The guitar stylings of Adam Rafferty

Adam Rafferty is a guy i've been following on youtube for a while now and he continually puts out great acoustic videos. I'm currently watching his rendition of Billie Jean by the late Michael Jackson (also below). Enjoy a selection of my favorites and for some more great acoustic tunes, check out the one and only Tommy Emmanuel

Billie Jean

Superstition

Kutiman

So many people do mashups nowadays (take a bunch of applications or videos and make them into something new that it wasn't necessarily meant for). This Israeli guy named Kutiman has spent 3 months mixing unrelated music videos to make some very cool beats and is getting a lot of attention. Check out his site - Thru You where you can watch all the videos in a nice simple layout (here). TechCrunch ran an article today describing how artists like Kutiman are changing the landscape of music - 'Kutiman Killed the Video Star' is the name of the post. Check out one of his videos below.

Kutiman-Thru-you - 01 - Mother of All Funk Chords

World Builder

If anyone has every used a 3D architect program, like Google Sketchup, or AutoCAD you might find this pretty neat (even if you haven't used those programs you'll still likely find this video to be very interesting). A man builds a 3D virtual world for his wife. There's a little bit of a 'suprise' at the end in how she actually gets in there but i won't ruin the whole thing for you...

World Builder

Hudson River Plane Landing (US Airways 1549) Animation

I think everyone realizes how amazing it was that no one was killed/seriously injured when this plane ended up in the hudson... Here's a computer simulation with the actual audio from the event.

Hudson River Plane Landing (US Airways 1549) Animation

Dog sleep-runs into a wall

I don't think there's much more i need to say.. the title says it all. (poor doggy - his name is bizkit)

Dog sleep-runs into a wall

David after dentist

If you haven't seen this yet, you're missing out (good thing you come here). David went to the dentist and is coming down off of the drugs.... I had something similar happen when i had my wisdom teeth out (grade 8). Enjoy

David after dentist


Chad Vader after Dentist (chad vader does his own impression of david)

The Simpsons in high-def

I know i haven't posted anything here for quite some time, but looking at my google analytics account shows that over 100 visitors a month still wind up here.... so i figured i should get some new content up for those looking for me to guide them into all that the interwebs have to offer.

It's only taken 20 seasons, but The Simpsons has moved into the high-def, digital age with a new intro and 720p video. Check it out!

Escape From City 17: This is a very impressive video done by a small media company with almost no budget. If you've played halflife 1 or 2 you'll instantly recognize the sound effects and the setting. It's amazing what a couple of people can do nowadays!

Rodney Mullen

If you've known me for longer than a few months, you probably know that I've done some skateboarding in my slightly younger years. As such, i'm still pretty into things (i just got a new deck! w00t) - and Rodney Mullen is definitely one of my favorite skaters. The guy is a machine, he does things that no one even thinks of or does anymore - but they're always amazing. check it out for your self!

Rodney Mullen

Airplane

Airplane! is a great 1980's parody. Unlike the current crop of junk (i.e. Epic Movie or Scary Movie 2) it actually holds up over time. I've added a few clips and the trailer to give you the general feel of the movie.

Airplane! Trailer


June Cleaver speaks Jive


Airplane! - "Joey, have you ever...."


"Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?" - Great.

Keeping with the 'movie' topic, if you haven't seen Shaun of the dead (see post from earlier today) or Hot Fuzz, you should check them out. Their not big budget films by any means, but they're better than a lot of the million+ dollar junk that Hollywood is willing to put out.

Store Wars

Not a lot to say here. This is a great Star Wars parody with vegetables/fruits. Enjoy

Store Wars

Danger, 50,000 Volts

If you've seen Shaun of the Dead or Hot Fuzz, you'll recognize both of these chaps. In this episode of Danger 50,000 volts, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg show you how to handle an outbreak of zombies.

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3

The IT Crowd

I can't recall how i first heard about The IT Crowd, but it was probably on slashdot or something. Anyways, it's a great, British show about a small corporate IT department and the ridiculous characters that dwell within it's bowels. The official site is here. There are a few full episodes available on youtube - check out Chadner's videos for a good selection. I'll embed a couple clips below.

The IT Crowd - Calamity Jen (part 1 of 3)


The IT Crowd - Calamity Jen (part 2 of 3)


The IT Crowd - Calamity Jen (part 3 of 3)


I'll set this one up a little bit. The guys get invited out to a new musical called "Gay" - which is pretty self explainitory. Roy has to go to the bathroom, but there's a long line so he decides to go to the wheelchair/disabled bathroom. Hilarity ensues...

"I'm Disabled"

Rush and Colbert

Not everyone is into Rush (my wife for example), and that's fine - just as long as you're not Canadian and a supposed fan of good music... that's all i'm saying. I'm not sure how long this clip will be up on youtube, but you can sometimes find these at the comedy networks website. It's pretty obvious that the Colbert report guys are big Rush fans - it's too bad things get cut a bit short at the end, but no biggie.

In case the Youtube version gets pulled, the Comedy Network Version is available for your viewing pleasure.

Rush on the Colbert Report

Here's another video of Rush playing one of their songs on Rock Band before the show.. on expert!

Rush playing Rock Band

People are awesome

This is another one of those 'i have no idea how long it would take to do something like this but it must have taken a very long time' type things. Project Game Over is

one of the art projects developed by the French-Swiss artist Guillaume REYMOND (NOTsoNOISY creative agency). It consists of a series of collaborative animation movies which revive some of the very first video games. The pixels are replaced by a group of real human-beings that are moving from seat to seat in a theatre during about 4 to 6 hours. Each "pixel" has its own rules and decides what s/he wants to do for each picture. Once all these pictures are turned into a short animation movie, a giant human-scale video game unfolds "live".

You can check out all the info and the videos here, but i've also embedded them here for your convenience (i'm right nice like that...)

Tetris (won the 2007 Youtube award for 'Creative' video)


Space Invaders


Pong

House of Cosby's

My good friend Peter got me into this series a year or two ago. It doesn't hold up for long, and i think the guy was sued or forced by Bill Cosby to stop doing the show, but the first couple episodes are great. Bill cosby is a pretty easy character to mock, but this does it in a pretty good natured way and still comes off as unique. Please enjoy and don't forget to 'Explore!!'

House of Cosby's pt. 1


House of Cosby's pt. 2

Where am I getting all of this?

So you may ask yourself, 'Gee mr. blog guy, where do you find all these videos?'. Well, curious internet friend, i have many sources, many, mysterious, sources. But mostly i'm bumming them off friends or finding them on sites like video Stumple Upon or Best of Youtube. I'm sure there are hundreds and millions of places that do this kind of stuff, but not everyone knows where to look, so that's where people like me come in. I just like to help - that's how i roll.

Some other good places to find videos:

• Youtube has some decent recommendations now and again and if you're a member/logged-in then they'll give you suggestions based on what you watch or have favorited (good work)
• Facebook: look at your friends posted items - that's where i put a lot of my favorite stuff before i started this here web site. (this solution actually requires having friends, and friends who like interesting things, and who post them to facebook - so this may not work for everyone - unless you have me as a friend!!)
  
• As i mentioned above - stumbleupon is an amazing place to waste a few hours
• Also as i mentioned in my first post, Digg generally has current, interesting news and videos

So to end off this post, lets look at the somewhat recent weezer video 'Pork and Beans' and all the wonderful internet memes it includes.