April 2013

Laura Mvula "That's Alright" (Wendy Morgan, dir.)

Wendy Morgan- Laura Mvula- That's Alright

"That's Alright" takes the dance vibes of director Wendy Morgan's fantastic C2C "Happy" video to a different place, but keeps the same infectious charm. Singer Laura Mvula engages in a riotous dance routine that's as magical as the mystical touches throughout this '40s-vibed vamp.

Drew Seeley "Into the Fire" (Donlee Brussel, dir.)

Director Donlee Brussel pulled out all the stops for his latest video, making something more like a mini movie. It stars Drew Seeley, an actor/singer who provided the singing voice for Zac Efron in High School Musical, played the role for the movie's subsequent tour, and was featured in several other Disney productions. And to add a little more small-screen stature to it all, Brussel also got TV personality Wayne Brady into the video too.

YouTube Tape Mode Rules

YouTube's new tape mode is one of those fantastic Google experiments that exists for no other reason than some engineer thought it'd be fun and they were able to figure it out.

In celebration of the 57th anniversary of video tape, YouTube now has a tape mode — signified by a VHS tape icon in the bottom menu bar — letting you flashback to the awful artifacts and problems you would encounter all the time with VHS. 

There are a few caveats:

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