Archive for the ‘video’ CategoryTo be honest, I’m pretty sick of the whole “hipster as punching bag” trope in popular culture. It’s played out. Regurgitated. The same five things said over and over again to describe a sub-genre of twentysomethings that for the most part minds its own business. Yes, the pabst-filled playgrounds of Williamsburg and Portland are packed with them. We know this. So, people, don’t spend your free time there if you’re offended, and certainly don’t move there. Generally, I think we collectively (read: the entire Internet and most of the world) need to take a step back and remember what our mothers once said: “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” All ranting aside, I kinda adore this video by two muppets called Glove and Boots, which traces the evolution of the hipster. I like that it doesn’t depend on redundancies and instead provides a fresh, albeit half-baked, perspective: the hipster didn’t just rise from the ashes of a pack of Parliaments, it evolved over time — starting with the caveman and finalizing itself somewhere around the yuppie. Check it out. –Quincy (via Laughing Squid) Spike Jonze directs another installment of The Continuingly Ill Adventures of the Beastie Boys, which find Action Figure versions of Ad-Rock, MCA and Mike D fighting off a gaggle of (probably Eastern European) bad guys, with a little assistance from a Yeti and the singer Santigold. The Inception/Team America-inspired short acts as video support of the Beasties’ song, “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win” off their excellent album, Hot Sauce Committee Part II. Also awesome is their insistence on calling the plastic Beasties “action figures” and not “toys.” We’ve been known to do that, too. Thanks, Mike Dolan! Indie darling Sufjan Stevens directed this weird stop-motion video for his song “Get Real, Get Right” from the album The Age of Adz. Original artwork by Royal Robertson. Check it out. (via The World’s Best Ever) Street artist D*Face used skaters to paint a swimming pool by attaching spray cans to the underside of their boards and then clicking a remote control apparatus as they rode back and forth. (via Laughing Squid)
In this tasty stop motion creation by Sam Q. Kim, 10 LBS of Gummy Bears are used to recreate classic arcade games like Tetris, Pac-Man and Brickbreaker. Here at The Jailbreak we’re not big candy eaters, but we do love Gummy Bears! 
Here’s a recipe: Combine three subcultures that are known to, perhaps, take themselves a bit too seriously. Mash them up together. The result is comedy/cooking gold. The song isn’t bad either! Who wants Pad Thai now???
This is a video of Jell-O bouncing in super slow-motion. It was shot at 6,200 frames per second, which translates to the jello writhing at approximately 200 times slower than we’d witness it in real time. Hypnotic, isn’t it? [via Modernist Cuisine] This week I was inspired by “Symmetry,” a striking and beautifully-constructed video produced by Everynone for Radiolab‘s “Desperately Seeking Symmetry” episode. Enjoy your weekend, wherever that may be.
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