Gonzo Video Journalism

The good: Hunter S Thompson would be proud.
The bad: The videos are too long and require too much attention for watching at work.

The review:
I'm consistently amazed by the stories in this vlog that aren't covered in mainstream press and have taken the pledge to help Flux cross promote these mini documentarys outside of the vlogosphere. Dude needs help. This stuff needs to be seen.

This is a different kind of vlog. Flux is hardly ever on camera, prefering to show the facts instead of telling you the facts. The Big Phat Versions of the videos are large enough to make dvd's or project in a small theatre. Maybe you'd l ...

Let's go shopping!

The good: This podcast just keeps getting better.
The bad: I wouldn't change a thing!

The review:
These shows really inspire me to look good & go shopping! & the host is spunky & hot!

Sexy fun for all!

The good: You feel like part of the show
The bad: It's only available as a podcast at the moment

The review:
I love Julie Atlas Muz! And Tigger too! All my girlfriends agree, this show is the most fun you can have with your clothes on. You get to run away and join the circus. The cast takes 2 contestants and make them part of the show. And sometimes its a game show, sometimes a burlesque show, sometimes its the sideshow, you never know whats coming.
Watch it now girls! Look out for Julie! you won't regret it. (And its good for your boyfriend to watch too)

The good: I've been searching for something like this! Gives you the lowdown on the LA Fashion scene.
The bad: I want more!

The review:

quirky, dont get the name though.

The good: quirky, good style for a vodcast on the go. short and sweet.
The bad:

The review:
i downloaded this channel and watched it all at once.
mostly funny and worth subscribing to.
sometimes i thought the humor was odd or lacking but hey, whatever...
good stuff overall and i recommend you check it out.

The good: I like seeing the latest Red carpet nterviews and the cool spots to hit while in LA
The bad: sometimes the color is a little drab

The review:

Electric Catwalk, daily for fashionistas

The good: Hot Host, Daily fashion and shopping goodies
The bad: Nothing yet...

The review:
This is a coollittle podcast, professional quality, that includes a shopping addicted supermodel, catwalk stuff, trends, interviews and celebrity style. Worth catching. a must if you are a shop-a-hollic.

Richard posts some good stuff

The good: Very artistic, very imaginitive, great stuff
The bad: I would like to see more on George Bush's atrocities

The review:
This is a mixture of video's from Richards everyday life, and social/political videos. Really good stuff.

How can they do that on TV?

The good: Hillarious contestants and world class burlesque acts
The bad: When they say an act is bad, it can really stink

The review:
This is something you'll never see on regular TV. Even the on the cable channels. Its a mix of an old time burlesque show, a circus side show, and a reality TV show where regular people get to do all of the above and more.
This is a sexy and fun good time where everyone "goes home happy". Both male and female friends have admitted to loving this show. Watched regularly, it is guaranteed to stimulate your sex life.
And keep your eye on Julie Atlas Muz, everything she d ...

Artist and visionary for a new medium.

The good: Makes me think about what I could be doing with a Video Blog
The bad: Sometimes I have to think about what the point of all this is...

The review:
I found out about video blogs when I accidently read something Jay had written about using video blogging. I don't remember it specifically, but the point was: anybody can do this and everyone should, but here's what you need to think about. Since then I've learned a whole lot more, but everytime I watch one of Jay's posts, I have to stop and re-consider the many possibilities here. Jay is open to posting the best work by others he comes across and at the same time has his own very unique wa ...

'Real'ity Video

The good: It's as if I'm being lead on a tour of his daily life. He treats his camera lens like a friend he's known for years.
The bad: All his videos are in .wmv, so they're not viewable on most Apple products yet.

The review:
Michael Tyas is just like anyone else. Male, Canadian, single 20something, college graduate working in a grocery store. Blogger. Truly, an ordinary individual which would be lost in a crowd of his own kind. He's on to something though. Vlogging has given him the opportunity to document and display his story in ways words never could, and he's doing such a remarkable job that he may very well have risen from ordinary to 'extraordinary.'

I came across 'Life's a journey' one nig ...

Needs more MacDocMan!

The good: Very interesting vlog, that docman is an interesting character in an interesting place.
The bad: Only one video yet! It's the only just started today, but I want more!

The review:

Gotta watch it, funny stuff.

