The Des Moines Register, the most staid of Iowa newspapers, is inviting its readers to publish their own Iowa Caucus news videos on the Register’s YouTube page.
Carolyn Washburn, editor of the Register, introduces the project in this video:

At times insightful, other times just plain silly, the videos submitted so far are none-the-less fascinating for [...]

I seem to be in a peculiar, but pleasant, preoccupation with viral marketing videos. “Fight for Kisses” is not only funny, it’s another excellent example of a company that exploits Internet video sharing websites like YouTube instead of getting mad and suing them.
The video, a minute-and-a-half commercial for Wilkinson’s “Quattro Titanium” razor, has been viewed [...]

Glen Campbell sings Jimmy Webb’s “Wichta Lineman”, backed by Stone Temple Pilots. The spindly legged Campbell, now 71, has lost none of his vocal precision, hitting every note exactly right. “Wichita Lineman” was never sung more sweetly. After applauding the take, Dean DeLeo says “All right, now ‘Galveston’!”.
From the DVD of bootleg studio sessions released [...]

Judi, my wife, rehearsed last night for the first time with the Tampa Complaints Choir.
I first experienced the world-wide Complaints Choir phenomenon a year ago when I stumbled upon the Birmingham Complaints Choir video on YouTube. This choir, the first, was organized by two Finnish musicians, Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, as a way to [...]