Entries Tagged as 'ftw'

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 [...]

Thursday, March 8th, 2018

The Life Of A Geriatric is Rapped in this Amusing Song

It’s often said that although we all get old, you get to a certain age and you stay that age in your mind—so even when you become an octogenarian you still think you’re 35. YouTuber Offkey Steve raps about that paradox in his comedic song ‘The Life of a Geriatric Rap’ where we see an [...]

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.

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 [...]

Tuesday, February 27th, 2018

Local News for the Modern Audience

The latest sketch from comedy channel Rooster Teeth features local news anchors updating their reporting for today’s mobile app-driven world. In doing so their honesty pretty much puts them out of a job, because as they note, you probably find out the sports results from your buddy down the bar. Celeb news comes from Instagram.

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.

Thursday, February 22nd, 2018

Binkbeats Performs a Very Unusual Cover of Aphex Twin’s “Windowlicker”

Now this isn’t just your standard cover track, that’s not how Binkbeats works. Hailing from the Netherlands he covers electronic artists like Amon Tobin and Flying Lotus with the performance all achieved in one long take. This cover of Aphex Twin’s “Windowlicker” is unmistakably the same song, but it’s also a little different too.