OFFF Opening Credits

The OFFF Festival ran in New York City Nov 2-4

Milestones in Flight History

Chase plane view of pilot-induced oscillation, footage from 1978 at the Dryden Flight Research Center

The Church of the Future

by Javier Morales and John Michael Boling via 53 o's

World's Largest Moose

A giant moose has supposedly been "born" on Mt. Vithatten in northern Sweden. Actually, it is a large hallow structure that contains a gallery, restaurant, and concert hall, built to increase tourism and provide jobs. Take the virtual tour!

Chocolade Haas

Chocolate Bunny by Sander Plug.

Orbital Debris

A satellite animation of orbital debris by the Aero Space Corporation. "Orbital debris generally refers to material that is on orbit as the result of space missions, but is no longer serving any function."

28 Years in the Implicate Order

28 red balls bouncing in a parking lot. Link.

Time Lapse of Plants

Wisconsin Fast Plants.

David Byrne Bike Cam

Through Times Square, NYC.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Sugar Batteries

A look at powering gadgets with sugar.

Garage at Dusk

Not letting a garage impede the gorgeous view, it seems as though this person is projecting an image of the blocked view onto the white surface.

Tennis Shoe

And the molecules it's made of.

3D Starry Night

A 3D rendering of Monet's "Starry Night".

None Shall Pass

A collage music video.

Night Vision

A slow motion music video for some great beats.

Fallingwater Animation

A beautiful movie featuring the famous Frank Lloyd Wright building Fallingwater.

Man Walking on Walls from Projector

Projection of walking man from car in Florence.

Aircondition Music Video

Aircondition by Oliver Laric. 2005/2006. After FX with reverse-time trails.

Awesomecon '07

This is pretty awesome, but you can imagine a really awesome awesomecon that would actually be truely awesome.

Terrance Eats Knowledge

Terrence was a clever kid who ate facts for dinner. By Chris Walker.

Music Video: Justice - D.A.N.C.E.

Super clever fun music video for Justice's club ditty D.A.N.C.E. (Did I just use "super clever fun" and "ditty" in the same sentence? eh.)

Friction Harp

Relaxed friction solo.

Relocating

The story of a young man in new york city doing everything he can to take things from one location and put them in another.

Platform : The stop motion of a white box

A white box makes its way around.

Ordinary Kids Sound FX Reel

This design firm seems passionate about sound effects.

II Galeone

Ronin's video for the track, II Galeone, taken from the album "Lemming" (Ghost Records/2007). The video was directed by Ericailcane.

Brook Benton on Father Time

Fender Bender on the Street Corner

Clever music video animation.

Lazy Riders

Long form escalator commerical for a heathclub.

Robert Dinero in Martin Scorsese's Sesame Streets

Sesame Street will never be the same after this mashup trailor.

New Music Video with Jose Gonzalez

This short design on nature directed by Robert Seidel sounds a bit like a contemporary Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Music by Jose Gonzalez.

Fashion Zombies

Early 80's punk chic geek music video circa 2005.

Burining Saffari

A tourist vacation gone bad.

Clip Art Animation

Oliver Laric loops 787 clip art icons in 1:05 rounds.

Motion Celing

Light fixtures that move as your walk. Sensors on the ceiling detect and respond to human activity.

Humans on Earth

This is what humans are doing to the Earth, but what's next? By Three Legged Legs. (Thanks, Andre!)

Tyger

Think William Blake: "Tyger, Tyger burning bright, in the forest of the night" Tyger. A short film directed by Guilherme Marcondes.

Tango Clear Sony Bravia Remake

This is a spoof by Chi on the Sony Bravia ad for Tango Clear, a fruit drink in the UK. (Thanks, Enoch and Howard!)

Pink Holding Ground

Things are not always as they seem. Or are they as they seem? EIther way, this work for Adidas is very beautiful and very high quality large for an internet video. H.264 settings at 720x540. It looks like it took ALOT of people to create this production (I counted more than 50 people plus additional organizations). Via Waxy.

Tootsie Pop Owl

How many licks does it take to get the center of a Tootsie Blow Pop? I don't remember it taking this many. By Jacob Drake.

The Sad Little Stars

Dont Fuck With Love, is actually a beautiful song by The Sad Little Stars with a clever and creative video doing the rounds on a festival circuit.

Hele-Shaw Ferrohydrodynamics for Rotating

"A fluorocarbon-based ferrofluid, with about 400-G saturation magnetization and low field magnetic susceptibility of 3, is placed within a glass Hele-Shaw cell of 1.1-mm gap. " See Scitation for more information.

Tabletop Joe

Stop-motion animation for Tom Waits by Corduroyroads via Screenhead.

The Music Keeps on Playin'

Look out ya'll, it's the cops and they have come to bust up the music. They can take all the records but the music keeps on playin.

Dirty Hands: The Art and Life of David Choe

David Choe is an extremist painter, reckless thief and property destroyer.

The Ice Age

If you drink beer, you may not evolve properly. Better to drink Milk.

The Electric Company

An entire generation in a single flash. This is a trailer for a The Elctric Company DVD set.

Jan Pehechaan Ho

A swinging masquerade night club shake at the Silver Jubilee with Ted Lyons and the Cubs.

Street Gum Art

Intersting story of an artist who paints the gum on sidewalks via Eyebeam.

Frank Zappa on Crossfire, 1986

This video was extra popular last summer and worth watching again - a must-see for anyone interested in censorship. Tom Braden, Robert Novak, John Lofton. Novak wanted to censor music. Zappa: "We are talking about words here."