The good: Cute, funny. A great watch.
The bad: Not what I usually watch for a videoblog, but it's great.

The review:
These guys are hilarious. Great stuff. Maybe it's the british accents, I don't know, but I am addicted now.

Great Underground Theater Show is a better video podcast

The good: The most fun you can have watching a video pod cast! May attract a crowd.
The bad: Not always safe viewing in public, at work, etc. May attract a crowd.

The review:
I first saw "This or That!" as a live theater show in New York City. It ran last year for a while off Broadway, since then it has been hard to find. I was ecstatic to find it on itunes as a video podcast. Watching the podcast I can see pieces from many different shows, all of which are amazing and hilarious in their own special ways.

Every show they do is different because the show relies on audience participation. Two "contestants" are chosen from the audi ...

"Koverage" iPod Show

The good: Very funny bits and true movie reviews. These guys crack me up.
The bad: Only two episodes so far.

The review:
This is the first decent video show I've found for the new video iPod. And it's free too. I've seen a lot of crap that wasn't worth the bandwidth it used up.

I like the movie reviews. I've really never seen anything quite like them. These guys have a fresh and new approach. I've never enjoyed movie reviews by old men that enjoy artsy trash.

I really enjoy the comedic bits. The reviews are nice, but this show really shines in its bits.

I like that it's ...

The good: These guys are the schiznick... the lonely island guys, the makers of "The Bu" of channel 101 fame... now they work for SNL
The bad: Nothing really... it's all great commedy clips... well it could us MORE NEW videos... but since they're now working for SNL I doubt we'll see any more here.

The review:
go do a yahoo search for "Chronic What icles of narnia".

The good: Great interviews news and reviews in the vlogosphere, light fun and interesting, these guys are having fun
The bad: Please improve the sound! Sound quality is sometimes very poor

The review:
Check out interviews with David Sifry from Technoratti... watch it to keep up on and find out about what's happening in the vlogosphere.

Ringer Review of Hopper Video

The good: Rob works real hard to tickle my eyeballs!
The bad: I wish he'd quit his job and vlog all day everyday -- just not enough posts!

The review:
My name is Rob Parrish, and I'm a ringer. Nobody has reviewed my vlog, Hopper Video, so I've taken matters into my own hands . . . well, sort of. Here are REAL comments from the site. These folks seem to be having a swell time. Why not join them -- drink in the digital delights of Hopper Video!!

REAL COMMENTS:

“great narration. great video.”

“I watch all your videos on this site and then I watch them again on itunes, when I get to work.” ...

Promising & Yum-Yum

The good: Yum-Yum!
The bad: not enough clips... they say a new one each week...

The review:
Off to a good start -- let's see if they can keep it up...

Salon wussed out here

The good: Salon.com "thinks" they have a video blog
The bad: Salon.com is to stupid to put a proper RSS2.0 feed with enclosures on their vlog

The review:
Salon Created video dog as some sort of political commentary vlog, at least that's what they're calling it... a vlog... but their RSS feed is only .91, and it has no information in it worth reading... and as for a video feed that's compatible with iTunes or mefeedia, or fireant... Non-existent!

This video feed is an unofficial hack I put together using mfeeds.com... I'm experimenting with it so I hope the admins will not erase it or anything. I don't guess it will work well becaus ...

The good: great tech news bits and interviews
The bad: there are no bad - give me more!

The review:
As far as video podcasts go, expecially for your ipod this is tops, even better than Mobuzz and Rocketboom. Shows range from short 2 minute news pites, to 8 minute long interviews... Mostly dealing with high tech issues and games. Very fast paced and great editing and extremely high quality production.

The good: in depth interviews with key tech industry people
The bad: long uncut interviews with no reframing or editing

The review:

The good: Promising blog
The bad: Nothing but a coming soon video since since Nov. 17th and it's now Dec, 17th

The review:

great product reviews... not a "show"

The good: covers lots of gadgets in depth
The bad: don't ecpect to watch this like a show, only good if you're looking for a specific product review

The review:
I subscribed to this on my ipod, looking for some good gadget shows or gadget news, this isn't one of them. These are like those clips you might see demoing a product on Cnet, only not that good, and outside of the context of the rest of the review they're not much good.

