Middlebury Does the Harlem Shake
I’m sure you’ve seen some of the many thousands of videos proliferating the Internet this week on the Harlem Shake. Here’s Midd’s edition, featuring Bi Hall. Enjoy!
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Feb 18
Midd Kid Rapper Releases New Video
In case you haven’t seen it already, here is the latest from Sam Robinson ’11, the man behind the (in)famous “Midd Kid” rap (which now has almost 1.3 million YouTube views). It’s called “Find Me in the 90s,” a kind of ode to Robinson’s youth and the “era that defined [him],” as he sings in the chorus.
It’s worth watching for its novelty, although too random and not catchy enough to achieve the success of the Midd Kid rap.
What do you think readers?
Mar 4
Sunday Reading: Video Edition
So I was looking over things to link to today, and I kept on coming across really interesting/funny/weird videos, so this will be more like Sunday Watching… Oh well, we can all be lazy sometimes right? Check it out:
FILM: Wes Anderson recently directed a pair of ads for Hyundai, here and here. Reminds me of the good ol days when Super Bowl ads were worth watching. (Interestingly, the trailer for his new film, Moonrise Kingdom is filmed entirely straight on or perpendicular to the action.)
SPORTS: It disappoints me to say this, but ‘diving’ to get a foul in soccer, basketball, and other sports, is rapidly becoming a central strategy of the game. There are some who hold out, however. Here’s a video compilation of Messi, the Argentine soccer star, staying on his feet when most others would be on the ground.
OLDIES: Remember the days when we didn’t have at least three technological devices surrounding us at all times? Here’s a video from the early 90′s on Sesame Street, asking students to describe computers. Reminds me of this MTV-made gem from 1994 on the “information superhighway.”
LINGUISTICS: A vocal pattern called ‘vocal fry‘ has slowly infiltrated the speech of many of American women today. Apparently, it is common to observe college-age women ending sentences in the lowest vocal register using a creaky vibration. Sound familiar? Listen about a minute into this clip from the show Louie to hear it.
ART: In her most recent work, Spanish visual artist Ana Soler hung over 2,000 tennis balls throughout the Mustang Art Gallery in Spain. The balls are carefully aligned in suspended trajectories that appear to bounce off surfaces providing a sense of motion similar to a photograph taken with a strobe light.
And your bonus video of the week, courtesy of the Crampus:
Jan 22
Sunday Reading: Yes, Please Do Talk Nerdy To Me
Hello everyone! So here we are at that midway point of Jterm! Whether the glass seems half-full (finally, skiing with real snow! Time for the hunt!) or half-empty (only two more weeks to deadline…), I hope this installment of Sunday Reading finds you well and fills your metaphorical glass with semi-useful information, a pause of entertainment, and smiles.
Science and Harry Potter: Scientists re-discovered a monkey previously thought to be extinct in the forests of Indonesia. The Miller’s Grizzled Langurs caught researchers by surprise, they had been hunted to near extinction for their meat and bezoar stones in the past. Harry Potter fans, according to the Washington Post, should know of Bezoars from Professor Snape’s lecture to first year students, as they “are believed by some to neutralize poison.”
Environment: As though the environmental movement isn’t young and hip enough — check out the Swap-O-Matic, an eco-friendly vending machine. And also in Environmental news, not only is Midd going to be installing a solar farm (as Middblog reported on earlier this week), but Sweden is exploring installing a four lane bike superhighway!
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Nov 14
Otter Nonsense Parodies “Real World”
Middlebury’s Otter Nonsense improv troupe released a short video parody of reality TV show “Real World” in anticipation of their upcoming performance. The minute-long clip features Adam Benay ’13.5 as a belligerent Frank Sweeney ’11, a housemate on the current season of “Real World” set in San Diego.
Check it out:
The Otters, who last weekend won the Collegiate Improv Tournament’s New England Regionals, will be performing on Tuesday, November 15th at 10:30PM in Johnson. The show will feature their brand new “housemate” Adam Milano ’14. Don’t miss it!
