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Birds of paradise

In nature, video on 26 March 2007 with 2 comments

From Papua New Guinea:

Stuck Between Stations

In music, video on 25 March 2007 with 1 comment

The Hold Steady’s new video for Stuck Between Stations was released a few days ago.

The Blue Planet

In science, video on 22 March 2007 with 2 comments

THE BLUE PLANET
Ocean World - pt 1
seas of life - pt 2
open ocean - pt 3
frozen seas - pt 4
seasonal seas - pt 5
coral seas - pt 6
tidal seas - pt 7
coasts - pt 8
Extraordinary footage and eloquent narration by David Attenborough highlight the BBC’s remarkable wildlife series The Blue Planet: Seas of Life. “Ocean […]

Where the Art of Filmmaking All Began

In film, history, video on 22 March 2007 with no comments

Cinema Europe - Where it all Began
Amazon reviews the 6 part series:
British film historians Kevin Brownlow and David Gill have earned their spot in cinema heaven by painstakingly preserving the history of silent cinema in a series of expansive documentaries, most notably the 13-episode 1980 epic Hollywood: A Celebration of American Silent Film. Their […]

Exploring the ethnosphere

In culture, history, video on 17 March 2007 with no comments

In this TEDtalk, anthropologist and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Wade Davis describes the importance of the ethnosphere, “the sum total of all thoughts and dreams, myths, ideas, inspirations, intuitions brought into being by the human imagination since the dawn of consciousness.”

Typography school…

In design, video on 14 March 2007 with 1 comment

and why computers make students sloppy. Specialten.tv shows this wonderful short on manual typesetting with an ending reminiscent of the work of Len Lye and Norman McLaren.

Begone Dull Care

In Jazz, animation, video on 12 March 2007 with 1 comment

I’ve been looking this ever since I saw it a couple semesters ago in a film course.  Not ideal for quality, but at least the full version is now accessible on YouTube.  Here is the full-length version of “Begone Dull Care” by Norman McLaren.  Yup, that’s the Oscar Peterson Trio:

Background on the piece:
McLaren was known […]

Ira Glass on storytelling

In journalism, video on 12 March 2007 with no comments

Ira Glass from This American Life offers a multiple part series on the art of storytelling.  Here’s part 1, and you can scroll down for parts 2-4.

Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Radiohead - Creep

In music, video on 10 March 2007 with no comments

Here is a great live video of Radiohead performing “Creep” waaayy back in 1994.

StumbleVideo

In timewaster, video on 4 March 2007 with 1 comment

Stumble Upon has been around for awhile, and they’ve recently released StumbleVideo.
http://video.stumbleupon.com
Stumble Video automatically finds and plays videos that match your interests. All you have to do is press Stumble! and rate the videos you watch. Stumble Video recommends great videos based on your ratings, and the ratings from other like-minded users.
Like most automatic ratings […]