Via Buzzfeed, this guy sang the theme songs to classic TV shows like Growing Pains and Full House under the name "hesingsthemes," and then seemingly disappeared from YouTube two months ago. Each song has its own gimmick, but my favorite so far is the theme from Blossom:
He kind of seems like he's being forced to do that at gunpoint. It'll be one of the plot devices in Saw XVI.
Posted by Lindsay at 5:00 PM in Vlogging
Tags: Blossom
It's easy to understand why blogs have become as popular as they have. It's a perfect storm of cultural factors. Right at the moment where we're more celebrity obsessed than we've ever been, with smaller and smaller niches of fame being carved out of nothing more solid than the insatiable desire for attention and the stratification of media into smaller and smaller subsets of interest, and the dissipation of physical communication in favor of electronic communication that creates an even stronger need for some kind of human connection, comes the decentralization of the publishing process allowing anyone the possibility for self-expression and possible recognition. Without any editorial oversight to threaten possible rejection, which is one of the strongest deterrents against bad writing, people are free to perform on the world stage with either uninhibited self-exposure, or impenetrable anonymity.
There, I just explained blogging to you in the most obvious 2003 terms ever. You're welcome. The point is: sure, blogging. Got it. Makes sense. But what is up with vlogging? Where blogs allow people to express themselves on the open market to as wide an audience as there is an interest in what they have to say, vlogging seems to allow people to fail to express themselves in mumbled incomplete sentences to an audience of none, with unsynched audio and horrible lighting. It's like if shirtless MySpace self-portraits could talk. If you take the most inarticulate, grammatically incorrect blog post you've ever read it's still going to be 10 times more thoughtful than your average vlog.
Which is why this new website, blogtv.com (thanks for the tip, Lisa), is blowing my mind right now.
Continue reading BlogTV And The End Of The Internet...
Posted by Gabe at 12:01 PM in Vlogging, WebJunk
When you're a kid, you're taught that bullies only taunt you because they have low self-esteem. It's not until much later that you realize bullies only taunt you because they can, and it's fun. Self-esteem. Come on. Who has self-esteem? Anyway, sexman finally got braces.
Oh, that's totally going to shut the haters up. Perfect. Sexman is like the Eminem of teen vloggers. He lays it all out there so that you've got no ammo left. Hippidi-hoo-blah.
Posted by Gabe at 10:45 AM in Vlogging
Tags: Sexman | Teenagers
And in fact I'm not putting this up because I think it's funny or because I have some kind of oldest sibling camaraderie, I'm putting it up to draw attention to the problem of older brothers, and also the objective hilarity that is any person, even an adorable little towheaded tike, being caught/interrupted while vlogging:
It seems like he was okay! Right? I'm on the little boy's side. I demand justice for that little boy, who I'll call "Timmy." Justice for Timmy, now! (Via Filmdrunk.)
Posted by Lindsay at 4:14 PM in SNAP!, Vlogging
Tags: Batman
At any given time in Southern California, a shit ton of people are apparently videotaping themselves. It hasn't even been 24 hours since yesterday's earthquake, and there are already casual videos of the disaster for which no injuries have been reported up on YouTube. Here are four, starting with Judge Judy:
The Big Brother 10 people, who are like "That is so cool.":
Continue reading Judge Judy, Big Brother, And Vloggers Caught Yesterday's Earthquake On Tape...
Posted by Lindsay at 9:25 AM in I Find Things On YouTube, Vlogging
Tags: Big Brother | Earthquake | Judge Judy
The best thing about Diddy vlogs is that he really sticks to the format, i.e. a long rambling monologue with little to no forethought about a subject that's primarily of interest to an audience of one. It's such a great way to get your point across (it's a horrible way to get your point across), that it's only a matter of time before all the media moguls start talking into their i-Sight cameras (it is not a matter of time). Today's entry is after the jump, and it features some NSFW language near the end, so headphones.
Continue reading Diddy Provides The First Positive Review Of Hancock...
Posted by Gabe at 9:50 AM in Vlogging
Tags: Diddy | Hancock | Will Smith
Zack Snyder announced a contest in April tied to the highly anticipated Watchmen movie he's adapting from Alan Moore's graphic novel. The contest called on fans to create fake advertisements for Veidt products. First round winners have been chosen, and finalists have been named whose creations might play in the background during the film. This one is my favorite:
The makers of Axe body spray could learn a lesson from this video. They should cut it out with all the "Axe is like sexual anthrax" bullshit and just have cool dudes acting natural and having a lot of fun looking great (nullus).
You can watch more fake ads here.
Posted by Gabe at 4:00 PM in Viral Marketing, Vlogging
Tags: Veidt Industries | Watchmen | Zak Snyder
Soulja Boy responds to Ice-T. Oh, a little backstory: apparently Ice-T needed some responding to. This is NSFWWH (Not Safe For Work Without Headphones):
(via Byron Crawford)
Soulja Boy blog 'em! Who knew that Wikipedia was such a Snap Factory. Did you hear the one about how Ice-T was born in 1958? OH SNAP. You got him, Soulja Boy. His crew in the background are like "You should probably replace Conan O'Brien. You quick. You quick, son!"
While I think it's kind of weak to spend seven and a half minutes dissing someone for being old (when it could easily be a tight five), I have to admit that "Ice T is the forefather of my nuts" is probably the funniest thing I've heard all week.
Posted by Gabe at 11:25 AM in Feuds, Music Related Content, Vlogging
Tags: Ice-T | Soulja Boy
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