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Dave Eggers reading from What is the What Dave Eggers reading from What is the What
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 484 seconds

Before he started reading, he was talking about his process for twisting Deng's voice into his own. This excerpt is one of the first things he wrote when working on the book.
Moe's Books, Berkeley.

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Decemberists perform the Mariner\ Decemberists perform the Mariner's Revenge Song at Warfield
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 410 seconds

The Decemberists performing the notorious "Mariner's Revenge Song" at the Warfield in San Francisco.
Apparently they had retired this song from their set lists - up until this tour, that is. Fortunately, they've brought it back, complete with a certain surprise...

Related: colin, decemberists, mariners, meloy, revenge, song, warfield

Luminescent Orchestrii - \"Knockin\ Luminescent Orchestrii - "Knockin'" at Freight & Salvage
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 175 seconds

Your favorite "underground Balkan" band performing "Knockin'" (easily one of their better songs) at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley.

Related: and, balkan, folk, freight, gypsy, knockin, luminescent, orchestrii, punk, salvage, shirey, sxip

Cal Band Performing on Cal Day 2007 Cal Band Performing on Cal Day 2007
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 89 seconds

Your favorite tromboners, playing your favorite tunes. Their vests are decked out with flair. The coordination, the skill! Oh my.
From Cal Day 2007.

Related: berkeley, cal, calband, day, fight, song, sproul, uc

Racing Down the Mutianyu Toboggan Racing Down the Mutianyu Toboggan
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 313 seconds

So at one end of the Great Wall of China at Mutianyu, one has the option of descending by (a) chair-lift or (b) kickass toboggan. I trust you know the rational decision.

Related: china, great, mutianyu, toboggan, wall

Crazy Apocolyptic Preacher Outside Powell Street BART Crazy Apocolyptic Preacher Outside Powell Street BART
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 59 seconds

They're everywhere. This particular one is trying to "save" you, so that you might delight in the Lord on his cattle-bloated ranch in the hills.
"... Satan! The devil! LUCIFER -"
"Wooo!"

Related: apocolypse, christian, crazy, preacher, ridicule

Dressy Street Performer Outside Powell BART Dressy Street Performer Outside Powell BART
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 158 seconds

This kid is always outside the Powell BART station every single time I'm there. He inevitably starts dancing to "Young Joc - It's Goin' Down" too.

Related: bart, dancing, down, francisco, goin, its, joc, performer, powell, san, street, young

38th UC Open 2007 Taekwondo - Practices 38th UC Open 2007 Taekwondo - Practices
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 66 seconds

I was stationed as a security monitor in the practice area, so I took the opportunity to record some of the people practicing. I'm not much of a TKD expert, so I can't really provide any commentary other than this: 10 year old girls sparring = highly entertaining.

Related: 2007, berkeley, open, practice, sparring, taekwondo, tkd, uc

Hakone Open Air Museum - Garden of Stars Hakone Open Air Museum - Garden of Stars
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 141 seconds

There's a maze of sorts, tucked away in a corner of the museum. Vicariously live through me and wander through the maze while muttering curses under your breath! SUCCESS.

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Hypnotist at Senior Munch 2005 Hypnotist at Senior Munch 2005
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 293 seconds

The creepy pedophile-esque hypnotist who performed at the first Senior Munch for Foothill High School. This was during the early part of the routine, where he merely had the participants do ordinary things to weed out the "fakers."

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NYC MoMA - Mechanical Departures Sign NYC MoMA - Mechanical Departures Sign
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 69 seconds

The video kind of sucks, but it's more to give you an idea of how cool it would be to see this in person. These days, all the airports just use boring ol' television screens to list departures.

Related: depatures, design, industrial, moma, sign

How to Open a Bottle of Wine with a Swiss Army Knife How to Open a Bottle of Wine with a Swiss Army Knife
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 53 seconds

As a public service to The YouTube, Eric Miller aptly demonstrates how to open a bottle of wine with an ordinary swiss army knife.

