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Friends are Friends Forever: An Instant Messenger Analysis of Michael W. Smith's YouTube Community
MARK: ohmy god BWE i think this is the greatest thing ever posted on the internet KATE: is that the chipmunk voice, i can't tell what she's saying MARK: it's a classic michael w. smith song... read more
Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-VYour Wednesday Morning YouTube Break
Courtesy of Paste senior contributing writer Reid Davis, here are three of the mostest awesomest videos in all of YouTube-dom...A modern-day update to the Airplane scene, "I speak jive," but with an unfortunate conclusion.... read more
Found in: Blogs, High GravityCelebs launch YouTube campaign to fight poverty
Elle MacPherson, Kristin Davis, Bono, Queen Rania al Abdullah of Jordan, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, economist Jeffrey Sachs and musician Angelique Kidjo convened outside the UN on Thursday. They participated in a call-to-action style event, promoting the In My Name program, which has pledged to cut global poverty in half by the year 2015.... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsHulu tries to edge out the competition with new developments
[Above: One of Hulu's many streams, The Daily Show]In the battle to obtain the most prized online video content, YouTube is far and away the winner. So much so that it seems pointless that any contenders would even worry too much about where they fall underneath, right? Wrong. It seems nothing will stop Hulu, which boasts 900 film and TV titles, from inching its way, ever so slowly, from obscurity (and away from competitor Joost).... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsOkkervil River films stand ins covering Stand Ins
It's almost too much, really. As anticipation builds for The Stand Ins, Okkervil River's follow-up to last year's The Stage Names, the Austin band has begun to fan its fans' desires by opening up a YouTube channel with covers of all the album's songs. Covers, that is, before the Sept. 9 official release of the originals—crazy.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPrince blocks YouTube cover of Radiohead's "Creep"
What happens when a now-copyright-conservative artist covers a blockbuster from a copyright-radical artist at one of the biggest music festivals of the summer? In this case, the video goes up on YouTube, and is then promptly removed. To add insult to injury, the clip of Prince’s seven-minute rendition of “Creep” was replaced with a snore-worthy clip of two birds preening. We tell no lies.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsYouTube makes history with The Cult of Sincerity
Tired of the bored, snobby, passionless mindset of the hipster generation? Well, so were filmmakers Adam Browne and Brendan Choisnet, so much so that they were inspired to create The Cult of Sincerity. Don’t worry, there are no Kool-Aid drinkers or matching uniforms in this movie. Instead, The Cult of Sincerity is a film that chronicles a twentysomething named Joseph in his quest to stop being cynical and start giving back to the world around him. Still, what makes this movie different from any other is the nature of its release. Set to come out April 8, you’ll be able... read more
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