Sorry I'm Late
You have to watch this, it's absolutely stunning:
[Via]
June 5, 2009
May 1, 2009
First Of May
For the day that's in it:
NOT SAFE FOR WORK (both the song AND the video).
Song by Jonathan Coulton, video by Mike Spiff Booth.
February 22, 2009
Andy Hill
I took this video of Andy (who friends will know, and frequent visitors may know from the podcast) on Killiney hill AGES ago, and meant to do something with it. I found it in my video library the other day, and decided to do this:
I'm sure you'll all agree that it's mildly amusing.
[Yes, I know the quality is pants, it's not YouTube's fault, it's my old crappy camera.]
February 13, 2009
Pop Will Scare Your Granny
Inspired by Dragon's Tweet from earlier today, here's Pop Will Eat Itself on The Late Late show in 1995.
The band had initally been told they would be performing live, but during rehearsals were informed they would have to lip-synch the track instead. So the wrapped sellotape around their faces, simulated having sex with each other, and trashed their instruments half-way through the song, even as the track continued playing. Worth watching for the shot of the audience (before the band started playing) at about 1m 25s in, and for the end where there is absolutely no reaction, positive or negative, from the blue rinse brigade which the audience was almost entirely comprised of.
February 11, 2009
Who Said All Country & Western Songs Were Crap?
NOT SAFE FOR WORK.
[via my cousin-in-law Adam, who doesn't have an online presence]
January 28, 2009
Vegetarians Have Better Sex
This PETA advertisement (which is NOT SAFE FOR WORK) was supposed to run during American broadcaster NBC's coverage of the Superbowl on the 1st of February. NBC decided to ban the commercial instead, as it "depicts a level of sexuality exceeding our standards". A PETA spokesperson responded by saying “PETA’s veggie ads are locked out, while ads for fried chicken and burgers are allowed, even though these foods make Americans fat, sick and boring in bed.”
Speaking as a vegetarian, I can confirm that everything the advert says is completely true. That said, however, I would not recommend using a head of broccoli as a sex toy.
January 25, 2009
ABAM - Our Lungs
December 30, 2008
TGNTB: The Predator Rap
That's Too Good Not To Blog, ladiesngennlemen.
[Via /Film]
God On Lights
(click through to YouTube to watch in HD)
November 25, 2008
Weird Fishes by Tobias Stretch
One of the winners of the Aniboom Animation Contest For Radiohead's In Rainbows. I'm filing it under the "weird, but good" category. I don't like it as much as the House Of Cards one that was made with lasers, but it's definitely on a par with the one for Reckoner by Clement Picon, a previous winner in the same contest..
I'm really looking forward to the next videos in this contest/series, for 15 Step and Videotape, due to hit later today and on Friday, here.
September 13, 2008
I have GOT to get me some of this
A Mythbuster demonstrates how helium turns you into Donald Duck, and sulfur hexafluoride turns you into SATAN (or, a butch lesbian, depending on your point of view).
[via Kottke]
August 1, 2008
The Antikythera Mechanism
There's an amazing documentary over at Nature all about The Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient mechanical calculator (also described as the first known "mechanical computer") designed to calculate astronomical positions over time, which was built over 2,000 years ago, most probably by Archimedes in the colonies of Corinth in Sicily. It's absolutely mind-blowing.
The The Antikythera Mechanism is basically a big (very complicated, and way ahead of it's time) clock, which calculates the date of solar and lunar eclipses, as well as when the various "games", including the Olympics, are scheduled to happen. In that way it's one of the few ancient mechanisms which displays not only astronomical events, but also events of cultural significance.
I highly recommend you click on that there link above and spend a few minutes learning about one of the most important archeological finds in history.
There is, of course, also a (long!) page all about it ovar at Wikipedia.
I also recommend spend a bit of time going through the Nature Online Video Archive, there's loads more there that will blow your mind.
For those of you who don't watch the video, it's pronounced "ANT-EE-KITH-ER-A".
(I'd embed the video, but there's no easy "embed video" option and I'm too tired to fiddle with embedding .swf files the hard way. Sorry!)
May 7, 2008
George Attack
(with apologies to Adrian)
I took a few "action" photos of George and just had to set them to music. I think I picked the right track. I like 8-second videos.
April 17, 2008
Like Lady Godiva
What do you think, better than or not as good as the Phil Collins one with the Gorilla?
February 9, 2008
Videotape
[via Monoscope]
September 4, 2007
BUY MY AWESOME GUITAR!
Seriously, buy it. Buy it NOW! All the profits from the auction go straight to charity like.
This Vzaar thing is going to be seriously brilliantly huge, I tells you.
[This entry sponsored by s e v i t z d o t c o m]
August 7, 2007
Alaskan Proposal
This time, a slideshow for those of you who can't quite believe that the picture of me proposing to Nikki is real, here's another 30-something photos of the moment(s), set to some rather appropriate music.
Now do you believe me?