Persephone’s Bees’ Nice Day

I'll take it anyway, it's a nice day, I don't care what they say. Music video with Angelina Moysov by Chris Hopewell and Collision Films via Screenhead.

RIBA

Beautiful annimation of a cat and a fish and some other French things, via Le Building.

Panasonic Commercials

A series of interesting and well done Panasonic commercials:1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Exciting Ping Pong Match

Great ping pong players match up.

Noam Chomsky / Manufacturing Consent

Great little work/documentary on Noam Chomskey by necessary illusions. Noam Chomskey and the media. See also, Distorted Morality.

Yet Another Transformer Video

Red Chevy transforms into 2-legged monster (test). Note that the man who is pasted in is looking too high. Redo.

Nintendo Introduces Tetris

A first Testris commercial. From, Gaming Age.

Watch the Skies

Oh yes! The Apple air port is landing! Neat advertisement for Apple airport.

Game:On Mashima

By Ethan Vogt, Game On: Furnace Media Group. Voted "Best Picture" in the 2005 Machinima Film Festival. Game engine used: Unreal Tournament 2004. 9 min.

Time Lapse of King Kong Premiere

Recorded from a webcam in Wellington, New Zealand.

Big Screen News Mashup

On time dance music made from Fox News reports.

The Great Intoxication by David Byrne

Nice combination of styles. Tosca accompanies. See more videos from Bryne's site.

Time Machine Scene

Via Airraid Sirens, ". . .a clip from "The Time Machine" featuring the sounds of a Carters siren, and a cameo shot of the Federal Model 5 housing."

A quoi ca Sert L'amour?

A short music video by Louis Clinchy at Cube. "A quoi ca sert Lamour?". [Edith Piaf et Theo Sarapo].

For Once in My Life

Stevie Wonder Circa 1968: "For once in my life I have someone who needs me" (via).

Hair-Sized Robot

A remote control robot only 250microns long x 60microns wide.

I Wanna Love You Tender

By Armi and Danny: You love me, you wanna love me tender, how can I be sure your're no pretender.

Dodge Charger 500

It's the new Charge Doger, eh, Dodge Charger 500, circa 1970.

Roller Ramp Skater

A triple back flip jump, no less (via).

Blaster Vs. Saber

In this case the Saber seems to win out, but I think I would rather have the Blaster (via).

Umbrella Puppet

Very expressive, this urban friendly umbrella is also very fexible (via).

Quechua

A commercial for a tent!

Pupazzi de pacotille

Rue d' la gouaille. Music video. Clever French.

The Catalogue

A scary state of affairs for surveillance and privacy in this artistically rendered case. By Chris Oakley.

Nakd [sic] Box

Self-replicating boxes building boxes of boxes take over a world of boxes. (via)

Senator Uses Body Language to Determine Truth

Republican Senator Dr. Tom Coburn of Maryland claims that his expertise in body language is used to tell if others are lying, a method he used in John Roberts' confirmation hearings.

Army Dreamers

Music video by Kate Bush.

Powers of 10

The classic "Powers of 10" by Charles and Ray Eames (Thanks, Schlomo!). Warning, may cause existential damage.

Ancient Commodore 64 Factory

Commodore 64 home computers were were one of the most popular of the first home computers.

Stay in the Shade

If you like Jack Johnson or Nick Drake, here is your new man: José González. Music streams. Album.

Sony-Bravia Bouncing Balls

Who cares that it's calling attention to a TV set, this Sony advertisement is absolutely wonderful in-and-of-itself. It's likely you already knew about the commercial or have even seen some of the 250,000 bouncy balls months ago, but it was just released this week. Behind the scene interviews. The I-feel-like-I'm-floating-and-everything-is-calm-and-serence music is "heartbeats" by José González.

At the Bottom of Everything

An emotional whirlwind. Short/music video.

Annai

From Jonathan Klassen: "Everything is hand drawn and animated. We coloured the animation digitally, and the backgrounds are a mix of traditional and digital. I played the recorder for the soundtrack, and the jazz music near the middle is from Louis Armstrong's 'Jeepers Creepers'. "

winnebago commercial outtakes

This guy needs to take a yoga class. Actually, he might just need surgery. I wonder if this was real. It looks real.

# Joy

Yuki Japanese Music Video

How To Eat Sushi

This is a seriously silly Japanese trainer on how to behave at a sushi bar.

Wamono Music Video

This Japanese instrumental DJ mix video exhibits an extremely creative visual design that I am very unfamiliar with, but really like. From Link Filter.

4 Charlie Chaplin Shorts

The Adventurer, The Cure, Easy Street and The Immigrant, presented with music and sound effects in the Public Domain. 1917. From The Archive.

Jack Benny : Visual Radio

Jack Benny at camp Haan California.

Good Times, 1979

You didn't have to be there to know that there is some very serious late-era disco action going on in this video. "Good Times", the first single from CHIC's album, "Risque", was certified gold only three weeks after release in June, 1979. The song was inducted into the "Dance Music Hall Of Fame", last month in September, 2005. More info and videos on CHIC at Chic Tribute.

Alternate Titanic Trailer

In the wake of popularity from the newfound love of remixing movie trailers (see the shining remix), this alternative version of the classic blockbuster love story, "The Titanic", portrays a horror story that likely would not have done quite as well at the box office. Check out the P.S.260 kids for more like fun (neat website too). Additional info, interview, etc. at Tattered Coat.

Yoda Don't Say Nuthin

Yoda raps, while storm troopers sway.

