Been Had Money/Movies

Ju from hip hop group D4L shot a promo/teaser video to hype up his mixtape. Check out the video above to see how he’s trying to get our attention. Now check out the video response below:



This friendly feud has gotten out of hand and turned into a little meme of sorts as people are recording their own “been had” videos. Watch out for a “Been Had Ramen” video from me in the near future. Haha.

Found Music on Youtube

A guy named Kutiman mixed a bunch of sounds and songs off you Youtube into brand new songs. The first track, “The mother of all funk chords” is the best at demonstrating the concept. This is really fun. We’ve already seen that this generation approaches creativity in through mashups and exploring the tension or “synergy” between the ideas. Check out the entire set of songs here.

Another way to think about mashups is on the benefits on distribution end. Usually these are made from everyday people looking to be famous. And one of the keys to getting famous is reach and how many times your video is shared. By using mashups and tagging everyone you borrowed from, you're not really increasing the amount of people you can send it to (not by much anyways), but you might be getting more influential people to help you share it.

Korean Style Mexican food on Wheels!

Those lucky enough to be in LA have the pleasure of eating from Kogi BBQ – a traveling taco truck that let’s their fans know about their whereabouts through Twitter. The idea for the truck was conceived via a drunken epiphany, but the social media tie-in was purely through need as the owner Mark Manguera asked his friends to help hype the truck through their own blogs, Facebook and Twitter profiles. Now, social media is the the metaphorical store front as that's where fans learn about the stops as well as new menu items.

Abandoned Houses as Art

Thanks to a buddy who pointed me to this link. A lot of New Orleans is still messed up and things are slow to be rebuilt. However, there are still tons of young, ambitious, creative people flooding the area to help rebuild it. There's an artist (Kirsha Kaechele) who started buying abandoned houses and letting other artists use the entire space as a canvas for their ideas.

Imagine the freedom each artist gets when they are presented with an abandoned house. It's a total blank canvas when you have a structure that's useless and waiting for you to give it some sort of purpose.

Songs For Eating and Drinking

In Seattle, they organized an event that featured the top underground hip hop artists performing original works in a-capella. The event was small - 50 people - and set up as a dinner. If you watch the video, you can see how intimate and sometimes intense the whole setup can be. I think it's interesting when you take something out of it's natural environment and see how it works. Context.

A Moving Sculpture

Daan Roosegaarde designed and built "Liquid Space," a sculpture that senses someone who is in it and reacts to them. Even though this is an art piece, it has a lot of implications for UI and design and how far it can go to personalize the experience for you. For example, you can jump into a ZipCar and the seats and mirrors can adjust for you.

One on One Theater

I think to believe that everyone has an interesting is a simple and true proposition. How many times have we thought about what our own reality TV show would be like? Or have you met anyone who is so fascinating that you could sit there and listen to them tell stories for hours? There's a story in everyone.

Using that insight, a German theater company called Rimini Protokoll created "Call Cutta in a Box." It's an one-on-one theater experience where you dial into a call center in Calcutta and the person who picks up will tell you their story. The "actors" use their personal details and improvise through out, meaning every "performance" is unique.

Find more here.