Manipulating balls

A bit of ping pong ball manipulation

This was amazing and all and took way more time work and forethought than I could put into it (2000 pictures and 500 balls!) or even really imagine and whoever did it well she did an amazing job but my favorite part of it all and what really caught my attention at first was the music. The song is Popcorn by Hot Butter and if that isn’t the best band/song title combo ever, well I don’t know what is. I couldn’t believe it came out in 1972-apparently it was "the first primarily electronic-based piece of music to reach the American popular music charts".
(and maybe I wasn’t blown away just because it is so well done it’s like perfect and so seems too professional and thus not endearing, if that made a lick of sense)

On second viewing though I realize that that is just simply amazing. And just incredibly creative- it's not just that I could never do that, it's that I never would think to.
Well done Ms. Foroponova, I’m glad to see there are girls out there with too much time on their hands as well
And that popping melody isn’t leaving my head anytime soon…
Hot Butter-Popcorn [download]

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Mind=Blown (Admittedly Not All The Way Blown But Still)

Have you ever wondered what Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" would sound like if it was played by the mop-top "I Want to Hold Your Hand" era Beatles?
Well neither did I before this post from Best Week Ever highlighting a Beatles cover band The Beatnix and their genius version of Stairway to Heaven
It's so indescribable, it's mindblowing

You can download the mp3 (y'know you want to) here at Berkeley Place.
Now to have a Joy Division cover band take on Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground...

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Ad Diction: Brava Bravia

Here are some Sony Bravia tv ad and these aren’t really just commercials they’re like filmed records of large scale public art, and they’re all so beautiful

Paint explosions ad


Bouncing Balls (music by Jose Gonzalez-a swede with a latin name.)

[download Heartbeats]

The Pyramid (specially made for Egypt)


March of the colorful clay rabbits


so frickin cool. I really feel compelled to buy one of these Tvs now just to support them so they can keep doing amazing commercials like these

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Your Stuck in my Head Song of the Day

Your Stuck in My Head Song of the Day is Fit Song by Cornelius and for some reason when I first heard of Cornelius I thought he was an African, like from Africa so I was admittedly surprised when I learned he was Japanese. (and that's all I really have to say about that) But that's of no concern this is a really cool song and I didn't know there were actual lyrics until I found them here

Just fit mis fit
Kick slap hit don’t hit that
Flash click break

Look down stop
Walk around look now
Well watch out
Look well

Find it pick up
Stop yes!
Ring bring
Some thing
Paint it
White

Just fit mis fit
Wind blows mind flows break

Be bop hip hop
Drop flip flap flop
Swing down swing up down
Twist change

Clap hands
Shake hands

Start stop
And move
Around
Fit

Hmm...I've always only heard strange beeps and monosyllabes.But I guess those make sense too. Anyway here is like one of the coolest and best videos I've ever seen for Your Stuck in My Head Song of The Day Fit Song by Cornelius

Cornelius-Fit Song [download] buy it on iTunes

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The Body Can Do Amazing Things

(even while fully clothed!)
I first saw this yesterday and the set up was too perfect for disaster. A 55 year old man was trying to establish the world record for lowest limbo at 5 and 7/8 inches. It is insane I have no idea how it's possible to get that low or be that flexible. I've been doing yoga for a year and I could get nowhere near that. Not that I limbo, as I think more about it. It seems like a fad out of the 70's or something. Here's the link to the Extra Mustard blog on SI.com; it's halfway down the page. Dude's in great shape.

But more important than that is this, which may be the coolest thing I've ever seen. It is a guy (it has to be a guy;the amount of time wasted creating this I couldn't see a chick doing that, though the purple ring on the left pinky gives me pause, but then again I don't know if its just the shadow but the arms seem pretty hairy and the nails are sort of junky.) who has created his own video for Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" a song that has been in my head for days now. It is mesmerizing to watch and actually left me in awe with my mouth agape. Watch for yourself, I promise you you won't be disappointed. This is Daft Hands:

Just to come up with that concept is really cool, but to execute it that perfectly...I salute you sir, madam or anywhere in between. I could watch that over and over. I think I may actually like it more than the official one. I remember when this video came out, I had no idea what was happening. But it is still a really good video (just doesn't have any hand with sharpie on them) and seriously who doesn't want to be an alien princess turned rock star:

The video is only part of a larger full length concept film called Interstella 5555, which is an anime movie soundtrack/companion piece to the album Discovery. You can watch it here. (or below; I'm seeing if this will work. UPDATE: I don't like trying new things. tried and true baby--

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