Dirty Mac

John Lennon's band: Dirty Mac. Featuring Lennon, Mitch Mitchell (Jimi Hendrix), Eric Clapton and Keith Richards with Yoko Ono on performance art. Lennon intros with Mick Jagger. Serious history in a small room.

Netherlands vs. Iran Robocup

Robot soccer/football match. In-depth coverage.

ASCII Aquarium

Asciiquarium is a single perl script, so all you have to do is make sure it's executable and put it somewhere convenient, like /usr/local/bin or /usr/local/games. Download the script here to make your own tank.

Aber nicht nur Geeks leben im Terminal, sondern auch Fische. Man muß sie nur heraus lassen. Genau das macht »Asciiquarium«. Es benötigt das Perl-Modul »Term::Animation«, dass man sich leicht in der CPAN-Shell besorgen kann. mir.aculo.us (dem auch das via gebührt) hat für jene, die sich die Mühsal des Installierens ersparen möchten, ein Quicktime-Video mit dem Asciiquarium in Aktion (via).

Prince, it was

Prince at age 19 in 1990 on American Bandstand. I like how they don't try to hide the lip-syncing by doing fade-outs. See the unusual interview in the middle of the two songs.

Subterranean Home Sick Blues

Bob Dylan video with interview cut-in. You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.

Shining Remix Trailer

Makes the Shining seem like a light-hearted family movie (via).

Edinburgh's Calton Hill

Beautiful Quicktime VR of Castle from Andy Carvin. Use your mouse and the shift and control keys to navigate within this video.

Starbucks Addicts in the Morning

What are the long term effects of a double mocha almond venti frappuccino with chi-espresso shots mixed in every morning for one year?

Truth Happens by Red Hat

Long form commercial for Linux Red Hat chronicling major historical figures with false prophecies. More Red hat videos.

Extreme Archer

Here is a list of Tyler Brenner's current equipment setup: Hoyt 2005 Matrix Riser, Hoyt G3 68” limbs, marked 42 lbs, drawing 47 lbs, Sure-loc Quest-X sight, Beiter arrow rest, Beiter cushion plunger (short), Shibuya Sidekick Side Rods (11 inches), Beiter Centralizer stabilizer (37 inches), Beiter 4” Stabilizer Extension, Easton 410 X10 Carbon/Aluminum arrows, Beiter In-Out Nocks (large groove), Spin Wing Elites (1 3/4”), Winners Choice BCY 8125 strings, Cavalier Elite Finger Tab, Alpen 788 20-60x80 Waterproof Spotting Scope, Alpen 493 8x42 Apex Waterproof Binoculars, Manfrotto 3130 Tripod, SKB double-bow Bowcase. More videos.

Earth Room Hacked

How did these people get away with this stunt? The Earth Room is off-limits physically and no photographs are to be taken. We covered the gallery the best we could by super imposing a postcard onto a the green screen here.

Bean Self Portrait

Trey Bean took a picture every day this year from May 14th thu September 3rd. Here he is in a few seconds.

Motorcycle into Van

Unlikely.

Back Street Burger King Boys

Not exactly the Pepsi Generation but rather, the Burger King Generation? The Back Street Boys do a commercial for a life time supply of whoppers. I can't help believe that they really did get that as part of the deal. (via).

南極のオーロラ

The South Pole Aurora: これこれ、こういうのリアルタイムで見たい。人工衛星データ & PS3の分散処理とかでできないかなー. My t/rusty translator returns the following: "This this, you saw in such real time to be. The satellite data & the distributed processing of PS3 with the kana which it is not possible". Not sure what to make of the "not possible" part of the translation. The video is on NASA's site, which would suggest it's either very real or a simulation of a potential problem. Any English speaking astrophysicists or research agents out there?

The Beauty of Sorting

Camus would shun it as absurd but this is a late night party for some people. Put together with footage from the early 1980's, I would 'reckon the dress was casual: pocket protectors and T.I. calculators. Sort of. From The University of Toronto.

T-Shirt Folding Gets Funding

Looks like someone went pro with the famous T-shirt folding trick.

No Linkbacks

Talk to Your Kids About Blogging. Poor Kate learns the hard way. [*note: I wish I could give a linkback to the creator of this video but it is on blip-tv and is not searchable. Anyone know the source of the creator? **update: Found 'em: Video by Dorrian (via)

Fabulous Secret Powers

Funny mashup of a gay He-man from Heman and Masters of the Universe and music from 4 non blondes created by Adam at Slack Circus.

Zelda: Twilight Princess

Video Game Trailor for the movie-like Nintendo game, The Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess. My they have taken the series a long way since the original version back in 1991.

Nike Shox

Grasshopper beats Nike shoes. This is another example of how the shoe itself is less important than the clever animation.

Pearl The Nursebot

"NurseBot is an autonomous mobile robot that 'lives' in a private home of a chronically ill elderly person. The robot provides a research platform to test out a range of ideas for assisting elderly people, such as: What would you like to have a robot help out with around the house? . . .Some observers noted that having a more expressive countenance seems to be an advantage, but if the robot becomes 'too humanlike, it can creep people out.'
The question of 'how human should a robot look' has great implications on how effective and accepted robotic assistants can be.' (via)

Sunra Pink Elephants On Parade

Mashup of Pink Elephants On Parade with Dumbo and music by Sun Ra. (via)

Beim Einschenken

From Richard The and Gunnar Green. Beim Einschenken erscheint ein transparenter Kreis um das Glas. Die Fläche entspricht dem Volumen der Flüssigkeit im Glas. Ein zweiter Kreis schrumpft beim Trinken analog zur Flüssigkeitsmenge.

