Every time I remember an old video I’d like to add to my list of potential Friday Videos, I look at how long ago it was posted and I feel truly ancient. So this one is from 16 years ago. I would have sworn it was less than 10. But no, I’m wrong. This is a song I think about constantly, especially the piano cascade in the middle of the chorus: “Symphony of Science” by … Continue reading Friday Videos Remember We Are All Connected
It’s Friday, there are videos on the internet, so let us go a-spelunking! And leaning into how “okay” I am at graphic design, forsooth! A graphic to celebrate these spelunking expeditions! Ah, VHS. Speaking of, I imagine the video quality of this vintage commercial was influenced at some point by a VHS transfer. This week’s Friday Video is a commercial from 18-20 years ago (it had to be on VHS, right? Or Betamax?) and it’s … Continue reading Friday Videos Love Being Not Sluggish
I’m going to need to make a logo for Friday Videos, huh? Suggestions welcome! This week’s Friday Video comes from Varian via the podcast Patreon Discord, and when I say I sent to everyone I know, I mean every person I could think of. Please welcome Lizzy and the Triggermen performing Irving Berlin’s 1941 chart, “When That Man is Dead and Gone.” You’ll want the good speakers for this one. I also found a recording … Continue reading Friday Videos Like Irving Berlin
I talk a lot about how SBTB feels like a piece of vintage internet sometimes. I mean, we’re a book blog, albeit a large one with a podcast and a bunch of social media accounts, and every now and again I’m reminded that we’re one of the classic pieces of the internet. (Also: STILL HERE!) YouTube was founded the 14th of February 2005, a few weeks after this here website, in fact. Yup, both YouTube … Continue reading Friday Videos Want to Know: What’s the Oldest Online Video You Remember?
Hey Look! It’s a Friday Video! (Shall we bring those back?) This week is Episode 700 of the podcast, and I’ve done both an audio and video version of the show because my guest, Amanda Matta (aka matta_of_fact) and I are examining some old skool romance covers through an art history lens. Amanda has degrees in art history and museum studies, and while she may be more known for her royals commentary, I love her podcast Art … Continue reading Episode 700: The Video!
Moving a few hours south means that there are a lot of subtle differences I’ve noticed, such as the mud being a different color – which confuses me every time it’s rainy because it’s grey instead of dark brown red and I immediately think something spilled. Another difference: the radio stations. Lots more country! Lots more gospel! Sometimes both! I haven’t settled all my pre-programmed stations (my car is too old for a port to my … Continue reading Friday Videos Know You’re Good
I have a huge collection of weirdly named mp3 files that I’ve collected from computer to computer, transferring from one library to another, over and over until I have no idea what they are or where they came from. I still have mix tape cassettes that Hubby and I made one another in college, despite not having a cassette player. I imagine the mystery mp3s are like the digital version of the dusty box of … Continue reading Friday Videos Are Tangled Up in Blue
So this song is making my days this week, which is weird because it seems to be on the radio constantly, and I don’t listen to the radio that often. Yet, I hear it at least once a day, and each time it’s all good. Alessia Cara’s Here is like the introvert’s party anthem, and I have had this exact feeling a million times in my life. Alessia Cara is a 19-year-old Canadian songwriter, and seriously, I dig this … Continue reading Friday Videos Like It Here
