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A friend sent me a link to David Armand performing his act with Natalie Imbrulia. I saw a video of him doing the act about a year ago just on a low budget stage with a black curtain, and seeing how his act progressed made me wonder if he would have gotten there without the internet…
TIME magazine’s person of the year for 2006 was…YOU. Motivated by the whole youtube movement, i think it still is a great concept. It’s deep. I like the movement from idolizing 1 person we’ve never met, making us wish we were like them. This is motivating!
Then I was thinking about the star wars kid. If it wasn’t for the internet, this could would have had some razing in highschool for a bit, and then been able to walk away when he went to college and moved on. Now that his likeness has appeared in video games like Tony Hawk and satired in Weird Al’s white & nerdy video. This 1 kid, one day thought he was just going to have fun and no one would know, and now the world knows. The effing world.
There a a bunch of people like this, people that actually are getting fame and fortune from some little story or video or picture, what would have been looked at and forgotten 10 years ago, now will live on for the rest of the internet’s life. This is truly the information age. The egotist in me envisions walking around some place away from home and someone recognizing me as sixf00t4, the forum member, the dragon game guy, the guy who did something on the internet that was posted without his knowledge. That makes me think about the celebrity sex tapes and such now, once it’s out there, it’s out there. You will always be remembered as the the tron guy, whether you like the attention, or not.
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Comment from Zotz
Time January 9, 2007 at 6:57 am
Though I didn’t agree with Time’s choice (I’m a longtime Time magazine reader/subscriber) I do agree with assessment that the Internet has proliferated the genre of audio/visual oddities, that will forever leave an indelible impression on those who have had the pleasure or in some case misfortune of watching.
Comment from Zotz
Time January 9, 2007 at 10:52 am
Oh! And the Star Wars kid and Tronguy, priceless! Long live the ability to record the freakish, geekish and weird around the world.
Warmest Regards,
Zotz
Comment from Zotz
Time January 9, 2007 at 10:52 am
Oh! And the Star Wars kid and Tronguy, priceless! Long live the ability to record the freakish, geekish and weird around the world.
Warmest Regards,
Zotz
Comment from Runering
Time January 9, 2007 at 12:22 pm
never heard of the tronguy. i tend to ignore pointless pish like that when surfing the net, i don’t like youtube, and most of the time if i’m am watching the little clips, it’ll be of something good, like a snow boarder doing cool stuff or some wee kid crushing his testicles when he messes up some skater trick.
Comment from Runering
Time January 9, 2007 at 12:22 pm
never heard of the tronguy. i tend to ignore pointless pish like that when surfing the net, i don’t like youtube, and most of the time if i’m am watching the little clips, it’ll be of something good, like a snow boarder doing cool stuff or some wee kid crushing his testicles when he messes up some skater trick.
Comment from Zotz
Time January 9, 2007 at 6:57 am
Though I didn’t agree with Time’s choice (I’m a longtime Time magazine reader/subscriber) I do agree with assessment that the Internet has proliferated the genre of audio/visual oddities, that will forever leave an indelible impression on those who have had the pleasure or in some case misfortune of watching.