Re: [videoblogging] yay for Josh Wolf
congrats Josh Wolf!! --- On Fri, 8/22/08, Irina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Irina [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [videoblogging] yay for Josh Wolf To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, August 22, 2008, 6:20 PM (from romenensko) Video blogger Wolf now a real journalist at a daily paper ( http://www.sfgate. com/cgi-bin/ article.cgi? f=/c/a/2008/ 08/20/MNRN129KU4 .DTL) San Francisco Chronicle Josh Wolf , who spent 226 days in prison for refusing to testify ( http://www.sfgate. com/cgi-bin/ article.cgi? file=/c/a/ 2006/08/02/ MNGNSK9MJ71. DTL) before a grand jury and turn over a videotape of a 2005 anarchist demonstration, is now a general assignment reporter for the Palo Alto Daily Post. If the haters who said I wasn't a real journalist, are still lurking, Wolf wrote on his blog, I hope you don't have too much indigestion after eating your words. -- http://geekentertai nment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] yay for Josh Wolf
Does this mean that he now has to give up all sensitivity and common human decency, and retire every evening after work to a sports bar so that he can bemoan the destruction of journalistic traditions by opinionated amateurs in their bedrooms and laugh at the idea of one of them spending seven months in jail on a matter of principle, while getting quietly drunk to blot out both the amoral horror of his job and the dull aching fear that his job soon won't exist, for reasons he can't quite grasp? No, I didn't think so. Glad he's got a good paying gig - that's cool. On 22-Aug-08, at 10:25 PM, Adam Quirk wrote: According to this article, getting a job at a newspaper made him a real journalist. Unless I'm interpreting this completely wrong. On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Irina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (from romenensko) Video blogger Wolf now a real journalist at a daily paper ( http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/20/ MNRN129KU4.DTL ) San Francisco Chronicle Josh Wolf , who spent 226 days in prison for refusing to testify ( http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/08/02/ MNGNSK9MJ71.DTL ) before a grand jury and turn over a videotape of a 2005 anarchist demonstration, is now a general assignment reporter for the Palo Alto Daily Post. If the haters who said I wasn't a real journalist, are still lurking, Wolf wrote on his blog, I hope you don't have too much indigestion after eating your words. -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Blitzkrieg VIdeo Release
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jamezscript [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anybody had success producing a shit-load of videos and releasing them all at once? I know the Ask A Ninja Guy's did this... I'm finding it increasingly difficult to build an audience/brand with just a handful of videos. Thinking even if you've got something entertaining you need at least 20 vids to make a mark these days? Any thoughts? We actually just started with one. We just made a show that was easy to produce weekly. If you don't have a consistent release, you're not going to get the satisfaction you're looking for. -Kent, askaninja.com
Re: [videoblogging] yay for Josh Wolf
Rupert why do you have to be so fucking positive and funny all the time? It makes us assholes look really bad. *Adam Quirk* / Wreck Salvage http://wreckandsalvage.com / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / +1 551.208.4644 (m) / imbullemhead (aim) On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 2:05 AM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does this mean that he now has to give up all sensitivity and common human decency, and retire every evening after work to a sports bar so that he can bemoan the destruction of journalistic traditions by opinionated amateurs in their bedrooms and laugh at the idea of one of them spending seven months in jail on a matter of principle, while getting quietly drunk to blot out both the amoral horror of his job and the dull aching fear that his job soon won't exist, for reasons he can't quite grasp? No, I didn't think so. Glad he's got a good paying gig - that's cool. On 22-Aug-08, at 10:25 PM, Adam Quirk wrote: According to this article, getting a job at a newspaper made him a real journalist. Unless I'm interpreting this completely wrong. On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Irina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (from romenensko) Video blogger Wolf now a real journalist at a daily paper ( http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/20/ MNRN129KU4.DTL ) San Francisco Chronicle Josh Wolf , who spent 226 days in prison for refusing to testify ( http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/08/02/ MNGNSK9MJ71.DTL ) before a grand jury and turn over a videotape of a 2005 anarchist demonstration, is now a general assignment reporter for the Palo Alto Daily Post. If the haters who said I wasn't a real journalist, are still lurking, Wolf wrote on his blog, I hope you don't have too much indigestion after eating your words. -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] yay for Josh Wolf
It's just a persona I adopt online to make myself feel better after a hard day of pleadings and digging. Being a professional killer isn't as glamorous as it looks in the movies. On 23-Aug-08, at 7:56 AM, Adam Quirk wrote: Rupert why do you have to be so fucking positive and funny all the time? It makes us assholes look really bad. *Adam Quirk* / Wreck Salvage http://wreckandsalvage.com / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / +1 551.208.4644 (m) / imbullemhead (aim) On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 2:05 AM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does this mean that he now has to give up all sensitivity and common human decency, and retire every evening after work to a sports bar so that he can bemoan the destruction of journalistic traditions by opinionated amateurs in their bedrooms and laugh at the idea of one of them spending seven months in jail on a matter of principle, while getting quietly drunk to blot out both the amoral horror of his job and the dull aching fear that his job soon won't exist, for reasons he can't quite grasp? No, I didn't think so. Glad he's got a good paying gig - that's cool. On 22-Aug-08, at 10:25 PM, Adam Quirk wrote: According to this article, getting a job at a newspaper made him a real journalist. Unless I'm interpreting this completely wrong. On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Irina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (from romenensko) Video blogger Wolf now a real journalist at a daily paper ( http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/20/ MNRN129KU4.DTL ) San Francisco Chronicle Josh Wolf , who spent 226 days in prison for refusing to testify ( http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/08/02/ MNGNSK9MJ71.DTL ) before a grand jury and turn over a videotape of a 2005 anarchist demonstration, is now a general assignment reporter for the Palo Alto Daily Post. If the haters who said I wasn't a real journalist, are still lurking, Wolf wrote on his blog, I hope you don't have too much indigestion after eating your words. -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: Blitzkrieg VIdeo Release
--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, jamezscript [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anybody had success producing a shit-load of videos and releasing them all at once? I know the Ask A Ninja Guy's did this... I'm finding it increasingly difficult to build an audience/brand with just a handful of videos. Thinking even if you've got something entertaining you need at least 20 vids to make a mark these days? Any thoughts? Constant release without substance is diarrhea. If you're creating online videos as a marketing business, then it probably is important to follow an established schedule. But if you're not a business, who cares? Just make stuff when you feel like making it. Make as much of it as you need. Follow an internal rhythm. John Totalvom.
[videoblogging] Re: pouringdown on PBS?
fantastic. thanks, jan. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jan McLaughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Done. Jan On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:28 AM, pouringdownpix [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all i certainly don't have the one to five million views per video of some of my esteemed list-mates. or the costumes. and sadly, i don't try for more than one emotion at a time. that's hard. sometimes, though, i try to show exactly what i'm thinking. very briefly. and sometimes, when i'm sort of lucky, it works. and this has given me great happiness. and sometimes in that happiness i remember the revolution at the heart of this stuff. put out in the world what you wish to see. consume what you wish to consume. if you wish to emulate other media forms, if you wish to simply make homemade versions of the stuff that's already out there, more power to you. but, i have a suspicion there's something more interesting to get at. which brings us, finally, to the point. i'm trying to get at something. and it might make it onto pbs here in new york. so go here http://www.thirteen.org/reel13/films/vote-for-saturdays-short and if you like it (some of you know it already) please vote. and maybe, just maybe, this tiny video will elbow its way onto the airwaves where it can toddle around noisily. with love, daniel __ www.pouringdown.tv Yahoo! Groups Links -- Jan McLaughlin Production Sound Mixer air = 862-571-5334 aim = janofsound skype = janmclaughlin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: CBS videoblogs
It looks like it took a team of people being paid a lot of money to fake something that is much more interestingwhat I've witnessed from this group here. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: has anyone seen...http://www.clarkandmichael.com/index.php Interesting because many of us have always imagined that younger Hollywood would not have a problem with being creative online. Seems that CBS is using Wordpress(I think) to create their different online shows. Anyone know the story behind it? Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790
Re: [videoblogging] Re: CBS videoblogs
Well, that's how you make money. These people aren't doing it for the thrill or the art. They don't care about making something 'interesting' if they don't get paid. Supposedly most Hollywood movies lose money... but the hundreds of people who work on them get paid a lot of money. And the bigger the budget, the bigger the fee that the producer and principals get paid. In this case, why on earth would the producer set up a low budget videoblog for clarkandmichael.com, with a total cost per episode of just a few hundred dollars, when he can artificially inflate the budget by hiring lots of people and get CBS to pay 10 or 20 times as much, especially if he's getting 20 per cent of the production cost as a fee? I've made low budget corporate videos and web videos professionally for years now, and somehow didn't realise that it would never make me rich. If you want to make money out of media, you don't make low budget videos. You set up a big operation with a big impressive budget and get somebody to pay and a bunch of people to actually make it. Then, if nobody watches when it's broadcast, your bank account still has tens of thousands of dollars worth of salary in it. And you already have two or three other big operations in the pipe. Rupert http://twittervlog.tv On 23-Aug-08, at 11:13 AM, danielmcvicar wrote: It looks like it took a team of people being paid a lot of money to fake something that is much more interestingwhat I've witnessed from this group here. --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Jay dedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: has anyone seen...http://www.clarkandmichael.com/index.php Interesting because many of us have always imagined that younger Hollywood would not have a problem with being creative online. Seems that CBS is using Wordpress(I think) to create their different online shows. Anyone know the story behind it? Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Re: yay for Josh Wolf
