Since getting my iPhone and setting up my Last.fm profile I've been struck by how many songs and artists I've found through fan videos that I probably wouldn't have found otherwise.  Exposure to new music is a great bonus to vid watching.  Of course lots of the songs used in vids are ones you hear on the radio every so often, so it's not the first ( Read more... )

My wonderful husband got me an iPhone for our anniversary last month and I totally love it.  Everything about it rocks.  While browsing the app store I discovered the Last.FM app for listening to www.Last.fm internet radio on your iPhone.  I'm so glad I did because it's totally cool.  The app does sometimes buffer between songs or in the middle of ( Read more... )

I recently started watching the TV show Babylon 5 on DVD, after much poking and prodding for the last 2 years!  I have to say that I really love it, maybe even more than Battlestar Galactica.  It took me a little while to form an emotional connection to it, almost halfway through the first season, but once I did I couldn't get enough of it.

The ( Read more... )

The OTW has finally released their projects for us to enjoy!

The Archive of Our Own is now open!  It's still in beta testing so you won't find all of the features available yet and the general public can't make accounts.  But you can search and read the fiction!  The site looks great and is really easy to navigate.  When searching by Fandom or Works ( Read more... )

Title: Rodeohead
Vidder: AbsoluteDestiny
Music by: Hard n Phirm
Footage from: Firefly, Serenity
http://absolutedestiny.livejournal.com/177084.html

This vid by AbsoluteDestiny for the show Firefly is pure vid mastery.  The editing is excellent, using every little bit of the song perfectly.  It made me laugh, but was also quite dramatic.  The song choice ( Read more... )

It's Why I Joined/Support OTW Week over at otw_news.  Although I am not on the board or any committee, I have donated so I feel I can say that I do support the OTW.  If you are new to the Organization for Transformative Works, it's a Non-Profit group of fans that have organized to provide "services" to fans like an Archive for fanfiction, vids and ( Read more... )

I've recently started watching a bellydance instruction show called Shimmy on FitTV in an attempt to exercise more.  I've really gotten into it, more than I thought I would.  It's fun, challanging and a great workout.  According to several web sources dancing burns around the same number of calories as moderate walking: MedicineNet, Nutristrategy, ( Read more... )

I've just gotten into Battlestar Galactica and I LOVE it!  So I've been searching out vids for Season 1, and here are some of my favorites.  Plus a few that actually convinced me to watch the series:  God Is A DJ, Cold, Cold Water and Mainstream.

God Is A DJ by Dualbunny:
(mostly season 1, but some of season 2.  Very minor spoilers. I still ( Read more... )

I have just seen Ascension, one of the best Lord of the Rings videos ever, by AJ Johnson.  His two LotR vids are two of the best out there, so i wanted to rec them both.  Download at http://hitmanyr2k.com/Creativity5.htm

Ascension
with Burn by Sevendust
This manages to be both Kick-Ass and poignant.  It's the best look I have seen at the influence of ( Read more... )

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