Videos
More Lovely Rave Nostalgia
This new video from Ross From Friends is quite lovely. Especially the back story. Aaaaah.
ZOMG Japanese Knife Porn
Man buys rusty old Japanese knife for $3 and transforms it. Stick around to the end. Ridiculous. It’s been seen by 24m people (at the time of posting). But that means there’s still a lot of us who hadn’t seen it. Including me. Until just…
FULL TRANCE REVIVAL in progress…
When Katy Perry gets Paul Van Dyk in to produce her next album we can celebrate Peak Trance. But in the meantime if 90s trance is a pleasure (guilty or otherwise), you need this in your ears… Trance Wax appears to be a side project of…
Bucolic post-rave melancholia
Honestly, BPRM (as I’ve just labelled it) is my new favourite audio-visual subculture. It combines rural/suburban landscapes with sounds that feel like your brain on a come-down (with a few fading bubbles of euphoria fizzing round the…
Waiting in Line 2 Hack You
I was chatting to Jordy van den Nieuwendijk at Here on Friday. And he mentioned that he’d worked with a guy at W+K NYC who was responsible for Waiting in Line 3D. WIL3D is one of my favorite things of all time, and having the warped mind…
10 Reasons Digital Is Better Than Advertising – Remixed
This is all going to seem a little strange. Why on earth would anyone want to remix a presentation in such a fashion? Well it’s a funny story you see. I was mucking around with some basic VJing software. It’s a thing called Quartonian that…
Art of Noise: Moments in Love
A classic bit of 80s Balearic tunage. What’s not to love. A proper classic. Not 100% sold on the video though
Yet Another Silly Moment in Techno
Is this techno viking‘s mum? Or grandma? Very scary indeed.
Scratching Hand
Nice inspiration for an ad. Anyone, anyone
Ohmygod Dancing
Sorry, last one of the day I promise. I just couldn’t not share this incredible body popping. Wow! This evening’s show has been kindly supported by StumbleUpon Video. Thanking you.
Fun Fun Fun auf der Autobahn
Wowza. This 12 minute tripped out animation for Kraftwerk’s seminal Autobahn is quite something. Buy the DVD (or VHS) and find out more here.
24 hour clock
24 hour art installation
That’s a Mermaid?
It’s amazing what YouTube throws up in it’s ‘related videos’ section: For me, that’s not a mermaid. This is a mermaid: I’d have loved to see Tom Hanks fall in love with the top one though.
Pre-YouTube Silly Moments In Techno
I should probably start a separate category in the blog for this stuff. It just seems to keep on coming… I loved this clip for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it’s a bunch of cheeky young ravers from Edinburgh. I would have been living there…
Awesome Elvis Dancing in The Park
Another bit of creative dance from elsewhere in the world… Thanks to Mr Polaine for the link – genius.
Food Fight
I found this movie damn impressive, but the sound’s a tiny bit oppressive… Food Fight is an abridged history of war, from World War II to present day, told through the foods of the countries in conflict. Watch as traditional comestibles…
Comments and Community on YouTube
Knotty commented on the YouTube Cyber Haterz thing with: I don’t know why people even bother with YouTube comments… Imagine if you had to listen to every bitchy comment people made to their TV? I was thinking about that when I posted the…
International YouTube Skate Cyber Haterz
This is one of the best little YouTube community dramas that I’ve ever seen. I’m going to try and tell the story as best I can, but I’m sure I’m not going to do it justice… It all starts with popininmyhood posting this video entitled…
Shit Disco – OK
Simple, but effective… For some reason I kept imagining an interactive version of the video that acts a bit like a Guitar Hero style game
Star Test
From back when computers were really cool (the late 1980s I think). A Channel 4 show where celebrities were interviewed by ‘a computer’. I used to love Star Test. I can’t remember why, but I did.
Loon Dancing to Make You Feel OK
I rarely get angry. It’s not in my nature. But I got an email today that made me so angry that I really felt it, physically. The only way I could shake it off was by watching people dancing like loons. It made the bad feelings go away…
The Omelette Bomb
My trip to Manchester was made awesome by witnessing ‘The Omelette Bomb’ – a piece of extreme Teppanyaki showboating the likes of which I’ve never seen before… Thank goodness I had my camera with me
Hot “New” Dance Step
Forget jumpstyle. This is the hot new dance step (well it was hot and new in 1930)… Check the user ‘GoodOldDays‘ for loads of great vintage videos. There’s some amazing stuff in there.
