Video directed by Yoann Lemoine.
Woodkid - Iron from WOODKID on Vimeo.
Mar 31, 2011
Three Big Pigs
The revolutionary movements of the Middle East, explained by the cast of the game Angry Birds in a retro-animation cartoon set to the tune of the Three Little Pigs.
MozART Group
MozART Group: We exist despite the sober formality of great concert halls, despite the boredom of classical musicians' life, despite fanatic lovers of classical music, despite fans of rock, rap or pop who are afraid of classical music. We treat our Muse with a humorous irony and we're sure, she will have nothing against it!"
Learn To Speak Body: Tape 5
MitchellRose.com & BodyVox Dance Co. present a language instructional video. But instead of Bosnian or Burmese, this teaches the grammatical intricacies of body language. Yes, in just a few easy lessons you too can learn to speak body just like humans do.
Footage From The Deep - Siphonophores
CreatureCast.org brings you stories about the unexpected world of animals. In this episode, Dr. Phil Pugh talks about studying jellyfish that cannot be collected in nets, and about his first times seeing live ones. These jellyfish are called siphonophores.
CreatureCast - Footage From The Deep from Casey Dunn on Vimeo.
'Re: Your Brains' By Jonathan Coulton
Music video for 'Re: Your Brains' by Jonathan Coulton. Video by Moontalk Productions.
200 Year Old Love Letter
"“A 200-year-old love letter has been found in the arm of a chair at a furniture upholsterers in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. The note, written in French, was in the chair bought in a house clearance in France."
"“The translated letter:
“‘My dear small love, do not be worried, do you seriously believe I would tell anything to these people, who don’t understand anything about love?
“‘If someone insists that I say something, it will be anything but the dear love acquired by you, which is the great treasure hidden in my heart.
“‘I didn’t tell you to come yesterday because I didn’t have the opportunity, but do come every Tuesday around 5:30, and Fridays as well; I count/hope on you tomorrow.
“‘At the moment I write this letter, I can hear my aunt yelling, who else annoys us all day long, today and tomorrow.
“”My dear, I cover you with kisses and caresses until… I need you in this moment of desire. I love you.”"
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"“The translated letter:
“‘My dear small love, do not be worried, do you seriously believe I would tell anything to these people, who don’t understand anything about love?
“‘If someone insists that I say something, it will be anything but the dear love acquired by you, which is the great treasure hidden in my heart.
“‘I didn’t tell you to come yesterday because I didn’t have the opportunity, but do come every Tuesday around 5:30, and Fridays as well; I count/hope on you tomorrow.
“‘At the moment I write this letter, I can hear my aunt yelling, who else annoys us all day long, today and tomorrow.
“”My dear, I cover you with kisses and caresses until… I need you in this moment of desire. I love you.”"
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Passion Pit 'The Reeling'
The Reeling: from Passion Pit's debut LP: Manners.
Passion Pit - The Reeling from phantomcolor on Vimeo.
Mar 30, 2011
Google +1
Now you can "like" what you search.
Now you can add your own seal of approval to your Google search results with the new +1 feature, introduced by the brand today. By voting +1 on a result, users can show their contacts in Gmail, Google Reader, G-chat and eventually Twitter which results they found helpful. Each result will show which of a user's contacts gave it a +1. Google also plans to expand the feature beyond search to various sites across the web.
Now you can add your own seal of approval to your Google search results with the new +1 feature, introduced by the brand today. By voting +1 on a result, users can show their contacts in Gmail, Google Reader, G-chat and eventually Twitter which results they found helpful. Each result will show which of a user's contacts gave it a +1. Google also plans to expand the feature beyond search to various sites across the web.
Charles Bukowski's Fax Poem
Charles Bukowski's last, unpublished poem and The Bestial Wail.
"On Friday, February 18, 1994, at 2:14 PM - eighteen days before his death - Charles Bukowski, America's poet laureate of society's fringe, sent to his publisher, John Martin of Black Sparrow Press, via FAX, what would be his last poem.
#1
oh, forgive me For Whom the Bell Tolls,
oh, forgive me Man who walked on water,
oh, forgive me little old woman who lived in a shoe,
oh, forgive me the mountain that roared at midnight,
oh, forgive me the dumb sounds of night and day and death,
oh, forgive me the death of the last beautiful panther,
oh, forgive me all the sunken ships and defeated armies,
this is my first FAX POEM.
It's too late:
I have been
smitten.
