On a day of intensity and strife…
…take some time to recenter yourself. ..bruce w..
Category: Video
“Friday” as radical text
Clearly, I’ve been looking at this music video all wrong: Rebecca Black wakes somewhat too perfectly in the early scenes of her viral video, “Friday.” Her eyes open exactly as the clock beside her bed flashes seven. She wears full make-up. Rare for a teen, she isn’t tired, longs not for any receding dreams. Her […]
Internet veritas
CIA’s ‘Facebook’ Program Dramatically Cut Agency’s Costs The Onion, as usual, nails it. Once you’ve watched it, watch it again in full-screen mode to read the headlines and factoid crawls (starting around 1:45). ..bruce w..
Tsunami photos and footage
[UPDATED 03/13/11 — 1809 MDT] Jerry Pournelle links to the blog of an American engineer in Japan who points out at length just how well everything has worked in Japan during and in the aftermath of the quake, with a gentle reminder of how big Japan is: Quite a lot of the reporting on Japan, […]
Pearl Harbor, redux
I could do without the music and intense narration, but I post this in memory of my late father, John A. Webster, who was there at Pearl Harbor as a 17-year-old seaman first class aboard the USS San Francisco. If you click through on the video to YouTube, there are additional segments. Hat tip to […]
A more traditional music video
…though it’s sort of funny to think of flash mobs singing in mall food courts as “more traditional”.
The strangest, most wonderful music video ever
No, I don’t know what it means. But I keep watching it, over and over. “I feel strangely hypnotized.” Hat tip to Ace of Spades. ..bruce w..
TSA update: the protest songs have begun
For those wondering, here’s some information on the singer’s reference to “2257”. Hat tip to Paul Chesser over at the American Spectator blog.
