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The Joke Project
Joke telling is one of the oldest entertainment activities, and now it’s getting a little 21st century makeover at The Joke Project. The creators get people on the street to share their favorite rib ticklers in front of a rolling videocamera. Then The Joke Project producers edit them together and serve up a new slew of jokes five days a week via their site, and various RSS feeds. Soon they will implement a system whereby you will be able to submit your own jokes. In the meantime, go have a look and have a giggle.
They even have a content rating for each day’s joke compilation:
“SC=Squeaky Clean
These jokes are clean enough to wash with. No parent or guardian needed
RH=Relatively Harmless
Under 3 years requires accompanying parent or guardian
PD=Pretty Dirty
May be considered offensive, rude, dirty, sexy — depends on your perspective. Under 13 requires parent or adult guardian
XN=Extremely Naughty
Definitely will be considered offensive, rude, dirty, sexy. Under 18 requires parent or adult guardian “
Published by Jonny Goldstein on May 8 .
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Vlogging the Taboo: Mortality
As Videoblogging Week 2006 rolls on, I find myself re-entering the vlogging world after a break with an unexpected exuberance for everything video. I have been watching posts of my old favorites, and I have also been discovering new gems here and there. One vlogger has captured my attention with his approach to this annual event. I have watched Dave Huth of 90 Seconds of Dave many times previous, but I don’t think I have ever been so moved as I have been by how he has chosen to spotlight Vlogging Week.
The title of his entries, “People I Know: Mortality”, only tells part of the story. Yes, his videos are about death, but they are about so much more. They are about an integral portion of the human experience. In our culture death is taboo. People don’t like to talk about it, and if they must they do so in hushed tones as if it were listening and might come for a visit. That is unfortunate. As a counselor, I believe that it is extremely important for us to discuss all aspects of life. Death is a natural part of living. If anything, it helps us to see just how precious our relationships are. Yes, death is hard to discuss and uncomfortable to think about, but Dave shines a strong light of dignity on those he spotlights. The feelings that he creates through images of elderly parents who have lost their son, and a young mother holding her child help to further personalize his posts. Everyone experiences death in a different way. Dave opens the viewer’s eyes to the humanity of our mortality, and I applaud him for his originality. Check out his first two entires here (Day 1) and here (Day 2).
Published by Tim on April 4 .
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Steve Garfield’s Vlog Soup
Since we’re all giving tours af the vlogosphere, take a look at my most recent episode of Vlog Soup.
Join me on this trip around my favorite vlogs in the vlogosphere.
Published by Steve Garfield on February 13 .
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The SlamDance Podcast
One festival I always hate to miss is “Slamdance“. Slamdance is the yang to the more popular “Sundace Film Festival” which was held last week. Both Slamdance and Sundance have started the carreers of many famous filmmakers today. I was so happy to see that SlamDance had a Video Podcast they started so that I could be there in a way. What can you expect? Lots of trailers, not to many shorts being posted, but also alot of news roundups that give a good feeling of the atmosphere at SlamDance.
“The Slamdance Podcast will be a great way for people both in Park City and around the world to get a taste of Slamdance and our filmmakers,” said Slamdance Co-Founder-at-Large Dan Mirvish.
It was cool to see the Four Eyed Monsters jumping in together with SlamDance to help them out. Enjoy folks. Unfotunately I could only find a link to the iTunes music store feed of this. I think that they did a deal with Apple on this one. Anyone find just the regular feed?
Published by GabeMac on February 2 .
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Chasing Windmills
Chasing Windmills is a fictional episodic vlog that’s about a couple dealing with the day to day issues of being a couple. Putting aside the fact that I am having great difficulty liking these characters (I even wonder how they put up with each other), the production qualities are great and this vlog often dives into some pretty interesting ideas.
New episodes also seem to appear on an almost daily basis.
Worth a look and they don’t get near the number of comments they deserve.
Published by Graham Walker on November 16 .
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Green Green Water: Righteous Vlog
Ever wonder how vlogs will change the world? Answer: Vlogs like Green Green Water.
Green Green Water is a vlog that examines the complex problems associated with Manitoba Hydro’s development of large-scale dams that supply power to both the US and Canada. The Province of Manitoba is located just west of Ontario, Canada, and north of Minnesota. The development of these dams was an exciting prospect to environmentalists interested in utilizing renewable resources and to consumers promised clean, efficient, and affordable energy. When these dams were originally developed in the 1970s there was virtually nothing like it in a comparable geographic area; as a result, the affects of the dams were virtually unforseen and irreversable to the Native communities that inhabit this area.