Anthropological Study on The Red Neck

This clever compilation of images set to dueling banjos carries the weight of an epic in under 3min.

Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett

Early Pink Floyd included founding member Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett, who, to say the least, was quite a trip. After leaving the band two years after it formed, Syd has not been heard from publicly since 1973, but is apparently still alive [via]. New film coming soon.

Looking for Some Action Late at Night

File with "music video", "the wave", "awesome". By Futureshock from award winning production company, ne-o, which also produced the famous GTI Gene Kelley remake.

Wheel Barrow Freestyle

Neat idea for a sport. By the looks of the trade marked Wheel Barrow Freestyle site, the wheel has been still since 2002. No time like the present to bring it back! Any wheel barrowers out there?

Shadow Detection

3d shadow from an Eyebeam installation by Zack Booth Simpson from the Marcotte Lab, at the University of Texas, Austin.

A Watermelon of a Problem

Thanks to Paul for recognizing a connection between this bomb and the whale problem.

A Whale of a Problem

Paul Linnman reporting for Channel 2, Florence, Oregon.

The Sprout and the Bean

A beautiful video called "Sprout City" by 23yr. old Joanna Newsom. Her haunting voice reminds me of a young Perry Farrell.

5 Men (of Voice Overs)

Comedic video to "illuminate" and celebrate the most famous voice over artists.

Cindy Sheehan Message to Bush from Crawford, Texas

Cindy Sheehan pleads with President Bush to admit mistakes and work to bring the U.S. troops home. Sheehan's son, Casey, who was born on Memorial Day in 1979, was killed in Iraq 5 days after arriving. Another message by Cindy here.

Fixed gear, No-Handed, Extended-Wheelie Gymnastics

The title says a lot. (Thanks, Bruce!)

Dina Dina

Must-see historical classic of Louis Armstrong singing and playing "Dina Dina".

General Electrics: Facing that Void

Stop motion animation with marionettes.

Jamie Lidell

Live at the Royal Festival Hall (2004).

British Adidas Commercial

Also, from: the making of:
"The shoot itself took place over seven days in a large studio in Madrid. The entire space was painted blue, to save manoeuvring blue screens around all the different set ups. There were several sets, each designed for different types of shot. "The beams on which the players were running were wooden – we replaced them all in post".

Flinstones Smoke Winston

The Flinstones are brounght to you by Winston Cigarettes. Barney tells it like it is (via).

A Million Ways

I finally broke down to post this overnight, backyard hit by OK Go.

One Million in One Year

Astrid set off to make a million dollars in one year with no other plan than to make a millions in one year. "Why? Because I'm 25 and $40k in debt due to an education. After a few years of an unheated apartment I decided I needed to change my life, that I needed to do something drastic. Something like ... making a million dollars."

Lee, He, He, Levis

This commercial from Levis was beautifully done, though seems to be a rip-off of Harold and Maude. From DeeT's 1970's page (via).

Halo 2 Talk Show

Fantastic, super-duper interview style conference with Bob Stein created by ThisSpartanLife.com within Halo 2. Welcome to the next reality (via).

What's Your Name

Factories, robots and vintage colors in unison for a cool bot music video. From blp.cc by John Barleycorn.

Timelapse Animation of Wikipedia Entry for 7/7 London Bombings

Duncan Rawlinson creator of this work writes, The Day Citizen Media Went Mainstream: "I couldn't help but notice how different my media consumption has been surrounding the terrorist attacks in London from  September 11th.  When my girlfriend came and hammered on my door on the morning of September 11th I turned on CNN and just watched.  When I heard about the bombings in London I looked it up on Flickr, Nowpublic, Wikipedia, Wikinews to mention a few."

Schwarzenegger on The Lucy Show

Searched out this random clip from 'The Lucy Show', a late spinoff of 'I Love Lucy'. To my surprise, Schwarzenegger showed up for a physical training session. From mgrossmann.

US Bombing in Iraq

This is the furthest we'll ever go with violent imagery and this is a very, very rare extreme (I'm still not sure how I feel about posting this); you can not see anyone being killed though its likely many deaths and injuries occurred from this US attack on what appears to be Iraq. (a) Note how an entire city block is instantly disintegrated. (b) Try a frame advance and note the force of debris as it misses the soldiers by inches. [from Fototime served here. [quicktime version]

The Hardest Button to Button

When I saw this White Stripes music video, I though for sure they used After-FX to create the repetitive objects, though apparently there were no effects; They used stop motion and a lot of duplicate gear. Pretty neat!

White House Briefing on Rove Investigation

White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan briefs the press on the ongoing investigation into Karl Rove's CIA leak. Transcript.

映画の土曜日夜

Trailer for Madara no shôjo (i.e. some kind of Asian horror film for kids). See yesbutnobutyes for more like-trailers.

Tony Blair's First Address on London Bombings

This post comes via Adam Quirk: From Jamaat al-Tandheem Al-Sierri (secret organization group) Organization of Qaeda't al-Jihad in Europe, claiming responsibility for the terrorist 07/07 attacks in London: "In the name of God the most merciful...Rejoice the nation of Islam, rejoice nation of Arabs, the time of revenge has come for the crusaders' Zionist British government. As retaliation for the massacres which the British commit in Iraq and Afghanistan, the mujahideen have successfully done it this time in London. And this is Britain now burning from fear and panic from the north to the south, from the east to the west. We have warned the brutish governments and British nation many times. And here we are, we have done what we have promised. We have done a military operation after heavy work and planning, which the mujahideen have done, and it has taken a long time to ensure the success of this operation. And we still warn the government of Denmark and Italy, all the crusader governments, that they will have the same punishment if they do not pull their forces out of Iraq and Afghanistan. So beware. Jamaat al-Tandheem Al-Sierri (secret organization group) Organization of al Qaeda't al-Jihad in Europe.

