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Billyburg Has Its Own Borat: "Why People Do Hang Shoes?"

Blast from Past: Rove and Rather in '72

YouTube Flirts with Legitimacy

YouTube Rap Videos, Please Break Up

Prodigy's Unlikely 25th Hour

The Year's Best Music Videos

Fuck a Blog: Alicia Keys on Dick Clark

Chris Crocker Leaves YouTube, Alone

Williamsburg "Pandamonium" Reviews are In

YouTube Slowly Turning to ProTube

YouTube Cracks Down on Porn

Warner Pulls Music Vids from YouTube; More to Come?

Housing Collapse Makes Real Estate More Affordable to Millionaires

Brownstoner celebrates the dip in local real estate prices caused by our housing price collapse. The Park Slope brownstone that was going for $2,990,000 six months ago? Slashed to $2.8 million! And there's a building in Crown Heights that you can get for (just barely) under a million. We hope wor ... More >>

You Thought Your Commute was Bad

YouTube user sl0wgrind records this altercation between what appear to be a couple of nurses on a moving Bx28 bus. Quality is poor, but the combatants seem past the point of coherence anyway. One combatant, encouraged by a perception that "I don't think everybody's puttin' their arms on me," steps ... More >>

Cop Raid on YouTube Used In Corruption Hearing

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 >>

Video: Inside the "Top Model" Riot

In the middle section of this citizen journalist's YouTube video (warning: horrible music) we get some crowd-level footage of trash talk among the participants in last weekend's "America's Next Top Model" audition/riot. A policeman removes some attendees, one of whom promises that someone is going ... More >>

Woman Suspects Gas Leak, Impending Death; Leaves Video

Here's something else great about YouTube: you can use it to leave evidence if you suspect you are being poisoned by a gas leak. User misskriss678 ("a former self-injurer") smelled something "disgusting" on her block and it has crept into her apartment. She suspects gas. "Now I think I'm dying," ... More >>

Introducing FoodTube

Here's something else great about YouTube: you can use it to leave evidence if you suspect you are being poisoned by a gas leak. User misskriss678 ("a former self-injurer") smelled something "disgusting" on her block and it has crept into her apartment. She suspects gas. "Now I think I'm dying," ... More >>

Fish Tales on YouTube--The End of Line Trailer

The End of the Line, the documentary that will change to way you think about seafood, will be in theaters June 8, but you can a taste of it (ahem) now. The latest trailer of the film has been released on YouTube, and offers a glimpse into the chilling account of how we are eating our oceans dry--n ... More >>

Stairway to Stardom Goes All Dramatic And Shit!

This week's series of giddy YouTube clips from the '80s public access talent show Stairway to Stardom turns all serious here for a meaningful moment. No tapdances in spangles. No cute ditties about hairdressing and mousse. It's time for some (very) high drama. The description of this one says it ... More >>

New Rye Rye Video, Directed By M.I.A.: "Bang"

Sometime NYC-resident M.I.A. makes her directing debut with the video to Rye Rye's "Bang"--it's a suitably epileptic video for a pretty epileptic song, plus it's got tons of dancing, and lately, that's all anybody wants to look at again, right? Also, apparently this song played over the credits of ... More >>

Tabbouleh, That Unlikely Dance Club Anthem

In the Middle Eastern restaurants that dot the planet, tabbouleh is little more than that reliable if somewhat unexciting staple of parsley, tomatoes, bulgur, and assorted herbs. On YouTube, however, tabbouleh occupies a more rhythmic realm. Check out this video, which stars a Borat doppelganger wh ... More >>

Rescue Food PSA: Watch an Ear of Corn Make Out With a Hot Cartoon Woman...for Charity!

City Harvest, the non-profit that rescues excess food from restaurants, grocers, corporate cafeterias, manufacturers, and farms to donate to hungry New Yorkers, is running a viral video campaign starring feisty food characters. The "Rescue Food" videos, produced pro-bono by a group of local animat ... More >>

forgetters Played the Market Hotel

And unARTigNYC was there. We were at the other end of the borough so yeah. The above is "Not Immune"; this tour that the band just finished also finally yielded a name to our so-far all time favorite forgetters song ("Too Small"--listen to it below) and a brand new one we like almost as much, curr ... More >>

Marduk+Nachtmystium+Merrimack

And unARTigNYC was there. We were at the other end of the borough so yeah. The above is "Not Immune"; this tour that the band just finished also finally yielded a name to our so-far all time favorite forgetters song ("Too Small"--listen to it below) and a brand new one we like almost as much, curr ... More >>

Cheer Up, You Might Still Get a Valentine!

Try Central Park! Or go to YouTube, leave Molly of Rocketboom a comment or video response, and she may just send you a homemade card. The odds are long, as over a hundred lonely souls have commented since she put this up about an hour ago. But love always finds a way.

Annoying Orange Seeks to Irritate a Wider Audience via Television

Dane Boedigheimer, creator of the Annoying Orange online video series, already makes ad revenue probably in the thousands of dollars a month and, according to the Wall Street Journal, has an agent seeking a deal for a TV show starring his irritating fruit character. Using the superimposed human mo ... More >>

M.I.A.'s "Born Free" Video: Police Brutality, Mass Redhead Genocide, and Exploding Humans

Well, it's already being censored by YouTube in the United States, which makes sense, because in addition to the naked people having sex and the guy smoking drugs and the horrific police brutality, there is also a moment toward the end where a human steps on a landmine and just sort of blows up... ... More >>

The Guggenheim Wants Your "Creative Videos" From YouTube

​In the past five years, YouTube has facilitated your avoidance behavior with numerous cultural phenomenons such as impersonations and making fun of people. Now the Guggenheim is cashing in on the Internet's split-second-of-fame dumping grounds for their upcoming art exhibition, YouTube Play: ... More >>

Cher, Tina Turner, And Kate Smith Doing a Beatles Medley!