We wondered about it and asked John Martin for insight."
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"On Friday, February 18, 1994, at 2:14 PM - eighteen days before his death - Charles Bukowski, America's poet laureate of society's fringe, sent to his publisher, John Martin of Black Sparrow Press, via FAX, what would be his last poem.
#1
oh, forgive me For Whom the Bell Tolls,
oh, forgive me Man who walked on water,
oh, forgive me little old woman who lived in a shoe,
oh, forgive me the mountain that roared at midnight,
oh, forgive me the dumb sounds of night and day and death,
oh, forgive me the death of the last beautiful panther,
oh, forgive me all the sunken ships and defeated armies,
this is my first FAX POEM.
It's too late:
I have been
smitten.
We wondered about it and asked John Martin for insight."
follow link for more info.
Touch The Rainbow
New Skittles commercials. Put your finger on the screen and touch the rainbow.
Advertising Agency: BBDO, Toronto, Canada
Advertising Agency: BBDO, Toronto, Canada
Children By Steve McCurry
The career of Steve McCurry "was launched when, disguised in native garb, he crossed the Pakistan border into rebel-controlled Afghanistan just before the Russian invasion. When he emerged, he had rolls of film sewn into his clothes of images that would be published around the world as among the first to show the conflict there."
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follow link for more info & pics.
Inner City 4th Graders Share Their Stories
"Two years ago, Judy Gelles was volunteering at an inner city public school and was assigned to a fourth-grade class. The school was as diverse as they come with children from African American, Hispanic and Asian immigrants. After several months of helping the students with their reading skills, she felt the need to connect with them on a deeper level. Mostly, she wanted to find out their stories.
She asked each student the following three questions:
Whom do they live with?
What do they wish for?
What do they worry about?"
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She asked each student the following three questions:
Whom do they live with?
What do they wish for?
What do they worry about?"
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100% Recycled Ads
New Nike commercial, NikeBetterWorld, by Wieden + Kennedy Portland.
"Our mission is to make the world better through sport. This film is made from 100% recycled ads."
"Our mission is to make the world better through sport. This film is made from 100% recycled ads."
Leave It To The Stupid Experts
Shotting machetes with a slingshot. Yeah ... I've been waiting for this. + Bonus.
The World’s Largest Indoor Photo
"The world's largest indoor photo is 40 gigapixels. Taken by photographer and founder of 360cities Jeffrey Martin, the humongous 360-degree photo is actually 2,947 photos digitally stitched together and shows the 18th-century library inside the Strahov Monastery in Prague."
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follow link for more info.
Amazing Secret Dome Underneath UK Lake
"Like something out the evil lair of a steampunk Bond villain, this amazing glass and iron dome has been quietly sitting underneath a lake in Surrey, England for nearly 100 years. The stuff of urban legends, the massive dome was intended as a billiard room, though it has come to be known as “the ballroom under the lake.”
The dome was part of a sprawling 9,000 acre palatial estate at Witley Park built by the immensely rich J. Whitaker Wright, whose downfall was almost as spectacular as his mansion."
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The dome was part of a sprawling 9,000 acre palatial estate at Witley Park built by the immensely rich J. Whitaker Wright, whose downfall was almost as spectacular as his mansion."
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deviantArt Sucks
You probably know deviantArt. This website, deviantArt Sucks picks the baddest entrees.
"If you ask me a question, I will make fun of your assured mental handicaps publicly."
"If you ask me a question, I will make fun of your assured mental handicaps publicly."
Blank City: The No Wave Years
Blank City: The No Wave Years
Steve Buscemi and Vincent Gallo in a Documentary About New York's DIY Film Scene.
"Steve Buscemi reminisces on the improvisational roots of his movie debut, Eric Mitchell’s The Way It Is, in today's exclusive clip from Celine Danhier’s Blank City. Focusing on the mid-70s and 80s No Wave movement in New York, Danhier’s new documentary paints a vivid portrait of the underground scene through interviews with its most notable fixtures: John Waters, Jim Jarmusch, Amos Poe, Vivienne Dick, and John Lurie among them."
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Steve Buscemi and Vincent Gallo in a Documentary About New York's DIY Film Scene.
"Steve Buscemi reminisces on the improvisational roots of his movie debut, Eric Mitchell’s The Way It Is, in today's exclusive clip from Celine Danhier’s Blank City. Focusing on the mid-70s and 80s No Wave movement in New York, Danhier’s new documentary paints a vivid portrait of the underground scene through interviews with its most notable fixtures: John Waters, Jim Jarmusch, Amos Poe, Vivienne Dick, and John Lurie among them."
