----------------------------Original message---------------------------- A friend up mine just lent me a copy of what I think is just about the most innovative and astronishing video I've ever seen. The running title is "Emergency Broadcast Network," which opens the tape with a pseudo-EBS warning message over aerial shots of running antelopes and elephants. The video then proceeds to a series of precision-edited music videos, clocking in with as many as 200 images per minute, using all kinds of collage techniques and drive-by images, all precisely matched to a dance breakbeat. The videos vary from hip-hop style to hardcore techno. Some favorite moments: Harrison Ford, in a clip that appears to come from _Clear and Present Danger_, yelling "Get Down! Get Down!" (as in Jungle Boogie), with an intercut of Mariah Carey screaming (using a horn sample from the JB's "The Grunt"). President Bush declaring "We ... will ... we will . . rock you!" Dan Quayle extolling the importance of "Watching more television." Synchronized howitzers blaring out 120 beats per minute. The whole things has to be seen to be believed. I'm curious if anyone on these lists knows anything more about the makers of this video. For one, I'd guess that they are sliding a limbo-dance under copyright law, as just getting the clearances for these things would take years and a huge budget. Yet, as with hip-hop, I think this video makes a strong argument for making it easier to obtain tiny snippets of video for use in a densely collaged work of art. I've heard a lot of hype about "Television, or Life Among the Bees," but this video puts it to shame. Seeing it reminds me of the first time I heard Public Enemy's "Nation of Millions" == my eyes, and my ears, will never perceive the same again. ======================================================================== "Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies" --Friedrich Nietzsche =======Russell A. Potter========<[log in to unmask]>=====================