The Day There Was No News

May 14, 2008 9:03 PM

The Day There Was No News is moving in its simplicity. The music is from Ben Frost's Theory of Machines, which is pretty good in its own right.
posted by SpacemanStix (16 comments total)

If there wasn't any news, they'd just make some.
posted by champthom at 9:08 PM on May 14, 2008

Seems like they could have gotten by with fewer anchors.
posted by docpops at 9:16 PM on May 14, 2008

Bugg called it ;-)
posted by tellurian at 9:34 PM on May 14, 2008

Worth three times its weight in zazen.
posted by kozad at 9:39 PM on May 14, 2008

Awesome, but I think "Nobody died today" would be pretty big news.
posted by ErWenn at 9:42 PM on May 14, 2008 [2 favorites]

is there no weather on the day there's no news?
posted by device55 at 10:05 PM on May 14, 2008

Are broadcasts like that copyrighted? What is the protocol on Flickr for re-posting material that is sourced from the 'net?
posted by Exchequer at 10:05 PM on May 14, 2008

bah, after I saw it everywhere else I decided not to post it here. oh well, it is still neat.
posted by GuyZero at 10:21 PM on May 14, 2008

It looked more like a "commercial breaks for newscasters" montage to me, but the profound-sounding music helped pull this out from the jaws of contrivance. OR DID IT.
posted by gorgor_balabala at 10:36 PM on May 14, 2008

Isn't this just a ripoff of this video from over a year ago?
posted by naju at 10:47 PM on May 14, 2008 [2 favorites]

No News? Wow, that is news!

also, I blogged about this yesterday! In YOUR face Metafilter.
posted by blue_beetle at 10:52 PM on May 14, 2008

Damn, naju. You nailed it. Still, Frost is good. His "Steel Wound" album is great.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 11:41 PM on May 14, 2008

Isn't this just a ripoff of this video from over a year ago?

Well that's kind of a bummer. And both of them use the BBC even.
posted by SpacemanStix at 6:11 AM on May 15, 2008

No I'm sure there's some heart-warming 'dog adopts kittens' 'And Finally' story out there...
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 6:29 AM on May 15, 2008

So the Flickr 'No Video!' people lost, huh?
posted by cavalier at 7:51 AM on May 15, 2008

I like this new one better than the one from a year ago.
posted by oxford blue at 11:19 PM on May 15, 2008