The good: Evilvlog is a playground for all things experimental media
The bad: It's only stated purpose is to suck

The review:

AWESOMELY AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Isn't it COOL!!!!!

The good: The animation is Perfect!
The bad: Not enough Shaggy...

The review:
WOW! You're amazing! I want you to make more shaggy movies, and to keep up the good work!

The Cockroach Connection.

The good: His videos are often poetic, revealing a quiet contemplation and celebration of the mundane universe.
The bad: His videos are few and far between, which is a shame, but I think he's a busy guy.

The review:
Jay Dedman possesses an excitement for the medium (vlogging) that goes unmatched. He's part of the FireANT crew, responsible for bringing you a great tool, like this one (Mefeedia), for subscribing to your favorite videoblogs. He also works for a public television network in Manhattan, and when he does find time to sit his ass down and make a video, you will find simplicity in all it's amazing charm, put together with care and a love for his subject that is as sincere as a man can get. When h ...

Who's behind this?

The good: Ha! i love it! Short, and simple and funny.
The bad: I dunno... hmmm... needs better compression and to be bigger. :)

The review:
I love them... most of all I love how they've got little ads on the end. Someone's trying to monetize vlogging with simple tiny ads on the last frame. It's weird... I don't know if it really works... but it's an interesting experiment.

-Mike of http://mmeiser.com/blog

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The good: Flashy gridcosm is a mind-bender but I have a solution.... read on....
The bad: not enough time to pausepod on credits.

The review:
This work is superb on every level. Esplanade is a gem and TheFive looks/sounds great on the small screen. I haven't seen them all yet. Whoa..Flashy Gridcosm is a mind-bender but I loved turning my new ipod around 360 just to watch... oh, that's why I'm dizzy. Thank-you bigtime, keep at it, & please fire-up some of that old idaho punk stuff if you can.

Princess 11 year old

The good: This pricess is my classmate...
The bad: I'm dancin' like crazy in this video, I don't approve

The review:
this video is cool, yea, that's just it, cool

She documents life...

The good: There is a coorelation between cooking and life-- and she brings them together.
The bad: I wish she made more videos. But I love the ones she has already done.

The review:
...And it doesn't get better than that in my book.

She is definitely working through what matters to her. And like I wrote: I wish she did more.

Making cakes (and other food) for her work, while she puts a little in about other aspects of her life, really affected me in a positive and powerful way. Some of her videos are the most affecting pieces of work I've come across in this happy little world we call "videoblogging".

If you like he ...

The good: I like the diversity of ideas and vids he presents here. He seems very honest.
The bad:

The review:

I'm serious.

The good: She is not a videoblogger. She is an artist.
The bad: I'm sorry...did you say you can't handle the truth? Then you can't handle The Faux Press.

The review:
Because Jan is serious.

Don't be in the fire if you can't handle the heat. She is a Poet. She is a Philosopher. She is a Sound Mixer for things you not only watch, but you also rent at your Blockbuster.

She wants you to be engaged in Art, because she is. If you have a different reason why you make art, then you better have a voice. If you have a voice, then you better Feel. If you don't Feel, then you better Love.

Create and be Created.
...

Squeeze123 is a collaborative video game with some simple rules

The good: One of the first (*the* first?) collaborative video games, and still going strong. You can join too!
The bad: Nothing bad I can think of.

The review:
Anyone can make a squeeze movie, just follow some simple rules: take a previous video, remix it, and keep it 1 minute, 1 Megabyte. That's all. Watching these all one after the other gets me in that wuzzy state. Effective and legal!

I hope this will set the example for many more collaborative video games to come. One of the things that make it work, I think, is the simplicity. You can do this in half an hour. And you'll have made something that belongs to something else..

Geeky yet ironic conversations with web2.0 players

The good: Ironic, geeky, web 2.0 conversations with people in web 2.0
The bad: Good sound, but bad image

The review:
"Explain this for my father Boris who still thinks AJAX is a cleaning project." That kind of sums it up.

It's an ironic look at web 2.0. The good thing is: they interview the real players in this space. The bad thing: it's sometimes *too* ironic. I think they should ask some harder, real questions sometimes. Don't be afraid to be serious too, guys.

On the other hand, don't be afraid to tackle the people, instead of just the buzzwords. It's easy to be iro ...

