Thursday, February 7, 2008

Ever have dreams so vivid...

you have to google the shit when you wake up to make sure it didn't happen?

Ever notice you can't google shit in your dreams?

Inspiration

Here's some videos I've discovered through YouTube tuesday that are making the right side of my brain feel all warm and fuzzy.

One-shot wonder...


Watch the whole damn thing part 1



Watch the whole damn thing part 2



YAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Writing Press Releases makes me feel like a Schitzoid

Thats what she said...

Tonights gonna be a good one. To celebrate Fat Tuesday, we'll show fat kids getting hurt, every hour on the hour. COME!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
YOUTUBE TUESDAYS AT CYN LOUNGE
Presenting The First Of It's Kind All-Request Video Night!
Brooklyn, NY, February 5th, 2008

Every week, VJ BAMiAM hosts YouTube Tuesdays at Cyn Lounge, a 6-hour, NO COVER laugh-riot where patrons request their favorite viral and music videos shown on the big screen.

It started quite by accident in December 2007. Video artist BAMiAM (aka B.A. Miale), was premiering her latest music video at cozy dive bar, Cyn Lounge. The thing is, the video was only 2:30 long. With a packed bar and her projector hooked up, she felt the need to continue providing the eye-candy and began playing random videos off YouTube. What happened next is a beautiful thing. People began yelling out requests – some were hilarious comedy shorts and animations. Many were music videos you rarely even see on VH1 Classic.

"Gino The Guinea!"
"James Brown on Wheel Of Fortune!"
"The Replacements' Bastards Of Young!"
"Fat kid falls and gets hurt!"

Six hours later, the bar was still packed—choc full of uproarious laughter. Folks were even dancing around and shouting along to music videos.

"It occurred to me that most of these clips are usually watched alone, confined within the walls of a cubicle," says B.A. "These videos are much more entertaining in good company, when your boss isn't lurking around the corner… and the cheap drinks don't hurt either"

In the month she's been hosting YouTube Tuesdays, She already has regulars that come every week along with a steady stream of new faces.

"I love how interactive the night is. Especially in Williamsburg—where bars frequently rock the segregated high school cafeteria mentality-- strangers talk to each other, often shouting across the bar. Local directors and bands come in and show off their own stuff. It has this crazy communal experience I never anticipated. Plus, it's great for us cable-impaired".

Cyn Lounge is located at 216 Bedford Ave at n5th St in Williamsburg. Requests start at 10pm.
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Monday, February 4, 2008

Do as we say, not as we do.

I'm an idiot.



Don't be like me! Be more like my awesome friend Eve, who not only is making sweet videos and had the brain to register democrat in time, but has been traveling up & down the east coast campaigning for obama.:


I don't have time to write my own rant, (plus I feel like an idiot) so I'll just steal one from a like-minded source who wasn't such an idiot.

For those who have been on this list for a few years, you
know we began with a heady mix of activism and a side
serving of escapist adventure. As the politics of the moment
turned hopeless the celebration of self became all we
could muster. But the progressive ideals that birthed this
e-mail list have never been more than a breath away and
in this moment our brightest ideals deserve to take center stage.

Tomorrow, February 5th you have the opportunity to make history.

For the past seven years our nation has suffered under
failed leadership. Tomorrow is the biggest step yet in
the most important election of our lifetime. This is our
best opportunity to right the wrongs of the past. There
is one candidate whose policies, persona and principles
live up to the greatest of American dreams.

That candidate is Barack Obama.

I won't burden this list with a long essay on why Obama is
the best opportunity for truly transcendent leadership,
but it goes far beyond an appealing personality. He is a
leader on ethics reform as evidenced by his votes in the
senate, he is a leader on open government, he is a leader
on building peace internationally (not just opposing the
war but opposing the mindset that got us into war), he is
the best candidate to rebuild our relationship with the
rest of the world, and on and on.

For a more inspired editorial on the potential of an Obama presidency read this.


To find your polling place in New York see:
http://my.barackobama.com/page/invite/nylookup

I've waited my entire life for a politician who can
genuinely inspire greatness from this country. This is
that candidate. This is our moment. Please vote tomorrow.
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