Tube Trekker

I hadn’t posted anything on the blog in awhile, but when I saw this I knew it was time.

thedailywhat

So your either one of two people, those who already saw a video for “This Too Shall Pass” (The first single off of OKgo’s new album) and are wondering what this is. Or your the second group of people who didn’t see their first attempt at a video for this song. OKgo believes that the reason why this second group exists is because the record companies wouldn’t allow their video to be embeddable on other sites.

So in an attempt to have a more viral response as seen with “A Million Ways” and “Here it Goes Again” they created this new video for the song using a Rube Goldberg machine. The result is amazing! I really like how they incorporate the song into the machine at the 1.30 mark and the ending is so vibrant and parts coming in all over the place. You might recall the Honda commercial from the early 2000’s using a Rube Goldberg machine also.

Although I really like this video if you didn’t see the original music video I highly recommend it, I personally think that version of the song using the Notre Dame Marching Band is superior to the album version.

What kind of commercial do people want to see during a recession? One that reminds them that people are being fired, and then that you need to go spend money on overpriced diapers! Woohoo!

Acoustic cover of Hey Ya by Outkast, gives a completely different feel to the song.

Classic

Another English band, Scouting for girls. This song will get stuck in your head for the rest of the day.

Going on from the cover of Lady Gaga, I was on stumbleupon and found this hidden gem. Another artist I don’t usually like Katie Perry being covered by a Ukrainian folk band. For the record I think Ukrainians are way funnier than Russians.

shiyiya:

abbyjean:

notemily: bringmethathorizon: (via obsessionful)

i’ve seen this floating around and it looks compelling, but i would point out that companies are trying to wedge in all those ads because they need to wring out every drop of revenue from paying customers to make up for the pirating. whether this is the best way to go about it is another issue, but this graphic seems to place responsibility solely at the feet of the companies, rather than the piraters who may be motivating this behavior by the companies.

More complex is the issue of DRM, which basically just makes life difficult for the legit users and poses no real barrier to the pirates. And people get sick of the hassle of it who might’ve bought it and just pirate.

Wow, it’s crazy how much greenscreen is used in even the smallest scene in TV shows. And here was me thinking it was just used by weatherman and bad SyFy movies. This video from Stargate Studios a VFX company shows how much green screen is used in TV.