Dancing man wearing a horse mask cooks wild mushrooms
Last night I was moaning about having one of those days. This morning I’ve seen a dancing man wearing a horse mask cook wild mushrooms. Everything suddenly seems different.
McDonalds’ Freakout
I’ve got no clue what’s going on… Comment is all pure guesswork. If you can clarify please do… Is this an ad from Japan? Is this a really mentalist remix of an ad from Japan (it really gets going about 2/3 the way in)? This really does…
Tutortainment or Entertorials
Connected to the entertaining demos post the other day. I love the way that these Photoshop Tutorials manage to tell a story of marital breakdown and infidelity through a bunch of nerdy design-tip-screencasts. I was laughing out loud at…
The Scientist – The Bee
Was doing a bit of tidying in the loft today and came across this bit of vinyl. Even 17 years after its release it’s still got skills… If I had a filing system for my records I’d struggle knowing where to put it.
P-p-p-product D-d-d-demos – The Beardyman Way
I’ve been looking around for interesting product demos recently. We’ve been talking to clients how demos can be both entertaining and informative. A couple of well-known entertaining product demos that spring to mind are Ikea’s Dream…
Mangement Techniques
Where I work it’s all very nicey nicey. Which makes for a nice place to work. But sometimes I wonder whether it’s the best way of getting the best out of people. This clip inspired me to think about alternative styles of motivation… (From…
Youth Trend Watch: Hardstyle, Hardjump & Jumpstyle
This started out being a silly moment in techno post. But it’s grown into something far more important. Something that trend watchers and marketeers around the world have to pay heed to. It started with this clip from Malaysia: A few…
The Simpsons on ‘The End of Print’
The Simpsons destroy traditional media as only the Simpsons could. Thx to Amanda at PSFK for the link.
Soupy Norman
There’s quite a lot of re-dubbed comedy in the world. Much of it I don’t care for that much. But this re-dubbing of the Polish soap opera ‘First Love’ to make it a story about Irish Folk made me laugh out loud. For all the details consult…
The Rise of the Idiots
Dan Ashcroft on Idiots (from the post-retro-ironic-futuristic Nathan Barley). “They use the word cool, it is their favourite word… Thinking is rubbish and rubbish isn’t cool… Stuff and shit is cool…” See the rest here. Still painfully…
Lakai Fully Flared
Posts on graffiti and skateboarding. I’m so down with the kids I’m almost underneath them. But this trailer is stunning, it’s like the Black Hawk Down of skate vidz (and it’s got M83 as the soundtrack which would always make it a winner in
The Little Haters
I really liked this piece about ‘The Little Haters’, the tiny voices in your head that try to persuade you not to to stuff. Outlines the killer combo of procrastination and perfectionism to a tee… Your browser does not support JavaScript…
Amazing Stop Motion Wall Painting
fantoche from blu on Vimeo. Wow. Odd it doesn’t have any sound. But just incredible anyway. Check out some of the other amazing things at their blog: http://www.blublu.org/blog/. Very inspiring and humbling in equal measure.
Funny Moments in Bongo-jams
And here’s a ‘moment in techno’ but one that’s not funny, it just looks mega. Clubs in the North were / are good… Witness the effect of tearing pianos on the drug-addled minds of northern clubbers ;-) I reckon in the early 90s hands were…
A TV Ad That Made Me Laugh
This new TV ad for Carling lager made me laugh out loud. Mr Cherkoff take note ;-) (from Twitter feed earlier today)…
More Electronic Music On Mainstream TV
Lord knows how these connections get made, but I stumbled on a second clip from ‘old TV’ featuring another seminal moment in electronic music. This time it’s Giorgio Moroder on German TV… (Amazingly good quality video clip too!)
Robotic Boogie, Metal Mickey, That’s Life!