McCartney and U2 at Live 8

Paul McCartney and U2 share the stage for Sgt. Peppers at Live 8 in London. Funny how the audio engineer brought in the audience level at just the right time to match the original's cheer. Two of my all time favorite musicians, Bono and McCartney are seen here as rather dull and uninspired.

The Stork and What It Brings

Having met Nina Paley from the Parsons DT department, it was a great surprise to find she was the creator of this fantastic cartoon of the contemporary suburban American.

Konono

Konono N°1 is an African musical group from Kinshasa that incorporates traditional sounds with modified electronics for amplification. From crammed.be. "The band's line-up includes three electric likembés (bass, medium and treble), equipped with hand-made microphones built from magnets salvaged from old car parts, and plugged into amplifiers. There's also a rhythm section which uses traditional as well as makeshift percussion (pans, pots and car parts), three singers, three dancers and a sound system featuring these famous megaphones."

London Tube Down Time

A three minute (scrollable) visualization of fifteen days worth of operational problems with London's tube. Courtesy of Whitelabel.

Mo Kin Rips Mallets

This amazing video shows Mo Kin, a 3yr. old master musician. [post]

Head, Mirror, Video Game

Interactive, immersive, inexpensive, portable. Is this guy clever or what? From Korner Union.

Full Body Video Tracking Game

Kick Ass Kung Fu is the name of the game. Immersive play with video tracking.

Fabounio Five Star Geek Music Video

What an unusual mixture of tastes! Via Cory Arcangel

Deep Impact to Tempel 1 Comet

This short animation created for NASA by Maas Digital portrays the end of Deep Impact as it smashes a comet Tempel 1 this July. During it's final moments, the impactor will take the closet images of a comet's surface ever. [source]

Magic Robo Carpet Ride

Walking Robo Floor. From Wired NextFest.2005, captured by: David Ayman Shamma

Esoteric DJ Bot in Field of Records

From Wired NextFest.2005, captured by: David Ayman Shamma

U-Girl

Set in Germany, 1933, "a submarine captain journeys to the bottom of the sea". A cartoon by Nick Cross.

Donny and Marie at Gnomedex

I was listening in to the audio feed at Gnomedex and some guy said Donny and Marie. Well that certainly woke me up, look what I found on Donny Osmond's site! Donny, Cher, and some others doing a TV mesh!

Weinberger Interviews McLaughlin

David Weineberger asks Google's policy maker, Andrew McLaughlin, some great questions concerning censorship: "Probably the single biggest headache we have to deal with is censorship". Very intersting to hear how Google is dealing with this internationally. Many more intersting interviews from Blogcast, reporting from Supernova.

Reese Forbes: The Ollie

I used to skate and I dont remember ever seeing anyone ollie so high. From Transworld's Skateboarding. (Thanks Bruce!)

Clash, London's Burning

Fan footage from 1977.

Umbilical Brothers Charade

Silly pantomimes. . .

Rugby Dancing

Bizarre pre-play rugby ritual. Is this common?

Visual Sound Barrier

F14 Breaking at the speed of sound.

Inspired Dukes

A General Lee revealing a history of front end damage slides sideways 'round the bend.

Tom Cruise Kills Oprah

Via Waxy, Tom Cruise is seen killing Oprah on live TV.

These Boots Are Gonna Walk All Over You

This original video from Nancy Sinatra is radically sexy for TV in 1966, don't you think? It's all about the Go-Go Boots. These Boots are made for walkin, thats just what they'll do, one of these days these boots are going to walk all over you.

Bush and Blair Gaybar Mashup

Super mashup of Bush and Blair singing karaoke at The Gay Bar.

Building with Maya

Fun behind-the-scenes look at animating with Maya.

Most Creative UFO Tape

You gotta give these guys some credit, this is so much better than your typical art-deco picnic saucer.

Touchy Humanoid

From the intelligent robotics laboratory, the ReplieeQ1 touch-sensor Android is appearing this week at World Expo 2005.

Ninja's Gone Wild

A sure sign high school is out for the summer.

One Day of Air Traffic over the US

A day in the life of an air traffic controller.

George Bush: Sovereignty

George Bush defines the word "sovereignty".

Plaza Moon Walking

Innovations in technology continue to bring new realms to the human experience. This anti-gravity machine can be yours, from oooms (makes a great gift for NASA).

Lost Tetris Piece

The Missing Piece, circa 2005? Poor Tetris piece to find a fit.

Tom Sawyer Karaoke Drummer

Neli Peart, look out! This mime-drummer on Rush's, Tom Sawyer may look drunk at first by he is really, really tight (Thanks, Steve!)

Synchronised Trampoline Duo

British trampoline competition videos from The David Ward-Hunt Cup.

Football Game Time Lapse

Awesome 8 hour to 25 second time lapse of a Georgia, Sanford Stadium football game.

Emilie

Postshow (Boing Boing in China (not sure what that means exactly)) is linking to several neat animation music video shorts. Please DO buy me flowers. . I'll take them while I'm still alive though.

Ringtone Dancer Evolution

What happens when you mix the poor audio of ringtones with a 3D shadow and an iPod? A mad man dance in a Novi, Michigan Apple Store.

