BB Video: The 1944 "soundie" that inspired Devo's "Whip It" (Oddball Film + Video)

July 16, 2009 7:27 AM

In this 1944 "Soundie" which inspired the Devo song and video “Whip It,” a cowboy flirts with cowgirls sitting on a a fence, and strips one of them with his whip.

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BB Video: "Olé Cordobes," a 1966 Scopitone (via Oddball Film + Video)

June 3, 2009 1:18 PM

Via Oddball Film + Video, a 1966 Scopitone that tells the romantic tale of a Spanish bullfighter, with help from an Amy Winehouse lookalike and mustachioed Flamenco dudes bearing overwrought facial ex

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BB Video: BIG YANK, a Weird '70s Jeans Ad (Oddball Film)

May 28, 2009 7:35 AM

A weird old '70s jeans ad that appears to be promoting wedgies.

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Boing Boing Video: The Throbbing Gristle Interview

May 6, 2009 8:54 AM

Throbbing Gristle, the band that invented "industrial music" in the 1970s, interviewed by Xeni Jardin and Richard Metzger in LA during TG's reunion tour. TG is Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Chris Carter,

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