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Tuesday Laughs: Seinfeld, Supermarkets, Old Gadgets and LBJ

Written by . Posted on January 25, 2011. No comments.
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In case you’re looking for something to get you through the day, here are some ridiculous videos to watch. Seinfeld re-imagined as a dramatic thriller movie. Here’s a bizarre, yet humorous video about a guy at the grocery store. It’s worth watching for the cool animation at least. Created by Tom Rainford. How French children perceive “old” [...]

Daniel Tosh TV Show Starts A Blog

Written by . Posted on January 24, 2011. No comments.
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Whether you like him or not, Daniel Tosh is turning into a face for the YouTube generation. It’s all thanks to his show Tosh.0, which riffs on the dumbest viral and buzzworthy web videos out there. It’s the stuff we all watch because we don’t want to fall behind on our quick-changing pop culture references. [...]

Brand Spanking: BMW, Bud Light, Asics and Levi’s

Written by . Posted on January 24, 2011. No comments.
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Your Monday branded content multi-vitamin. Trailer for BMW’s promising future-minded, four-part documentary series called “Wherever you Want To Go.” Each part will be released weekly over the month of February. Bud Light demonstrates the dangers of 3D advertising in this year’s Super Bowl commercial entry. If these athletes drank Gatorade before this commercial shoot do [...]

Levi’s Brazil Builds Presence on Instagram

Written by . Posted on January 22, 2011. 2 Comments.
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With Instagram catching on everywhere, Levi’s Brazil (user name: levisbrasil) noticed a growing populating of users in their home country and decided to step into the game too. Sure, a lot of brands are deeply involved in various social media arenas, but we don’t hear much about what’s happening on Instagram – a still relatively [...]

Friday Music Video Round Up: 1.21.2011

Written by . Posted on January 21, 2011. No comments.
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The latest music videos rounded up to make your Friday awesome. Freelance Whales – “Enzymes” – Directed by Chunwoo Kae and Ryan Demler Lykke Li – “Untitled” Crystal Castles + Robert Smith – “Not In Love” – Video by Video Marsh Best Coast – “Crazy For You” Times New Viking – “No Room To Live”

MTV Hosting Digital Content Awards Show

Written by . Posted on January 20, 2011. No comments.
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MTV announced they’ve created a new awards show that focuses on digital content – namely music and social media – coming to your computers sometime this Spring. Yes, this awards show is web-only with the intention of bringing the social conversation into the spotlight. It’s still in the development stages, so there aren’t any clear [...]

Retinal Blast: Skate Vid, Lost Photos, 3D Graphics and Fonts

Written by . Posted on January 20, 2011. No comments.
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Here are some of the most visually stunning videos I’ve seen recently. It’s kind of random today, but I’m sure you’ll find something worth while. It’s a skate video! Maybe you’re into it, maybe not, but it was filmed by the famous Atiba Jefferson and Ty Evans on the Lumix GH2 DSLR camera for Panasonic [...]

Have You Seen This Yet? Ray Ban Viral Where the Sun Don’t Shine

Written by . Posted on January 19, 2011. No comments.
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I noticed a new viral video while trolling the net and thought I’d confront it. It was posted yesterday on YouTube. Then BuzzFeed picked it up yesterday and Laughing Squid picked it up this morning. It features a guy running through a subway train in the opposite direction that it’s traveling, so he stays even [...]

Videos From One Day on Earth

Written by . Posted on January 19, 2011. No comments.
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No, this isn’t the Ridley Scott film that was hyped on YouTube. Planning for the project, known as One Day on Earth, began two years ago which included coordinating thousands of people around the world to film a day in their life on 10.10.10, and then creating a full-length film out of it. Beyond that, [...]

Posterchild Messes With Phonebooth Advertisements

Written by . Posted on January 18, 2011. No comments.
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Posterchild is a Toronto-based street artist who likes to mess with your mind in public places. His most notable project was hanging giant Mario blocks in public, which influenced some copycat incidents. This time he’s trying to get people to think better of public phonebooths – which are no more than just sidewalk protrusions for [...]

