GIF Talk

Evan Roth (of G.R.L. and F.A.T.) has created a 10-minute ode to the asinine antics of animated Graphics Interchange Format files. What better way to celebrate than setting this massive mashup to Girl Talk and marvelling at how obsessed we are with babies and cats and science fiction and...

Underneath it All

"Surface" is a great idea for a short, wondering what the view would be like from below the action. Fortunately, the experiment is well-executed under the guiding eye of Varathit Uthaisri (aka TU+), a Thai designer/director working out of New York. Varathit has also has a storyboard animatic for "Surface" available on his Vimeo account.

Lifeline

Animator and storyboard artist Andres Salaff won the Bronze Medal last month at the Student Academy Awards for his short film, Lifeline.

If you're interested in seeing more of Andres' animations, he has a handful of other videos available on his Vimeo account.

When Video Games Attack

If you've ever played a video game made in the 80s, Patrick Jean is your new hero. Jean directed Pixels for the French visual effects company, One More Production.

Liars "Scissor"

Liars "Scissor" from A Bruntel on Vimeo.

If you're seeking something surreal and steeped in futility, well... you've come to the right place. Check out the Liars website, Sisterworld, and/or their MySpace page.

Yours Tru.ly

Holly Miranda "Lover You Should've Come Over" (Jeff Buckley cover) from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

I have two new favorite things in the whole wide wild world:
1) YoursTru.ly, a magical music blog. Dive into YT's Vimeo Channel.
2) Holly Miranda playing Jeff Buckley's Lover, You Should've Come Over.

Zumbakamera

Behold! I have experienced the strangest animation on the internet. Jossie Malis ( aka Zumbakamera) has not only given us The Fantastic World of Fantástico Morales, but also Bendito Machine and Memento Mori.

And! If you enjoyed all of that, I encourage to peruse the bizarre world of artist Tim Molloy.

Codehunters

Codehunters looks like the Gorillaz got crossed with Final Fantasy VII characters and shat out into Borderlands.

Noah and the Whale

I don't know about you, but I'm ready for Spring.

Highest Heights

One of my favorite films of 2008 was Man on Wire. While this BASE jump is perhaps less complicated to execute than the world's craziest tightrope walk, I'm no less impressed by the dedication, the disregard for authority, and the symbiotic obsession of being first and highest.

Also, check out last April's entry on wingsuits and the Ueli Gegenschatz lecture on TED. You won't be disappointed.

Keep on Shining

In some ways, Kevin McCullough's Electropolis reminds me of Mark Osborne's More, but it's clearly the more optimistic of the two. I believe the message is the same in both, however... stay true to yourself and what you love. Don't take the road less traveled just 'cause Robert Frost said so; make up your own damn mind.



P.S. Thanks to aithnea for the shout-out on reddit.

Land of Talk

It may not feel okay somedays, but at least there's incredible music to help you get through it. Throw in a a gorgeous video that feels like a collaboration between Luis Buñuel and Miyazaki-san and color me enamored.

Time and Time Again

Moral of the story: invent an invisibility cloak before you invent a time machine.

Or, you know, just don't kill anyone. We wouldn't want to have to redefine murder-suicide.

LaundroMatinee

My favorite music blog is My Old Kentucky Blog. LaundroMatinee, according to its Vimeo account, is essentially MOKB's vlog counterpart:

"Craig 'Dodge' Lile from MyOldKentuckyBlog.com, with help from the incredibly talented Jeff DuPont (audio) , Doug Fellegy (video), Tim Wilsbach (video), Joe Wallace (Video), Michelle Castillo (Video) and Nate Karamanski (video), has created laundromatinee.com - a site that features the in-studio sessions MOKB records for its SIRIUS XM Blog Radio show (Tuesdays at Noon EST on SIRIUS 26/XM 43)."

P.S. I'm absolutely smitten with this video in particular.

Dream Yourself to Death

A short by Rian Johnson, of "Brick" and "Brothers Bloom" fame.

Future Possibilities

The grandchildren of our grandchildren will think about us in the way we think about Neanderthals.

QT Top 20 & Mixtape

In honor of the Inglourious Basterds, I present you with Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 since 1992 (ie. the year Reservoir Dogs came out). And, as a bonus, "The Tarantino Mixtape" by video remix magician Eclectic Method.

Amazing 3D Animation

When I came across "Eole" on Vimeo, I was floored. Other than Galactic Mail, I'd never seen any 3d animation of this quality floating around on the internet. After poking around the Eole website links, I began to realize that all of the other short films they were recommending belonged to alumni of Supinfocom, an animation university in France (and now India). I later discovered that Asterokid (Douglas Lassance), one of the creators of Galactic Mail, also helped to create Sigg Jones as a final project for his degree from... you guessed it... Supinfocom. It's a small world of animation after all.

Mixed Signals: Creation vs. Evolution

Opposite Day! Creation as technobabble and Evolution as melodramatic sermon... it's not just a brilliant switcharoo, it's also remarkably well done. You can watch them side by side on Vimeo.

Off-topic (but not if you're Pat Robertson):
So you've probably heard about Ida by now, but did you know it's also an impending hurricane? Do you think the World Meteological Organization and The Paleontological Society have a secret rivalry over names? You know, like the Anchorman news team street fight.

Mustaches bristling! Barometer slings launching projectiles into a crowd of prehistoric graverobbers! Picks and chisels bringing down the front lines of the weather soothsayers! Ida-the-hurricane-of-dead-lemurs!

Anyway, that's how I want to imagine it. We now return to your regularly scheduled program...

The Rocketeer Express

One of my favorite videos on Vimeo. But whaddabout DHL, yo?