MetaFilter posts tagged with YouTube

غزل گفتی و در سفتی بیا و خوش بخوان حافـظ

Lutoslawski — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:21:09 -0800

Thousands of people who play setar in Iran are against me,” he said. “They say why add two more strings to the instrument? But I don’t get upset with them.

Hafez Nazeri, son of renown Persian singer Shahram Nazeri, is an Iranian setar player and composer. Tomorrow night, he will be the first Iranian composer to headline a concert at Carnegie Hall. The concert will feature a new instrument invented by Nazeri: the Hafez. The Hafez, named for both its inventor and for the celebrated Persian poet, is a modified setar with added bass strings, making the instrument more suitable for a broader range of music.

Horrible Turn

hippybear — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:16:14 -0800

Fans of Dr. Horrible take note: there is a prequel. And it's fan-made. And it's good. Really really good. YouTube (ten segments) and higher-quality Vimeo available for your viewing pleasure.

The Future of Media Isn't Free Content, It's Cheap Content

oneswellfoop — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:26:31 -0800

Demand Media (not to be confused with Media-On-Demand) is a success story in the "on-line content" business creating 4000 text or video pieces a day with an assembly-line formula that includes an automated editorial algorithm and an army of lowly-paid freelancers (but, hey, they're starting to offer health benefits!). Their own sites include the mind-numbingly practical eHow (and eHowUK for the non-US-centric), the .com affiliate of Lance Armstrong's Livestrong and the infamous (at MeFi) Cracked.com (link goes to parody of parody). They're syndicating content through their own domain registrar eNom (better than 'parked pages', right?), and one other thing: Demand is the #1 content provider to YouTube (and YouTube is their #1 revenue provider). All this from a CEO/mastermind best known as 'the guy who sold MySpace to NewsCorp'.

Birds are a liquid

maudlin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:25:11 -0800

Birds are a liquid. One video. One minute. 300,000 starlings. (via)

DOES WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN

boo_radley — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:38:55 -0800

two youtube videos and a motherfucking crossfader

Panic Attack!

fearfulsymmetry — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:28:23 -0800

Music video for Snake featuring giant stompy robots invading Uruguay. Short film sans band. Behind the scenes.

"More than one American has offered to buy up our Tower and erect it on Palm Beach as a bungalow!"

fearfulsymmetry — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:16:06 -0800

The Open Road London pioneering colour footage from 1927 (SLYT)

cosmolearning

pahool — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:45:05 -0800

cosmolearning has a ton of college courses and documentaries aggregated in one place. And it was started by a couple of teenagers. I'm impressed.

Want to change the world? There's nothing to it.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:15:08 -0800

This YouTube video seems to break my browser. Does it play alright for anyone else?

I know hosting costs are high, but...

Vhanudux — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:33:48 -0800

Ad agencies often have bizarre, unorthodox websites. But how about an agency that moves its entire website over to YouTube?

It's also worth 10 achievement points

CrunchyFrog — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:39:47 -0800

In Saint's Row 2 (a GTA-ish game for the PC and current-gen consoles), your character sings along whenever a-ha's song "Take on Me" plays on the radio. Here's all six player voices edited together to sing along at the same time. [SLYT] Come on, admit it, you do the same thing when nobody's watching.

It was a lone tree burning on the desert.

nola — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 13:35:02 -0800

A lecture from Professor Amy Hungerford on Cormac Mccarthy's Blood Meridian. Part one and two. Previously on Blood Meridian here and a mention of Professor Amy Hungerford here

Who lives in a pineapple under the Sea?

Mitheral — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:40:14 -0800

What do Avril Lavigne, Newton Faulkner, Violent Femmes, Richard Cheese and The Chipmunks have in common? They have all recorded covers of the SpongeBob SquarePants opening theme . Inspired by Neatorama.

This post will get you through times of no movie better than the movie will get you through times of no dope.

not_on_display — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:43:03 -0800

Looks like The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers have been slated to star in their own stop-motion animated movie, Grass Roots: The Movie, produced by bolexbrothers! Here, the Freaks' creator, Gilbert Shelton, talks about the movie. In true stoner fashion, though, it's been "in production" since 2006, but you can watch a teaser here. While you're waiting for the movie to be made, here's the youtubed version of bolexbrothers award-winning stop-motion feature length film, The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6

I'm addicted to intravenous injections of corned beef. Ponkapoag, Massachusetts, hello!

Horace Rumpole — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:24:08 -0800

A chance meeting between Kevin Pollak and Jason Calacanis at a poker game gave birth to Kevin Pollak's Chat Show, a weekly, web-based interview program. Episode 29, with guest Weird Al Yankovic, will be streaming live at 8PM ET/5PM PT. While you're waiting, check out previous episodes with guests like Eddie Izzard, Hank Azaria, and John Hamm. Or try your hand at the Larry King Game.

Do The Mario!

The Whelk — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:24:42 -0800

Hey Paisanos! It's the Super Mario Brother's Super Show! Hosted by Captain Lou Albano ( previously ) as Mario and Danny Wells as Lugi, the show boasted an unusual list of guest stars including Elvira, Magic Johnson, Erine Hudson, Moon Zappa, Regina Williams (with Capt. Lou in drag) , and in a meta-twist, Cyndi Lauper trying to find Captain Lou himself. Extra SMBSS Goodness The First Episode of the Legend of Zelda cartoon (1 2) The First episode of Captain N: The Game Master ( 1 2 3)

Synesthesia

The Deej — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:42:03 -0800

Synesthesia. (SLYT, 4 minutes.)

AAAAAAAHHHH

Astro Zombie — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:54:01 -0800

X-Men Origins: Wolverine in 30 Seconds. (SLYT)

(MYTL)

mattoxic — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:21:52 -0800

87 Cool Things

Just Do It, Flailing

Toekneesan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:25:12 -0800

A bunch of people, sort of running, in slow motion

Simulated childbirth

gaspode — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:50:06 -0800

Experiencing the pain of labor...when you're male[slyt]

Alfred Hitchcock on The Tomorrow Show

dhammond — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:34:50 -0800

"Long thought to be lost or destroyed, this complete recording of one of the few hour long interviews of Alfred Hitchcock has been found." From the description on the YouTube page:

Originally broadcast as one of the first Tomorrow Shows with Tom Snyder in the Fall of 1973. This recording appears to be from a second repeat of this show broadcast on Memorial day, 1980. The VHS (SP) tape itself was found to be in excellent condition. While properly stored in a climate controlled environment it apparrently had not been played in decades. Great care has been taken to make the digital transfer.

Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

Norazo VS DJ Ozma

needled — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:56:55 -0800

In this corner, Norazo from Korea, singing about Superman, risking one's life, and that wonderful fish the mackerel (sung in an actual fish market). And in the other, DJ Ozma from Japan, singing about Spiderman, drinking, and Age Age Every Night (videos may be NSFW). Head to head: Norazo's Happy Song covered by DJ Ozma Happy Song Norazo's 날찍어 ("Choose Me") covered by DJ Ozma Macchibo. Bonus: Norazo 내 도망간 여자 친구를 소개합니다 "Introducing my girl friend who ran away", parodying the Nobody music video from Wonder Girls.

Brittle Bullet

Rinku — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:58:10 -0800

1,000,000FPS video of bullet impacts. Stay tuned for the glass, ballistics gel, and bullets impacting each other in the air. Warning: unnecessary techno music. More compilation videos of slow motion impacts on mattrece's channel; videos of individual impacts with technical details can be found on the creator's site.

Good mornin'!

BuddhaInABucket — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:15:59 -0800

Uncle Grandpa!