Ok Go Enjoy Embeddability Thanks to State Farm
Published March 4, 2010 @ 21:02 in Videos

Damian Kulash Jr. of the band Ok Go went off last month on EMI for cutting off its nose to spite its face.

Now they've gone viral again thanks to their amazing new video for This Too Shall Pass and the fact it's embeddable. It's embeddable, not thanks to EMI, but because the video has been sponsored by State Farm Insurance.

Here's This Too Shall Pass, a video you're watching now because embedding wasn't disabled in YouTube.

And yes, embaddability should be word.

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Neil Young and the Bluenotes - This Note's For You
Published December 28, 2009 @ 12:39 in That Damn Pepsi Cheer, Videos

I'm sharing this classic video by Neil Young and the Bluenotes because it includes the line "ain't singing for Pepsi". When I record a cover about my battle against Pepsi, I'll change that to "ain't chanting for Pepsi".

This video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Video of the Year for 1989.

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Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis
Published December 24, 2009 @ 09:31 in Videos

In the spirit of the season, I've kept all the MP3s I've shared this month online, so if you visit the Weekly MP3 category page you can help yourself.

Yesterday, I shared my favourite Christmas song of all. It's Fairytale of New York by The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl. Howard left a comment about that song and Tom Waits' Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis, another under-appreciated holiday gem.

Here's Tom Waits performing Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis with a sweet Silent Night intro. Merry Christmas, all.

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Crazy Town: True One Hit Wonders
Published August 29, 2009 @ 10:20 in Music, Videos

With the death of DJ AM yesterday, people are seeking out his former band's one hit. Crazy Town was an alternative hip-hop ensemble consisting of several artists, including Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein.

"Butterfly" was released back in 2001 and was a massive hit for the band. The contagious groove is courtesy of the Red Hot Chili Peppers as it's their "Pretty Little Ditty" from my favourite RHCP album of all time.

Here's a true one hit wonder, Crazy Town, with their one hit, "Butterfly".

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Moments by Will Hoffman
Published August 26, 2009 @ 22:15 in Videos

I tweeted about this film immediately after watching it for the first time yesterday. Even though I added "(highly recommended)" to the tweet, only 36 people clicked through to watch. This thing is better than that.

This is called "Moments" and it's by Will Hoffman. This films is a celebration of life that was inspired by David Eagleman's book, Sum. I adore it, and so should you.

Pass it on.

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Timelapse Video of Toronto's City Workers' Strike
Published August 4, 2009 @ 18:54 in Toronto News ~ Toronto Focus, Videos

I found a great timelapse video of our city workers' strike on Torontoist.

On the second full day of the city workers' strike—June 23—Torontoist photographer Christopher Drost set up a camera rig in a window at the corner of Runnymede and Annette streets. Set to shoot one photo every ten minutes (and one every two minutes once the deals to end the strike were in place), the camera looked out towards the street and over two waste bins, one on the south and one on the north side of the street, snapping shots all day and all night for the whole rest of the strike.

I didn't know this camera was there, but I know I walked right by it a few times during the strike. Speaking of the strike, after slo-pitch tonight I'll be putting my extra large bin and several garbage bags full of recycling to the curb. I was ready to go another month or two, but it's still nice to actually have some of these services we pay for.

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The Fratelli's Chelsea Dagger
Published May 22, 2009 @ 21:49 in Videos

I'm hearing it played over the loudspeakers in Chicago when the Blackhawks score and I just heard it in a beer commercial during the Jays game.

The Fratelli's Chelsea Dagger is the song of the night.

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Christian Bale takes David to the Dentist
Published February 8, 2009 @ 09:56 in Videos

Probably the two most viral pieces of multimedia last week were the audio of Christian Bale ranting and raving on the set of Terminator Salvation and David all drugged up after going to the dentist.

If you somehow missed these clips, here's Christian Bale's rant (NSFW) and here's David After Dentist.

And here they are mashed up together. This is Christian Bale takes David to the Dentist and it's still NSFW.

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Nerd Rap That Ain't Half Bad
Published November 27, 2008 @ 19:35 in Videos

Me and my nerdy friends were sharing this video today. It's an ad for Seagate but it's actually pretty good.

I don't want to like it, but I do.

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Will I See Some Star Trek Porno?
Published October 22, 2008 @ 18:03 in Videos

I'm going to make my way over to the Kool Haus soon. I'll be checking out the 2008 CASBY Awards.

One of the bands performing, USS, impressed me when I saw them at Edgefest. I wonder if we'll hear Porno Star Trek tonight?

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