Sumo Pedbots, Death and Destruction

The apocalypse is now and Medieval times have returned with robotic warriors. Rated G.
(via)

Atomic Monsters in Boston Via Craigs List

What else needs to be said? It's a 60 Second Story.

Cloud Surfing

Northern Queensland, Burketown, Australia, population 178 plus a major cloud prime for gliding. The Morning Glory TV Programmes.

Hat Tricks and Box Maneuvering

An all time great in sports, Kris Kremo (via).

One Handed Cup Stacking Tutorial

Even with "single frame advance" understanding cup stacking can be intimidating. Check out this perfect-score, one-handed tutorial by Wheaton.

Behind the Shooting of Superman

Superman, as a boy on the farm, throws a fast-ball in the latest clip from the Superman production videoblog, a place where neat, behind-the-scenes clips are released throughout the shooting of the film.

Maski Dance

There are so many elements setting up the story in the beginning, you may need to follow closely or watch a second time. Warning: This could cause you to loop it indefinitely.

Deere John

Mitchell Rose brings together man and machine in this balletic performance.

Sun Storm

A solar storm lasting days; fall, 2003.

Washington Thunder Storm

A nice moment in Washington D.C. from the massive storm that quickly swept through the Eastern US last night captured by Paulo.

Interactive Quicktime Doll

Click on the glowing objects to choose your own story. If you choose to play tea-time, please don't let the little girl drink draino. By Van Sowerwine.

Elaborate Musical Machine

From Boing-Boing: "Director Peter Jackson reportedly paid $100,000 for a contraption made of computer-controlled musical instruments".

A Whole New Generation

This timeless Pepsi commercial transcends its purpose in the market to portray an extremely specific and popular era in American history, late 1980's. The influence of this over the music and dance of today is daunting.

Prepared Harp and Laptop

Ikue Mori & Zeena Parkins engage in an "unusual" electronic performance including prepared harp and laptop. (via).

Glow Positioning System Installation

Spectators use a hand crank to illuminate a 1000 foot long chain of lights in a looping urban design installation, Glow Positioning, Mumbai, 2005. (via)

Beatles Fan Video 1963

This little ditty was sent out to Beatles fans in 1963. Interesting audio message from John, Paul, George and Ringo. Paul's accent was so thick back then.

Japanese Acrobats 1904

A classic from the Edison Film library.

John Edwards is Videoblogging!

John Edwards has a videoblog!! Amanda helped kick it off with a splendid interview.

Video Post Card from Cambodia

Almost just a picture of one of my very favorite places on Earth, Angkor Wat in Cambodia, this video has the aesthetic of an old postcard. This Buddhist temple in Vietnam is similar. Shot by travel champion, Andrew Elias.

Tran Quang Sai

June 1995 : Tran Quang Sai on Jews Harp, Overtone and Spoons : By Steve Sklar.

Throat Singer

Kargyraa, Khoomei, Sygyt Kyzyl, Tuva 1995 : By Steve Sklar.

Extreme Film Making

Jump out of plane with gun. Set parachute on fire. Smile. Wait for fire to burn out. Open 2nd parachute. Smile.

Kurt Cobain Surfing in Texas

Kurt Cobain from Nirvana performs amazing guitar work while crowd surfing in Texas. He then becomes attacked unfairly by a "shit-kicker".

Anti-General Electric Water Dispenser

From Vimeo's co-creator Jackob Lodwick: you can see for yourself why indeed, General Electric's GXCF20E Water Dispenser is not for me.

Most Expansive Model of the Universe

A simulation of the universe's evolution covering 20 million galaxies over 2 billion light years in a 10 billion particle, 25 terabyte output. I do say, impressive! (via).

Magnet Jar Trap

"This past Christmas I wanted to try a trap where the mechanism was plain to see but a puzzle to disarm. . .Jay tried using magnets underneath the jar to counteract the ones on the lid, but that wasn't enough. . . I'll leave the right way to disarm the trap (and the way I originally set it) as an exercise to the reader" - Doc Bug.

Disarm

Very unsettling and beautifully filmed.
This newly completed documentary on landmines features footage from helmet mounted cameras of Afghan and Bosnian deminers.
Disarm, an independenly produced feature, will be the next 'big' documentary to see.

Jump

Nickelodeons, calliopies and player pianos, Ragtime West serves all your automated music needs. Sure makes 'Garage Band' look lame. Here's another one that got me dancing, Smooth.

Mount Everest Panorama

Large screen format QTVR panorma of Mount Everest.

AeroFly Pro Lawn Mower

A new flying lawnmower video is out! This video of the Sky Cutter V2 uses no editing tricks - this is a real kit.

Gerdie Commane

This modest archive of grass roots musicians is an historical gem of an example for keeping a community alive through video documentation. I also liked this John Wynne piece.

Contact Juggling

This contact juggler is astounding with fluidity.

One Pen Spin

A one second, single rotation pen spin. You can follow along frame by frame.

Taekwondo Monkey

Nice action training for the movies.

Because She's Bad

I always wondered why Celine Dion was so popular. Now I know.

One Against Poverty

A heartfelt public service announcement to fight world-wide poverty by one.org. Includes the faces of some of the most famous and influential stars of our time.

Perfect Sideburns

This is for real. (Thanks, Carleton!)

Hurra Torpedo - Total Eclipse of the Heart

One of my favorite music videos of all time.

"Two of my most favorite things in the world are covers of terrible 80's pop songs and abused kitchenware.

As you can imagine, it's a bit difficult for things like this to come together in a coherent or successful fashion.

Enter Hurra Torpedo."

