Paint Yourself A Song

(via Labuat)

Very Short List introduced me to a Spanish group called Labuat that has a gorgeous music video. And the icing on the cake? It's interactive. You paint along to the song "Soy Tu Aire," translates as "I Am Your Air," while beautiful graphics pop up in sync with the lyrics. And when you're done creating your masterpiece, you can share it with friends. It's simple, clean, and absolutely exquisite. Most artistic music video I have seen in a long time. Here is the link, so you can treat yourself to a little creativity today: http://soytuaire.labuat.com/ 

You can also go to their website to check out their album: http://www.labuat.com/

Make Love, Not War

In my interminable boredom today, I was perusing Very Short List. They posted this amazing animated video of an interview between John Lennon and a fourteen year old fan named Jerry Levitan. Almost forty years ago, Jerry snuck into Lennon's hotel room in Toronto carrying a reel to reel. Lennon graciously gave him a five minute interview. The end result, four decades in the making, is phenomenal. The movie that he has put together to accompany the audio is as fluid as the message is clear. It's no surprise that it was nominated for an Academy Award.

Oddly enough, I found this tidbit on the Wired Blog Network about the Beatles' copyright policies:

Maybe The Beatles are resisting releasing their music digitally because they're waiting for people to create their digital legacy for them, as Levitan and company have done here. On the other hand, Levitan's ownership of the sound recording rights to the tape and the lack of associated song publishing rights certainly helped. With a more liberal licensing policy, perhaps the Beatles estate could expect similar works in the future.

Which brings me back to my first post!

Here is the link. Check it out. You'll thank me later.

"Whatever you do, just do it for peace." -The Walrus
A message we should all live by.