4 - Billy Joel Answers the Question

Billy sing "New York State Of Mind" with Vanderbilt University student Michael Pollack, filmed during "An Evening of Questions and Answers and a Little Bit of Music" at the university in January 2013.

Fan Michael Pollack stood up to ask his childhood idol a question during the Piano Man's recent Q&A at Vanderbilt University

He asked to play with him. Joel answered.​

"...​and that's how you get to be a horn player in NYC... take a chance" Joel after the song.

​If you don't ask, you don't get. 

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2 - Source to Sea in 3 minutes

Have you ever seen an entire river? This is a 113 day journey down the Green and Colorado Rivers, from source to sea. We started in the Wind River Mountains, Wyoming in October 2011, and finished at the Sea of Cortez, Mexico in January 2012. The river begins as a trickle, carves ever deeper and more spectacular canyons, and is reduced to a trickle again by water diversions. For more information, please visit www.downthecolorado.org CREDITS Edit, Concept, Paddling, Camera- Will Stauffer-Norris (www.willstauffernorris.com) Paddling, Camera- Zak Podmore Original Music- Ed David Watkins (soundcloud.com/edwatkinsmusic) Support provided by The State of the Rockies Project (www.stateoftherockies.com), NRS (www.nrsweb.com), Liquidlogic (www.liquidlogickayaks.com), The Hulbert Center, and Werner

From the mountains of Wyoming to the Sea of Cortez in Mexico, photographers and adventurers Will Stauffer-Norris and Zak Podmore travelled more than 1,700 miles along the Green and Colorado Rivers. Leaving in October of 2011 and arriving in the Sea of Cortez in January of 2012, the two journeyed for 113 days.



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4 - The Me Bird - Stencil Cut Animation

The short film "The Me Bird" is a free interpretation of the homonym poem by Pablo Neruda. The inspiration in the strata stencil technique helps conceptualize the repetition of layers as the past of our movements and actions. The frames depicted as jail and the past as a burden serve as the background for the story of a ballerina on a journey towards freedom. A diversified artistic experimentation recreates the tempest that connects bird and dancer. www.18bis.tv www.facebook.com/18bis Watch the making of: www.vimeo.com/60860949 // O curta The Me Bird é uma livre interpretação do poema homônimo de Pablo Neruda. A inspiração na técnica strata stencil ajuda a conceituar a repetição de camadas como o passado de nossos movimentos e ações. As molduras como jaula e o passado como fardo servem de pano de fundo para a história de uma bailarina em sua jornada rumo à liberdade. Através de variada experimentação artística, recria-se a tormenta que conecta pássaro e dançarina. I am the Pablo Bird, bird of a single feather, a flier in the clear shadow and obscure clarity, my wings are unseen, my ears resound when I walk among the trees or beneath the tombstones like an unlucky umbrella or a naked sword, stretched like a bow or round like a grape, I fly on and on not knowing, wounded in the dark night, who is waiting for me, who does not want my song, who desires my death, who will not know I'm arriving and will not come to subdue me, to bleed me, to twist me, or to kiss my clothes, torn by the shrieking wind. That's why I come and go, fly and don't fly but sing: I am the furious bird of the calm storm. Pablo Neruda

The beautiful Neruda poem, "The Me Bird" inspired this truly awesome stencil cut animation, created by 18bis.

The making-of video is pretty awesome too.​

The making of "The Me Bird", animation inspired by a poem by Pablo Neruda. The edit reveals the creative process of the short film. Music: Thee, Stranded Horse - Churning strides Watch the animation: https://vimeo.com/60763684 // Making of de "The Me Bird", animação inspirada em um poema de Pablo Neruda. As imagens contam um pouco do processo de criação do curta. Música: Thee, Stranded Horse - Churning strides Veja a animação: https://vimeo.com/60763684

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2 - Insane Cliff Jump Rope Swing Video

Watch the behind the scenes in the link below! http://youtu.be/CpCxIL3r5dM Shay Carl, one of my favorite people in the world, and on youtube was there for the adventure as well! See his vlog that he shot on location in the link below!

On the whole, my adventure index is fairly low. Certainly in comparison with these CRAZIES! ​

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4 - JOHN COOPER WORKS MINI BACKFLIPS

Guerlain Chicherit makes a bold and complete John Cooper Works leap of faith, this time in the frigid snowscape of Tignes, France. - Agency: Gravi-T Produced by La Main Productions x PVS Company Directed by Jean-Francois Tatin Music: Sebastien Galiana

Guerlain Chicherit does a backflip in a John Cooper Works MINI as a promo for Monster Energy Drink. Crazy. 

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1 - How Google Glass Feels

Want to see how Glass actually feels? It's surprisingly simple. Say "take a picture" to take a picture. Record what you see, hands free. Even share what you see, live. Directions are right in front of you. Speak to send a message, or translate your voice. Get the notifications that matter most.

The world will be our User Interface soon. Here is the first look at how Google Glass will feel. 

If you want to get your hands on a pair, there is a way.

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3 - Lovely Animation on Bullying

Shane Koyczan "To This Day" http://www.tothisdayproject.com Help this message have a far reaching and long lasting effect in confronting bullying. Please share generously. "My experiences with violence in schools still echo throughout my life but standing to face the problem has helped me in immeasurable ways.

To paraphrase Steven Pinker, "stories are empathy technology." And this is a good story for putting the impact of bullying squarely in the mind.

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5 - Tintype Stop-motion Animation

Over 800 modern dryplate tintypes were made from b&w film to produce this experimental stop-motion video of a circus. Antonio Martinez created this video to serve as a desired childhood memory of the circus, but through the mind of an adult. The project began in 2005 and was fully completed in early 2010 with the help of sound designer, Ramah (Malebranche) Jihan, and assistant, Sarah (Lathrop) Midkiff. The video has been successfully exhibited in over 23 video art and film festivals.

“Near the Egress”was made by photographer Antonio Martinez and depicts a circus show. 

It is eeriy and gorgeous and full of images that feel like memory (at least to me).

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1 - Monolation: Hyperlapse Extraordinaire

Music: The Haunted Ocean by Max Richter Shot/Edited by Jess Dunlap www.jessdunlap.com

In 2012, director and photographer Jess Dunlap capture over 17k photos in such gorgeous spots as Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, Convict Lake, June Lake, Mono Lake, Simi Valley, and Owens Valley to create this 4-minute time-lapse video titled Monolation

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3 - Time Dance

Choros / 2011 / 13 min / HD / Stereo Directed by Michael Langan and Terah Maher Music by Steve Reich A chorus of women are borne from the movements of a single dancer in this dreamlike "pas de trente-deux." "Choros" premiered at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2012 and has gone on to play dozens of festivals worldwide. The film is currently broadcast in Europe by Canal+. For more information on the history of this technique, visit: http://chorosfilm.com

Amazing short film titled "Choros":

A chorus of women are borne from the movements of a single dancer in this dreamlike "pas de trente-deux."

"Choros" premiered at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2012 and has gone on to play dozens of festivals worldwide. The film is currently broadcast in Europe by Canal+.

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