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Viral Video, YouTube

Politics and Viral: McCain and Obama Music Video Parodies

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yes we can no we can’t mccain obama music video parodyThis is the year where viral video will, no doubt, shape the election. And while this blog cannot possibly keep up on the political satire that’s overtaking YouTube, this one felt worth a mention.

Barack Obama’s speech inspired this music video featuring Black Eyed Peas. It’s called “Yes We Can.”

That spawned Election08 (comedians in LA) to produce a music video called “John He Is.” And here’s another parody by BarelyPolitical called “John McCain: No You Can’t.”

Candidly, I’m laughing more at the amazingly simple video by BarelyPolitical that features John McCain prank calling Hillary Clinton with a burp and a fart. Now that’s political humor for the common denominator.

Making Videos, Viral Video, YouTube

A Spoon Full of Sugar Makes the Photoshop Learning Go Down

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wedding-band.JPGBrilliant video collection here. Like you, I don’t like reading manuals. I do like getting better and faster at my software. MyDamnChannel has a series of very clever but informative tutorials about PhotoShop called “You Suck at Photoshop.” This recent one (You Suck at Photoshop #4) is absolutely self deprecating and wonderful. Donnie Hoyle shows us how to use “masks” instead of the time-consuming eraser, as he goes about making a photo of his wedding ring for eBay. As he demonstrates the tools, he ponders his despair and how his wife left him to find someone who has working “man batter.” Even better, the ring is actually up on eBay and going for $750 at the moment. To date, 30K have seen the video so far (that will change by the time you read this) and 20K have visited the eBay page.

Thanks, Jan for the find. And for the shout out about my DVD. 🙂

Killer Video, Making Videos, Online Video, popular videos, Viral Video, YouTube

YouTube Is My Life (Destined for Feature)

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YouTube is My LifeI don’t think there’s been a video in 2007 that I’ve watched as many times as this recent discovery, “YouTube is My Life.” Seriously. I think I’m up to 19 views.

It’s by ChurchofBlow (aka WeepingProphet). His real name is either Jeremiah McDonald or Bernard Smith, and he’s a former film student based near Boston. (Parenthetically this is the first Google result if you search “Kevin Nalts real name… stalker! :). As he waits for his career to take off (and I’m quite confident it will), he has worked in the coffee industry among other places. Here’s the musician behind the most excellent score.

I’m on a mad campaign to get this featured by YouTube editors because it’s just perfect. Clever, well produced, fantastic cameos by some YouTube weblebrities (TheHill88, MarkDay and Sean Bedlam). It’s a totally addictive song, it’s well lit, the sound effects are fantastic, the acting is dead pan, the humor is intellectual, the camera movements are thoughtful, and the stop-animated finger puppets are just plain cute. It’s a great example of what an amateur with talent can do with scarce resources.

Here’s another one we seem to be watching some what obsessively (Farting Elves from JibJab).

Viral Video

Nalts is Evil: ~!0v3:H@t3:sEx:N@!tS~

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nalts is evilThis is a wonderfully creative and artistic video posted by a YouTuber named SquiggMonster. It’s called “~!0v3:H@t3:sEx:N@!tS~” and it’s a strange homage and assault of me in one 5-minute film. Song is “Tear You Apart,” by She Wants Revenge.

If you only watch a portion, check out the morph at 1:50.I don’t quite know why, but I am totally enchanted by it. Of course it features me transforming into Satan (and I’m not a big fan of his), but the images and song and classic ending make it so very interesting.

I’m trying to optimize this post to the phrase, “Nalts is evil” so I can find it whenever I need a little mood boost.