Episode 1

As promised... the first full episode of Cool Ideas (DPSBS Productions).

Ultimate Spoons

The first of many...

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Silent Rave

A few of my friends and I agreed to meet up in the city for Union Square's second "Silent Rave." It was first held this past April and now on August 17th 2008. What's a silent rave you ask? WELL, in short, it's a statement on how we should rid society of certain standards; if you want to dance in public, do it.
At 5:28pm participants were instructed to begin dancing to the music on their iPods. People danced the way you'd expect them to when they're all alone. Hundreds surrounded you all in consumed by their music playing, everyone in a different world. Whenever a song ended you were immediately struck at how oddly quiet it was. Many strangers approached us asking what was going on; the best response being, "we just wanted to dance." We danced alone and together. We had to take a break and grab a quick dinner before going back and dancing some more. We left early, around 9:45pm. I'm sure the dancing continued past midnight, but with a small croud (many had work the next morning).

To read more about the Silent Rave:
ABC News Story
Facebook Event
Facebook Group

Vote '08

Commitment Ceremony

Something I've been trying to get on my iPod for ages. You got to love Julie Goldman and Kate McKinnon.

Heinz

I found this UK commercial vid a little less than a month ago. Sadly, I read that the commercial got two hundred and some complaints and they ended up taking it off the air. Soon after they decided that there was nothing wrong with the commercial but also chose to not re-air it. Oh, well. It was definitely cool of Heinz to make it in the first place.

Carnival of the Animals

Possibly my favorite musical work, "Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saens is performed by a small collection of instruments. I found this video and others by the same group of each movement. I immediately fell in love with the way they portrayed each animal and the creative changes made in "The Pianists." I suggest checking out the full youtube collection here.

Playing the Building

A short video showing just a few of the things that one can do with David Byrne's latest creation, "Playing the Building." Check out this sight for more information.

(Thanks Ms. Minnis.)

Labels

Yes, another one of my youtube shorts. It's a video response to this.

First Vid

If these videos don't seem to make sense, they come from my YouTube channel, so I'm mainly speaking to that audience. Let me know if there's anything you want me to talk about in my videos. I'm open to most anything.

Rube Goldberg Machine

Kendra sent this video to me a couple months ago. It's a recording of the Rube Goldberg Machine she made with a group in one of her classes. This was the first time they tried the whole system at once, and I believe she said theirs was the most successful. In any event, I was very impressed. I recommend youtube-ing "Rube Goldberg" and viewing some of the featured videos. Awesome job, Kendra!