Uncomplicate

New Levis commercial. This is a perfect example of an interesting and well done work that finishes with a product that could just as well be any product. This one took the extra step of creating a scene that was at least fashion ad specific (via).

Roll That Stone

Super music video in one take with two time frames from The Phoneheads, a drum&bass group from Düsseldorf, Germany. Poor guy never gets to eat.

Head in Hand

Clever Japanese performance art.

The Happy Sea

The graphic animation for Colleen's "The Happy Sea" from the album "The Golden Morning Breaks" has an outstanding digital aethestic. Video by Carolina Melis.

March of the Penguins

This epic "true story" of the penguin looks like a winner. This online trailer is exceptionaly beautiful.

Salient Feature

Princeton Philosophy Professor Harry G. Frankfurt develops a theory on Bullshit: "One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share. But we tend to take the situation for granted."

The Thai Elephant Orchestra

Anything elephants. Thats what I always say. I enjoyed scrubbing this tiny documentary which details the elephonic rhapsodies of our land's largest beasts. Also, the MP3 file Ganesha Triumphant (orchestra improvisation by 12 elephants: 4th movement of Symphony #1, The Ganesha) is exceptionally downloadable. (via)

Isn't it Cool in Pink?

What can you say about this one. It's a time encapsulated treasure. After the shock of it wears off about 8 seconds in I burst into laughter like a little kid, "Do it again, do it again."

...yeah, that's Matt LeBlanc ...yeah, that's right, the TV show Friends. :)

Keep TV Free

This great 1960's era ad posted on illegal-art.org now has a whole new meaning. :)
(via)

Fake U2 Concert

Improv Everywhere fakes a rooftop U2 concert (via)

Navy Radio School Graduation

A day in the life of a Navy Radio School class graduate in Da-Dit-Da (that's morse code for Radio Engineering), March 6, 1941. This tiny documentary crescendos when the entire class performs an exam with all the weight of a steam engine. A universal newsreel.

Belt Buckle Knife

Great demo for a discreet belt buckle knife. "It allows me to slap mike tyson in his eye and poke him in his eyes the same as my hands would work".

Attacked by Food

Having seen people crying while eating, now I know why: Ze Frank has been collecting evidence of people being attacked by their food.

Dragon Runner Mobile Ground Sensor System

Designed primarily to "sneak-a-peak" (see around the corner), this portable mobile reconnaissance/scout robot travels up to 20 miles per hour and is controlled with a PSP controller. (via)

Welcome to Stunt City - silly ad, contagious ad

What if stunt men ruled the world? Enjoy this little scenario. Oh, and yeah, it's an ad. It's even a deodorant ad, and I don't care because it's freggin' awesome.

What's so evil about ads anyway? Is it that they a) suck and b) we can't shut them off? Well, you a) can shut this one off anytime you like, but it also b) doesn't suck. Suddenly the game changes.

more, via 1, & 2

Maybe if we all blogged about stuff we love regardless of whether it was commercial or not there'd suddenly be a new economy for adverting, a world where ads don't suck, a world where ads find their appropriate market without stinking up the global namespace (or screenspace). Perhaps the ads that suck will be disincentived because people will ignore them. Perhaps ads that don't suck will get talked about and traded like this one, because when you promote the things you like you encourage them. Perhaps this is why contagious media rocks.

Perhaps in the future, all media will be contagious.

Turn your iPod into a portable video player

Just stumbled upon this sweet gadget, the Nyko MoviePlayer. It turns your iPod into a video player. With the recent iTunes update now supporting videos this little puppy makes a whole lot of sense. It appears to use the iPod as a storage unit and adds a HD color screen, controls, playback software/hardware, speakers and some additional battery juice. And while its not available yet in the US market I'll bet it's going to be a lot cheaper and a whole lot more handy than buying a second iPod-like device for just video. Then again, maybe the next Apple iPod will play video. Hello? Apple?

BTW, It appears to play all the major formats including MPEG, QT and WMV with the single exception of Real Player Format, so it can handle just about anything. Personally, I want one yesterday. :) more info

Ringtone Dancer

Ringtone Dancer #4 does Starbucks. By the looks of other peoples' expressions, it must be NYC.

Cat Herder

When the west was wild, so were the cats. They roamed untamed and free but our homes were lacking in a certain warmth around the hearth, the warmth of furry feline love. Thanks to some brave men we now have housecats.

Star Wars Revelations

Star Wars mania is in full effect tonight and here we have the Star Wars fan flick everyone is talking about, Revelations. Star Wars fans invested $20k in the creation of this excellent film and it may well be the highest quality fan production you've ever seen.

Beware at 248mb and 45 minutes in length, this film is a VERY large download and a significant time commitment. But if your a Star Wars fanatic, it's well worth it. Start it downloading and go make some popcorn. By the time you're done making the popcorn it should be finished downloading and you'll be able to pop it in your full screen VLC movie player, put your feet up and enjoy.

I've posted a couple alternative download urls below in anticipation of this being swamped: Download: revelations_film_QT_large.mov; Alt Download: 2669337_300.mov

Tanz Theater

Tanz Theater
is an international dance theatre group, which uses the internet to develop its performances interactively. This is a clip of a live performance in Moscow. Watch as they turn a crowd scene into choreography.

Pippi!!

Sometimes, you just need proof that something, way back in your vague childhood recollections, actually existed. It is at these times, when I feel like an archeologist searching on the internet. Here is a tiny clip I unearthed. Astrid Lindgren's children's book, Pippi Longstocking, was adapted in 1973 for the screen, starring Inger Nilsson as the irrepressible Pippi. (image: via)

Michael Jackson or Robot?

