You should try and get a hold of Seth MacFarlane's movie "Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy". It's frekkin funny. You need to skip forward few sec on these clips due to commercials etc.
My friend Kirk (he did the amazing ON videos as well as 411 VM and DC´s Groundbreaking) has been working at Element for a while and they are doing a video about Element, here´s the trailer:
Found this on a hard drive today and wanted to share it with you.
It´s a clip I edited in 2002 when I was living in Stockholm. The stuff was all shot in 2001-2002, except the Gershon skate clips and the music video clips, they are from 1998.
Hope you like it. It brought back a lot of memories for me.
Andreas Karlsson might have a world record in "streetsurf" long distance jump!
According to the article it seems like he landed on his tailbone though... but the distributor of these cool skateboard / inline hybrid Robban Johansson is certain that NOBODY else in the WORLD has jumped the record distance (12 streetsurf boards).
They are currently waiting for the two video clips they shot (multiple angle son..) to be reviewed by the Guinness book of world records.
According to the (possible) world record jumper streetsurf shares the technique from snowboarding but you do skateboard tricks with it. Of course there are no bindings, awesomeness or snow involved.
Oh god. Watching a third video now. What the fuck is up with these people? (granted they are obviously allowed to have a good time) Why do they have this music. All three clips have the three worst songs I've heard in the past year.
Sure even some of the most skilled skate/snowboarders have had their share of confusing youth (like inlines), but why do people keep coming out with these weird ass board hybrids? They know it's not going to last (remember snakeboarding?). So is just to make a quick buck? Or do they really believe in the awesomeness of their stupid invention? I don't dare click on a fourth clip. Third one, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xdtna3rpks
Usually between 11am - 3pm and then again from 8pm to 5am.
Repeat.
Welcome to another summer of Final Cut Pro. Are there summers without editing? I sure haven't seen one since Apple started making laptops which you could edit on (2001 I think).
So I´m working late nights and early mornings with this clip... I was not super amped this evening, but needed to get closer to the end of the tunnel so to speak.
After a short stroll around town I thought.. hmm it´s 18.45.. maybe I should go get some booze or wine coolers (incase I have a great couple of hours behind the computer) before the stupid liquor stores close.
So I hustled to the closest one thinking I was real smart to plan ahead a little. Guess if it was open... NOT!
My semi good mood that was on the uprise turned to hatred. I got so mad, me a 32 year old, can´t get some wine coolers at 18.45 on a mother fucking Friday! (enter Ari Gold´s voice, skip to 1:13 in this clip) I couldn´t motivate myself to possibly go out again after I got behind the computer. Stupid fucking closed liquor store.
Since I now was in an apartment with zero alcohol I didn´t want to know what might be going on in the city tonight. I even went to three stores to see if they had any 3.5% ciders, they didn´t. Just 20 kinds of 3.5% beers. I asked a clerk (fully knowing he wouldn´t be able to help me) why they didn´t have any ciders over 2.25% and he said they don´t like to carry them because young kids might get drunk if they did. I promptly asked; What about me? What should I drink then? He looked at me like I was retarded. "Eeehh, beers maybe?" No I don´t drink that shit I said and moped away.
Ok, so it´s like 6 hours later now. I´m editing away here. Trying to make a sweet piece out of no footage under severe deadline threats is always fun, not.
Then my friend Effe calls. Where are you? Come down! I just heard some loud ass noise in the background. He yells: CAN´T YOU HEAR THE MUSIC? I respond: Hmmm, maybe... sounds like "Familjen" (which made me jealous they were dancing their butts of to one of my current favorite bands). Effe yells back: YEAH, THEY ARE PLAYING LIVE NOW! HERE! IT´S INSANE! My thoughts: OMG! Familjen is playing and I´m 2 kilometers away, sober, behind a computer... WTF!
Seriously. I would pay $1,000 to be buzzed with my friends and see them on a Friday night. But no, I can´t turn back time. Mother fucker!
So as they are boogieing away I´m writing this post. Pissed at myself for not knowing that Familjen were in town. But also pissed at the fucking liquor store that was closed in the middle of the day (yes 18.45 is in the middle of a fucking Friday!)