Green Green Water was started by Dawn Mikkelson, a Manitoba resident and consumer of Manitoba Hydro’s energy system. Dawn was interested in understanding more about where she gets her energy and how it affects her community. She began documenting this complex problem by interviewing many people directly affected by and associated with these dams.
Ken Bradley, a representative of Minnesotans for an Energy Efficient Economy, talks here about the creation of the dams and why they had such a dramatic impact on the area’s residents. She interviews Glen Schneider, Director of Public Relations for Manitoba Hydro, and asks what he thinks about the U.S. activists against the project and the public accusation that local suicides have increased as a direct result of the dams. She talks with Carol, leader of the Justice Seekers of Nelson House, who discusses her experience publicly challenging Manitoba Hydro and what she believes was a result of that confrontation. She also interviews Dr. Peter Kulchyski, who talks about the psychological importance for Native communities of “standing their ground” to maintain their culture and integrity.
This site has many more fascinating interviews of residents affected by Manitoba Hydro, as well as information about Hydropower that may eventually affect us all. Please be sure to check out Green Green Water, now a featured podcast in itunes, and if you are in Minnesota, be sure to view the upcoming feature-length documentary of this project at the City Pages Get Real: Documentary Film Festival at the Laguna Uptown Cinema November 5 at 7:30. For a sneak preview of this documentary, please watch the Green Green Water trailer.
Published by Jennifer Rundle on October 25 .
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Lives In Focus: HIV In India
Part of our job at We Are The Media is to report on interesting vlogs around the world. Lives In Focus: A Lens on Life in the Margins is a fascinating grassroots vlog, podcast, and blog that investigates the impact of India’s new patent law on the treatment of the country’s HIV+ population through the eyes of the people.
For those of you that aren’t aware, India has historically manufactured and distributed generic forms of Western drugs at very low costs to those who couldn’t afford brand-named drugs. Indeed, many Indians have become dependent on the Indian versions of Western medicines used to treat HIV. However, in March, 2005 India passed a patent law in accordinance with the World Trade Organization that will drastically change those who can use and have access to needed medications. This particularly impacts the many people in and around India, but may also present global ramifications to those that have contracted HIV/AIDS.
This site was started by Sandeep Junnarkar, an award-winning journalist and journalism professor frequently featured in the New York Times, and Srinivas Kuruganti, a photographer who has chronicled the lives of sex workers, coal miners, and eunechs in India, frequently featured in the New York Times and the Village Voice. These folks are aware that mainstream media does not necessarily represent the people for the people, and they wanted to change this by documenting the lives of people actually living with and treating the disease.
Represented on this site are some incredible voices, including Murgesh, a 16 year-old orphan living with the disease, and Dr. Uttara Murthy, a Bangore-based Psychologist who talks about the common misperception that only sex workers and the uneducated contract HIV. There are also some very interesting safer-sex ads, including one featuring a trapeze act.
This is truly a fascinating site, but please don’t take my word for it; take a look at Lives in Focus to learn more about this complex issue and to see a truly unique site for grassroots media. A special thank you to Freevlog, where I first learned about this site.
Published by Jennifer Rundle on October 17 .
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VlogDigest: Oct 7-05: New and Veoh
VlogDigest: Hosted by Clark Saturn, recorded live from New York City.
This week on Vlog Digest we take a look at:
Agent Xenon (agtxenon.blogspot.com) is great. I found them via Freevlog’s New Vlog feed. Agent Xenon has a feed, subscribe already!
Next, coming from Undergroundfilm.org: This post was great: “Things I have worried about” a short animated film by Lev, of ingredientx.com
Then, a newish aggregator/host/IPTV site: Veoh.com
Keep on vlogging!
Published by Clark Saturn on October 12 .
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Vlogger Of The Week #9: Phillip
I’m playing that game where you get to pick where you’d like to be right now. Right now I’d like to be in the back-country of New Brunswick with Swordfight. I’d push refrigerators over, spy on cats, drink “full throttle,” and play old-school trouble with a person wielding a chainsaw. Sound like a place you’d like to visit too, right? Go watch, subscribe, and unleash your inner ninja.
Warning: This site may not be appropriate for all audiences.
Published by Bre Pettis on October 3 .
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Precipice: Pretty
Taxiplasm has an eye for pretty vlogging. Check out Precipice to see what I mean.
Published by Jennifer Rundle on September 29 .
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