Arab Drifts - video list

July 16th, 2008 · comment or link to (permalink)

Over at our sister site, Oobject:

“Arab drifting is the name given to handbrake slides, perfected in places like Saudi, where Arabian Stallions have been replaced by metal Mustangs. Here it refers not just to the videos of the stunts which are interesting in of themselves, but the cultural drift, as exemplified by the range of music that accompanies the videos, from rock to rap to house.”

“This list is contains not just Arab Drifts but clips of car culture on the Arabian peninsula, proving Youtube’s worth as an anthropological treasure trove.”

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Television Under The Swastika

July 14th, 2008 · 1 comment or link to (permalink)

“Michael Kloft’s documentary on the history of Nazi television…As early as the ‘thirties, a bitter rivalry raged for the world’s first television broadcast. Nazi Germany wanted to beat the competition from Great Britain and the U.S. - at all costs.”

Spiegel TV has tracked down rare Nazi TV footage, complete with everything from bizarre cabaret acts to interviews with people like Albert Speer. Pop culture done by Nazis, the banality of showbiz evil.

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Kinetic Sculpture at the BMW Museum

July 8th, 2008 · 1 comment or link to (permalink)

via Kottke

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A History of Texas (intro to “True Stories”)

July 8th, 2008 · 1 comment or link to (permalink)

The last real post on Your Daily Awesome:

“When I posted the clip from True Stories of David Byrne deadpanning his way through the history of Texas, I didn’t realize that it would be YDA’s last real post. But if pressed to choose a closing statement, I’d be hard-pressed to select something more appropriate to this blog’s sensibilities.”

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The Vice Guide to North Korea

July 8th, 2008 · comment or link to (permalink)

Don’t be put off by the ‘Loaded’ style laddish presentation, the Vice guide to North Korea is very much worth watching. Fourteen, five minute segments where the Vice guys bribe their way into Pyongyang and are taken on a series of surreal tours to barren destinations throughout the failed state.

All the episodes are here.

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