Hahahaha... --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's just a persona I adopt online to make myself feel better after a hard day of pleadings and digging. Being a professional killer isn't as glamorous as it looks in the movies. On 23-Aug-08, at 7:56 AM, Adam Quirk wrote: Rupert why do you have to be so fucking positive and funny all the time? It makes us assholes look really bad. *Adam Quirk* / Wreck Salvage http://wreckandsalvage.com / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / +1 551.208.4644 (m) / imbullemhead (aim) On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 2:05 AM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does this mean that he now has to give up all sensitivity and common human decency, and retire every evening after work to a sports bar so that he can bemoan the destruction of journalistic traditions by opinionated amateurs in their bedrooms and laugh at the idea of one of them spending seven months in jail on a matter of principle, while getting quietly drunk to blot out both the amoral horror of his job and the dull aching fear that his job soon won't exist, for reasons he can't quite grasp? No, I didn't think so. Glad he's got a good paying gig - that's cool. On 22-Aug-08, at 10:25 PM, Adam Quirk wrote: According to this article, getting a job at a newspaper made him a real journalist. Unless I'm interpreting this completely wrong. On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Irina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (from romenensko) Video blogger Wolf now a real journalist at a daily paper ( http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/20/ MNRN129KU4.DTL ) San Francisco Chronicle Josh Wolf , who spent 226 days in prison for refusing to testify ( http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/08/02/ MNGNSK9MJ71.DTL ) before a grand jury and turn over a videotape of a 2005 anarchist demonstration, is now a general assignment reporter for the Palo Alto Daily Post. If the haters who said I wasn't a real journalist, are still lurking, Wolf wrote on his blog, I hope you don't have too much indigestion after eating your words. -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Re: yay for Josh Wolf
yeah i was more being happy for him cuz he's got a paying gig and probably health insurance! LOL rupert does make negative assholes look bad! thank god for rupert on the other hand, adam is so hot he gets a free pass! on the other other hand, i'm going to an alumni meeting at columbia jschool (i was nominated by someone i dont know to represent the internet) to help save journalism LOL On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Robert Croma [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hahahaha... --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's just a persona I adopt online to make myself feel better after a hard day of pleadings and digging. Being a professional killer isn't as glamorous as it looks in the movies. On 23-Aug-08, at 7:56 AM, Adam Quirk wrote: Rupert why do you have to be so fucking positive and funny all the time? It makes us assholes look really bad. *Adam Quirk* / Wreck Salvage http://wreckandsalvage.com / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / +1 551.208.4644 (m) / imbullemhead (aim) On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 2:05 AM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does this mean that he now has to give up all sensitivity and common human decency, and retire every evening after work to a sports bar so that he can bemoan the destruction of journalistic traditions by opinionated amateurs in their bedrooms and laugh at the idea of one of them spending seven months in jail on a matter of principle, while getting quietly drunk to blot out both the amoral horror of his job and the dull aching fear that his job soon won't exist, for reasons he can't quite grasp? No, I didn't think so. Glad he's got a good paying gig - that's cool. On 22-Aug-08, at 10:25 PM, Adam Quirk wrote: According to this article, getting a job at a newspaper made him a real journalist. Unless I'm interpreting this completely wrong. On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Irina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (from romenensko) Video blogger Wolf now a real journalist at a daily paper ( http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/20/ MNRN129KU4.DTL ) San Francisco Chronicle Josh Wolf , who spent 226 days in prison for refusing to testify ( http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/08/02/ MNGNSK9MJ71.DTL ) before a grand jury and turn over a videotape of a 2005 anarchist demonstration, is now a general assignment reporter for the Palo Alto Daily Post. If the haters who said I wasn't a real journalist, are still lurking, Wolf wrote on his blog, I hope you don't have too much indigestion after eating your words. -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -- http://geekentertainment.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] What now?
I shot 25-30 short videos last weekend for a little music festival here on Vancouver Island, and uploaded each one immediately via Blip to the festival's site - http://thebigtimeout.tv They had about 2-3000 people at the festival for three days nights. Over the last 7 days, we've had around 10,000 views, which isn't bad. It'll drop off now that everyone's checked it out. And the music festival publicity person just sent me an email saying that they want good ideas for what to do with the videos now. I have to say, I'm flat out of good ideas. Perhaps it's just that I have too much going on (work, imminent baby, other video projects, family) and my brain has fused. But really, what can you do with a bunch of videoblog footage that's related to a specific event, between now and when they start to sell tickets for next year's festival? Any thoughts? Rupert http://twittervlog.tv
Re: [videoblogging] What now?
