THATS How You Dance to Dubstep

Marquese Scott - Pumped Up Kicks

I’ve looked closely and can’t see any tricks. Yet this is the kind of dancing that could never have been conceived without modern digital video production technology as a reference point. Note the extended reversal.

via @seancurtis

Video – How to Change the World – from Nutcase to Crowd Leader in 3 mins

How does one person change a whole mass of people? This amazing video shows one man going from nutcase to leader of a large crowd in about three minutes.

As the commentary says, note the role of the first follower. This person changes a nutcase who is acting alone into a leader. The leader must adopt the first follower as an equal and not exert superiority. The first follower is also a kind of leader.

Interestingly it doesn’t seem to matter that the first follower is possibly mocking the lone nutcase, to me it’s not clear if this is happening actually, but that’s probably mostly thanks to the reaction of the leader. The leader adopts and includes the follower and the follower turns to call his friends.

At some point there is an inflection point where the non-conformance of the breakaway group becomes conformance to a new dominant behaviour. People not following start looking more conspicuous than the followers.

Please excuse the poor video quality, I think the raw capture of a real, unscripted social effect is worth putting up with a wobbly camera.

My favourite bit is the girl at the very end saying from off camera:

“How did he do that?”

Lemony Snicket Supports Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street Poster

Lemony Snicket, author of the fantastic books, A Series of Unfortunate Events, (now a Major Motion Picture™), a.k.a Daniel Handler had this to say, among other things, about the Occupy Wall Street demonstration that is happening in response to the global financial crisis:

Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even taunting people standing outside shouting at them turns out to be a story with an unhappy ending.

Yeah! I guess he’s talking about the people laughing and drinking champagne from the balcony high above wall street protests.

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New Dubstep T-Shirt for all Your Wub Wubs and Wow Wows

Let’s be honest, when the drop comes, you want to be going mental to all those wub wubs and wow wows in the coolest gear possible.

So deep in our mountain retreat, the Strong Like Water brothers have brought to life our first bit of ‘merch’.

Behold the Wub Wub Dubstep T-Shirt:

We’ve kept the price way down on this, even though it may mean we will sell out quick (we don’t want everybody wearing it!):

$19.40 US

And with our biggest, baddest button, we compel thee to…

Graffiti Motion Analysis Software

Graffiti Analysis 2.0: Digital Blackbook from Evan Roth on Vimeo.