(Ed. Note: We recently gave the Boing Boing Video website a makeover that includes a new, guest-curated microblog: the "BBVBOX." Here, folks whose taste in web video we admire tweet the latest clips they find. I'll be posting periodic roundups here on the motherBoing.)
- Jesse Thorn: Bill Withers performing "Hope She'll Be Happier" at Zaire '74, from the new documentary "Soul Power": Link
- Sean Bonner: Bad Dog Bad Hog. I dare you to sit through 30 seconds without clawing your eyes out. Link
- Richard Metzger: I can't explain it, you really just have to see it for yourself Link
- Richard Metzger: Give this reporter many raises Link
- Andrea James: Failed fabricated 50s fad: The Duoped Link
- Sean Bonner: Bert and Ernie go totally BRUTAL!! Link
- Robin Sloan: Jeff Scher has a new hand-drawn kaleidoscope of a video up at the NYT! He celebrates tiny, subtle moments: Link
- Jesse Thorn: "You look like a prostitute's sofa." - Zach Galifianakis to Jordan Morris, (pitching a Vegas "Hangover" revue) Link
- Susannah Breslin: The Prada Transformer is a Rem Koolhaas-designed building that can change its footprint: Link
- Andrea James: Reagan-era makeovers. 80s bonus: Facts of Life's Mindy Cohn Link (thx Calpernia)
- Laughing Squid: "Lego Arcade" by Michael Hickox featuring classic arcade games recreated using stop-motion animation of Legos Link
- Richard Metzger: Eddie Murphy 'Kill the White People' reggae song Link
- Jesse Thorn: awesome story of a drunk extra on the set of Being John Malcovich. "Hey Malcovich, think fast!"Link
- Jesse Thorn: Batman: Number One. Very funny short from Eric Truehart. Link
- Susannah Breslin: A bunch of dudes pretend to play weird instruments: Link
- Richard Metzger: Old guy dances for Jesus! Hilarious Link
More @BBVBOX: boingboingvideo.com
RSS Feed
Is there an RSS feed for BBVOX? I enjoy the picks, but by the time this roundup gets posted, a lot of videos have been pulled from Youtube.
I like how the "singers" just continue with their "song" while the crazy old man does his jesusjig then collapses. Must happen quite often.
When the spirit moves you...
I used to *second line* a couple of storefront churches at Ocean Park/Los angeles. Plenty of spontaneous testimony.
DANG that guy can move!
:( I know gals in their late 40's who can't move that well. They're just busy gettin' old.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clogging
http://tinyurl.com/mss8bx
@Gabe -- I'm catching up on the roundups, I missed about a week's worth when we first launched the site. But in a day or two, you'll start noticing that the roundups are more or less from the same day they were guest-tweeted @bbvbox. So, less of a lag time. No, I'm afraid we don't currently offer this as an RSS feed all of its own. I'll add that to a feature list for the new site, though, it's a cool idea.
imho, the signal to noise ratio on these tweetbox things is very low. This 'feature' tends to just clutter the home page with little added value - much like the 'recently on offworld' which is just a dense bunch of text which is difficult to parse to extract those 1 or 2 possibly interesting links.
Point being - I've enjoyed exactly 1 of these videos in this bbvvox thing (the Tig comedy short was great), but otherwise my eyes slide ride past them, in an identical manner to when the 'recently on X' shows up. thank you.
@Xeni - Thanks. Visiting a website to check for new content seems so... 2004?
um... is that dancing??
cuz ive seen dancing... and thats not it. haha
(where is that from??)
i like how he purposely falls on the floor. and no one even moves to give him a hand. he must do this every weekend.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c26s1xQkCLY
Now THAT'S how you dance for Jesus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1KZKZs-2YM&feature=PlayList&p=3A871C25B3A6C53D&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=10
What the? The video for Bad Dog Bad Hog is bad. But the song is pretty decent.
Oh wait, the solo just came it. Make that half-decent.
Q.How do you turn a duck into a soul singer?
A.Put it in an oven. Low heat until it's Bill Withers...
EPA! EPA!
Sequel for play it off keyboard cat?
I've really been digging Bill Withers this year. For some reason, him singing 'Grandma's Hands' keeps popping into my head more often than any other song.