Today I love YouTube more than I ever thought I’d be able to love a video sharing site
Animation That Freaked My Groove
This guy Cyriak lives in Brighton. I’m not sure I’d like to meet him… He has got some crazy skills going on though, kind of like B3ta meets Chris Cunningham. And if that doesn’t scare you. Check this: And to prove that it’s not all scary…
Nice Vid
The music of Whitest Boy Alive, I like. Optical illusions, I like. Videos that synch-up the noises and the pictures, I like. Therefore, this video, I like.
The Frat Boys Are Back
For me Frat Houses were always a thing of great glamour and mystery. I guess it’s the teenage viewings of films like Animal House and Porky’s that make it all seem so exciting. But this film really changed my mind about all of that. It…
Orange Unlimited Interactive TV
There’s one unfortunate things about Interactive TV ads, not that many people really get to see them. Which is a shame when they’re sometimes as lovely as this: Thanks to YouTube ‘ordinary’ people without Murdochian Red Buttons can now see…
Fire Video Gets Honours, But Why?
The video from yesterday of the fire got a link from the Guardian’s News Blog. Their embedding of the video in their blog meant that the clip had over 6,000 views yesterday which meant that it got the following ‘honours’ on YouTube. I was…
Big Fire
Ooooh there’s a big fire in East London, you can see it out of our window… The Fire Brigade say: Warehouse fire – Waterden Road The London Fire Brigade has been called to reports of a fire at a warehouse on Waterden Road, East London, E15…
This Internet Will Never Catch On
Following on from the Eva Pascoe and Tony Wilson post the other day. So many great moments, I really like the bit about emoticons… “Turn your head to the left… A little frowny face…”. Classic.
Zoo Advertising
What is it about Zoo advertising. This is the 3rd Zoo ad I’ve posted on here. This time it’s the San Francisco Zoo. I guess this is really just a press ad turned into a short movie, but given the costs of putting something on the Internet…
Post-it Note Waterfall
Reminded me of the end of the new Guinness Ad (only much cheaper). They look like the Diet Coke / Mentos guys. I think they might be
Making Good Shit Stick Is Tough
Don’t get me wrong. I love the meritocratic world of the web. Good stuff floats, average stuff gets suspended in the sea of mediocrity and bad stuff sinks without trace. And that’s the way it ought to be. It used to be really easy. Back in…
Another Scary Moment in Techno
Even scarier than techno Viking. If that’s possible.
Tony Wilson and Eva Pascoe on the Internet
Awesome footage. Eva Pascoe (founder of Cyberia and member of the digerati) tells Tony Wilson all about the internet. [Update: Thanks to Steve for the link to the newer better version of the video – nice one mate]
This Busker is Well Good
Saw him in North Laine on Saturday. This epic psychedelic trance improv was just part of his set. A proper one-man-band with mad skills. Again sorry for the video quality. I think I might have to invest in some kind of camera that can do…
This Made Me Feel Jolly
5 Years Later by Noah and the Whale.
This Brought A Tear To My Eye
The Great Escape by Patrick Watson. I was listening to the stunning To Build a Home by Cinematic Orchestra and thought I should find out more about Mr Watson (who guests on the track) and it led me to this clip. Simply beautiful.
Urban Youth Past and Present
Back in the day urban culture used to look so much more friendly… These days it’s so much more serious and less fun: The first lot are still hanging round in a little gang. But they look like nice boys, maybe even a little camp. They’ve…
Drive Thru Rap
I’m late to these judging by the dates that the videos were posted, but I’m not sure how widely they’ve been seen. Just another one of those ‘funny’ ‘little’ online things that feels really odd and not particularly outstanding (to me), but…
Techno Viking
I’m not sure if this qualifies as a Silly Moment in Techno. It’s undoubtedly a rather odd moment. But I’m too frightened of The Viking to call it silly. All Hail Technoviking! – Watch more free videos The guys at Break.com say: This guy is…
Will It Blend vs Invincible Chuck Norris
Two meme mashups in just one day. Internet you are really spoiling us… Thanks Knotty!
The Best Whistling Clipart Ever
From the slightly overplayed but still very nice ‘Young Folks’ by Peter, Bjorn and John.
