An oldie but goodie from the mid-1990s, now digitized. The Nicky Fake Show is a student video I was a part of as part of the (now-defunct) Arizona State University (ASU) Center for Academic Precocity (CAP) Videology summer course for junior high and high school students. As the title suggests, it’s a parody of talk [...]

Subway flash mob dance party music video by Xelle. Can you spot me? What are some other cool flash mob videos? Update: Party Girl featured on PerezHilton.com

Koto player Masayo Ishigure explains the koto and plays a tune at the JETAANY / Mie Inc cultural event on February 19, 2011.

A. Banks asks, “is this a high point or a low point for our democracy?” A high point I say. Colbert is an artist, whose fictional character addresses fundamental real-life truths, whereas most politicians are fictional characters who tell lies masquerading as truths. Yet, we know Colbert is in character, while most political spectacle is [...]