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Svensk tv 1979: Diskotek och dansbandsdöd

June 4th, 2008  |  by Thomas Nybergh  |  published in in Swedish, link tips, movies, music

Nedanstående reportage (flashvideo från youtube.com) som visades i svensk tv (Rapport i TV2) den 17 maj 1979 hittade jag bland Copyriot-inlägg jag lämnat olästa en tid.

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“Många verkar skratta sig blåa över att Musikerförbundet år 1979 krävde en “särskild diskoavgift” för att rädda dansbanden. Med risk för att skratt hamnar i vrångstrupar, måste jag [...]

MUTO – a strange wall paint animation short film

May 17th, 2008  |  by Thomas Nybergh  |  published in in English, internet, link tips, movies

I found some properly entertaining use of paint on human built structures in the following short film. I recommend watching this odd and well done little movie titled MUTO using Vimeo’s full screen capabilities (embedded flash from vimeo.com below).

More info about the piece is available on the publisher’s own site and on the video’s entry [...]

Shrimp On A Treadmill (video)

May 17th, 2008  |  by Thomas Nybergh  |  published in in English, internet, link tips, movies

According to its page on Youtube, the following video featuring a shrimp running on a treadmill is a bit old. Luckily, the included WTF value is still quite intact, at least for someone like me who doesn’t have a career in crustacean athletics. (Flash video from youtube.com embedded below)

There’s also a version with the Benny [...]

Fry your brain with “Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show”

April 6th, 2008  |  by Thomas Nybergh  |  published in in English, link tips, movies, video

Those willing to risk their mental wellbeing should take a look at Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show, a web series of sketches borrowing heavily from those neurotic Japanese TV talk shows from which people keep uploading clips to video sites. I apparently missed the first episodes when they were posted early last year, but the [...]

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