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Kevin Wampler <wam### [at] u washingtonedu> wrote:
> I haven't really watched much of the Stargate TV series. How is it?
Personally I liked it, but I can understand how some people might not
like it too much, as it falls quite far in the soft end of sci-fi hardness.
--
- Warp
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Kevin Wampler wrote:
> It's a fun music video and all, but as far as technical achievement for
> long single take videos this is not very impressive nor very novel (not
> knocking the band, I'm sure they have a limited budget and aren't out to
> make a technically impressive video anyway).
As far as I can tell, the video was made not by the band themselves, but
by a bunch of fans at their local school, on their own initiative. Given
that it's an amature production, it's not half bad.
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Am 07.08.2010 20:28, schrieb Kevin Wampler:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> Oh my God... I just found this on the official website:
>>
>> http://www.thebaseballs.com/videos/rocknroll
>>
>> How *mental* is that?? It's, like, 3 minutes long and appears to be a
>> single take. Crazy!
>>
>
> It's a fun music video and all, but as far as technical achievement for
> long single take videos this is not very impressive nor very novel (not
> knocking the band, I'm sure they have a limited budget and aren't out to
> make a technically impressive video anyway).
It's apparently not the band who did the video, but the pupils at some
Polish school. For /that/, it seems exceptionally impressive to me.
> In the realm of music videos (of which I know very little) I think that
> Ok Go's "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w is much more
> impressive in this regard (and is inspired by equally or more impressive
> previous work, such as that by Peter Fischli and David Weiss).
Compared to the Baseballs video, I think it's pretty lame: Virtually all
you have to choreograph is a bunch of predictable mechanics. That's a
piece of cake (once you have mastered the technological skills) compared
to choreographing some 100 amateur actors, of which maybe 25 or more
have a short "main actor" role.
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clipka wrote:
> Thanks for sharing - this is cool indeed.
Isn't it just? Heck, I showed it to one of my classmates, and now she's
asked me to get her a copy too.
I guess I can add this to the list of "things Laura has made me spend
money on". ;-)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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clipka wrote:
>
> It's apparently not the band who did the video, but the pupils at some
> Polish school. For /that/, it seems exceptionally impressive to me.
Ahh, yeah, that is pretty sweet. Speaks well for the band members as well.
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Am 08.08.2010 16:42, schrieb Orchid XP v8:
> clipka wrote:
>> Thanks for sharing - this is cool indeed.
>
> Isn't it just? Heck, I showed it to one of my classmates, and now she's
> asked me to get her a copy too.
>
> I guess I can add this to the list of "things Laura has made me spend
> money on". ;-)
Is she cute? ;-)
BTW, if you're going for the CD version, you may try to get the newest
edition, "The Baseballs - Strike! Back", which features a second CD with
cover versions of "Poker Face", "Ayo Technology", "Jungle Drum" and
more, which don't seem to be released on mp3 yet. (Unfortunately I only
realized after having bought the "Strike!" album on mp3 already.)
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Am 08.08.2010 18:22, schrieb Kevin Wampler:
> clipka wrote:
>>
>> It's apparently not the band who did the video, but the pupils at some
>> Polish school. For /that/, it seems exceptionally impressive to me.
>
> Ahh, yeah, that is pretty sweet. Speaks well for the band members as well.
BTW, it's not /their/ school who did the video. The guys are actually
German, not Polish. The video appears to be pure fan art.
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Am 08.08.2010 18:35, schrieb clipka:
> BTW, if you're going for the CD version, you may try to get the newest
> edition, "The Baseballs - Strike! Back", which features a second CD with
> cover versions of "Poker Face", "Ayo Technology", "Jungle Drum" and
> more, which don't seem to be released on mp3 yet. (Unfortunately I only
> realized after having bought the "Strike!" album on mp3 already.)
Well, forget what I said - unless you want to wait three more weeks: the
"Strike! Back" double album is scheduled to be released no sooner than
August 27th.
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>> I guess I can add this to the list of "things Laura has made me spend
>> money on". ;-)
>
> Is she cute? ;-)
Yeah. Her sister is cuter, but Laura herself is definitely a looker.
I'm also fairly sure the both of them are married. :-P
> BTW, if you're going for the CD version, you may try to get the newest
> edition, "The Baseballs - Strike! Back", which features a second CD with
> cover versions of "Poker Face", "Ayo Technology", "Jungle Drum" and
> more, which don't seem to be released on mp3 yet. (Unfortunately I only
> realized after having bought the "Strike!" album on mp3 already.)
Yeah, there is that.
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On a slight tangent, I would like to bring to everyone's attention the
"There She Is!" Flash series at www.sambakza.net . There are five
videos in the series, all set to Korean rock music.
Dunno how long these bands (they appear to be five different ones) have
been looking at the English (Brit and Yank) music scenes, but they have
picked up on the paradigm and work it exceptionally well.
Regards,
John
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