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Eric Nelson of Bottom Union has been a huge inspiration to the vlogosphere of late. While dancing by myself in Second Life last evening, I was further inspired by blogger/Second Lifer Kevin... Video podcast vlog featuring the poetry of humanity in multimedia.

This job and this crew are soooo amazing. What we won't do for one another to get through the day. It's Novembe and yet Paul takes it almost all the way off. Close enough for 38 degrees.

This family has decided that their kids should all play instruments. As part of the deal, each must play at least 2 songs at family gatherings. Incentive. Entertainment. A return to the campfire Exceptional. Payment ]]>

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Error as Inspiration Watch the video A typo A drawing.

Cart Flowers::Small Kindnesses Watch the video It's the small things that often get us through the longest days. Stole a bit of Ivor Cutler's music for this wee bit.

TP Tag Watch the video Not having been tagged 'it' nonetheless, here's my toilet paper tag homage Thanks to <a href="http://swordfight.org">Swordfight.org </a>for issuing the challenge.

Morning with The Sound Department Watch the video Left the camera on by mistake. This is the abstract audio/visual result.

Dooser & Dad on Set Watch the video Dooser and his dad, Wayne , visited our set recently.

Road Node 101::Chipman Storage Issues Watch the video Chipman New Brunswick resident Philip Clark purchased a new car the day of our arrival and was proud of and curious about her - Peg, for arpeggio In this episode, we get the dollar tour of Peg's trunk. The music is "I Stole You a Sennheiser" from the CD "Control Change" by Mr. Clark.

Video Portraits Watch the video Love what you do. Music by B.B. King.

Skeptical Halloween Watch the video Behind the scenes.

Road Node 101::Heads Off / Cambridge MA Watch the video Arriving at Mike & Serra's place , where cookies were in progress, we hit the streets to hang "We Are the Media" posters. Steve Garfield was more effective than our posters in getting humans to attend, having sent out email notices to his blogging lists. Bloggers are likely candidates to make the switch to vlogging. Check.

Road Node 101::Kent Bye Watch the video Kent Bye's Echochamber Project gives me a thrill. In this episode, Kent talks about the impulse to record the main stream media in the months leading up to the war.

Evin's Ironic Jell-O Watch the video Evin is our gaffer - in charge of the electrical department. She's awesome. This show is gender balanced in a way I've not seen before and it feels really good.

Road Node 101::Address to Hopelessness Watch the video Speaking to Carl Weaver's class of young people-on-the-edge about jobs in film and videoblogging. Carl writes that one of the fellows you see here has gone back to jail and that another is on his way if things don't change. He calls them, "...the rusty knives in society's silverware drawer." Hadn't planned to post this because it's 16 minutes long, but Jonny Goldstein is gathering teaching materials and thought this might be of interest. Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101

Road Node 101::Chipman Morning Healing Watch the video Philip Clark conducts a morning healing session with Randy Mann .

Road Node 101::University of Maine Watch the video One of the best days we spent teaching was at the University of Maine. Here's a remnant of the day, vlogging the students' introductions. Kent Bye also gives a brief explanation of his Echochamber Project that is worth listening to.

Road Node 101::Randy Referee Watch the video Another of the many sides of Randy Mann.

Road Node 101::Round Bob on Being a Superstar Watch the video Round Bob is part of the Randy Mann circle at Lowell Telecommunications public access and addresses here the nature of being a superstar and Lowell's vibrant arts community.

Road Node 101::Reflections Watch the video While this video is a reflection upon Road Node 101 taken the last day officially on the tour, that doesn't mean there aren't a bunch of vids in process. Just wanted to post this wrap-up piece for its immediacy. What a trip it was! The network is strong. Stronger than imagined. And replete with mutual support. The urgency we feel to get the word out sooner is palpable and real. The need to teach folks to create media, important. When you create it, you begin to understand its complex power. Perhaps that's why I stopped consuming popular media for ten years just as I began to work in the film industry. In the end, I remain hugely optimistic about human nature and filled with hope for the future, for WE ARE THE MEDIA, and media is powerful when used as a tool. "Work hard; use the proper tools." _______ replete adj 1: filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach" [syn: full, replete(p)] 2: (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated; "imbued with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with love"; "it is replete with misery" [syn: instinct(p), replete(p)] v : fill to satisfaction; "I am sated" [syn: satiate, sate, fill]

Road Node 101::The Chipman Music Video Watch the video Music Video time here at the Road Node. <a href="http://swordfight.org">Philip Clark</a> affords <a href="http://averrycoollifeblog.blogspot.com">Randy</a> and I a musical welcome and introduction to Peg, to whom this little piece is dedicated. Then, we have supper (Clark cooks), and among seven bedrooms we must choose where we should lay our road-weary heads. Welcome to Chipman, New Brunswick, where lots of great stuff happens.

"Swim Symphony" - Mashup Week IV Watch the video Shannon Noble 's "Raw Footage" vlog strikes me for lots of reasons, not least of which is the vehemence with which he plays. Watched the footage many times, empathizing with the intense emotion displayed. It's been a month or two since he posted it. Thankfully downloaded the video because in the interim Noble wiped his site clean, hence no permalink to the entry is available. Similarly, Robert Rowe's Cello Wireless Podcast of occasional cello improvs stays with me. Both haunted me all summer from the hard drive. Part of how I survive is to rent warehouse space to Tom, who recently invited me to his country lake-house for dinner and a swim. Let this serve as a rejection of perfection and the consumption of images of olymipic-quality lives. Real life is imperfect and small and intensely beautiful, remarkable, shareable. All that, simply to say: Here's Swim Symphony Tags: Faux Press

Road Node 101::The Chipman Interviews Watch the video Philip Clark ov Swordfight.org says there's nothing to do in Chipman, New Brunswick. Humbly beg to differ. There was the stove to attend to. And the gathering and making of food and media. What else is there? Okay. A couple other things, like music and family and chores. And unspoken things. We chat about equipment, where we'll be when the re-evolution comes, the hermit lifestyle and reasons.

Road Node 101::Lowell Telecommunications Corporation Watch the video Spent a few days in Lowell Massachusetts gathering intelligence about Lowell Telecommunications Corporation and their media operation, with which Randy is intimately and actively involved. Home of the Digital Bicycle project, LTC is on the cutting edge in every way, and I approached them with a healthy doses of humility and respect for many years of experience and service to their community. When I asked Media Services Technician Jason Daniels what set public access television apart from the vlogosphere he characterized its long history as both boon and burden. The vlogosphere for all its naive infancy is light on its feet. The Digital Bicycle will be a means for public access television stations to upload digitized content for sharing. The expect to take the project online in a four-station alpha test soon. Support your public access television station. Would love reports from other vloggers about their local public access endeavors. DONATE A TANKS OF GAS TO ROAD NODE 101

Ah. Long stretches of highway with nary another vehicle in sight. When all else fails, sing. Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101

Of course you understand that this is both poem and commercial for Max & Alex , iPod and FireANT . VlogEurope! rocks. We unplug from the digital world and break bread. We prepare for the future. It was the best 50th birthday imaginable. Tags: Faux Press

Retro eating. The automat makes a european comeback. Look carefully, Max , Alex and Raymond make a cameo appearance. VlogEurope! Must begin now to think about Road Node 101 and its purposes and activities. Tags: Faux Press VlogEurope!

Graham's good presentation at VlogEurope! on storytelling made me cut this movie nearly in half. It became a better commercial for Max & Alex , iPod and FireANT . Rule: if the pix / audio don't advance the story, cut 'em. Ask: "What / where is the story?" until it hurts. If your gut sinks every time you get to a particular cut, fix it. Tags: Faux Press VlogEurope!

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When the camera came on, the musician stopped playing. The message was clear. For $2 EU I got the sound track. A great deal. Click HERE to watch the movie. Tags: Faux Press VlogEurope!

Early Road Node Watch the video Early in September I joined my brother at my grandmother's house toward preparing it for sale. A sad and tender business. This short video documents a painting my father did in 1954, when he and my mother were first dating. So goes the house, goes the painting. Dad still paints, but with words in fine calligraphy.

He is Dooser: Saratoga Springs Meet the Vloggers Watch the video Dooser on the ontology of surveillance cameras.

Introducing Carl's Class Watch the video Repetition. Meditation. Truth.

MB's Rant Watch the video

Node Trip Theme Song - the Music Video Watch the video Anders Clerwall Max Ward Markus Sandy

A Road Node Meditation on Logic with Carl Weaver Watch the video With Carl Weaver and his excellent poet/GED students. If young artists can be treated with respect in school, I am not without hope for the future.

Road Node 101 Ballet Watch the video Thanks to Clark ov Saturn for tagging me "it" and sending the "Afternoon Delight" soundtrack along. This is a Road Node rough draft of the vlogger ballet of my dreams, starring Michael Sullivan and Thomas G. Henry .

Google Earth astonishes and thrills. Take a virtual tour of the Node Trip. This episode is brought to you by Mariah's Missing Kitten , who's responsible for the logistical research that made this post possible from the road. Rode Node 101::World-wide - Poem New York New Jersey Poughkeepsie Schenectady Saratoga Springs Worcester Mass Lowell Mass East Hartford Connecticut Cambridge Mass Winterport Maine Chipman New Brunswick Montreal Philadelphia Music by the City of Washington Pipe Band - friends of the family. Charlie Glendinning is one of the only human beings alive composing new music for the bagpipes and he's amazing. Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101

Lunch with Thomas G. Henry and Michael Sullivan . The three of us dance together, but that's another vlog entry (courtesy Clark ov Saturn's inspiration). Stay tuned. Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101

Sweet Anders is in the white baseball cap. Went to meet him at Central Station. Love the two guys sharing one headset, dancing. Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101 VlogEurope!

Raymond , Max & Alex find hanging out together a great, good guffaw. Me too. In this episode, we learn that Max can levitate and is an inventor of sorts. VlogEurope! Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101 VlogEurope!

"Work hard; use the proper tools," is a motto of mine. Here's a portrait of Markus working hard. Anders and I were late for the VlogEurope! conference but couldn't resist a quick stop for vlog footage. Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101 VlogEurope!

Manly-man sports vlogger J.F. Kurtagh at ZuDfunck made this wee tour of vlog sites in honor of the Node Trip . Either sports enthusiasts are kinder and gentler nowadays, or I just assumed sports enthusiasts weren't so kind or gentle in the first place. Hmmm. It's the latter. Damn. I love it when my world-view gets wrinkled. Thanks, Zud! I'm gonna go to a football game this weekend in your honor. Tags: Faux Press Road Node 101

Getting a connection direct for the mac laptop is darned near impossible. Just a quick post and sending all my love home. We walk . And walk. And walk. XOXOX Jan Tags: Faux Press

Amsterdam, one step at a time . Watch movie HERE . Tags: Faux Press VlogEurope!

I make this with the idea of creating a jazz dance. Cultural Note: This volleyball court is in a small square in the heart of urban Amsterdam. Tags: Faux Press VlogEurope!

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