Just think, in a decade you’ll look back on this moment and remember exactly where you were when you saw Spring Breakers.

RapGenius elucidating the mysteries of Pavement.

How young are you?
How old am I?
Let’s count the rings around my eyes
How smart are you?
How dumb am I?

(If you’re feeling old right now, I suggest looking at Replacements songs on RapGenius to cheer you up.)

On the Sublime Pleasure of Watching Video Game Trailers

I’m interested in how video game trailers are like movies while at the same time being nothing like movies. They are disorienting art forms, because in yanking the controller out of your hand, they create a new opportunity to invent the language of video.

It’s part of a three-part series I’m writing on video and gaming.

Photoshop Etiquette

Onion Talks: Ducks Go Quack. Chickens Say Fuuuuuuuuuuuuu

DJ Chris Lawhorn’s new album Fugazi Edits mashes 100 different Fugazi samples into 22 different tracks.

Is it a music video or a movie trailer? If you don’t know the answer, it’s probably a good thing.

Hey! I launch a new personal project today where I try to write about one piece of video every day. It’s a newsletter you can subscribe to here and a website here. A longer description:

If you’re like me, you suspect that YouTube is packed with interesting stuff, but we lack a system for finding it. A few interesting clips might come to you via so-called social media, but that just reinforces the feeling that there’s probably more out there beyond your friends.

My hope is that VIEWSOURCE will help solve this problem. It’s a simple daily email newsletter with just one video clip. It might be a long-forgotten music documentary, a new webshow with a celebrity, some crazy hip-hop video, or a new supercut. There is no “demographic” in mind, but hopefully it eschews the “viral video” genre.

This is a non-commercial project. It’s not a startup; it’s an experiment. Years ago when I was writing more often, I would say that blogging for me was a consequence not a goal. That is, I blogged because I was online discovering things, not the other way around. Similarly, VIEWSOURCE is the outcome of the desire to learn more about where video culture is headed.

Every night for the past five years.

Apple Maps view of Mt. Rushmore. (I guess they anonymize faces!) (Taken with Instagram)

Remember that second bet I made with Denton last year? Well, it’s about to come to terms in a couple weeks and he’s going to lose big. The payout will be somewhere around $2700.

Maybe I can trade it for a Gawker Rooftop party instead. I promise to invite you.