An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube
This lecture runs about an hour in length but is well worth a watch. Covers topics like how video differs from text content, meaning of identity on YouTube and in the world at large, how the physical space and nature of the webcam influences the video blogger, and tons of other stuff.
I’ve been telling friends over the past few months that YouTube is the most transcendant and engaging website I’ve ever used. You can find pretty much any video or audio content that has been recorded there (illegally, yes), but you can also find the most random, niche, and personal content, adjacent to the professional content.
I’ll often enter the site by searching for a Stevie Wonder or Bruce Springsteen song, spend an hour browsing related videos, and end up in a Mom’s living room watching her teach the piano for Thunder Road.
This video points out much of what makes YouTube so personal, emotional, and engaging. Watch the first timers start out embarrassed, talking ot themselves in front of the camera, and then slowly find comfort. So much more personal to see someone’s face, hear them speak, and absorb their non-verbal queues than to just read something they have written.
This is really worht a watch: http://bit.ly/yWFXx
My Phishhead days were short lived in the early nineties, when I realized that I loathed the scene. The music was - and, I imagine still is - pretty phenomenal though.
Check out this version of Stash played by a couple on their living room. This song really pops on the voilin.
kortina’s bit: This reminds me—why am I not listening to Phish more often? I love YouTube.
YouTube video mashup - Kutiman composed songs/album/artwork/masterpiece—something amazing. This set of 8 songs uses video / audio tracks from people recording basement lessons and dorm room performances as instruments in a postmodern orchestra. The video draws attention to each layer of audio and often jumps, cuts, and shocks. I was transfixed all morning watching and listening.
via thru-you.com: http://bit.ly/9oe3D
This is exactly why YouTube is my favorite website.
Kids reviewing CC’s dominant Soundbox app. I love the hustle, I love youtube, and I love the internet. I’m watching middle school kids review iphone apps instead of watching CNN. Tons of this content gets uploaded to Youtube everyday—I suppose similar to blogger, but video blogs drive home the amazing trends in publishing that are happening right now in a more visceral way than text blogs.
Here’s another one, longer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWMicNUreRM
