Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Auto tune the news

This is amazing, because it turns the non-stop stream of bullshit that is the news*, and turns it into something great.

And it's really equally absurd as the original broadcast, except by removing the pretensions of importance and adding some uplifting music, it's beautiful.

*Let me just tell you why I hate The News. I hate it because it's ugly, it's nothing but sound bytes and stupid little tickers, overwhelming you with useless information. It also turns the non-context-free grammar of the world's events, and turns it into a tune-in-at-any-time context-free show. It's like a cartoon where each episode resets from the same premise, so you don't need to know anything to watch one.

2 comments:

ellen said...

Okay, how to begin...
I am going to Lund in the fall, and during my research (aka google) I found your blog, and I must say that your two videos (of the korridor and Willy's) are absolutely hilarious and have put me at ease. Along with the whole 'percentile penis' facebook fiasco. So, thank you for not blogging stories that go 'and then, and then, and then, and then'.
Carry on.

Casey said...

I'm really glad to hear that! I think you'll probably have a great time in Lund :-) And Delphi is a great place to live! (You know you've got a picture which is basically taken from the perspective of my old room on your blog?)