Madonna: Not a YouTube Virgin

Madonna aint acting like a virgin on YouTube. While other stars have fumbled in their attempts at the largest online-video site, Madonna gets 5 stars for her homepage video. Why? We imagine this video was featured by the advertising department (likely a paid promotion for her new album “Hard Candy”). And although YouTube editors may not…

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Best Video About Video Game: Arby ‘N the Chief

If it’s one thing that puzzles me — maybe even annoys me sometimes — it’s the proliferation of videos that are simply video screen captures of a video games with added dialogue or music. They’re hard to ignore, though, and often dominate YouTube’s “most watched” and “best rated” videos. But along comes this masterpiece and…

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Politics and Viral: McCain and Obama Music Video Parodies

This 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…

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Another Great Site for Free, Royalty Free Music

The online-video community is in constant need for good, royalty free music that doesn’t cost money. Most of us don’t make enough on our videos to warrant paying a lot. And we’re all sick of the canned stuff that comes with the editing software. For a while, Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com had filled that void….