live video. all the good shots are mine. the bad looking ones are everyone else's. j/k yall. omg!

t'Broken Letters - EYETOOTH & I from Matt Whitson on Vimeo.

Awesome Jumbotron Video

2009-10-05T09:16:00.002-05:00

Explosions really get a crowd pumped up! Especially when you blow up the team's city! There could be more explosions though. Also, shouldn't the polar bear be mauling more stuff/people? Maybe the opposing team?

Sloss Performance Art

2009-10-01T19:40:00.003-05:00

here's some more video from the upcoming sloss trailer. this is cast iron performance art from the 2009 National Conference on Cast Iron Art as Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark.

Industry to Art - Iron Performance from Alabama Public Television on Vimeo.

koyaanisqatsi much?

Little Nemo

2009-10-01T16:36:00.001-05:00

here is the beginning to masami hata and william t. hurtz's adaptation of little nemo from 1992.

Little Nemo in Slumberland

2009-10-01T16:22:00.001-05:00

Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend

2009-10-01T11:31:00.005-05:00

edwin s. porter was an engineer, cameraman, and film pioneer. he is most noted for his work with the edison company. the great train robbery is his most famous work, but i am posting his adaptation of the winsor mccay comic strip, dream of the rarebit fiend. porter made this in 1906. he borrows pretty heavily from techniques french director, george melies, developed.

mccay's character, little nemo, is present in this film. the comic strip character would later become his own strip with little nemo in slumberland. mccay also went on to create several animations for a series titled "dreams of the rarebit fiend," most of which are available on youtube.

Sloss Furnaces Documentary Trailer

2009-09-30T13:14:00.007-05:00

the trailer for alabama public television's doc about sloss furnaces is finally up. it is tentatively titled, "Industry to Art: The Sloss Furnace Legacy" but is more than likely subject to change. the trailer turned out pretty cool and you get a glimpse at some of the ridiculously beautiful images we got from different metal pours. i've talked a little bit about sloss' transformation from it's oppressive, negative past to it's current mecca-like state for the metal arts world in an older post. the documentary, basically, deals with this story. it's pretty awesome! check it out:

Washed Out's "Feel it All Around"

2009-09-29T12:19:00.005-05:00

this music video was produced by fiction for washed out's "feel it all around." it looks great because it was shot on a canon 5d mark ii. that's the way to do it. this is in the same vein as the memory cassette song, "surfin" that i posted a month or so ago. i love this vibe. it's a great way to start a day.

FEEL IT ALL AROUND from Northern Lights on Vimeo.

Fleggaard Commercial

2009-09-24T16:52:00.003-05:00

here is a really awesome NSFW thanks to those european perverts.

Lost in a Moment

2009-09-24T16:45:00.001-05:00

lost in a moment from dennis wheatley on Vimeo.

the filmmaker says:
We were sitting in this sushi bar pondering how best to set up a camera to film things all by itself whilst we were in Tokyo.
Take our hands out of the equation... let the camera have its own journey.

I'd taken a cannibalised record turntable with me from the UK with the idea of filming slow panoramas but it was painfully bumpy and stopped every minute.

Then we had our eureka moment and filmed this.

A few years later I was working on a piece of music and married the two together.
The music is all about that feeling when you're half asleep in the sun.. the ambiance of foreign voices becomes a lullaby to dream away.
There's something beautiful in not understanding a language.. it becomes abstract, musical.
Opera is so much better when you can't understand the words!

What we loved about watching this film back was the space that the camera was able to enter.. extremely personal and scrutinising but not too lingering.

Lernert and Sander

2009-09-24T16:09:00.004-05:00

this video from lernert and sander really shouldn't make me sad. i think it is because i assign human emotion to the bunny's eyes.

