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For some reason, I have an affinity for silly Hindi music: I recently posted a long time favorite music video for Tunak Tunak Tun and of course, there’s You Kicked My Dog. Now, here’s another one: The Indian version of Thriller.

More Information

Thriller was parodied by Indian actor Chiranjeevi (aka Chiru) in the 1985 Telegu movie Donga. The video has taken the viral video set by storm and has more recently become an internet phenomenon¹.

¹ via Wikipedia

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I saw this iPod store at the Dallas airport recently and I had to share it - it’s literally an iPod vending machine

Pictures

You can click the pictures for a larger view.

As you can see, the iPod Store has just about everything that is iPod related, including Video iPods, iPod Nanos, headphones, Nike+ kits, sound docks and so much more! It has everything but music. My question is, why would you buy this in an airport - are there really that many impulse buyers that would purchase one right before they get on a plane?

Video

Here is a video of the user interface. I choose to “purchase” a 60GD Video iPod, and it only took a few taps to buy it! You could checkout the specs and read more information - it was really slick!

Sorry for the poor video quality….

About

This store is actually a Zoom shop, I saw another one in Atlanta - this one is actually four sided and you can buy all flavors of iPods, satellite radios, DVD’s, noise canceling headphones, Gameboys, wireless routers & network cards and much, much more!

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Say hello to Spin, an independent short from Double Edge Films. This amazing short is the winner of 35 Film Festival Awards and it was shot in my home town of Denver, CO!

Synopsis

A mysterious DJ is sent to a busy city block to mend a series of tragic events that occur in our everyday lives.

The Video

http://www.spike.com/video/2681387

More Information

You can read an Interview with Filmmaker Jamin Winans. You can also view the Spin IMDB page.

Trivia

The final cut of the film contains over 300 shots and took five days to film!

Thoughts

I love everything about this film! I did go to film school and this is the type of films that I wanted to make! It has all of the elements of a great productions! I love the “hero” and that he is improving the world - even to the end! I don’t want to spoil the film by saying to much but we can continue the conversation in the comments!

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Man, I have been so busy at work lately. I am just swamped

YouTube Support

Anyway, here’s a story that should make my bud Mr. Gary Lee happy: In a press release that came out yesterday, Apple announced you be able to stream YouTube videos right from the fancy AppleTV interface. This means that you won’t need the AppleTV YouTube plugin that I wrote about earlier! The feature will be launched mid-June and users would be able to view “Thousands of the most current and popular YouTube videos” right off the bat and YouTube will be “adding thousands more each week until the full YouTube catalog is available this fall.” You will also be able to login to your YouTube account to view and save your favorite videos!

More Storage

Apple also announced that you can order an AppleTV with a 160GB hard drive! The new larger hard drive will let you store four times more of your favorite content! That’s up to 200 hours of video, 36,000 songs, 25,000 photos or a combination of each. “el Hefe” should be available by the time you read this and should cost about $399.

Here is a fancy graph I whipped up so you can compare the two different AppleTV models:

¹ All of the info I found says that both models will hold 25,000 photos. I’m guessing that there is a limit on what the AppleTV can hold.

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Spike Jonze has to be one of my all-time favorite directors, his style is a little odd, a little random, sometimes stylized - but always very cool. Instead of going into great detail, I’ll let his work speak for itself. Keep in mind that there have been way more music videos, commercials and movies then I have listed. These are just a few that I really like!

Commercials

Ikea Ad

Adidas Ad

GAP Ad

Music Videos

Weapon Of Choice, Fatboy Slim

Here is a list of Spike Jonze music videos.

Sabotage, Beastie Boys

Root Down, Beastie Boys

Praise You, Fatboy Slim

Feature Films

Spike has involved more then a few movies, here are a couple that you might have heard of. For the the full list visit Spike Jonze’s IMDB page.

• Where the Wild Things Are
• Being John Malkovich
• Jackass Number Two
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
• The Virgin Suicides

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