I´m so pissed. Can´t focus. And I can´t wait for some solidaric communist swedes to reply to my rant about not being able to buy booze when I want. Fucking bring it. I´ve been wanting to mail some anthrax to the liquor store executives for the past 6 hours. Come debate the matter with me if you dare.
I´ve never tried a drug other than alcohol in my life, but with this shit annoying me like a herd of hemorrhoids (assuming that´s fairly annoying) I´m running out of options to get a buzz when I feel like it.
And when I´m in rehab I´ll sue Sweden for making me turn to drugs.
Have a fucking great weekend. God knows (or does he) a weekend like this won´t come back, EVER!
Here´s the brilliant video "Snurrar I Min Skalle" from Familjen. Mother fucker I am PISSED! And they aren´t touring this summer either, even more pissed now! Arrrghhh!
And no, I´m not an alcoholic. I just want some mother fucking freedom.
Granted the dude was an idiot for endangering others in traffic (and I don´t know what he did before) I still feel that these cops acted very inappropriately. But I bet millions think it was ok to kick the guy.
Excerpt from the site: Now, for the first time, an incredibly complete early primate fossil has been discovered which provides us with direct evidence of an intermediate link between the human primate lineage and earlier mammals. Ida is an example of a transitional fossil between primitive primates and the prosimian and anthropoid branches, the latter of which eventually led to humans. It's not correct to describe her as "the missing link" - there are many transitional links in our evolutionary story, but she is the earliest, and one of the most significant links, ever found.
I'm guessing it will not be cheap... maybe $15,000,000 - ish... maybe more.
Hopefully the Swedish government or some foundation will buy it. I would love to take a trip there and walk around his estate. But odds are some rich dude will buy it and the public will never be able to see the place where Sweden's most successful movie director lived and worked from.
For those of you who doesn't know who Ingmar is, read up here. Woody Allen said this about him:
- "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera"
Hire me and I can tell you that you CAN NOT think of music, tv and movie distribution in regions.
If Lost has a season finale at 6pm eastern time you can bet your ass it will be online at some torrent at 9pm eastern for the rest of the world to see...
Same with music and movies. The consumer/viewer will not wait to watch it until you (the suits and tools at Sony, WMG, EMI, Universal etc) feel it fit to be released in say Sweden...
Release it like you do on Hulu, but do it worldwide, maybe be regional ads.. but don´t count on people waiting to see it 4 months later. The www is as global as it gets.
This goes out the dated relic known as the music industry. Collaborate with people/companies like Spotify (the best legal way to share and listen to music that I know of). Even a good itunes consumer like myself is turning to Spotify.. and that´s all the market research you need.
This is the message I got when I wanted to watch the Family Guy season finale before going to bed:
Since I´m in the wrong region you give no choice other than to download it illegally from some torrent.. and thereby missing out on valuable ad space/money.
They know how to honor a tradition. It´s truly amazing. Everyone (except the tourists) are dressed up. Some in traditional "bunad" that I hear cost from $3,000-$10,000! Fucking rich Norwegians..
I also went there to watch the DC (Norway) skate video Delta Charlie. The DC crew in Norway does such a great job with the brand over there, it´s next level. And they´ve done so for years. The film was good. Good skating, nice creative finesseful editing and filming. Here´s the trailer for it:
They premiered it at one of the biggest (if not the biggest) theater in Oslo. How they manage to (almost) fill that place with a skate video with only Norwegians in it is a great feat.
Never expect your Visa card to work in Norway just because they say they take Visa. What they mean to say is that they take norwegian Visa, not yours. It's been like that for over a decade so I'm not counting on it changing anytime soon. They do have photo ID on their Visa cards though, we could learn from that.
Mads Jonsson had a huge breakfast (or lunch.. or brunch?..) get together at his place on the morning of the 17th. Great food and a lot of cheerful folks.
The Oslo Opera House is a very impressive piece of architecture. Next time I go to Oslo I´ll take some proper photos of it )and not forget the camera when you wake up 20 min before you need to get on the bus..) Read up on it here: http://www.wired.com/culture/design/magazine/16-12/pl_design So inlines are allowed?
Thank you Thomas, Arvid, Ola, Andreas, Mads, Jörn and co for a great day and a half in Oslo.
