Thursday, June 17, 2010

"All You Need is Love" by 156 countries - Video

This is one of those rare songs I've heard a thousand times but will never tire of. The message, the melody...sublime.

Anyway, I came across this cool and creative video recently that covers the song nicely. Here are the details:
On December 7th, 2009 at 1:30 pm GMT Starbucks invited musicians from all over the world to sing together at the same time to raise awareness for AIDS in Africa. In that one breathtaking moment, musicians from 156 countries played "All You Need is Love" together. Watch now, as musicians from all around the world come together and share a song.
Enjoy:



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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Soldiers Coming Home - Compilation Video

It was a video like this that led me to start this blog a year and a half ago. Some truly emotional wonderful moments caught on film:



I don't talk about it much, but I was in the Army for three years after high school, stationed in Germany for my entire time. I didn't see my family for a year and a half, with seven months of that time in Bosnia. I'll never forget the the day we came back from Bosnia, fresh off our trucks standing in a gymnasium getting welcomed back by some Colonel. In the bleachers in front of us were all the soldier's wives & children, practically bouncing with joy and excitement. Even though I was single and childless at the time, I'll never forget those faces just glowing with absolute love.

I'll also never forget what it's like to embrace your family after not seeing them for 18 months!

Oh and that dog in the second clip going crazy for its owner is pretty awesome too.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Blind Man Ignores Naysayers & Becomes a Doctor

As soon as I saw the byline for this local story, I knew it was meant for me - "UW's Tim Cordes ignored the naysayers to become one of the few sightless doctors in the country."

Ignored the naysayers indeed. Cordes has led one heck of an inspiring life - on top of his achievements in the medical field and his tenacious drive, buried in the article is a mention of
black belts in jujitsu and tae kwon do! Unbelievable.

Check it out:

> Read Cordes' full story at the Capital Times

Now I'm sorry I didn't know about his speech at the Madison Civics Club.

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

"I Am" - Video Social Experiment

Poetry. Randomness. Makes me miss Chicago. Beautiful people inside and out.

Here is the background:
I Am is not only a film but a social experiment that took strangers in Philadelphia and asked them to finish this sentence. "I am ___."
Enjoy:

I Am from Steven Nicholas Smith on Vimeo.

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* Thanks to Gimundo for the tip on this video.

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Video of Baby Hearing for the First Time

This just makes me happy in so many ways - the baby's expression is just priceless.

From Guy Kawasaki's blog:
For the first eight months of his life, baby Jonathan had never heard the sound of his mom’s voice, but a cochlear implant changed all that. Jonathan’s dad captured the touching moment on video:

Monday, May 24, 2010

Boy With Cancer Granted Wish to Turn into Superhero for a Day

DEAN RUTZ / THE SEATTLE TIMESStories like this make me so grateful for organizations such as the Make-a-Wish Foundation.

Thursday was shaping up to be just another school day for 13-year-old Erik Martin, but then something extraordinary happened: Spider-Man called.

Spider-Man happens to be one of the few people who knows that Erik, too, has a secret identity — he's Electron Boy, a superhero who fights the powers of evil with light.

And Spider-Man needed Erik's help.

Erik, who is living with liver cancer, has always wanted to be a superhero. On Thursday, the regional chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation granted him that wish with an elaborate event that involved hundreds of volunteers in Bellevue and Seattle.

> Read the full story (The Seattle Times)

Watch a video:



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*Thanks to my friend Stacy for the tip on this story.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Song Created from Garden Sounds - "Gardyn"

This is pretty cool.

Sound artist Pogo created a techno song entirely from garden sounds and his mother's voice as a gift for Mother's Day. (Thanks to Gimundo for the tip). Enjoy.



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