Archive for April, 2007

BEING GRATEFUL

author: JAY DEDMAN – duration: 01:33

There was a time, long long ago, let’s say spring 2005, when videoblogging was as fresh as daisy. There was no YouTube, no Revver and the like; just a bunch of crazy video fanatics who discovered the beauty of publishing video on the net, using the technology that was already there: The technology of the weblog template in combination with RSS WITH ENCLOSURES. One of the founding fathers of videoblogging is Jay Dedman. Here’s how he introduced his own vlog, Momentshowing:

“What is Momentshowing? Well, it’s just a step beyond Storytelling, which was what we did when speaking was the only way to communicate. Now we are adding visual tools to our voices. You can record short Moments, arrange them, and post them with some words. I can then see people all over this planet show their world. Iraq, for instance. Michigan. Shinjuku. San Paulo. What’s it look like? News doesn’t show us but we can show each other. Funny, serious, weird. To me, this videoblogging thing is hot as shit. How often do you get to come in on something so new? My friend Peter and I jumped in after a two hour fevered talk through Central Park. Then we found other people on the web with simliar ideas. Make no mistake: we’re making all this up.”

We republished one of his earlier works before, LOOKING AT THINGS; today, because it’s spring (and exactly two years after this moment was posted) we revlog an early hommage to the love of his life, RYANNE HODSON.

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Jay’s site – Momentshowing: CLICK HERE
More about Jay: CLICK HERE
Subscribe to Jay Dedman: CLICK HERE



MASTER PO – LESSON #1

authors: QUIET LIBRARY – duration: 04:28

Spring is in the air and it’s time to giggle oneself silly. Luckily more and more comedy talent is starting to publish video on the net. Therefore Three Times Hurray for Monty Python’s soulmates: Quiet Library

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Quiet Library Home: CLICK HERE
Quiet Library @ MySpace: CLICK HERE

Subscribe to Quiet Library: Unfortunately both Quiet Library’s rss feed as well as their revver feed are not working properly. For that reason we created an alternative feed (based on their Revver publications): CLICK HERE



64 LITTLE WHITE THINGS

authors: MEERKAT MEDIA, Song by: CAKE BAKE BETTY – duration: 02:26

Enjoy this sweet little low budget video clip, produced by Meerkat Media for a fantastic song by Cake Bake Betty (song produced by the micro label Infinity Cat). For a look behind the scene of the production of the video CLICK HERE.

“The Meerkat Media Arts Collective is comprised of filmmakers, musicians, illustrators, writers and artists of all stripes who believe in collaboration and cooperation… We take our name from the communal, prairie-dog-like mammal of the African grasslands, and strive to share skills and ideas across the board.”

We like the Meerkat gang. Subscribe to their feed! And be sure to check some of their other projects like VLOGYOURFACE and RABBIT AND MOUSE.

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Meerkat Media: CLICK HERE
Subscribe to Meerkat Media: CLICK HERE
Cake Bake Betty at Myspace: CLICK HERE
Cake Bake Betty at Home: CLICK HERE
Infinity Cat: CLICK HERE



SEXY BEIJING: LOST IN TRANSLATION

authors: DANWEI TV, produced by: GOLDMINES FILMS – duration: 05:10

From China with sexiness: Meet Anna-Sophie Loewenberg, aka Su Fei (watch video for the associative meaning…) She appears regularly on Danwei TV as their “American Correspondent”, presenting Sexy Beijing :

“Sexy Beijing is a show about love, lust, youth culture and street life in China’s capital. In this episode, our heroine Su Fei goes around Beijing, asking Chinese people what their English names are, and why they need them. Who said China is not a creative country?”

Actually Danwei TV is not a TV show at all; it is a very entertaining Vlog about life and culture in China, in the urban sense that is. Besides Su Fei there’s the frequent presence of Jeremy Goldkorn, founder of Danwei, presenting the Hard Hat Show. Danwei TV is a cousin of DANWEI ORG., a cool site about media, advertising, and urban life in China.

?? or Danwei means (SOCIALIST) WORK UNIT by the way. And Smacker?

smacker|’smak’r| (also smackeroo |’smak’roo|)
noun informal
• a dollar : it set me back fifteen smackers.
• a loud kiss.

What’s in a name…

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Danwei TV: CLICK HERE

Unfortunately Danwei’s RSS FEED is not working as it should be (it doesn’t work in iTunes or Democracy Player) due to the fact that Danwei stopped using Revver as host for their videos (they now only use crappy YouTube). Therefore we created an alternative feed: CLICK HERE