Chocolate Bunny from Lernert & Sander on Vimeo.

i may have posted about them before. this video became viral a year or so ago, but i couldnt find any discussion of it on the blog. anyway, lernert and sander are lernert engelberts and sander plug, two dutch artists that collaborate on art projects, films and commercials. they have a very distinct aesthetic. here is a sampling of their work:

a series of short videos as part of a 2 hour documentary about revenge for VPRO television

Revenge from Lernert & Sander on Vimeo.

a short for MTV europe

CDEFGABC from Lernert & Sander on Vimeo.

another short

Color correction from Lernert & Sander on Vimeo.

and my favorite: part of a new 9 part documentary series for limboland tv in which abstract artists explain their work to their parents. unfortunately, this is the only one subtitled for english, but hopefully there will be more. this is beautiful.

How to explain my parents from Lernert & Sander on Vimeo.

Tricky Dick, Try and Catch Him!

2009-09-24T15:28:00.003-05:00

booyah!!

Sony Bravia

2009-09-24T13:23:00.003-05:00

do you remember that sony bravia commercial with the colorful bouncy balls in san francisco? you should. if you don't, you're way dumb with bad brain parts. if you do, then you'll be interested in the following 1's and 0's. it's a making of:

Jonathan Yeo's Portraiture, or How I Learned to make Porn into Art

2009-09-23T15:27:00.002-05:00

this video, recently released by artist jonathan yeo, explains the origins and concept behind his porn collage portraits. the explanation is really quite funny, as is his discussion of culling through pornography for the finishing touches of a portrait. not exactly safe for work. (even though that's where i saw it)

Combo by BLU and David Ellis

2009-09-23T14:24:00.003-05:00

this is a collaboration between BLU and david ellis from the fame festival. i'm not sure that i've posted anything by david ellis so there's a video below for you to make his acquaintance. this collaboration is really great! i enjoy the combination (combo) of ellis' time-lapse and BLU's stop-motion.

COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop) from blu on Vimeo.

here's david ellis working.

there's a cool video from one of his installations here.

Yo La Tengo in Montmartre

2009-09-22T13:16:00.004-05:00

la blogotheque's take away shows are a particular brand of unique beauty and no one needs me saying so to confirm it, however, this particular take away show, i must confirm, is cinematic masterpiece.

Yo La tengo - A Take Away Show - Part 1 from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

Yo La Tengo - A Take Away Show - Part 2 from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

The Yes Men Hit the New York Post!

2009-09-21T12:19:00.007-05:00

the yes men hit the new york post!
ha ha ha ha ha ha haha ha!

"SPECIAL EDITION" NEW YORK POST from The Yes Men on Vimeo.

the yes men are activists/culture jammers. they've pulled some very hilarious and poignant pranks. read the wiki link above to see how the criticism from one of their pranks got the man who owns the trademark on the word freedom, g.w. bush, to say, "there ought to be limits to freedom."

the new york post representative in that video is an amazing caricature of what i would think a new york post representative would be like. except he's real. gross.

my favorite prank of their's is the vivoleum project. they appeared at canada's largest oil conference as national petroleum council representatives and explained that the much anticipated results of a study commissioned by u.s. energy secretary samuel bodman found that the continued exploitation of key canadian oil sites were increasing the chances of large, even global, environmental catastrophe. they then went on to explain that the bright side to the study was that the bodies of those killed could then be processed into oil called vivoleum. they handed out candles to hold a vigil, but were unfortunately found out before they were able to tell the crowd of 300 oilmen that the candles in their hands were made from a exxon mobile janitor that died while cleaning up an oil spill.

The Seed

2009-09-12T13:04:00.002-05:00

The Seed from Johnny Kelly on Vimeo.

and the making of:

Making of 'The Seed' from Johnny Kelly on Vimeo.

West Texas

2009-09-12T13:03:00.002-05:00

West Texas from You and Yours on Vimeo.

New York 2008

2009-09-12T13:03:00.001-05:00

New York 2008 from Vicente Sahuc on Vimeo.