Stuff we found on ebay video

(HT again AJC)

Which leads on to this fabby "Weird Al Yankovic" Parody of "Complicated". Sorry Ms. Lavigne

Swedish Chemist

No offense to my Swedish friends (the accents are apparently more Finnish) but this sketch came into conversation earlier today with a local shop-keeper.

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Some other great 'Not the 9 O'clock News' sketches:-

I like Trucking

Breakfast with the McEnroes

and

Judge Sketch

Music 2.0 Book by Gerd Leonhard

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Related:-

Media Futurist Website

Media Futurist Blog



(HT Gavin Baker)

Film Trailers/Mid Air Cinema

Watching movies has never been a big deal for me personally.



I have always been inspired by multi-media things though.



I have to say though that this trailer really grabbed my attention a few years ago and that thanks to Virgin Atlantic, this (Kill Bill 1) was on the video menu (choice of 50 films) during the flight.

The music inspired a song/idea (unfinished business) but the film itself was fab.

A Different week at Work

Today was a good day in many ways, so I wanted to express my thoughts in a fashion of my own choosing.

On this occasion, mainly musically.

ALL (BAR ONE) URL'S RELATE TO MP3 FILES THAT i HAVE PREVIOUSLY UPLOADED. AS SUCH, ONE TRACK AT A TIME IN A SEPARATE TAB.

As I woke up

I was thinking of many things.

I hit the road



During the daily journey, I thought about our beloved Scottish countryside




Nothing worse when one gets off a plane

or train when it rains

After walking through water



I found a reasonably safe haven.

One recalled that one had a meeting later that day. Could it be tonight?





No, tomorrow – phew.

Life would be much easier if one could see into the future



OK I arrive in a “strange location”. Not that strange really, it’s not far from home but the environment is new for moi.

Every time

I walk into a (large) new space I think many things. I felt at home here which was fab.

Great to put “the life I’ve come to live” behind me at least for a day and move forward.

One steps into new pastures, new fields are on or are over the horizons.

Let it Breathe springs to mind.




Being reasonably Proud of the day’s developments, I end with this lo-cost Ghostmaker demo.

[Disclaimer - I have an involvement in the recording front of all this material]



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photos, tags etc. to follow.....

Declare Independence - BJORK

Last Autumn, I was alerted to some awesome footage of Bjork performing here in Scotland.

I (and indeed the many thousand of fans present) were very attracted to "Declare Independence". This went down a bomb with Scots in the crowd - outdoor light show was stunning...



Above is studios version with a Mr Jewels Holland - I hope you like.

Yagshemash.

The Fast Show - Jazz Club (Piles Husain)

For those unfamiliar with "The Fast Show" (BBC), check out the wiki.

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We then poop in with "Chanel 9 Neus"

Audio Exp 8.3

Click To Play

Hot Sauce so Hot - it almost requires a permit

Dave's Instant Insanity Sauce



I went with the "temporary insanity" product being new to this untried (by these taste buds at least) bottles of "hot sauce" as musically discussed yonks ago by Thomas Dolby et al.


Hat tip to Greg Laden and this posting.

Now, I like my spices and sauces like the next person.

Judging from Greg's posting, this range is off the Richter Scale in hotness terms. Hold on with both Oven Gloves, Mask and Fan.

Dave's Gourmet Inc. is where you can find, read and consider purchasing various products from this range (pdf).

Is this simply a shameless plug by Greg ? :-

"I believe that the hottest hot sauce you can get without a permit is Dave's Instant Insanity Sauce. It is also one of the best tasting.

That is an unsolicited product endorsement. If you think differently, fine, but you have not tried it so don't be so sure!!!"

This I don't doubt but Mr Tabasco Inc., you have a new guy in town.....

"Torn" by Johan Lippowitz with Natalie Imbruglia

"Torn" is a rather fab (in my view) pop classic sung by Natalie Imbruglia. Very well produced.

A couple of years ago, I spotted a neat mime actor doing a brilliant parody. I now know his name to be Johan Lippowitz.


Kudos to Johan and Natalie for doing this:-

Raleigh Blogs Town Hall Live this Friday at 12:15 - video snacking

Twitter ye not......



"On Friday, February 15 at 12:15 WNCN NBC 17 will host’s its first live stream video snacking event. Video snacking is known when media companies provide viewers with an online show during lunch time. NBC 17 first live stream video snacking meetup will focus on blogging in and about Raleigh.

Myself along with a few other station community bloggers will be hosting the event. We’re sending out press information and I’m asking all my Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill friends to tune in to watch and participate. This is a big deal to myself and for the station NBC17 to live stream an event with local bloggers and it’s my first project working here."

It's free, so come along and have a virtual pizza with Wayne Sutton and his crew....

CNN fires blogger for blogging - WTF

Thanks to a comment left by a blogger over at the JoVE blog, I came across some blogs about the subject matter.

CNN fired American Morning producer Chez Pazienza yesterday.

So what's the background ? At the moment, not much - this only happened yesterday after all. Whilst we only have Chez's side of the story, judging from the blogosphere, Chez got the heave for not seeking permission from CNN before posting blog entries.

So, "CURRENTLY out of a job" Chez err blogged about what happened. It will be interesting to read more from Chez about this and judging from the huge amount of comments received on that posting, he has a lot of support.

From what I can gather, Chez's blog is nothing to do with CNN and/or his (ex) job with them.

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Update - drip drip and drip.