The traditional "Happy Birthday" song is actually copyrighted, owned by Time-Warner, and they consider singing it on this site to be a "public performance" that requires paying a royalty.
  more...
And so, I offer my all-new copyright-free Happy Birthday song. Have fun with it; it's my gift to the world.

More info and resources...

Unhappy Birthday:
http://unhappybirthday.com/

Happy Birthday Screw You (Kembrew McLeod):
http://www.boycott-riaa.com/article/15999

Snopes Urban Legend Reference Page:
http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp  less

The title says it all. (Uploaded by special request)

Oh, and music by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com

Is there a place for poetry and the arts on sites like YouTube or LiveVideo (etc.)?

See JackDanyells' TubeArts challenge here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb0-wV9dPks
and find out how more...you can   more...enter here:
http://www.carmun.com/tubearts

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I saw the best minds of the vloggerhood
destroyed by commercialization, the DMCA, and flame wars
squeezed into narrow categories
made to compete for top honors
against networks content
and still failing to connect

Would the beats have thrived here?
What categories would they choose?
Would Ginsberg have been a guru
while Ferlinghetti stared at the city lights
with Kerouac behind the wheel
and just let anonymous sock puppets multiply?

There is a road, no info super highway
that leads to true community and real connections
to a place where we decide what matters
and roller skating dogs are but a dream

I aim to be on that road
with Neil, and Jack, and Caroline
bundled in the back of my Studebaker coupe
as we head out for the coast

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Thanks to NorCalCorsello for helping with the camera!  less

The presidential primaries can be confusing and painful enough for we Americans; this video is to help de-mystify the process for our friends overseas. This episode looks at the importance of experience,   more...and the lack of it.

Opening by Neotrific:
http://www.youtube.com/Neotrific  less

30andout asks if he should try to concentrate on one type of video, or continue to be "scattered." Since when is scattered such a bad thing?

Things I hate tag....
Tagged are kenrg, katsknoll, debwal

By comparing Barack Obama's South Carolina win to Jesse Jackson (1984 & 1988), was Bill Clinton also then comparing Hillary Clinton to Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis? Or was he just being a jerk?

Yet another in a long chain of "Five Facts" videos - Take a wild guess who I tagged...

A couple of weeks ago I asked for suggestions for a new opening to my videos for 2008. These are the wonderful clips and tunes that people sent me:

Intro Videos from (in order of appearance):
TheFrozenGhost   more...
http://www.youtube.com/TheFrozenGhost
Neotrific
http://www.youtube.com/Neotrific
EddyBergman
http://www.youtube.com/EddyBergman
CitizenStand
http://www.youtube.com/CitizenStand
Justinmazing
http://www.youtube.com/Justinmazing
IISwanSongII
http://www.youtube.com/IISwanSongII
StuKeck
http://www.youtube.com/StuKeck
Yaffle
http://www.youtube.com/Yaffle
EvilSpartacus
http://www.youtube.com/EvilSpartacus
YeuxlumineuxNtx
http://www.youtube.com/YeuxlumineuxNtx

Music from:
MichaelLydon & Ellen Mandel
http://www.youtube.com/MichaelLydon & Ellen Mandel
DoctorMetropolis
http://www.youtube.com/DoctorMetropolis
BlackTurtleUS
http://www.youtube.com/BlackTurtleUS

Spoken Outro by:
OhCurt
http://www.youtube.com/OhCurt

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AS Mudhooks would say, it's Christmakwazukkah Tag.

Tagged by kenrg, I thought I could tell a holiday story. Well, maybe not.

Tagging Ravensinger and alaskainmydreams.

In response to Mudhooks' holiday tag, the story of how my friends and I created the holiday of St. Monty's Day. Yes, we were very bored while in High School. Happy St. Monty's Day, one and all, and may   more...none of your gifts be zonks!

And now I pass the tag on to... 30andout. Tag, you're it!  less

I generally shoot my videos in the standard aspect ratio, but I notice a lot of people making online videos in widescreen format. Do you have a preference for shooting or watching video? If you do strongly   more...prefer one or the other, why?  less

A visit to the Mystery Spot, where gravity is on vacation, with Ira (citizenstand). It's more impressive in person than on camera. Really.

Ira:
http://www.youtube.com/citizenstand

Mystery Spot:
http://mysteryspot.com/
  more...
Music by Kevin Macleod:
http://incompetech.com/  less

I visited with CitizenStand (Ira) in Santa Cruz and asked him about his videos. He does one stand video each day (he's up to about 250) in which he simply stands in front of, or in the midst of, some   more...event, location, or other interesting happening.

Visit Ira at:
http://www.youtube.com/citizenstand  less

I'm getting tired of the lighthouse opening that I usually use for my videos, and am asking your assistance in coming up with a new intro.

Be as creative as you like and send the video or audio files to:
  more...stupidcontest@gmail.com

Of course, if I use the intro or theme music you create I will give you full credit.

Or, if you think I should just stick with the lighthouse, put that in the comments section below.

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MixedPixel (Regina) was visiting from Germany and we spent the afternoon walking around Palo Alto trying to come up with an idea for a video. Along the way we ran into a group of young troublemakers who   more...are also 'Tubers (tariqu2004, music175, and friends) and some interesting public art. We never did decide what video to make.

Visit Regina at:
http://www.youtube.com/mixedpixel  less

A repost of last year's drive around town on Christmas Eve to look at the lights. Just trying to get a jump on the season, you know?

Just some thoughts as we go into the Thanksgiving holiday weekend here in the U.S.

Just a typical day at home with kenrg, in response to thefrozenghost's video paloozaslamathonfest 2 challenge thing. See his video to have it all make sense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1a3NQ-1DQs

By Reid Baer

My own warring states
are so loosely stitched
with a bit of flimsy white thread

Don't know just how long
this union will hold
or when I'll be shot in the head

More of Reid's poetry and rants at:
  more...http://www.youtube.com/newwarriorman  less

Short clips from several of my favorite videos. Music by ABBA, "Thank You For the Music."

A Halloween nightmare - But is it a trick or a treat?

This morning I went to downtown Santa Cruz to mark the 18th anniversary of the Loma Prieta Earthquake. I lived in Santa Cruz at the time of the quake, and continue to live in the area. Eighteen years   more...later, there's still one hole in the ground of downtown Pacific Avenue, but it will be filled by the time the 20th anniversary of the quake comes along two years from now.

Loma Prieta Earthquake - Facts and Statistics:
Source: http://www.santacruzpl.org/history/disaster/89quake.shtml

The Loma Prieta Earthquake occurred on October 17, 1989 at 5:04 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time) and lasted for about 15 seconds. The United States Geological Survey gave it a magnitude of 7.1. It was felt over an area of about 400,000 square miles.

The rupture occurred on a 30-mile length of the San Andreas fault called the Santa Cruz Mountains segment. The epicenter was eleven and a half miles underground at a spot near China Ridge in Nisene Marks State Park. The land on the seaward side of the fault slipped five and a half feet northwest.

Six persons in Santa Cruz County died; it is estimated that 671 persons were injured.1 (p.134)

Santa Cruz County was the hardest hit county and had the highest number of homes damaged or destroyed. It is estimated that "at least 85,000 persons were adversely affected by earthquake damage to their homes." Many homes were so badly damaged that they were condemned. Many other damaged homes could be saved but were unsafe to live in until they were repaired. Individuals and families found themselves suddenly homeless, living in shelters, with friends or with family.  less

I spent last Monday in Los Angeles following my brother, Steve, around as he pursued his hobby at Hollywood Forever, Hillside Memorial Park, and Holy Cross cemeteries.

We shot about two hours of video,   more...so it will take me a few weeks to sort through and edit all of it. This is just a sneak preview.

Visit Steve at:
http://www.beneathlosangeles.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/steve5674  less