Archive for the ‘mashup’ Category

Tale of Mighty Rudd Ascension

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

As the description tells us, "Short propaganda philosophy tells tale of mighty Rudd ascension" ... Without a doubt, one of the best political satires, and mashups, of the 2007 Federal Election campaign thus far.  And, yes, for those who watch The 7.30 Report, I am getting YouTube pointers from ...

I’m Making Waffles in The United States of Sparta!

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

I'm entrenched in marking first-year Flash animation projects today, and so have been thinking about creativity in various ways, but without much time to blog. So, I thought I'd share two YouTube clips which have made me laugh this morning, instead. The first clip is 1776... ... which is what ...

Post LOLCats Secrets

Friday, September 21st, 2007

What happens when the immovable confessional heartland PostSecret meets with the unstoppable force of the LOLCats meme?  LOLSecretz!  'Tis sad and funny at the same time.  My favourite three thus far: Head to LOLSecretz for a whole lot more ... [Via]

Piracy is … Cool?

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

On the CC-Community list Jessica Coates has posted links from the recent Sydney Law Review where, among other cool things, they created some parody advertisements based on the patronizing 'Piracy is Wrong' ads which play in Australian cinemas and are at the front of many legitimately-purchased Australian DVDs. Each ...

The Simpsons Star Wars Opening

Friday, August 31st, 2007

I gather this has been around for a month at least, but I thought this mash of The Simpsons and Star Wars by Rich Cando (of Dude Films fame) was too good not to share: [Via]

More LOL Theorists, Now with Self-Reflexivity!

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

I am more than litte pleased to see my two LOL Therorist Henry Jenkins pictures have come to Henry's attention and he's actually reposted them in his own blog! Of course, that couldn't possible be the end of the circle, so ... Make sure you continue to tune in to LOL Theorists ...

A Hard Day’s Night of the Living Dead

Wednesday, March 21st, 2007

John, Paul, George, Ringo ... and a world full of Zombies! If you thought it'd never happen, then you were wrong, because wonderous world of video mashups can bring two classics together to make A Hard Day's Night of the Living Dead ... It's the best Beatles clip since the ...

Hillary 1984

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

The races for party nomination and the Presidential election in the US always tend to bring out the most creative political media and mashups. The first great political video of the 2008 race is definitely Hillary 1984, which mashes up one of Apple's most famous advertisements from 1984, using ...

Human Lobotomy: Great Net Neutrality Mini-Documentary

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

If you're interested in Net Neutrality, then check out this evocative mini-documentary on why regulating the internet in the ways being debate in the US are a bad idea of democracy, a bad idea for the US, and a really bad idea for the rest of us! Save the Internet | ...