I can’t think of a way they can possibly top this clip. Brilliantly shot in High Def, beautifully choreographed, and perfectly synchronised. If you liked their treadmill clip (symbolically shattered half way through) you’ll love how clever this is. It also knowingly nods to the Internet and Youtube crowd (did I see the mars rover? Something like the water bird that Homer uses to press the “any” key when he works from home? An OK Go concert rendered in Lego?).
What a joyful and exciting clip from a band that knows how to engage their audience. Bravo!
I’ll be purchasing Caravan Palace ASAP. I’ve found a group that embodies the music I love. Apparently it’s called Electro Swing. I haven’t heard a single one I haven’t liked yet.
I think in the near future there will be docking stations everywhere with a screen and a keyboard. You simply pull out your phone, plug it into the docking station, and instantly all your applications and data are available to you. Chrome, Google Apps, and Android make this vision possible.
Dammit! I said this to people 3 years ago. I should have written it down, if only to prove that I’m at least as good at imagining the future as Don Dodge. Of course it might never happen like this, but the thought that 3 years after I first said it, Don Dodge can now see it happening before his eyes at Google is kinda gratifying.
I have a friend, who I’m told has been blogging for more than five years. I never got the chance to read her older stuff, but her more recent writing is very interesting. She has a website about marketing, which I might mention later, but I want to point to her new site right now. It’s over there on my sidebar, but if you missed it, it’s Taciturnly.com. I’m not certain where she’s going with it — and I’m not sure she is either yet, but if you want to get to know one of my good friends, check it out. YAY!
When I was 13 I was around at my mate’s place as often as I could be just to play Wolfenstein 3D on his better-than-mine system. He had colour graphics and a sound card, while my Commodore 64 only had enough grunt for side-scrolling platformers and breakout clones and my IBM clone could barely muster monochrome. Wolfenstein was the pinnacle of gaming. It was just like you were there, with your little gun waving in front of you and meals left on the floor. And B.J. Blazkowicz’s face peering out at you to remind you to keep away from big men with chain-guns. I couldn’t play it enough.
I love The Muppet Show (if the title “greatest show of all time” didn’t tell you that). It had an innocence and irreverence that is almost completely missing from our TVs today. Jim Henson’s creativity is still missed since his death almost 20 years ago. Three of Henson’s wonderful creations were creatures who could barely talk, yet made us laugh with a cacophony of squeaks, grunts and pseudo-language that left us baffled while we let out tears of laughter. They were the Swedish Chef, Animal, and Beaker.
