I always think of The Traveling Wilburys as a bit of a hidden gem that people don’t really know. So I was pretty surprised to hear this song, which pre-dates most Internet-era music, still has nearly 10 million views on YouTube…
“End of the Line” – Traveling Wilburys
Some good advice…
This TED talk has been making the rounds since being posted a week ago and is approaching one million views on YouTube.
It’s very interesting for Lewinsky’s observations on being at the epi-centre of our now common social media world where everyone can voice opinions on the news of the day, often reaching huge audiences, possibly expressing those opinions anonymously or without repercussions, even when they involve death threats and and so on.
As a long-time pro wrestling fan, I can’t decide if this clip is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen (those inside jokes!) or the worst (such a strange way to try to explain the appeal of wrestling.)
But if you don’t want to watch the whole thing, it’s worth watching the last three minutes as that’s where the point of the whole thing is made in very convincing fashion.
Or you can also watch this earlier defence of pro wrestling by Max Landis, son of John and the director of “Wrestling Isn’t Wrestling” which seems like it may have inspired his longer form video and makes many of the same points in a more concise fashion…
A visually impaired Liberian street musician named Weesay makes up a song about chips on the spot using a very unique guitar…
After the video goes viral, he is given a real guitar from supporters in the US. Now there’s even an IndieGogo campaign to raise funds to fly him to the US for surgery to restore his sight and buy him a home in Liberia.
More background…
I’ve had many of these told to me by my parents and now, I’m doing the same to my kids – it’s the circle of life! 😉
Playing around with RPL’s green screen along with our Manager of Virtual Services.
Fittingly you can play the hugely popular independent party game on a site called Cards Against Originality.
