When the Webbys recently awarded their Person Of The Year gong to Banksy for this ‘Better Out Than In’ New York residency, the artist accepted by way of a wry video retrospective.
Category Archives: Video
Director Drew Christie’s hand-drawn animation tells the story of a homeless teen, the challenges he faces and the triumph of his creative self.
Made for the Seattle University Film & Family Homelessness initiative.
Bronagh Gallagher, Jerry Fish, Lisa Hannigan, Wallis Bird, Gavin Glass, Paul Noonan and, as the fella says, many more perform Jackie Wilson’s Higher and Higher Live at Turning Pirate Mixtape 2013.
Ye gotty shake yer butt.
(H/T: Luke Byrne)
The Washington Post goes behind the scenes at the Washington Ballet where six professional dancers demonstrate the most difficult moves in their repertoire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp9_196qq1Y
Madge Mulluchon (Independent) is desperate for your vote and has a crafty plan to get elected involving Linda Martin.
Rumour has it she was due to run with Theresa Heaney and Catholic Democrats.
More of her manifesto here.
Previously: Chaste Out Of Town
Every face punch from the movie Roadhouse. lovingly compiled by Red Letter Media
A video of the dapper-suited, Manchester-born street seller extraordinaire Joe ‘the Gentleman Peeler’ Ades doing his thing at New York’s Union Square in 2008.
Such was his charm* that, for sixteen years, peelers funded not only his trademark bespoke suits but also a three-bed apartment on plush Park Avenue.
Since his death in 2009 at age 75, Joe’s daughter Ruth Ades-Laurent has taken his place.
(* We’ll take the five…)
(Photo by Trevor Little)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jXjpteeLhw
MEME ‘smart glasses’ developed by Tokyo based eyewear designers JINS. The frames have sensors and ‘electro oculogram’ technnology to track eye behaviour, scanning for movements or responses that indicate fatigue or stress.
A further six axis motion tracking sensors record posture and balance, advising the user when to take a break via smartphone app.
A charming ‘little story about love and adventure’ by graphic designer Cesar ‘El Diablo’ Martinez.
Music Heaven by I, Monster.