Another great drum interpretation of a non-musical work, which also seems to lend it musical qualities! Really cleverly executed. This guy has pretty amazing chops as well.
Also: I love Rick and Morty. (Which this clip is from.)
An interview with Henry Hill, the real wiseguy from the book that inspired the movie Goodfellas. Some great interviews with the actors and others about the casting process.
“Nix + Gerber, the duo of Lori Nix and Kathleen Gerber, are miniature diorama artists who have collaborated for 14 years. They specialize in creating post-mankind settings, where buildings are crumbling and ‘nature takes back some of the spaces.’ In this wonderful and fun artist profile short documentary by filmmaking duo The Drawing Room, we meet these two compelling artists with a keen eye for the details that makes their art come to life.”
The incredible attention to detail in this work is breathtaking. Beautifully done. And they seem like pretty cool people too!
“A huge full circle rainbow was shot in the cabin of a crane in St Petersburg, Russia while construction crews work on the Lakhta Center skyscraper (462 m).”
This is a first for me. I’ve seen double rainbows. Never this. Pretty cool!
Have a great Friday, and an awesome final July weekend!
“Discover Détour, a film by Michel Gondry shot on iPhone. Follow the adventures of a small tricycle as it sets off along the French roads in search of its young owner.”
I still love Gondry’s visual style. Shot on an iPhone! (Though I suppose that isn’t such a big deal, the iPhone has a great camera in it.)
“In this example, the team created realistic videos of Obama speaking in the White House, using the audio file from a television talk show and during an interview decades ago.”
This is mind-blowing.
More info here. White paper on this research here.
“Enjoy the Vice Grand Beatbox Battle Champ with his fresh new beats after his two year military break where he could bring his entire style to a whole new level.”
“Using her background in molecular genetics, Jessa has pioneered a new form of board-level iPhone repair.
“She’s teaching the world to fix devices that no one, not even Apple, thought it was possible to fix.”
I find this fascinating. Now that iPhones and smartphones are the de-facto most common computing device in the world today, it makes sense that this is the new frontier in DIY electronics investigation. I have done this a couple times and I find the small scale daunting. But this is great stuff.
“The shop that this year alone has brought us the world’s only operational recording booth, a direct-to-acetate live LP series, the Paramount Records Cabinet of Wonder and a titillating heat-sensitive 7?, Third Man Records and Novelties (to give it its full name) is without doubt the Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory of record stores.
“Taking our Golden Ticket to the dream workshop for a look behind the scenes, we learn of Third Man’s 6 most precious new releases and discover a whole Lounge of mechanical amusements not seen anywhere since way before you were born.”
Dust and Grooves is a long-running blog (and published book) all about vinyl collecting.
Third Man Records is Jack White’s (of the White Stripes, the Raconteurs, etc.) incredible record store and shrine to all things vinyl-disc-recorded.
“The Food Salon is held at Questlove’s home in the NY by Gehry building with panoramic views of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Long Island Sound. The salon is a gathering of thought leaders in art, music, film, TV, and food. Questlove’s chef friends Greg Baxtrom , Enrique Olvera, Michael Anthony and Mikiko Yui discuss their ideas and philosophies about food and prepare one dish that represents a first course, second course, a third course, and a dessert.”
Questlove: expert drummer, musicologist, foodie.
There is, in fact, an entire channel on Vimeo for this stuff.
“Back in the early 1980s I was doing a series of TV spots for United Technologies and I talked them into a documentary “real people” style. At the time, American airports were the greatest in the world and people saw Dulles Airport in Washington DC as the future. Everyone was thrilled to fly and felt that it was amazing to travel the world with such class and ease.”
Does anyone remember this? How vastly things have changed.
“Have you ever sat through the end credits waiting for the post-credit teaser and wondered what exactly do all those people do? We’ll break down the positions in that sea of credits and explain who’s who on a major film production.”
“In 2011 a Belgian photographer was allowed entry into one of Japan’s Yakuza families. Over two years, he captured the lives of those living in the underworld.”
At a mere six minutes in length, this video is entirely too short.
“Second test of our currently in research and development technology for audiovisual production, using in house tracking system (Augmenta) and Vive VR tracking technologies with real time video and projection mapping in space.”
“There is no post-production on this video.”
Created by a group called “THÉORIZ” who describe themselves as “a creative studio designing beautiful and unconventional experiences with cutting-edge technologies.”
Holy cow! This is some impressive tech. It would be amazing to see in person. Really well done.
“Fourteen young pupils from Fuji Municipal Harada Elementary School in Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan have turned a fun playground game into an official Guinness World Records title after achieving the Most skips over a single rope in one minute by a team.”
This is a crazy, mesmerizing thing to watch. 🙂 Crazy fast!
“In a world where seemingly mundane objects mysteriously vanish without warning, Life Without Stuff highlights (with astonishing scientific accuracy) what life would be like without stuff.”
Animated by Garth Lee. Funny! Simple.
Thanks for joining me on this week’s Friday Videos.
“Over 150 songs from more than 100 artists representing 40 years of hip hop all crammed into 4 minutes. It’s not a chronological history of hip hop. It’s rappers from different eras finishing each other’s rhymes over intersecting beats, all woven together to make one song.”
Which, actually, is pretty much precisely how hip-hop works! 🙂
