If you’ve got an urge to listen to John Wiliams compositions sung a capella and with humorous lyrics, then Corey Vidal’s got you covered. His YouTube video called Star Wars (MP3 and lyrics here) actually manages to go through a medely of Williams’ best compositions with lyrics completely referenceing the sci-fi classic without once using one of the songs from the films. Great stuff.
(via Boing Boing)
For those iPod and iPhone owners out there who – like me – waste a extra minute or two every day having to untangle your earbuds, this little YouTube instructional video may very well be a godsend. (via Ten Reasons Why)
“Blue Flame”
Found this one more because of the interesting visual style of the video, but I kind of dig the song as well. This fast, loud, and energy-packed minute and a half is a product of Canadian rockers Run with the Kittens.
This past Sunday, Jill and I went out to MoMA to look around for a bit, starting at the top of the museum and working our way back down to the ground level. Every so often we would be able to get a glimpse into the large atrium of the Contemporary Gallery where a large electric fan tethered to the ceiling was flying about.
To watch it was to be captivated by its motion, as this rather short video I made shows. I certainly wasn’t the only one, as every child that walked by had to try to jump and catch it. At its lowest point it couldn’t have been more than 7 or 8 feet off the ground.
I neglected to find out who the artist is or what this piece is really called. Bad Andrew.
Song is “Convenience Shopping” by Alan Hawkshaw.
Along with usual amount of insanity that was thrown my way this week, I decided to add to it by playing around with some overdue movie projects I had cluttering up my computer. First on my hit list was this footage from back in February of 2005 when Christo and Jeanne-Claude‘s “The Gates” was set up for public consumption.
A Sunday at the Gates (2:56)
It certainly isn’t the first (YouTube has many, many more clips that showed up in a much more timely fashion), and I can’t say it’s the greatest — modesty prevents me from that. I can say, however, that it is the latest. ^_^
Of course, the real impetus in all of this was giving myself some kind of subject matter to practice with as I made the transition from the iMovie workflow to working with the professional grade Final Cut Pro. I took to it fairly well, too. I think I went from zero experience to first completed video took about 6 hours total. Granted, it’s still a very rudimentary understanding, but I’m sure that will grow the more I play with it.
It does not matter how slow you go so long as you do not stop.Wisdom of Confucius
Passing through Times Square by Mareen Fischinger
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Allison Weiss — Fingers Crossed
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