Hurdy-gurdy for beginners
Caroline Phillips cranks out tunes on a seldom-heard folk instrument: the hurdy-gurdy, a.k.a. the wheel fiddle. A searching, Basque melody follows her fun lesson on its unique anatomy and 1,000-year history. [Via TED]
Category Archives: Music & Movies
Baby Chewbacca [PIC]
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Epic German Star Trek Commercial
That has to be one of the best ad for a sci-fi show I’ve ever seen. [Via Miss C]
Night of the Living Trekkies Trailer
Can you believe that this trailer was made to promote a book? Night of the Living Trekkies was released last month and is from the same publisher who released Pride and Prejudice and Zombies in 2009. Enjoy!
Transformers Test Film #1
Produced by Vimeo user Alexander Vladimirovich Semenov, this short transformers fan film was entirely shot in just two hours on a Canon 550D and a Nikon D5000. Post-production then took him around a month. Enjoy! [Via Vimeo]
Ninjamoped – 8-Bit Trip [Music Video]
Yep, those are all read Lego pieces, and it took the group about 1,500 hours over 8 months to complete the video. Enjoy!
Holy Crap that’s Awesome: Geek & Gamer Girls Music Video
Yeah, this is another one of those Caligornia Girls parodies… but this one is really, really cool. Apart from starring the four sexy geekettes from Team Unicorn, the video also features a rapping Seth Green, Battlestar Galactica’s Katee Sackhoff, and legendary comic book writer Stan Lee. Check it out:
Boba Fett Original Space Rum [PIC]
I wonder if they serve that at the Mos Eisley cantina? [Via]