best of youtube

When I was a kid, me and my friends would sneak over to the train tracks near our house and tape pennies to the track, then we’d wait for a train to run over them and flatten them out. We thought we were pretty smart and we even considered trying to sell our compressed little masterpieces. This video is a commercial for a Norwegian company that plays off that childhood game, taking it to a clever extreme. I do wish I still had those pennies, they really were kinda cool.

tuneful tuesday

The exchange of information on the web is mind boggling, sometimes for the better, and yes, sometimes for the worse. But what I like most about the web is how it gives us all equal access to people, art, and music that we never might have known. I stumbled across this band on YouTube today. The Plain White T’s are five boys from the heart of the Midwest who can really sing. Lead singer and songwriter Tom Higgenson was injured in a car accident in 1999 and the near death experience gave his life and writing a depth that many young performers simply don’t have. I hope the boys don’t mind an old, new fan.