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Friday Videos - Feb 12th, 2016

posted February 12, 2016 #

Some weeks are easier to compile than others. This one was a bit on the tougher side and, thus, some of the results maybe a bit more varied and odd. I think you'll still feel quite distracted from your weekly duties tho.

This genius combined Star Trek withe SnapChat filters and the results are wonderful. If I could embed it below, I would.

Enjoy this thug life, taken from here but, trust me, it's much better as a silent video than it is as a chip advertisement.
  • Top 25 Plastic Chairs - Bryan Ropar counts down his favorites. If you want more, dive in way further. Via John.
  • The Washer Dryer Club - collectors of washer dryers get together and wash clothes. This feels like a cut scene from an unknown Christopher Guest movie but would CBS Sunday Morning lie to us? I don't think so. Also via John. No judgements tho, I collect and enjoy plenty of weird things myself.
  • Stations - a wonderful short film that depicts the Subway experience in short, 2-3 second clips. I could watch something like this for hours.
  • Beyonce Tour Announcement - plenty of talk of Beyonce recently but take a moment to just appreciate this video for the art direction of it. Sure there's plenty of random nouns being depicted (hawk, crashing waves, molotov cocktail) but it works and it looks beautiful.
  • Arcade Fire - David Bowie Tribute - everyone's favorite indie outfit took to the streets of New Orleans to partner up with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to pay tribute to Mr. Bowie. Honestly, I think the results are a little lackluster but it's something you should see regardless.
  • OK Go - Upside Down and Inside Out - I really could care less about any OK Go song but I can't hate on the amount of work that must go into making these videos. I'm more curious to see the Making Of, as this is an awful lot of orchestrated, choreographed zero G movement.
Spend some time with @femscriptintros this weekend too and realize that writing women characters still has a long long way to go. Vaguely related, watch this Funny or Die Art of the Steal trailer in which Johnny Depp depicts an all too accurate Donald Trump. Then read this article and contemplate all weekend how terrifying it would be to have him running things.

But to end on a high note, enjoy this.

Cymbal

posted February 12, 2016 #

I was a fairly regular user of This Is My Jam, the music sharing site restricted to one song per week. It did a good job of making sharing and discovery easy - music curation from actual people you know but not in an overwhelming manner. However, it is gone.

Enter Cymbal - a recently launched app that seems to achieve similar goals. Unlike the content on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, the act of enjoying a song is not the same - it takes way way longer - so I'm curious how this will work as an app experience rather than a web experience that I can partake in passively. Only one way to find out - add me on Cymbal.

posted February 11, 2016 #

There's nothing like opening your browser and being reminded of your last google image search: horseshoe crab blood.

posted February 11, 2016 #

new grandaddy LP.... 100 physical copies to be made... 1000 dollars a piece.. After 1 year...free for everyone ? just tossing around ideas

posted February 11, 2016 #

No match for "https://t.co/41Tc4EvkbT".

posted February 11, 2016 #

So lame. Rip tattoos https://t.co/A9WFAnNv2A

posted February 11, 2016 #

Where do you think Chris Christie is going to open his car dealership?

Photo Ops - "Memories That Glow'"

posted February 11, 2016 #

Buy Vacation out now via Bad Friend Records: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/vacation/id1066350556 Vinyl preorder: https://photoops.bandcamp.com/album/vacation Video Directed by : Ashley Dudek and Daniel Fry

The rise of Donald Trump is a terrifying moment in American politics

posted February 11, 2016 #

Trump is the most dangerous major candidate for president in memory. He pairs terrible ideas with an alarming temperament; he's a racist, a sexist, and a demagogue, but he's also a narcissist, a bully, and a dilettante. He lies so constantly and so fluently that it's hard to know if he even realizes he's lying. He delights in schoolyard taunts and luxuriates in backlash. /via @waxpancake

posted February 11, 2016 #

Bed, Bath and Beyonc

Com Truise - Diffraction

posted February 11, 2016 #

Taken from 'Silicon Tare' EP by Com Truise, out April 1, 2016. Pre-order at The Ghostly Store: http://www.theghostlystore.com/products/silicon-tare-ep Or at the retailer of your choice: https://Ghostly.lnk.to/comtruise

Pearson Vintage Type

posted February 11, 2016 #

Many thanks to Arlo for steering me towards this enormous repository of vintage type, Type as Image. The sheer variety is overwhelming and absolutely delightful. I could stare at images like this or bold type like this all day long. Or this gem! Long story short, there's no shortage of inspiration and amazement to be found.

Facer

posted February 11, 2016 #

While I do not personally have an Android watch, I find this Facer store to be a nice proof of concept for why anyone would want to put on "wearables." Being able to swap out your watch face for a classy analog face or some quality Garfield is a nice bit of diversity. I'm sure this is news to no one that this is possible, it's nice to see it executed in such a nice way.

Figma

posted February 11, 2016 #

I am hesitantly optimistic about Figma, a new collaborative design tool coming out in 2016. The intro video looks quite promising - allowing for team members from all over to work on designs in real time, online. Boldly, it seems that they're going for the Sketch + Zeplin crowd.

On the whole, I think I'd rather see this as an integration with Sketch rather than a whole new toolset. There's already a thriving Sketch community and this may just serve to bifurcate it. I'm also a little bearish on any online tool being able to handle bitmap assets in a streamlined way.

But those are judgements being cast before I've ever even used the tool. So I'll withhold them and wait for the release. I'm definitely intrigued.

posted February 10, 2016 #

?Every voice is unnatural, and it is natural to be unnatural.? https://t.co/WfpxbFvm3z https://t.co/wXXmMHN6TB
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