If you attended today's Social Media Panel at the Denver Public Library on May 18, 2011, here is a rough blog with the links to the Websites, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channels of the panelists, as well as resources suggested by Jamie Genosis and Janine Gracie:
Nurse Nancy Presents: Condom Demonstration with a Live Cat
Angie from The Feline Fix: "Put your videos on YouTube and then bring them over to Facebook so that you get a nice photo frame [instead of a black box]."
This is contrast to this mash-up of Jodelle Ferland's blood-curdling screams during The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (hit the play button at your own risk!):
When the Rob Pattinson "Never Think" graphic was used during Twilidiot's Tuesday Twilight Trivia on Twitter, players were asked to comment first in a clever way and then to as it what might be. One of my favorites was by @JonasEclipse:
Bella's heartbeat when she thought Edward was almost giving in during Eclipse.
I've always thought Bella had an undiagnosed heart condition the way it skips beats and splutters, but in reality it's probably just a sinus arrhythmia which is common in young people when their breathing rapidly changes. That would like this:
My husband the software engineer just sent me this viral email. It's too funny not to share.
A woman writes to the IT Technical support Guy
Dear Tech Support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and I noticed a distinct slowdown in the overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewellery applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0.
In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as NEWS 5.0, MONEY 3.0 and CRICKET 4.1.
Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and House cleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system.
Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5..3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.
First, keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system.
Please enter command: i thought you loved me. html and try to download Tears 6.2 and do not forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update.. If that application works as designed, Husband1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewellery 2.0 and Flowers 3.5..
However, remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Silence 2.5 or Beer 6.1. Please note that Beer 6.1 is a very bad program that will download the Snoring Loudly Beta.
Whatever you do, DO NOT under any circumstances install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.)
In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.
In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly.
You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and performance. We recommend: Cooking 3.0 and Nice Looks 7.7.
The new SyFy show Being Human is about a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost as roommates trying to be good and interact with the human world as best they can, with an amazing Indie soundtrack underscoring the scenes. Sound vaguely familiar? Thought so. Here is a complete Being Human playlist all in one place with an .mp3 clips preview and links to Amazon, which has more of the tracks than iTunes and some at a lesser price. It's the best music you've never heard. A few of the songs are not available anywhere so I suggest a couple of substitutions for those who like the original tracks used in the show or where you can find it on MySpace Music.
BREAKING NEWS (2/8/11) FOR EPISODE 4 FROM ADRIAN GLYNN:
The very first song in Episode 4 is "7 or 8 days" by Canadian artist Adrian Glynn. The track is off the album Bruise, which won't be released until April. A couple of us fans, myself and @BeingHuman3, asked Adrian Glynn on Twitter this morning if he was planning to release "7 or 8 days" as a single on iTunes. You can now listen on YouTube:
Visit Adrian Glynn's official site at http://www.adrianglynn.com for the "7 or 8 days" lyrics, tour schedule, to order his EP Adrian Glynn and to watch a satirical music video (the voice is still lovely, though). THANK YOU, ADRIAN!
Here is a preview of all the music from episodes 1-4. I made substitutions in a couple of places for songs that are not yet available. Please see notes below the widget for where to get music for a couple of the artists not on Amazon.
Notes on episode 2: If you can find "The Beat Stuff" by Hannah Georgas or "Shinsy" by Catlow, please let me know!
Notes on episode 3:
"Mind and Soul" by The Plains: Unfortunately, the band The Plains has dissolved according to their MySpace music page. Their two album are still available on iTunes, however: The Boy in the Mansuitand On Earth as it is in Heaven.
"The Ghost in You" by Matthew Puckett: You can listen for free to this hauntingly beautiful cover on iLike and then purchase through the buy button. It also available on iTunes.
SOME THOUGHTS ON INDIE MUSIC FROM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO:
These are the days when I miss Napster, or even Kaazaa before it installed a ton of spyware. You could get your hands on absolutely anything, even the original world music tracks used in Moulin Rouge.
Fortunately, there are music producers like Alexandra Patsavas of Chop Shop Records (who brought us the Twilight soundtracks) and Alicen Schneider at NBC Universal who also works with SyFy's Caprica and Warehouse 13, as well as Crossing Jordan and Heroes. It is ironic that one of the best places to discover Indie music is on the soundtracks of film and television about the parnormal. Vampires, werewolves and ghosts are outsiders and so are the artists on the soundtracks. Everybody just wants to be heard.
With Amazon .mp3's and Kindle, Facebook and Twitter, there is a revolution underway, though. As Sean Parker of Napster and Facebook fame remarks, recording artists may not longer be able to afford yachts but the best music you've never heard is going to make it to your ears. Check out this great informal panel discussion with author Paulo Coehlo (The Alchemist) from this past Sunday, January 23, 2011 at the DLD11 Conference in Munich:
Parker mentions manufactured bands such as The Backstreet Boys at 2:30. I would have died laughing if he had said 'N Sync. At 4:25 is his comments on The Social Network as a great piece of filmmaking that is "a complete work of fiction," how there are no Victoria's Secret models in Silicon Valley and how he would never be that horrible to Eduardo Savrin. Now watch the rest of it for the really important parts of the conversation. ;-)
In the meantime, enjoy the music. Did you miss the first two episodes of Being Human? They are killer (bad pun intended)! Watch online with SyFy rewind, on iTunes or Amazon Video on Demand. For all the many crazy fun things you can do online and via apps with Being Human, please see my Denver iPad Examiner review. New episodes of Being Human are on Mondays at 9:00p.m. ET on the SyFy channel.
Here's a video preview. "You two going to go all Twilight on me?"