I was going to try to upload all the photos to Flickr, but not everybody would get to see the "story" then, so I thought this was the best way. If anyone wants to see the actual photos (who already hasn't), I can bring me laptop to the weddin' (dodges slap from Nikki)!
June 21, 2007
The Best Internet Video Ever
Dun-dun-DUNNNN!
June 5, 2007
Check Dem Lip-Sync #3
April 3, 2007
Canadian Humpage
I was going to just stick this in the links in the sidebar, and then decided that no, it's just TOO FUNNY not to post in the main blog. It's Alanis Morrisette. Stop, no, seriously. It's Alanis, doing a cover of "My Humps" by the Black Eyed Peas. Genius.
Needless to say, it's a heck of a lot better than the (shite) original, mainly because of the hilarity of it all.
The bit where she nuts the gangsta-lookin' dude in the face is the best bit. :-)
February 19, 2007
Lithium with Sock Puppets
February 5, 2007
Me Playing Zelda (And also Wii Bowling)
Set laughter mode to "on". This is a video of me playing Zelda on the Wii, fighting on horseback with Moblins riding giant boars in the Eldin province. Blame Dan, he asked for it.
Seriously though, it's a really, really good game.
November 24, 2006
Sand Fantasy - Art On Sand
Ilana Yahav is a sand animation artist. Using only her fingers, Ilana draws with sand on glass table.
[via DJ Annie Mac's del.icio.us page]
November 16, 2006
Car Crash?
So I was driving home from work the other night and it was horrible weather, all rainy and dark, and people were being really stupid and driving up my arse etc, and then when I was on the home stretch just beside RTE disaster struck, there was an Audi A6 on front of me indicating to the left, so I was moving off slowly to go around them, then they were nearly all the way into the driveway and they jammed on then a little fuck on a motorbike zooms by I jam on swerve to miss him and ended up in the back of the feckin Audi, this is quite possibly the worst thing about the crash, that I crashed into an Audi, it couldn?t have been an old banger, no, it had to be an Audi, 2003 so not that bad, but still!!! So I get out of the car and the girl driving the other car is like ?oh did you just hit my car? (See I knew I should have just driven away!! :P) and I said ?oh god sorry? but then she said (my favourite part) ?oh god it was all my fault? heeeeeeeheeeeeee!! She was obviously never taught like me in that you NEVER admit that it was your fault, ever, even if it?s totally obviously your fault. So we look at the damage there is a teeny scratch on her bumper, approx 7cm long, and that?s it, no dent no anything and the scrape isn?t even down to the metal, then we look at my car where there is a huge dent in the wheel arch, or rather a succession of smaller dents, making one big one, and my mirror is hanging off, soooo annoyed its unreal! So she took my details and was really very nice about the whole thing, although that may have something to do with the fact that she said that it was her fault, she was lovely and gave me a hug and everything which is why I will feel bad screwing her over about it if they land me with a massive bill, I already have a few draft letters written by my ?solicitor? Ciara (she?s a law student ? shhh!!) about how seeing as the driver admitted full responsibility I am sending a cheque for ?X as a good will gesture) its all good in the hood. My poor car though, I feel terrible for it, the Slutmobile is scarred for life. Sob!
(*any donations will be greatly appreciated by the ?Fix the Slutmobile Fund")
September 25, 2006
Dublin Coastal Developmen't
Seems almost real, until you hear the words "world's first giraffe-only zoo", and you see the island is shaped like a huge shamrock.
(credit to Babs, who mailed this to me. I dunno who mailed it to her...)
September 13, 2006
The Funniest Joke In The World
Careful now, you might die laughing...
August 3, 2006
Nike Air McFly
If there's anyone who doesn't want these, you can't be my friend...
[via some dude]
July 17, 2006
James Earl Jones - The Vader Sessions
I'm sorry, I was going to just bang this into the links, but it's just far too funny not to post.
[via Screenhead]
July 5, 2006
HOFFally Good!
While sitting at my desk in work today I was emailed this link, all I can say is BRILLIANT!!
Seriously, what is the infamous Hoff thinking, was this produced just for the German fans? Or wha??
When Hippo's Fly
(Video after the jump, so as not so slow down or spoil your browsing experience...)
(aren't I nice?)
June 29, 2006
OMGROTFLMFAO
Funniest if you're a geek Star Wars fan who has watched 24, imho.
May 8, 2006
Looking For Inspiration
So, despite being rebuffed by a German TV station after they had requested the use of my lip-synching madskillz and then decided it wasn't what they were looking for, I am continuing to search for a suitable track to use for my next GoogleIdol entry (or rather our next entry, as Andy has an equal chance of doing 'lead vocal' on our next number). There are no prizes for second place this time. Actually, there are no prizes for first place either, but that's beside the point.
So I have narrowed it down to the following: Me and Chan doing 'Dub Be Good To Me' by Beats International, Me doing 'Jump!' by Van Halen, or Chan doing 'I Am The One And Only' by Chesney Hawkes, or a combination of these. But I can't decide which one to do. Can anyone help?
