Weekend YouTubage.

Think Behind The Music meets Inside the Actor’s Studio. Classic Albums is a nicely done documentary series on classic albums. Each one is about an hour long and features some or all of the original artists talking about how the albums were made. Then, with an engineer, they break down some of the more popular songs into their individual tracks so you hear how the mix is affected. I saw one on Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours playing in Hollywood video, but you can also get it on Netflix. If you’re a behind the scenes junkie like I am, this series is worth a look. You’ll can also spend time going through their YouTube page for preview clips from other artists like Jay Z, Paul Simon, Zappa and so on.

Weekend YouTubage.

Mankind Is No Island was shot entirely on a cell phone, and uses found images as well as type from around the city to make its point about the homeless.

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I would give this music video every award ever.

Well, for this year at least. How do you not dig this? No cgi in this amazing collaborative fan-based effort for Japanese band Sour. Sure it’s basically a bunch of shots based around the idea of “What cool things can we do now?” This takes the fan integration of the Beastie Boys I Shot That and Ok Go’s choreography two steps further though. The band picked several of their fans to participate in what had to be a nightmare to choreograph and edit. It’s a great example of doing more with less on an otherwise average pop song. In this case, each person only had a webcam and a digital camera for some of the scenes.

Watch. Lather. Be amazed. Repeat.

(Directed by: Masashi Kawamura + Hal Kirkland + Magico Nakamura + Masayoshi Nakamura)

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Tags: Sour 17,694—7/3/09, 48,946—7/4/09

Weekend YouTubage.

Planet helpers, unite. Not gonna lie. This film called HOME for World Environment Day is heavy on the save the planet messaging, but damn, there’s some amazing footage in this thing. (The clip above is a sample from the making of. You can only watch the full 90-minute film in HD here until June 14th.) What’s cool about it is how practically every shot is from an aerial POV.

Smack! Or, if that’s too deep, why not check out women who need a timeout instead.

The dole—or rock and roll. Joe Strummer and The Clash backstage. (Is there a better name for a band’s manager than Cosmo Vinyl?)