I am speechless, people.

George W. Bush vs. YouTube and Oprah

​Two weeks after releasing a promotional video on Youtube for his upcoming autobiography, Decision Points, George W. Bush has spoken out against the esteemed website. According to WBEZ radio, the former president explained to the crowd of representatives from the Commercial Financial Association t ... More >>

The Most Fabulous Video I've Ever Done

​Please indulge my Norma Desmond-like obsession with the past just one more time -- today -- and watch this YouTube classic, filmed at the notorious Limelight club by Nelson Sullivan sometime in the carefree '80s. It has me in a glorious gown and stunning red braid, doing an impression of Ann ... More >>

Viral Cross-Country Love Letter "I Hope This Gets to You" Got to Her (Updated: The Girlfriend Speaks!)

​Oh, it makes us happy when something works out! As you may know, earlier this week we posted about a man's attempt to send a YouTube love letter (a song he helped write with his friends, members of The Daylights, then directed and filmed and sent off by tweet) to his girlfriend, an MBA studen ... More >>

Can Reddit Help Catch the Mugger Who Beat a Man, Left Him For Dead and Filmed It?

​We'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 >>

Assholes Fight on Subway, Capture Assholery for Posterity [Video]

We do everything on the subway now! Play with rats, discard what should really go in a Kleenex on walls, yell at each other, yell at each other and record it to be posted on YouTube and make us look like even bigger assholes! Here is your daily dose of "God, people are terrible." ... More >>

Stuyvesant High School Kids Made a Racist Rap Video; A Classmate Put It On YouTube

​A 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 >>

Did a Hacker Take Over the Screens in Times Square With an iPhone? Probably Not!

In the above YouTube video, the user BITcrash44 claims to hack the video screens in Times Square using just an iPhone, a weather balloon, a transmitter, and something called a "video repeater." But like anything amazing that happens on the Internet, a lot of people doubt it's real. It might just be ... More >>

Christian Spoof Of Rebecca Black's "Friday"

​The video for "Friday" by Rebecca Black has amassed over 87 million YouTube clicks with its smiley-faced wholesome shit and overreliance on autotune. That's even more people than stopped to look at a fiery car wreck I noticed on the highway the other day. And the video is now such a classic ... More >>

The Top 10 Crucifixion Scenes on YouTube: Happy Good Friday!

Happy Good Friday! Today we bring you the 10 most memorable crucifixion scenes we could find on YouTube. They range from the sublime to the sacrilegious, and include the best and bloodiest of various films, TV shows and commercials. Most are probably not suitable for work, unless you are a Roman cen ... More >>

WINNING COMBINATION

No longer just on YouTube

Anders Behring Breivik's YouTube Manifesto

According 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 >>

100 & Single: The Dawning Of The MTV Era And How It Rocket-Fueled The Hot 100

​What was the first rock and roll song? Ask music historians and you'll get a range of '40s and early '50 candidates, from "Good Rockin' Tonight" to "Rocket 88." Ah, but when did the Rock Era begin? That's easier. Everybody knows that Bill Haley and His Comets' rendition of "Rock Around the C ... More >>

Q&A: Cave Bears' Nick Williams On New Orleans, Rabid Fans, And The Fine Art of Building A Live Mystery

​Massachusetts/Baltimore conceptual-rock unit Cave Bears—Nick Williams and Carrie Bren, with occasional guests—tear into sound with an almost childlike avidity and intensity, challenging preconceived notions about how music can or should sound. YouTube examples of their uncompromis ... More >>

Radio Hits One: Raising The Bar For "YouTube Platinum"

Justin Bieber and Ludacris: Congratulations. A lot of people watched your video.​On August 28, MTV will throw the 2011 installment of its Video Music Awards, honoring achievements in the art form that used to make up the majority of its programming. While it's all too tempting to note the iron ... More >>

Beyoncé's Eye-Popping Video For The Incredible "Countdown" Has Arrived (Plus A Way To Make It Even Better)

​Beyoncé's thrill-a-minute "Countdown" is one of the best songs of the year, riding a Boyz II Men sample, whirling drums, and a bravura vocal performance by the singer—plus liberal usage of the heretofore-unknown-to-me lovers' appellation "boof"—and zipping them all up into a gidd ... More >>

'Puppies vs. Babies' is Actually a TV Show

Animal Planet, creators of the Puppy Bowl, have done it again. Puppies vs. Babies is a reality.

FOREVER AND ALWAYS

Taylor Swift wraps the ‘Speak Now’ tour

This Football Sunday, Please Don't Videotape Your Child Crying

​Sundays in America are the best Sundays in the world--that's why God gave U.S. citizens the day off when he wrote us the Bible. There's nothing better for a family to do today than get together on the couch, microwave up some cheese dip, and watch eleven hours of football. These are great tim ... More >>

Here Is Your Mesmerizing Subway Video of the Day

Add this to your collection of things posted on YouTube that happened on the New York City subway this year. This one, "Zilla March," is from a group called The Next Level Squad; they're doing a Brooklyn-bred mix of street dancing and contorting called flexing. The gas masks do give us pause, and th ... More >>

Oddsmaking: Will Thom Yorke Dance Away With The Short-Form Music Video Grammy?

​Unlike MTV's Video Music Awards, which usually reward some combination of pop excellence, symbolic audacity, and likelihood of being controversial, the Grammys' short-form music video category is a lot like the Oscars. They don't always pick the best videos—this year's list omits such h ... More >>