I'd let em sit. The bands can point to them for publicity, And the org gets a whole year to be associated with music. Then next year, they're all set up for publicizing via video. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 23, 2008, at 7:43 PM, Rupert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I shot 25-30 short videos last weekend for a little music festival here on Vancouver Island, and uploaded each one immediately via Blip to the festival's site - http://thebigtimeout.tv They had about 2-3000 people at the festival for three days nights. Over the last 7 days, we've had around 10,000 views, which isn't bad. It'll drop off now that everyone's checked it out. And the music festival publicity person just sent me an email saying that they want good ideas for what to do with the videos now. I have to say, I'm flat out of good ideas. Perhaps it's just that I have too much going on (work, imminent baby, other video projects, family) and my brain has fused. But really, what can you do with a bunch of videoblog footage that's related to a specific event, between now and when they start to sell tickets for next year's festival? Any thoughts? Rupert http://twittervlog.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[videoblogging] Brian Conley and Jeff Rae
Hi, Below are more details about Brian Conley and Jeff Rae. Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you'd like to be added to the list for updates. cheers, Sarah PS: Check out this coming week's episode of Alive in Baghdad; we'll have a segment at the end about Brian and Jeff's situation. Hello friends and family of Brian Conley and Alive in Baghdad, If you haven't heard about Brian's detention, along with 5 others in Beijing, please see this article from the Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/21/AR2008082101975.html?sub=AR UPDATE Around 5 am US Eastern Standard Time Brian's family received calls from the US Embassy in Beijing. An Embassy representative had visited Brian and the 5 other detainees, and we were assured that they were doing ok. Brian had written messages to different family members and he seemed in good spirits. He seems to be coping well with the situation and is finding solace and distraction in speaking Arabic with another detainee! All 6 men are being held with other international detainees, though not all together. They are in rooms of about 10 people each. The Embassy expects they will be released and deported without incident at the end of their 10 day sentence, on July 30. Brian's notes to family indicated the same. Of note, 4 other people working with Students for a Free Tibet, who were detained on August 21, were also sentenced to 10 days administrative detention. See http://freetibet2008.org/ for more information. All of the detainees were working to increase awareness about the Chinese government's occupation of Tibet and repression of dissent. Tibetans face repression on a completely different scale than foreign journalists and activists. WHAT CAN YOU DO? We are happy to have confirmation of the detainees well-being and appreciate the Embassy's work. But our work is not done, because we can still advocate for their early release and fair treatment during detention. Students for a Free Tibet is recommending the following as an advocacy strategy. See below for specific information on calling elected officials. · close friends and family of the detained: contact their elected officials and urge humane treatment during the detention and a speedy and safe release of all international detainees (now 10, 8 of whom are US citizens) · anyone who has close contacts in Congressional offices or the State Department: please do the same · all others: please wait to contact government officials. We want to maintain clear and constant pressure for action, but don't want to overwhelm and annoy them. · everyone: continue to work on increasing media coverage of this issue, and spreading the word among your associates And a few things I'd add: · Think about the big party we'll have when they get back! · Figure out ways you can provide support (emotional and other) to Brian and the other detainees. The situation could be worse, but it can't have been easy. · Donate to Students for a Free Tibet. They've put in a lot of money, time, sweat and tears on this issue. The last few weeks is a small part of their overall work. Thanks for all your good thoughts and work to help get them home. Eowyn (Brian's wife) and friends From Students for a Free Tibet: When calling the State representative or Senators: It is important to call the Congressperson that represents the district where your family member/friend is registered. U.S. Senators are by State not district, so call the ones responsible for New York, or Pennsylvania. Here is a list of congressional representatives: NEW YORK: For Tom Grant: His Congressman is Jerold Nadler (District 8, New York). The person to speak to in the district office is Ellen Wallach, the Director of Constituent Services: 212-367-7350. For Michael Liss, Jeff Goldin and Jeremy Wells: Their Congresswoman is Carolyn Maloney (District 14, New York). There is no one specifically assigned to constituent services at the moment, so best to call the general district office number: 212-860-0606. For James Powderly and John Watterberg: Their Congresswoman is Nydia Velázquez and the person in the Washington D.C. office who handles these situations is Max Trujillo and can be reached by calling the general number and asking for him: 202-225-2361. PENNSYLVANIA: For Brian Conley: His Congressman is Chaka Fattah (District 2, Pennsylvania). The person to speak to in their district office is Ilona Glover: 215-387-6404. For Jeff Rae: His Congressman is Joe Sestak (District 7, Pennsylvania). Call the district office at: 610-892-8623. Here is a list of U.S. Senators for NY and Pennsylvania: New York 1. Clinton, Hillary Rodham- (D NY) 476 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-4451 Web Form: clinton.senate.gov/contact