UPDATE: Looks like Van Halen are the current favourites, with Chesney close behind. I'm quite disappointed at the number of suggestions for other tracks though (ie zero). Come on you lot, give a dude a hand. Suggestions will be credited in any video made!
May 4, 2006
The Germans DON'T Want My Madskillz...
Ah, bollocks.
"Hello Matthew,
thank you very much for your email!I am sorry, but I have to say that today we decided not to broadcast videoclips from the internet, so we don?t need your clip anymore.
In the last few days we saw a lot of videos from the world wide web and we all agree that it is not the stuff we were searching for.
Thank you very much and have a nice day!Best regards
Tobias
Well, so much for that. There goes my big chance for my fifteen minutes of German fame.
ps: Fuck them. Fuck them all, the bastards. :-)
May 3, 2006
The Germans Want My Madskillz
I just got an e-mail from "a German TV-production-company named 'Constantin-Entertainment GmbH' from Munich":
"Since four months we are producing a funny Clip-Show called ?ClipCharts? which is on air at 7.45 PM on the German broadcast station ?kabel eins?.
Within 30 minutes we show twenty funny homevideos, videoclips, webcamvideos and similar stuff like that.
My name is Tobias and I work in the editorial department of "ClipCharts" .
At present we are searching for new funny stuff and in connection with that we found your great videoclip on www.googleidol.com.
If you agree, we would like to broadcast this clip in our show. In this case we need your videoclip as an .mpeg- or .avi-file.
If you are interested in a cooperation with us and agree that we show your musicclip / videoclip on our TV-Show, please write back as soon as possible , because we would like to use your video in the next few weeks! Further details you´ll hear from my colleagues of the legal department, who will contact you."
What should I do?! Do I want to be famous in Germany (and possibly the next Hoff?!)?!
April 26, 2006
I Got Into The Semi-Final!!
WHOA THERE!
I just idly checked out Google Idol, after remembering I half-heartedly entered into their latest competition, and discovered to my delight that I had gotten into the semi-final of their 'rock' category, being beaten by the excellent Reaper Videos version of 'You Give Love A Bad Name' by Bon Jovi by a margin of 579 votes to 473! Why didn't anyone tell me this?! Did anyone vote for me (and Andy! He was there too!)? I'm amazed that 473 people voted for something we did when very drunk at about 3 or 4 in the morning, totally on a whim. That's amazing!
If anyone followed the link from Google Video to this here blog, thanks a million for voting for me, and I already have an idea for the next competition, news soon(ish)!
Wow. I'm still pretty stunned. I mean four hundred and seventy-three people who we don't even know voted for us! That's a little bit scary actually. :-)
April 25, 2006
Awesometown!
Has everyone seen this? If you've ever seen any of the new Saturday Night Live sketches featuring the writing and acting talents of Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone and Andy Samberg (aka the Lonely Island team), like "Lazy Sunday", or the most recent (and recently del.icio.us-ed by me) "Laser Cats", and wondered where how those dudes got a contract with NBC, here's how. Running time is 19m39s.
Exploding high-five everyone!
March 23, 2006
Check Dem Lip-Synch #2
I meant to post this ages ago, it's actually the first of two lip-synch vids that I made towards the end of last year, the second of which was my first post on this here blog of mine. I was reminded by Annie's recent post about Google Idol, and also inspired to 'audition' it for the next competition. I hope I'm not being a bit conceited, but I think I kick the ass of most of the entries on Google Idol, except maybe the Two Chinese Guys. Wish me luck everybody!
You may need to turn up your brightness a little. It looks fine on my laptop at home but on my CRT-monitored work computer, I can't see a f***in' thing.
ps: Tenacious D ROCK ASS!!!
February 20, 2006
Google video... censored?
Can you see this video?
Chances are if you don't live in Europe, you can't (If you can't see it, it's about a minute long, and shows the US army blowing up an ammunition dump at night). According to this post on Screenhead, it is not viewable to people living in America. Now why do you s'pose that is? And what's the point? You know someone is going to download, convert and upload it immediately to a million other sites, so why bother, Google? WHY? It doesn't even show anything exciting/pornographic/controversial for crying out loud (It doesn't show anything at all in fact, coz it's really dark).
UPDATE: Turns out it wasn't Google who censored the vid, it was whatever dude that uploaded it. Which is slightly more 'ok', and slightly more confusing.
February 10, 2006
Twilight Cacophany
I was at my parents' house last Autumn and was outside having a cigarette, when the rooks came in to roost and started making this incredible racket. I ran in to grab my camera, but missed the cresendo, although I got a pretty good sample, as seen in this clip.
The noise would drive some people mad, but personally, I like the sound of rooks, but then again, I grew up with this tree outside my window. As with previous vids, this one is a teeny bit dark, but it's the sound that's important (that and the arty pan-and-twist towards the sky at the end!).
January 21, 2006
Check dem lip-synch mon
So I was really pissed at about 4am after a furious game of Texas Hold-Em on a Saturday night about a month or maybe even two months ago and I stuck on some Tenacious D and got out my camera and switched it to video and sat down with my cousin Andy and something very strange happened...
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