Thank You Mom

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Some video from New Orleans

Jazz on Bourbon

Beignets

Man from Snowy River (Poem)

Daniel & Zion

You may remember these two from such classics as The Christmas Break Dance and ZionEats. Now see them in their brand-new feature: Daniel & Zion 2010!

Mom vs New York

Check out this clip. Notice the seen where Mom's favorite game attacks an office building... awesome.

Great visuals, good camera work, and nice sound:

Pixels

Real Art

One of my favorite conversations to have with Nate is pondering the questions "What is Art?" Nate has what I would call a very closed view, basically if it is not paint (or ink or conté or the like) and if it does not possess some element of beauty, it is not art thus tossing out photography but not sculpture, that's art too. Okay, so it's an oversimplification of his position, but it's why we can have this conversation more than once.

So is the woman in the video above an 'artist'? She did scribble some stuff on paper and scan it in to her computer, but her 'art' is computer code with video driven user input. It's cool looking, it might even be beautiful, but is it art? What do you all think?

David Byrne Interviews … David Byrne

This is a comical interview of David Byrne (Talking Heads) by David Byrne. I think the best interview answer ever is his "I'll tell you later."



Also, if anyone has this concert DVD and would let me borrow it, that would be awesome:

Hmmm...

"You know,.... it's actually not that bad." - What Daniel is thinking in the movie above.

Jowles

and also this, I dug this up from the family archive. I can't believe that I had never seen this before but I do remember some of these moves...

Blue Monday

Check this out. Not some footage from the local air show, this is real, cockpit footage of the Blue Angels. I think the coolest part is hearing the pilot 'yeehah' like a cowboy:

Classical

Just because someone is playing a classical instrument (in this case, a cello) does not mean they are playing classical music. An album a few years back featured songs from Metallica played on cello. The video below was posted on Wired.com today and shows an amazing performance by Zoe Keating on her traditional french cello and looping peddle and software. She plays one clip, recording it on her computer, then loops it back using the foot peddle. Enjoy:

A Quick Tutorial

Hey everyone, I am very glad to see (and read) all that's going on in this family and on this blog. I just thought, for the sake of those less-tech-savvy, that I would show you how to do a few things that will make your posts way cool.

First:

Posting Video (from YouTube) --- Nate, this one's for you.

On the side of the YouTube page you will see a sidebar with tons of stuff. One of those things is the word 'Embed' and a bunch of text next to it. Simply click that code/text and 'copy' it (go to 'Edit' at the top of the window, and click 'Copy').



Now, in your blog post, make sure you are in 'Edit HTML' mode. This tab is at the top of your editing pane.



Click in the editing section (where you write your post), go to the 'Edit' menu again, and click 'Paste'. Now you will see a bunch of code... that's good. Just type your post before or after it and when you push 'Publish Post' that code will auto-magically turn into a video.

Second:

Labels

This is not as big a deal but there is a 'Labels' field at the bottom of the blog post editing pane. You can use Labels to group together posts. So, for example, this post is listed under 'Music', 'Video', and 'Misc'. I could also type anything I wanted, like 'HTML Code Help' and it would create a new Label that I could then use next time I write a similar post.

This can be helpful when someone wants to read all the 'Music' posts or see all the 'Music Video' posts etc.

Just type what you like and separate all words or phrases by commas.

Wilco, the Song

Vampire for the Weekend

For fans of Vampire Weekend, or those who wish they could be but object to some of the language in their songs, check this out:

ZionEats

Zion 'ate' 'solid food' for the first time tonight. 'Ate' is a stretch since most of it came right back out again. 'Solid food' is pushing it because "slop" is not usually considered solid.

David Letterman

I remember watching home-recorded VHS tapes of the David Letterman show. I think Peter used to stay up and watch him back in the day (thus knowing how to make the David Cookiemonster Show). He used to be really funny, now, what I've seen recently he just seems to have turned into a crude, dirty old man. However, this recent interview with Joaquin Phoenix is, by far, some of the funniest television I have seen in a long time. The only problem is, it's all at Joaquin's expense, I think that guy is out of his mind. Check it out here: CBS.com

No Title Needed

The Day the Music Died

50 years ago The Music died, but thanks to bands like Weezer, the music lives on...

Buddy Holly, 1936-1959, R.I.P.

Murder In The City

This is a song that Ben played for some of us on YouTube. It is by the Avett Brothers and it along with many of their other songs are worth checking out.

Saturday Morning Cartoons

So I am guessing most of you are not waking up this morning thinking: I wonder what Ben has posted on the Crum Family Blog? But maybe you did think that, and if you did, this post is for you.

Enjoy these cartoons from days gone by:



GI Joe, Mask, Bugs Bunny and more...