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March 11, 2013On Friday night, a once-viral YouTube clip beamed down from cyberspace, materializing as a musical band of living, breathing humans who graced New York with an entire hour of genre-warped Nickelback singles. In theory, "A Motown Tribute to Nickelback" seems like the most heinous sacrilege, muddling ... More >>
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November 21, 2012Here's how sausage gets made, you sausage you
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May 17, 2012Could online streaming be the future of food shows? Former Food Network and Cooking Channel executive Bruce Seidel has signed on with YouTube to launch HUNGRY, the latest content channel which is set to feature a "blend of how-to and celebrity-driven food videos," according to the Associated Press. ... More >>
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May 9, 2012Because Stevie is the sunshine of your life
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March 21, 2012Cooking with gas on Blue Chips
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January 23, 2012President Obama has scheduled a "hangout" in a Google-powered video chat room, apparently to attract hip young voters who use all that newfangled social media stuff, according to a White House announcement Monday.
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November 21, 2011Last week we introduced you to Noman, Elmo's bitter, unemployed cousin, a muppet who blames his lack of success on the fact that he's been horribly overshadowed by more famous, conniving, manipulative relatives...like Elmo. Noman is trying to expose Elmo for the "evil little monster he is" via, natu ... More >>
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August 19, 2011
The New York pop outfit Lavalette has among its members New York hardcore stalwart Mike Dijan, so perhaps it shouldn't be too surprising that its first single is a cover of the 1986 track "Malfunction" by scene titans the Cro-Mags. Although don't expect the remake to be all snarling and angry; Lava ... More >>
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July 23, 2011According to Norwegian TV, this is the YouTube manifesto of Anders Behring Breivik, the suspect charged with killing over 90 people in two coordinated attacks in Norway yesterday. Be warned: it contains extremely racist content.
There's also a written version; it runs over 1500 pages, and you can ... More >>
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June 17, 2011Saudi Arabian women took the wheel again today, answering the call of the much-publicized online "Women2Drive" campaign asking women to defiantly get in the car, drive, and post it on YouTube, please. Organizers and media had projected 100 participants based on Facebook and Twitter pledges. No offi ... More >>
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June 8, 2011Imagine our pleasure when we stumbled upon this delightful video in the "pets and animals" section of YouTube (the things we do for you!). Here is a dominatrix doing what she does best in McCarren Park. People around her range from moderately amused to completely oblivious. This summer is shaping up ... More >>
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April 11, 2011Mitt Romney has taken to YouTube to announce that he has formed an exploratory committee for the 2012 presidential race. He calmly talks about jobs while standing in front of what looks to be a high school football field (because nothing says "America" like adolescent concussions). It is subdued, re ... More >>
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March 10, 2011
Food is becoming quite the trendy subject matter for web series these days. First there was news of Foodies, the web series that premiered last night and which seeks to ridicule all those who love sea urchin ceviche. Now College Humor has Always Open which features actor David Koechner chatting ... More >>
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March 3, 2011A group of kids from New York City's exclusive Stuyvesant High School are being disciplined after a classmate posted a video they recorded to YouTube, in which four white guys hold an embarrassing cypher, taking turns freestyle rapping over a slap-bass beat. Their abuse of the form is less of ... More >>
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January 27, 2011We've written about Reddit, the uber-popular (but still sort of niche) social bookmarking site and message board before: they were the first to find Julian Assange's OKCupid profile, but have also been known to get nasty if they think you've done them dirty. Today they're in a helpful mood, a ... More >>
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January 19, 2011The Most Popular Boy in the World rules the only voting bloc that matters: pre-teen girls
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November 10, 2010We've talked before about Our Show, Elliot Aronow's live-action, TV Party-reviving talk show conducted first in the basement of Santos Party House and then later on YouTube, where edited clips eventually trickle out. Earlier this year, SOTC pals Das Racist appeared on the show, doing a tore-u ... More >>
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November 9, 2010
This video of 15-year-old YouTube star Keenan Cahill, better known as BeenerKeeKee19952, raises a lot of questions. Like, if this kid is famous for lip-syncing pop songs, why does he never actually know any of the lyrics? Where did he come from? What song is this? How exploitative is the propagatio ... More >>
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July 6, 2010Is 'the angriest man in the world' still mad? Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer goes looking for the answer.
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October 28, 2009
So if the idea of Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar singing songs inspired by a Jack Kerouac novel fills you with delight, than by all means, hit Webster Hall tonight. If you're hostile or indifferent, though, go anyway: The Long Winters are opening. John Roderick is perhaps the finest purveyor of sensit ... More >>
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July 8, 2009
Despite the best efforts of hundreds of simultaneous live blogs, streams on an incredible array of different platforms and websites, and John Mayer's unforgivable jazz face, the internet survived yesterday's midday Michael Jackson memorial with barely a stutter. MSN reported that 50% more people w ... More >>
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February 2, 2009
We're relieved to see we're not the only ones getting news from YouTube. The Post follows up on the above "NYPD Corruption at its best" video of cops raiding the bar Beer Goggles on Staten Island, in which one of the officers appears to some viewers to take bills out of a video poker game and hand ... More >>
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January 15, 2008Using YouTube to beat back critical malaise and bullshit race-baiting arguments
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May 2, 2006Stalkerish love taps add soap-operatic spice to the vlog scene
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April 4, 2006Consider the curious art of remaking Hollywood, on the Web
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