Tuesday Laughs: Pee Wee, Tony Danza and Nick Cage’s Hair

Written by . Posted on January 18, 2011. No comments.
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Here are some of our new favorite funny videos trending on the internet. Pee Wee Herman and Andy Samberg take a bunch of shots and assault people. Hold me closer Tony Danza. A celebration of the many hairstyles of Nicholas “Kim Coppola” Cage. Saw this video right after I published this post, but had to [...]

Brand Spanking: MLK, Monster Trucks, Bus Stops and more

Written by . Posted on January 17, 2011. No comments.
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Gathering up buzzworthy branded content from around the web. Chevrolet goes big on MLK day with a site that invites people to record themselves reading quotes from the historic civil rights leader. Check out the website here. Mini takes center stage at a monster truck rally in this brilliant new commercial of theirs. Colle+McVoy created [...]

Brand New 3D Technology Sans Eyewear

Written by . Posted on January 17, 2011. No comments.
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A man named Francois Vogel demonstrates his discovery of a way to watch video in 3D without the annoying plastic or cardboard glasses. Instead he attaches these small devices to each side of his forehead (near the temple) and they cause his eyes to blink rapidly back and forth – which creates the same 3D [...]

BBC’s Next Big Nature Series: Human Planet

Written by . Posted on January 14, 2011. No comments.
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BBC just released a trailer and short clips on their YouTube channel to hype their latest nature series, following the success of Planet Earth and Life. This time Human Planet points the cameras in the mirror so to speak – just not literally back at ourselves. You know BBC went out and found the most [...]

Friday Music Video Round Up: 1.14.2011

Written by . Posted on January 14, 2011. No comments.
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Here’s another Friday round up of some of the latest music videos to get you pumped for the weekend. Starkey – “Robot Hands” This is just a teaser, but it’s a pretty amazing teaser.  ”An Island” – A Film By Vincent Moon and Efterklang YAWN – “Toys” – Directed by Eli Stonberg Deerhoof - “Super Duper [...]

Have You Seen This Yet? Tom Selleck Predicts the Future

Written by . Posted on January 14, 2011. No comments.
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This video of 8-year-old AT&T commercials has been around a while – even on YouTube – but surprisingly there aren’t THAT many views on it. Somehow I missed Mashable‘s post on it the other week, but maybe you did too. So what’s the deal with these AT&T commercials you ask? They’re from an old campaign [...]

Retinal Blast: Nathaniel Whitcomb Redefines Music Videos

Written by . Posted on January 13, 2011. 1 Comment.
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This weeks Retinal Blast dives into the work of Cleveland-based artist and designer Nathaniel Whitcomb. Under his brilliant blog Think or Smile, Whitcomb logs his daily inspirations (visual and musical), as well as his many artistic creations – which have developed a growing following in the indie music blogosphere. His most impressive work, however, has [...]

Cool! A Banner Ad! – Says a New Tumblr Blog

Written by . Posted on January 12, 2011. No comments.
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I spotted a funny new Tumblr this morning and I’m really feeling the urge to pass it on to everyone. It’s called Things Real People Don’t Say About Advertising and it features hilarious, captioned photos of exactly that. I chose a few selects for you to check out below, but definitely visit the blog for [...]

Killing It: California is a Place (@caliisaplace)

Written by . Posted on January 12, 2011. 1 Comment.
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This week I’m excited to profile the creators of one of the most amazing video and photo blogs I’ve ever seen. Even if you’ve never been to California, the Golden State-centric short films at California Is A Place will still blow your mind. This state has everything within its vast borders and it shows in [...]

NASA Gets Called Out For Being Social Squares

Written by . Posted on January 11, 2011. No comments.
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Here’s another YouTube voice rising up. User damewse is so fed up with NASA’s failed attempts to connect with the American public that he’s putting out his own material using repurposed footage and the hypnotic combination of minimalist piano and Carl Sagan. It’s actually pretty humbling and encouraging stuff – although keep in mind it’s [...]