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The Bicycle City
“What happens to an impoverished developing nation town when you flood it with 20,000 bicycles? You lift three times that number of people out of poverty. Pedals for Progress and founder David Schweidenback have been shipping used American bicycles to Rivas, Nicaragua for the last two decades and the transformation has been incredible.” The Bicycle City.
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The Bicycle City. Trailer from Greg Sucharew on Vimeo.
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Escape Machine
Wow!
DDB Paris created this simple, fun “Escape Machine” experience for the French travel company Voyages SNCF.
Menacing, glowing black cubes wait till someone goes close enough. Then the cube asks where the person would like to travel. Pushing the red button produces a crazy celebration, complete with gigantic walking kisses, and provides the wishers large, customized mock tickets to their destination. Watching the faces of the onlookers is just as much fun as the experience itself!
DDB Paris created this simple, fun “Escape Machine” experience for the French travel company Voyages SNCF.
Menacing, glowing black cubes wait till someone goes close enough. Then the cube asks where the person would like to travel. Pushing the red button produces a crazy celebration, complete with gigantic walking kisses, and provides the wishers large, customized mock tickets to their destination. Watching the faces of the onlookers is just as much fun as the experience itself!
Clumsy
Commercial by Young & Rubicam Paris for Surfrider: Clumsy. Picking up trash is something anyone can do.
Mar 29, 2011
Why?
Cloud Girlfriend creates a virtual girlfriend for you (why not boyfriend). You can have a relationship on your favorite social network. Again ... Why? Why would you want to have a virtual girlfriend? Perhaps April Fools?! (site is still not working ... you can leave your email address though :) ...)
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Sing-Along ... All Together Now
Classic Monty Python sing-along: Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life ... fff fff fff (sorry, I can't whistle).
Dogboarding
"No animals were harmed in the making of this video.
Don't harm animals, dummy."
Don't harm animals, dummy."
Dogboarding from DANIELS on Vimeo.
Ode To Dr Seuss
Who doesn't love Dr Seuss.
"Oustide the New York Public Library stood a 26-ft tall by 40-ft wide display that spelled out the word "Read." The installation was made up of 25,000 Dr. Seuss books and was created for the program Read Across America. David Stark designed and built the massive display in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday."
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"Oustide the New York Public Library stood a 26-ft tall by 40-ft wide display that spelled out the word "Read." The installation was made up of 25,000 Dr. Seuss books and was created for the program Read Across America. David Stark designed and built the massive display in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday."
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Goodmorning!!!!!!!
Gaka, a 16-piece band from Japan, with their video Tsuchinoko. They colaborated with VJ directing team Rakudasan and performing group Maimuima.
0 Gravity
0 Gravity by Andrew Juano.
Vancouver Film School, 3d Animation & VFX.
The main challenge: to float the guy without wire.
Vancouver Film School, 3d Animation & VFX.
The main challenge: to float the guy without wire.
0 Gravity from AndrewJuano on Vimeo.
Mar 28, 2011
New Tsunami Video, Japan
Tsunami ravaging Kesennuma port. How many times you look at this. It stays creepy. Almost surreal.
The Billion-Bug Highway
The billion-bug highway you can't see.
Look Up! The Billion-Bug Highway You Can't See from NPR on Vimeo.
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The Music Box
Cool place!
From the film "Welcome Home" The Music Box is a story of a kid, in search for a new apartment rental, who comes across a place that has actually chosen him. When a place speaks to you, you have no other choice but to play along with the tune :).
From the film "Welcome Home" The Music Box is a story of a kid, in search for a new apartment rental, who comes across a place that has actually chosen him. When a place speaks to you, you have no other choice but to play along with the tune :).
In A Window
In A Window by Julio Bittencourt.
"Julio Bittencourt was born in Brazil, grew up in São Paulo and spent his adolescence in New York. In 2000 he began his career at the photo department of Valor Economico, the major financial publication in Brazil where he worked as a staff photographer and as assistant-editor for four years."
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"Julio Bittencourt was born in Brazil, grew up in São Paulo and spent his adolescence in New York. In 2000 he began his career at the photo department of Valor Economico, the major financial publication in Brazil where he worked as a staff photographer and as assistant-editor for four years."
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