I love these time-lapse videos. This one takes us all around the Big Apple in about 4 minutes. Cameron Michael shot, directed and produced this video. Thanks!
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New York, New York in about 4 minutes
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tags: New York City, The Big Apple
Lord Stanley’s summer Cup plans
So, now that the Los Angeles Kings are the 2012-13 Stanley Cup champion, how will the Cup be spending its summer?
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The history of rock ‘n roll (really!)
Chicago guitarist Alex Chadwick plays 100 famous guitar riffs in one take for a chronological history of rock n’ roll.
You can see the full detailed list of all the artists, keys, and year of each song played in the 100 riffs plus the pedalboard, guitar and amplifier too!
If I had to pick just one, I’d check in for 7 seconds at No. 54: “Glory Days” by (of course you know who!) Bruce Springsteen.
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tags: Bruce Springstein, rock 'n roll
Remembering D-Day
More than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded on this day 68 years ago. Not many people remain who were involved in World War II, but these heroes should never be forgotten for their sacrifice on D-Day in 1944.
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Wanna be Kevin McCarthy?
Watch Mason grad Kevin McCarthy ask “really good question(s)” to director Ridley Scott and the cast of “Prometheus” — Charlize Theron, Michael Fassbender, Noomi Rapace and Guy Pearce.
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Top pop hits in Germany last year
Here are the 29 biggest pop hits of 2011 in Germany, according to Mashup-Germany.
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How about a burger with that McPaper?
Thirty years ago, it wasn’t hard to understand why readers began to flock to USA Today. It was in color. It featured graphics. The stories were short. There was this Al Neuharth-dictated emphasis on USA. Mainstream media made fun. Called it McPaper. Of course, McDonalds hasn’t done badly the past 30 years. But USA Today? New president Larry Kramer wants to give folks to read USA Today. Again. Check out this interview.
tags: Larry Kramer, USA Today
Honoring our Veterans
AARP has a nice video feature on Rolling Thunder, a nonprofit organization dating back to 1995. Members bring attention to soldiers who are prisoners of war or missing in action. Annually on Memorial Day weekend, Veterans and non-veterans gather together in Washington, D.C., to ride through the city to remember and to remind.
All the people featured in this video are part of Run for the Wall, a group that commemorates all POWs and MIAs by traveling from California to Washington, D.C.
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tags: Rolling Thunder, Veterans Day
Memories of MacDougal Street in the Village
There are songs Rod MacDonald sings — “Every Living Thing,” “The Aliens Came In Business Suits,” and especially “American Jerusalem” — that resonate more in my memory, but this song, “Big Money,” from Rod’s latest CD, “Song of Freedom,” has a fun (and very political) YouTube video along with it.
I go back a long way with Rod, to MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village in the ’80s, and I treasure those memories listening to Rod and other members of the Musicians Co-op at the Speakeasy. Suzanne Vega and Shawn Colvin started there, but it’s Rod’s guitar and voice I can still hear.
OK, so I might as well post my favorite MacDonald song, “American Jerusalem.” Love the guitar.
And if you want a real folk song, there’s “The Death of Victor Jara.”
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‘My Time Is Now’
Nike knows how to do advertising, as you can see with its new Euro Cup epic commercial featuring the biggest names in soccer: Franck Ribéry, Wesley Sneijder, Neymar, Andres Iniesta, Mario Gotze, Gerard Pique, Mesut Ozil and Cristiano Ronaldo. And all in 3 minutes.
The ad features a match between the Netherlands and France, but the game is interrupted when a group of young players crash the proceedings.
The video comes after Nike’s hugely successful “Write the Future” ad, also from ad agency Wieden + Kennedy, London, that has logged more than 28 million views. That ad, introduced in 2010, marked the beginning of that year’s World Cup.
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How email works
You write, you press send, it shows up in someone’s inbox. Email. Simple, right/write? Pretty much, but here’s a little more about how email works if you’re interested.
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It really isn’t all that difficult
What is journalism? These first graders know. Thanks to the PBS “NewsHour” and April Brown.
tags: journalism
Mashable- Rabbit R1: I spent 17 hours with it — and something's iffy about it April 24, 2024I spent some time with the Rabbit R1, and I have thoughts.
- Windows 11 Start menu ads arrive. How to turn them off. April 24, 2024Windows is putting ads in the start menu, but you don't have to stand for that if you don't want to.
- What die hard Sonic fans can expect from 'Knuckles' April 24, 2024Idris Elba discusses his role in the upcoming TV mini series 'Knuckles' and what die hard Sonic fans can expect to learn about him.
- Watch Ryan Gosling do carpool karaoke — with a stuntman twist April 24, 2024Gosling teams up with stunt men from "The Fall Guy" to market the film, sing some Journey, and see some fun stunts go down.
- 'Jim Henson Idea Man' trailer: Meet the man behind the Muppets April 24, 2024Ron Howard directs this Disney+ documentary about Jim Henson, featuring Henson's own archival home videos, sketches, and more.
- Rabbit R1: I spent 17 hours with it — and something's iffy about it April 24, 2024
The place to meet on the Fairfax campus
The George Mason statue is kitty-corner to the Johnson Center and the Mason Pond Parking Deck, where guests can easily park on the first three levels (Fairfax campus map). As soon-to-be emeritus faculty, I'm always happy to meet with friends and my former Mason students on campus.
Alum Kevin McCarthy at work
Film critic and GMU alum Kevin McCarthy encouraged students during his many visits to my GMU classes to pursue internships and "get noticed!" See some of Kevin's terrific interviews on his Nerd Tears website.
The One Thing
So, as Billy Crystal asked Jack Palance in "City Slickers," what's "The One Thing"? To find out, just contact me by email to set up a "Journalism for the Rest of Us" seminar, workshop or program.