Michael Jackson released this video to the public claiming his innocence regarding leaked information in his grand trial precedings for sexual abuse with minors.

Tetra

Tetra is a commercial demo for a look at the future of robotic surveillance. One of the most realistic animation/reality combinations I have ever seen.

Robot Bastard

"The Props and Main character were made out of cannibalized toys and cardboard taken from dumpsters. These found objects were then hot glued and duct taped together without any rhyme or reason." With Jeff B. Davis (Downer Channel, Whose Line is it Anyway?) and Robia Lamorte (Buffy the Vampire Slayer). 14min.

Mental Robot Commitments

A cat robot that is designed to gain the mental and emotional commitment of humans and other animals. Robotics Dept, MEL, AIST, MITI, Japan.

General Electriks' Facing that Void - a music video stupid

Marionette fans will love this music video for General Electriks' "Facing that Void". It was directed by Arno Salters and featured at SXSW and ResFest. Arno Salters is the brother of Herv Salters (aka. RV) the man behind the Berkley based one-man-band. (via)

Enemy at the Gates machinima remix

A Halo 2 machinima remix of the movie Enemy at the Gates done in the grand tradition of Red vs. Blue. At just over six minutes it's more than a little long, but it's an excellent example of what happens when machinima and remix culture get together for a little fun. (via)

The Time Traveler Convention at MIT

Steve Garfield's excellent citizen journalism coverage of the MIT Time Traveler Convention for RocketBoom this last weekend. (via)

The Khronos Projector - emerging technology

From a presentation for SIGGRAPH 2005. "The Khronos Projector is an interactive-art installation allowing people to explore pre-recorded movie content in an entirely new way [...] by touching the projection screen, the user is able to send parts of the image forward or backwards in time."

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Trailer

Just out.

New Trailer - Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe

The Eels - a music video

The lead singer for the Eels does this one in video blogger style, self-shot with camera in hand... one take and all. Complete with him nearly falling over a chair... but I liked it. I'm hooked. Enjoy.

Yoda, Star Wars, Revenge of the Sith and Diet Pepsi

This week the merchandising and commericial promotions started for Star Wars III, Revenge of the Sith with this Diet Pepsi commercial.

Bicycle Messenger Race NYC

This action packed clip titled "Drag Race NYC" of an NYC bicycle messenger race has been floating around online for quite some time, but I never tire of seeing it. Complete with Guns n' Roses' Welcome to the Jungle soundtrack.

Directed, Filmed and Edited by Lucas Brunelle, 2004

I've Got a Hankering for Hurka

A hurka is a Hungarian sausage. Enjoy these hurkas.

Sony Playstation - Double Life - a well done plug

I was mesmerized by this really well done Sony Playstation commercial.

For years, I've lived a double life.
In the day, I do my job -
I ride the bus, roll up my sleeves with the hoi polloi.
But at night, I live a life of exhilaration,
of missed heartbeats and adrenalin.
And, if the truth be known, a life of dubious virtue.
I won't deny it - I've been engaged in violence, even indulged in it.
I've maimed and killed adversaries - and not merely in self-defence.
I've exhibited disregard for life, limb and property,
and savoured every moment.
You may not think it, to look at me,
but I have commanded armies and conquered worlds.
And though in achieving these things I've set morality aside,
I have no regrets.
For though I’ve led a double life, at least I can say:
I've lived.

The Original Transformers Movie Trailer

Relive the magic with this the original movie trailer for the Transformers.

Centraal Beheer Insurance Ad - Clinton

Centraal Beheer Insurance Company Ad with Bill Clinton voodoo.

Ape

From ddamge comes this strange music video - band on the run.

Water Alarm Man

Richard BF captures a tale of a new Water Alarm Man who has come to take record of cycles.

Tokyo Rockabilly Club

Captured by Evhead, the Tokyo Rockabilly Club dances in Yoyogi park on Sundays.

E-Pro by Beck

From Beck's 2005 album, Guero, this video is for the first track, "E-Pro".

Iraq Campaign 1991

America at War: Iraq Campaign 1991. Phil Patiris transforms network news footage, clips from Star Trek, and sports coverage into an interesting critique of the media/industrial complex.

Kennedy for President Ad

1960 motion picture ad to elect John F. Kennedy against Richard Nixon including comments from President Eisenhower.

G.I. Joe Cartoon Mashup

PSA Announcement. Semi-machinima G.I. Joe saves kids from a boating accident. From Fenslerfilm. (Thanks, Dan!)

Poultry Internet

Bi-conditional peer-to-peer chicken robot interface from Mixed Reality Lab in Singapore.

Manah Manah

Classic muppets video with pink monster twins.

Where the Hell is Amanda?

Amanda Congdon of Rocketboom dances around Austin, TX during SXSWi 2005. Post.

Breakdancing for the Pope

Breakdancers perform for Pope John Paul II.

Rediscover the Web

Professional caliber, student created Firefox citizen commercial.

Fish

Johnnie Walker commercial called 'Fish'. A Human-fish takes the first step and keeps on walking. Beautiful and inspiring take on evolution. One of my favorite commercials of all time. Post.

Paperback Believer

What do you get when you cross The Monkeys with The Beatles? Paperback Believer. This is a great mashup. I'm biased because I love the Beatles already but you just have to hear how much better this version is. Mixed by Mark Vidler of Go Home Productions.

We Will Become

Postal Service music video by Jared Hess.

Cup Girl

Cup girl beats her own state record at stacking and collapsing cups.