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Svensk tv 1979: Diskotek och dansbandsdöd

Thomas Nybergh — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:37:52 +0000

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.

(länk till Youtube)

“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 åter påminna om att avgiften faktiskt infördes år 1986. Den kallas Sami-avgift och omfattar förutom diskotek även alla tänkbara andra offentliga sammanhang där inspelad musik används”

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MUTO – a strange wall paint animation short film

Thomas Nybergh — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:07:13 +0000

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 on Vimeo.

The video appears to be licensed under an unspecified Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works license.

Screenshot from 5:03 into the film:

[via:net.nyt]

Shrimp On A Treadmill (video)

Thomas Nybergh — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:40:26 +0000

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 Hill theme.

Fry your brain with “Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show”

Thomas Nybergh — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:20:29 +0000

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 show seems to be back with new releases, adding a more overdoses of Engrish, awkward “guests” and recurring characters dressed up in ill-fitting, fluffy animal costumes.

The official site of the show is not entirely in shape, but adequate episode listings can be found on Mediocre Films’ site and on Youtube.

I’ve done you the (dis?)service of embedding the first episode below (flash video from Youtube).

According to Mediocre Films, the show is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike-license.