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Do Not Try This At Home

The Whelk — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:30:12 -0800

You can see that things gradually become more terrifying : Five of the six alkali metals and their reactions to air and water. Learn more at the Periodic Table Of Videos. Lithium, Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Cesium (Caesium), and the elusive Francium.

SWEDEMASON

flatluigi — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 09:35:03 -0800

The Works of Swede Mason: "Jeremy Clarkson," "Get in the Back of the Van," "Jungle All The Way," "Bill Wyman's Metal Detector," "Put the Lotion in the Basket, *" "Got The Sucka," "The Gobshite, *" "Squashed Thingy," "Spare Me The Madness," and the pair of tracks based on Neighbors deaths "Coffee And Croissants" and "Todd....Dead." note: starred tracks have NSFW audio. mp3 downloads can be found here.

That was too close: RAF Tornado comes within 30ft of mid-air collision

nthdegx — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:54:15 -0800

That was too close. RAF Tornado comes within 30ft of mid-air collision.

Don't Watch That, Watch This

fearfulsymmetry — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:24:36 -0800

A Critical Appraisal of Madness's Videos The Prince, One Step Beyond, My Girl, Night Boat To Cairo, Bed And Breakfast Man, Baggy Trousers, Embarrassment, Return Of The Los Palmas 7,Grey Day, Shut Up, It Must Be Love, Cardiac Arrest, House of Fun, Driving In My Car, Our House, Tomorrow's Just Another Day, Wings Of A Dove, The Sun and The Rain, Michael Caine, One Better Day, Yesterday's Men, Uncle Sam, Sweetest Girl (Not the official video), (Waiting for the) Ghost Train, Lovestruck, Johnny The Horse, Drip Fed Fred, Shame & Scandal, Sorry, NW5 An Illustrated Guide To... Madness , The Madness Story 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Official site, Wiki

We're all blue from projection tubes

whir — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:53:47 -0800

UK band The Get Out Clause made their newest video by performing in front of 80 of London's approximately 13 million CCTV cameras, and then requesting the footage via the Data Protection Act. The footage was then edited together into this music video. This technique was apparently prefigured by Irish band The Frames, who used a single camera in a post office to make a £2 video. via.

Boris Johnson for mayor?

bwerdmuller — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:18:32 -0800

Stop Boris Johnson ? Boris Johnson is the Conservative candidate for the Mayor of London this May, running against Ken Livingstone. The public generally know him for his apparently likeable bumbling persona, for example on Have I Got News For You, but there is another side ...

BBC launch Flash version of iPlayer

rongorongo — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:32:18 -0800

BBC launch Flash version of iPlayer The BBC have developed iPlayer as a vehicle for online distribution of its programs. Originally this involved downloading a stand-alone application for windows users only. This application has had a troubled beta launch and has drawn criticism from Linux and Mac users who were unsupported. The Flash version is an attempt to placate these users (though I believe you have to be in the UK)

NOW how am I going to watch Growing Pains?

SassHat — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:24:40 -0800

TV-Links website shut down, site creator arrested. Says David Rock, who awaits charges, "It was just a hobby." Despite not actually hosting the content, Rock has been accused of "facilitation of infringement."

Too Much Panic In This Town: London Underground Drivers play Spielberg

nthdegx — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:49:07 -0800

Some commuters are nervous about London Underground drivers filming journeys on their camera phones and posting them on YouTube. YouTube links all. BBC Story.

V Double O raps really quickly

nthdegx — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:17:11 -0800

VDoubleOrapsreallyquickly. Gee zah!

George Galloway

Pretty_Generic — Fri, 06 May 2005 06:18:14 -0800

Highlight of the election coverage: George Galloway is the leader of Respect and won a historic and unexpected victory against the Blairite Oona King, on an anti-war ticket. He was then interviewed by Jeremy Paxman, an increasingly controversial interviewer well known for asking questions absurd numbers of times until they get answered - a technique which arguably backfires here. You might want to watch Galloway's acceptance speech first. [Windows Media. My two cents: Paxman is an egregious cock, more interested in getting his eternally righteous indignation across than any issues.]

British Television Advertising Awards

Pretty_Generic — Sun, 10 Oct 2004 12:39:47 -0800

It's the best of advertising at this year's BTAA. Flash. Click BTAA Awards, Winners.

Moving Archives

nthdegx — Tue, 30 Dec 2003 03:47:16 -0800

The Sorcerer's Scissors; Air Raid Practice, Knoll School Hove; and An Eye to the Future [wmv's all, I'm afraid]. These and other examples nonpareil available at the University of Brighton's Moving History: "A guide to UK film and television archives in the public sector".

What's in a can of beans?

snez — Tue, 21 Jan 2003 11:35:53 -0800

Children of the bean sing a catchy little ditty and have a theme park adventure. Something strange is going on at Edleston Primary School and I like it. Prepare for blastoff. (some links contain flash)

salmacis — Wed, 03 Jul 2002 03:52:31 -0800

Have the anti-Euro lobby shot themselves in the foot? A video promoting opposition to the UK joing the Euro has been critisized for including a spoof of Hitler praising the currency. It's attracted publicity for the campaign, all right, but has it unmasked the "No" campaign as anti-Europe "little Englanders"? (Guardian link)

maura — Wed, 13 Feb 2002 14:25:58 -0800

Taking a swipe at celebrity cause-fests: The ever-witty Pulp (whose latest album, "We Love Life," might finally be seeing a Stateside release come spring) enlists a host of celebrity impersonators (how many can you point out?) for the video promoting their newest single, "Bad Cover Version."

feelinglistless — Wed, 14 Nov 2001 15:49:08 -0800

BBC 2 are axing their current channel idents One of the pleasures of this UKtv channel is seeing how they'll be banging, crashing or stretching that little number two. Is this a revolutionary development or just another example of meddling from a channel which is having trouble finding an identity within the UK's multi-channel future?