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The new face of old journalism

By Gary Burge | Published: December 29, 2007
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 [...]
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Soft as a baby’s bottom

By Gary Burge | Published: September 15, 2007
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 [...]
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Glen Campbell and Stone Temple Pilots: “Wichita Lineman”

By Gary Burge | Published: September 12, 2007
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 [...]
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And why is the beer so expensive in town?

By Gary Burge | Published: September 5, 2007
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 [...]
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  • About Gary Burge

    I am an experieced web programmer, techno-activist, romantic idealist, who never quite left the sixties, even though I became quite successful in the Internet space.

    My business philosphy is different now than when I toiled in the bigco world. About a decade ago I experienced a life-altering epiphany: I was sacrificing my personal life and health to feed a corporate monster.

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