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Jeff Gonda Fails at Clapping Games Jeff Gonda Fails at Clapping Games
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 47 seconds

This boy, Jeff Gonda, has less hand-eye coordination / counting ability than the average 2nd grade girl. Very sad, but also very amusing.

Related: clapping, dumb, embarrassing, foolish, games, gonda, inability, jeff, ridiculous

\"Crane Wife\" by Decemberists w/ LA Phil at Hollywood Bowl "Crane Wife" by Decemberists w/ LA Phil at Hollywood Bowl
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 130 seconds

The Decemberists perform a section of "Crane Wife" with the LA Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl. Don't let the crappy quality fool you - the orchestra really made everything more epic.
Anyway, choose a better recording from the list of related videos below. The one at the top has pretty good sound quality.

Related: bowl, colin, crane, decemberists, hollywood, la, meloy, orchestra, philharmonic, wife

Hakone Open Air Museum - Symphonic Sculpture Hakone Open Air Museum - Symphonic Sculpture
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 101 seconds

So basically there's a giant tower made of iron and stained glass. When you're walking up the double-helix staircase, your footsteps echo through the whole structure - it's kind of freaky, but more importantly, it's pretty awesome.

Related: air, hakone, museum, open, sculpture, symphonic, tower

Ambie Valdes Solves a 3x3 Rubik\ Ambie Valdes Solves a 3x3 Rubik's Cube in 34.82 seconds
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 33 seconds

Ambie Valdes - quite possibly one of the fastest female Rubiks Cubers in America - solves a Rubiks Cube at the 2005 Caltech Speedcubing Competition.

Related: ambie, cubing, rubiks, speedcubing, valdes

Kevin Yang Being an Idiot Kevin Yang Being an Idiot
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 37 seconds

Kevin Yang, wearing a "yukata" (Japanese pajamas) and practicing his martial arts on an imaginary opponent. Oh dear. Watch out for this one, ladies - he's a catch and a half.

Related: dancing, idiot, karate, kevin, kid, wtf, yang, yukata

Sensoji Temple - Incense Sensoji Temple - Incense
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 39 seconds

In front of the temple, there's a giant cauldron full of burning incense. You're supposed to fan the smoke towards some part of your body to heal it - towards your head to get smarter, towards your chest to get bigger boobs, etc. As you can see, it's more popular with the women.

Related: buddhist, incense, japan, sensoji, temple, tokyo

Jeong Joo Covers REM (Part 1) Jeong Joo Covers REM (Part 1)
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 244 seconds

Your favorite high school chemistry teacher Jeong Joo covers the hit REM song with inscrutable lyrics.

Related: foothill, jeong, joo, rem

Jeff Gonda Gets Caked Jeff Gonda Gets Caked
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 41 seconds

Anthony Lo and Benjamin Croudace thrust pieces of birthday cake into Jeff Gonda's face. Go for the eyes! Oh, and sorry about my laugh. I don't like it either, and I was exaggerating it to amplify Jeff's shame.
Alternate title that was too cruel to use: "Jeff Gonda Gets a Facial"

Related: birthday, cake, derision, embarrassing, gonda, jeff, ridicule

Grand Central Winter Projections Grand Central Winter Projections
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 159 seconds

At the Grand Central Station, they project crazy psychedelic patterns onto the walls and play Carol of the Bells over and over. Of course, this suddenly gives everyone free license to stand in the middle of the concourse and gape at the ceiling.

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Misa Rides a Mechanical Bull Misa Rides a Mechanical Bull
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 15 seconds

There's no sound because my camera at the time was rather - how do you say - CRAPPY. But hey, it's that person named Misa riding a mechanical bull at the Block.

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Julia Learns a Lesson Julia Learns a Lesson
Posted by: debacleus

Video duration: 17 seconds

Ben Margines teaches Julia Stewart a lesson that she'll likely forget. Supposedly it's some form of Korean wrestling game, but I can't really vouch for its authenticity. Read more about these people and other stupid events at http://www.debacle.u s

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