Another Interesting Use of Online Video
Not necessarily the most user-friendly way to show your new collection. But you can see how it kind of works. Alakazam Label have twisted prints, t-shirts and more stuff – you can check out their wares here. I like the fact that people are…
Internet People – The Meta Viral
Job done. Absolutely superb.
Sharing Audio On YouTube
It’s interesting that people are using YouTube as a way of sharing audio. Obviously it’s not designed as an audio sharing site, but it does the job pretty well. I’m guessing that people are using it this way because: 1. YouTube has a…
I Love Unlikely Internet Heroes
I always feel a bit lame blogging stuff that’s been on BoingBoing, but I couldn’t resist Ronald Jenkees. Read their post for more details.
Making Do
The most excellent Giles who is the creator of the most excellent Edward Monkton posted a link in the comments section of the Bonfire of the Brands post. But it’s such an excellent link that I thought I had to float it to the top. Robert…
Toshio Iwai’s Tenori-On From Yamaha
Toshio Iwai has made a load of cool audio widgety things. The thing I know best is Electroplankton on the Nintendo DS. But he’s done lots of other stuff too. I’ve just come across his latest device to hit the streets, Tenori-On, it’s a bit…
Shift Happens – Watch This Video
The second thought provoking animation of the week… Watch it. It’s good. Makes me realise that understanding and appreciating bits and bytes is really important. And maybe one day I’ll be able to apply it to something that makes a…
Faris and Me on TV
Well not really TV, but it is sort of like TV on the Internet… This time I’ve actually managed to watch myself, so I’m making progress. I didn’t like it, but I did manage to stomach it. It’s from the Ideas Forum thing that Faris and I…
Awesome Mechanics
If your favourite game as a kid was Mouse Trap, and you enjoyed the Honda Cog advert be prepared to waste 9.10 of your life smiling through this compilation of idents for Japanese TV show Pythagoraswitch. via: BoingBoing
Great Climate Change Video
Forget about An Inconvenient Truth, it’s all long and boring and stuff. Watch this instead… To my mind this deserves to have a lot more views than it’s had – so I’m going to make it my mission to get more people to see it. Please blog it…
Prison Dancing
The clip of prisoners doing the Thriller dance has been featured all over the place, in case you missed it, here it is: But I looked about and found these two which are less impressive from a choreography point of view. But somehow I found…
Sometimes Titles Just Spoil Things
I didn’t really know how to title this post, if I’d given it an obvious title it’ll spoil the film… If you like what the film is suggesting have a look at this, it’s something that we can do in the UK.
World of Warcraft vs The Proclaimers
I didn’t think I’d ever post anything about The Proclaimers on here. But then I didn’t think I’d ever laugh out loud at a World of Warcraft video on YouTube either
Daft Hands
You have to give it a minute or so before it gets going, but have patience, it’s worth it. It’s just really simple and charming, but a great bit of technique and something someone’s obviously put a lot of work into. I can see it getting…
Extreme Dancing Skills
Dramatic Chipmunk (or Prairie Dog)
Lauded as ‘the best 5 second clip on the Internet’ – and you know what, they might be right: Then come the literally hundreds of ‘remixes’… Silent Movie: Kill Bill: Star Wars: It’s a gift that just keeps on giving… If you want to see the…
This made me laugh out loud
http://www.danieleatock.com/project/alarm-dance-3/ is my favourite, but make sure you watch them all. And you ought to read the description here that made me giggle too. In fact look at everything on Daniel Eatock’s site, it’s ruddy great.…
The 2012 Mashup Olympics
Thanks Cookie. Update: Weds 13th – the video is ‘unavailable’. “This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited”. They aren’t liking mashups then
Prank Call
Prank calls are sometimes just a bit rubbish, they’re just too easy. But this one made me laugh out loud. There’s no video just sound.
Online Drama – Prom Queen
I didn’t really know where to start with this one. Prom Queen is a new 80 episode Internet-only drama. Here’s the facts: Each episode is just over 2 minutes long and features pre and post-roll ads – a couple of seconds pre and about 10…
Food and Music
Is this a new food show format? Or perhaps M&S could quit the food-porn ads and do this instead ;-) And while we’re on the topic of music and food, in case you’ve not seen it: