Media Tonic

Take a bunch of historians, get them REALLY drunk and have them talk about their favourite history thing. Jen Kirkman; very colourful on the subject of Frederick Douglas: “And Lincoln wasn’t a douchebag; he was like, ‘okay, I’ll meet with him!’”

And here, she tells it like it is at the expense of George Washington:

On the other hand you may NOT want to watch Duncan Trussler on the subject of Nikola Tessler, because he (Trussler) gets sick in the middle of it. Your choice.

This concept could work gangbusters with Ad Agency people and cocaine…

If you watch this without smiling you score 10 points towards your diploma in Media Industry Cynicism. Cute? Pfft.

The Grammy Awards promotion site, We’re All Fans is a pretty spectacular example of interactive web video. It’s sucking in YouTube videos in real time uploaded by fans of particular nominated artists. Mostly this is teen girls singing in their bedrooms – at least the seventy or so we looked at were.

Gorgeous use of Flash. Worth a look.
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Like BooneOakley did.

Via JohnsBeharry.

Not just a cappella, they are THE cappella.

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hulu, the NBC/News Ltd video streaming site is in private beta. No user content. All full length programs and movies. Like YouTube, all content is capable of being embedded in any web page. In-laid ads and banners, some traditional ads but at a low level of intrusion thus far. Although it’s in beta, you can see some Hulu content as an AOL TV channel. Source: Wired Magazine.