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This week I saw that MTV has decided to return to its roots. When I watched MTV (yes, I’m old) back in the 1980s, music videos were still young. Each video director and artist had an opportunity to put a unique spin on the new media and share it with the world relativey quickly.
Since then, MTV doesn’t really seem to show good videos any more (sorry, but I don’t like most of modern pop or R&B). Instead, they play tawdry teenage and college shows that are more fluff than substance. Oh well, it’s the end of an era I guess.
Then this e-mail shows up stating that MTV was putting it’s library of classic music videos online! What a concept. All these cool videos you can only see late at night on VH1 now you can share with a whole new generation of internet-savvy folks!
For the first time ever, I was invited and participated on an internet radio program for the Blogger News Network (BNN) called “The Week in Reviews.” Hosted by Simon Barrett, the leader of BNN, I participated in a panel of reviewers that also included Matt Mungle (who’s a writer for BlogCritics.org, BNN, and other venues) and Andrew Dodge (who also writes for BNN and other venues).
We basically introduced ourselves and shot the breeze for 30 minutes. It was a very interesting conversation about how these other folks got into reviewing, what they consider a good review, what they do when they have to write a bad review of a product, and so on. I hope the radio program continues far into the future and more reviewers get a chance to share their “wisdom” (my wisdom wasn’t all that great compared to these guys who had been reviewing since the 1980s!) with other reviewers and listeners!
You can listen to the radio show here on Blog Talk Radio at your leisure. There should be a new episode next week, though at this point I’ve not been invited to participate. (I’d be happy to if the opportunity came up again!)
I don’t know if you’ve heard of this new online show that started a few weeks ago called “Easy to Assemble”?
Its very first episode, titled “Training Day,” received 250,000 views on YouTube on its very first day. And CBS snatched it up for its own online video site, TV.COM. The episodes will appear on TV.COM first and then be distributed elsewhere (probably YouTube) after that.
All the episodes kind of make fun of the IKEA way of life. Very Swedish. Very odd. “Very depressing” as one person says in a training video that’s part of the first episode. But very funny in spots.
As someone who used to live near an IKEA and has a wife fascinated by its wonderments, I have to say I found it pretty darned funny.
Check it out if you have some time. The first episode is here and the second here. You can also check out the Easy to Assemble website.
So this is a first… I was “tagged” by Trench over at 7 Miles Down to complete this “meme” by the end of the week… and as this is Friday, I’m running out of time!
Fringe is JJ Abrams‘ new show on Fox and I have to say I’m hooked. Once again he’s taken an intriguing premise that mixes the modern world with the supernatural (as he did in Alias, which I loved) and then he throws in a solid helping of well defined characters for good measure.
2. Bones
Bones is the perfect mix of mystery and fun. It’s taken over NCIS’s spot because of the humor and sarcasm, but will most likely stay there if the writing continues to be as strong as it’s been in the first few episodes of the season.
3. Big Bang Theory
Big Bang Theory is just a hoot. I’m a geek. Not quite as brainy (who is) as the crew on Big Bang, but I lived in a similar situation with a group of less than socially adept individuals (myself included) all through college. We survived, but it’s hilarious to watch these guys stumble along through life!
This falls into the “me too” realm of gaming, but as a long-time Civilization and other strategy game fan (including Populous and Alpha Centauri and the upcoming Sid Meier Colonization update), I have to share this comic with my “peeps”…
(A hearty thanks to xkcd for making me laugh out loud this morning. I haven’t thought of Populous in YEARS!)
–Fitz
p.s. You can read about my long-standing Civilization addiction here. I’m eagerly awaiting the update to Sid’s Colonization game (originally out in 1994), which should be out sometime this fall! Yay!
I was recently informed that this cool new webcomic has been around a while and I didn’t know about it (not that that’s unusual… I’m the last to know about new webcomics most of the time). But if you haven’t seen them, these guys have a sick and wrong sense of humor that I like… (It may not quite all be kosher for work reading, but hey… hopefully they have a sense of humor. )
For the Reels published their 38th comic recently (”Schindler’s Pissed”). Definitely worth checking out. Just browsing through their previous comics, I also liked “Crazy 88 86ed” — a cool take on Kill Bill!
The site and strip is done by two brothers - Joseph and Jonathan - and they merge two of the things I appreciate… movies and twisted humor.
They’ve only been running their site since December 2007, but I think they have a good thing going. Be sure to check them out and spread the word!
I have to admit that I’m a fantasy football junkie. I’ve been playing for the last several years with a group of friends and had a great time doing it. Not only does it justify buying DirecTV’s NFL package, but I get to play with the computer on football days.
This year however, the Yahoo Fantasy guys have outdone themselves with their Stattracker add-on.
This thing is awesome! Not only does it provide instant updates, but I get scores, red zone alerts, and all those fun little things that make watching the NFL on Sunday so much more entertaining.
I can keep track of all the teams in my league as well as what’s going on around the NFL. They’ve outdone themselves this year.
I don’t know if I’m late to the party or not, but I stumbled on this great hilarious site with abridged scripts to some of your recent faves (or least faves).
It’s called the Editing Room, written by Rod Hilton, who writes for Total Film magazine and does the abridged scripts for them. And his dry wit just leaps off the page and slaps you (or maybe just me) upside the head. Gotta love it when you find something like that.
His latest script is for The Dark Knight, but one of the gems I found was from Iron Man. And I’ll just quote one particular passage and let you read the rest (it’s worth it)…
“… Eventually he gets back to AMERICA, which instantly makes everything BETTER.
JEFF BRIDGES
Robert! Welcome back. As your partner and obvious eventual bad guy, I was extremely worried about you. Tell me what you used to escape and if we can sell it.
ROBERT DOWNEY JR
Later. First, I need a delicious, juicy, American hamburger! Failing that, one of Burger King’s tasteless, squashed heaps of grade D meat and soggy bread will do fine.
So if you’re feeling like a chuckle… Check it out. If you like movies or just ripping on them, this sites for you! (I’ll be adding it to my list of links now… )
fitz in 
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