It’s always hard to explain the definition of “cheesey”. Maybe you have to say it in French. This video shows what happens when you take one of the coolest things every conceived and mix it with bad Eurodisco, totally lame-o dance moves, and retro video fx. Even though you could it up under “bad” in the dictionary, it still has the ability to make us smile. That is a good definition of cheesey.
Year: 2010
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Enjoy Your Work
Thanks to @narcissusholmes.
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John Fahey: Guitar God
He’s also been a great curator, releasing old-time recordings with wonderful packaging. I’ve never read his short stories, but I’ve retold many times my friend’s tale of how my pal drove cross country to sell Fahey a collection of RCA acetate classical music recordings, only to find Fahey living in his car because his house had become overwhelmed with his “collections”. Fahey paid him several thousand for the discs, and my friend felt bad because it felt like he took candy from a baby, but my friend was broke and needed the cash. It was the early days of the internet and a few weeks passed and my friend read how Fahey had just sold a collection of RCA acetate classical music recordings for TENS of thousands of dollars. Fahey may have seemed crazy, but he was crazy like a fox. I woke this morning to this song and it brought a smile to my face.
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Change Your Shirt
You probably know Michel Gondry from either his Lego videos or solving Rubik’s Cubes with either his feet or nose. He also is responsible for popularizing “swedes” — the home made lo-fi versions of popular films. He’s been making movies and videos forever and is always great. Here he takes a simple idea — a shirt with one pattern on the front and another on the back — and weaves a very complicated dance out of it. Make sure to stay to the end as it gets close to glorious.
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Papercraft Bakugan
We checked out NYC’s Bakugan and had a lot of fun. It also got us to return to some papercaraft in the AM prior. This time without any glue. Check it out here.
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PIGEON: IMPOSSIBLE
Did you ever wonder why you shouldn’t give guns and other dangerous weapons to birds? Next time you eat a bagel, think twice before feeding flying friends — at least if you happen to have any nuclear bombs within your reach.
We think this has a bit of feel like a Pixar picture in progress.
We have a guest post today from Miao Wang, director of Beijing Taxi, set to premiere shortly in SXSW.
A number of people have asked me for my secrets in regards to Beijing Taxi’s successful recent Kickstarter campaign. Frankly, the campaign’s success far exceeded my expectations. As is often the case, I simply had no alternative. I had gotten the last of my rejection letters from the post production grants I applied for. I had just received my invitation to have BEIJING TAXI’s world premiere at SXSW. It gave me a much-needed boost of energy and a deadline to push for! I knew having SXSW’s world premiere would be a crucial element in the fundraising effort, yet it was a couple of weeks before I could publicly announce it. The pressure is on! It was either get into mounting debt for the post production expenses, or do my best to raise as much as I can! It seemed like a win-win situation. I had heard about Kickstarter a few month ago, but didn’t manage to find an invitation to post a project until the last minute. Luckily my friends at Argot Pictures came to the rescue and helped me secured an invitation. I was due to start color correction and sound mix in two weeks!
