Entries Tagged as 'cool'

Tuesday, March 13th, 2018

Reggie Watts: Humor in Music

Reggie ‘Wait?’ Watts is a master of music-infused comedy and if you need proof then just take a watch of this video featuring him wowing the PopTech audience with his mastery and his scratching skills. He’s the sort of comedian you could watch and listen to until your mind collapses from old age or your [...]

Monday, March 12th, 2018

You Don’t Have to be Religious to Enjoy this Harmony Sung at a Bar Mitzvah

Whatever your attitudes are towards religion you can’t deny that it has some great melodies. Proof of that is this Shira choir singing at a Bar Mitzvah in Williamsburg, New York which is wonderfully rhythmic and the perfect music to let you escape the stresses of the day.

Friday, March 9th, 2018

A Beautiful Mind – Skateboard Innovator Rodney Mullen

Rodney Mullen is a pro skater who’s credited with being the originator of the ollie and inventing various tricks that have now become staples in skateboarding—tricks like the flatground ollie, kickflip, heelflip, impossible, and 360-flip. As such he’s a legend of the sport and an innovator, so it makes sense that he’d be a good [...]

Wednesday, March 7th, 2018

The Pixies’ ‘Where Is My Mind’ Covered by Howling Dogs and Other Animals

If you’re a fan of The Pixies rather excellent track ‘Where Is My Mind’ which is the song that plays out Fight Club if you didn’t know, then you’re going to very much enjoy this video. It features a bunch of howling dogs and screeching cats recut to sound like they’re all singing along to [...]

Tuesday, March 6th, 2018

Never Fall into the Trap of Responding When a Girl Asks You To Rate Her

In this sketch from comedy YouTubers Genuine Jerks a guy and a girl, two friends, are hanging out when the conversation leads the girl to ask the guy to rate her. He, idiotically, gives her a low number which is a big no-no in the first place. Then things just get worse.

Monday, March 5th, 2018

Denmark Fights Low Birth Rate With Bizarre PSA Promoting Baby-Making

‘Do It For Mom!’ That’s the title of this weird Danish PSA which is fighting against Denmark’s low birth rate by targeting grandparents and encouraing them to get involved. Not literally, that would be awkward, as the video notes, but they can help in other ways.

Friday, March 2nd, 2018

‘The Karate Kid – The Untold Story’ is a Brilliantly Made Mockumentary About the 80s Classic

1980s classic The Karate Kid featured a boy called Daniel Larusso in a underdog beats the odds story that saw Larusso rise up and defeat the bullies and win the day. But what if that wasn’t the whole story? What if the film was actually based on real events? Well video ‘The Karate Kid – [...]

Thursday, March 1st, 2018

Bizarre Music Video Gets Meta as Director Inserts Himself into the Story

This music video is very meta indeed. It’s directed by Keith Schofield for musicians Stylo G and Jacob Plant. It starts off with a weird premise, a world where people who have no legs sees a bunch of guys chasing a pair of women’s legs—it’s then revealed that this is in fact just a [...]

Wednesday, February 28th, 2018

Causal Loop (A Time Travel Paradox) by Vsauce

A casual loop in time travel speak is a sequence of events where a certain event is among the causes of another event, which in turn is among the causes of the first-mentioned event, thus creating some weird time paradox. It’s a type of paradox that is often found in the movies, and in this [...]

Monday, February 26th, 2018

The Science of Six Degrees of Separation

It’s a common saying, but are people really connected through just six steps? In a recent video by Veritasium host Derek Muller investigates the concept of six degrees of separation. According to Muller, although the idea of six degrees of separation has been around since the 1930s, it was not scientifically tested until the [...]

Friday, February 23rd, 2018

Watch Awesome Single-Take Short Film ‘Cólera’

Employing a variety of techniques filmmaker Aritz Moreno shoots this film in one long continuous take, as the camera moves about the cast and the scene keeping the action moving forward while racking up the tension. Right from the opening frame you’re pulled into it, wondering how it’s going to play out.