I shouldn't be writing this post amidst loads of work waiting to be done. But I really can't stand or figure out these spoiled brats who have too much time on their hands. Teenagers going after their tanager-like idols as if they were gods? Oh my gosh. This is just too sickening.
Here's the story of an amazing father who, after losing his only son to suicide and his daughter to an accidental drug overdose, decided to walk across America to convey his simple message, "Love Life." I bet many people (present company possibly included) would consider him more or less crazy but think about how hard it is for a sane person to give that two-word message that we all need to hear at times.
Enough said. Bored with life? Watch the video below. Can't stand life? Skip to his website.
For my part, I'll love life until I know there aren't more people like him on earth.
This touching animated short is one of Vietnam's few attempts at 3D animations. I love the soundtrack.
I think I see why they chose a western tale. It's short, it's popular with an international audience, and most importantly, it doesn't require lots of voice acting.
Great job! My eyes had been watery by the end.
Here's another that predates the above, perhaps the very first 3D animation by a Vietnamese animation studio:
Didn't sleep well last night. On the brink of burnout today. Need to vent my frustration. Hate my uncaring family, every one of them. Hate this life. Hope to regain balance soon.
Here's wishing you all a complaint-free, productive new year, whoever you are or whether you're reading my blog or not. May all your last year's efforts start paying off in the very first days of 2012.
I resolve to help more people in 2012.
I resolve to be less dependent on my family.
I resolve to live life courageously but not hastily.
... to BLR's tunes. I keep catching myself listening to the impossibly cool music again and again, then convincing myself afterwards all this awesomeness is actually created by one single man in his late 20s. With this unique set of skills with which he could set up a business of his own and start creating original music (maybe he's already on track), he apparently loves to take on challenges by restricting himself to pre-made videos and create out of them some amazing ones that are at least a dozen times better in all aspects.
The completely rewritten music is catchy and sensational. Note how I used rewritten, not remixed.
The lyrics are delicious, literally, because they invariably refer to food, albeit as non sequiturs. Some lines are actually meaningful in a subtle way and coming up with these witty, mouth-shape-based lines is the work of a genius.
The vocal acting is simply extraordinary; the man does every single voice and does it so well I find it almost effortless to suspend my disbelief while enjoying the videos. And again, this is not pure impersonation. The personas of Taylor Swift, Miley Cirus, and many others portrayed in his videos are very different from those we know.
The video editing is masterful. It just works.
I'm not the idolizing kind but this tunesmith seems to be well-versed in almost everything.
This is my recent favorite (turn up the volume!):
Compared to the above, the original is not to my taste and the singers are not nearly as cute. Check It Out, once and for all:
No doubt he has created a whole new alternative universe of music videos, at least for me. This is art at its finest. I can't wait for more. Rock on, BLR!
Today I tried digging up some info about the genius team behind the Russian Unicorn parody, as well as other ones, and was doubly amazed to know all these videos were made by one single man, who puts together all the parts and sings all the vocals of a song (even a girl's vocal). He's got all these talents from his mother, a music and language lover who lost her hearing in her 40s for no apparent reason and started picking up on lip-reading and got extremely good at it for her age. To quote himself, "The brain is capable of amazing things when it is left with no options."