Geeky yet ironic conversations with web2.0 players

The good: Ironic, geeky, web 2.0 conversations with people in web 2.0
The bad: Good sound, but bad image

The review:
"Explain this for my father Boris who still thinks AJAX is a cleaning project." That kind of sums it up.

It's an ironic look at web 2.0. The good thing is: they interview the real players in this space. The bad thing: it's sometimes *too* ironic. I think they should ask some harder, real questions sometimes. Don't be afraid to be serious too, guys.

On the other hand, don't be afraid to tackle the people, instead of just the buzzwords. It's easy to be iro ...

Dance, girl, dance...

The good: a split second of Princess dancing...something magical was there...
The bad: Only a split second of dancing...princess needs to devote more of princess on the video.

The review:
And sing too. Do what's called lip sync. ..move your mouth to the words of the song. Set up a CD player close to you...turn the volume up high enough so as to also record the song on the video camera. Do the same song with you on video lip syncing at least three times. Take all the video and edit it down to one song, putting each piece together on the computer, and put it together with the song timed just right. Maybe you can get somebody to help, but you can also get the song re-recorded to rea ...

the good, the bad, and then there's all of us.

The good: It is absolutely mystical to hear someone tell the absolute truth to all of us.
The bad: If Greg were to do away with any and all profanity, espically the "F" word, but keep the centralized Dangercast theme, I think he'll have a hit.

The review:
An interesting vlog to say the least. It's easy to previsualize a real hit here...maybe even a TV show. It's real important to do away with all the profanity, but the "scumbags" and name calling like(and I am one,too) you so well do, really sets this show apart. If you don't use any profanity, and instead substitute a more creative way of getting the same message across, you will probably have a real hit on your hands. You are appealing to a micro audience, but a lot more folks will tu ...

The true artist helps the world by revealing mystic truths

The good: A sense of wonder about the way life's players interact always comes through in Bottom Union videos.
The bad: n/a

The review:
The Bottom Union for the Transformation of Things is a beautiful ongoing experiment in visual storytelling. After watching a video, you will feel something. Sometimes that something is a glimmer of knowledge gained, sometimes it is a warm feeling of solace or relief. Sometimes you'll chuckle to yourself.

The Bottom Union has a vague aura of utopian or visionary idealism that can't really be touched or conveyed in any other way than the videos it presents.

It's ...

Very cute, but make it longer!

The good: Way too cute, Japanese but not anime style cartoons
The bad: They'e too short!

The review:
Very, very cute and interesting cartoons, but they're way too short. Like, 5 seconds only. I feel like they're just a vehihicle to sell those t-shirts sometimes. But really great stuff.

VC interviews other VC's

The good: Rodrigo is interviewing lots of entrepreneurs, I especially like his interviews on the night of the "deal".
The bad: I'd like to see more of the man himself!

The review:
Rodrigo Schulz is an early-stage VC who videoblogs and interviews a lot of entrepreneurs. I especially like his interviews on the night of closing the deal. The interviews are pretty straightforward, but interesting and personal, and you ca find this nowhere else. Unique stuff.

Voice of the Future

The good: This guy is off the wall, a great musician who makes great experimental video, trying for something new every time.
The bad: Not enough videos coming from his friends/hicks back in the sticks of Indiana.

The review:
Bullemhead really started to come alive with the release of "Voices of the Future". The experimental format, and the ease in the often very funny dialogue, makes it a delight to watch. There is some profanity, which if you can handle it, is hilarious. The only drawback to it, and it counts for most people, is the frequency of posts in few and far between. If you enjoy slapstick, off the wall, out of left field, beer-drinking, guitar playing, humor, then Bullemhead is a must subscri ...

Direct Link to Large Xvid Avi Torrent

The good: Direct link to Large Xvid Avi Torrent
The bad: No direct videos on their site

The review:
This a link to the Large Xvid Avi Torrent for Systm, an innovative video podcast hosted by Kevin Rose. Check it out!

ZipZapZop Rocks

The good: Almost always a bizarre, and intersting live performance, usually done in one take, super entertaining. Very funny.
The bad: Sometimes he get's a little sidetracked and trippy, but it becomes part of his charm. It is mostly a talking head.

The review:
ZipZapZop has become a highlight when most new videos come through, something I always look forward too, because his performance varies so much from episode to episode. His humor is completely off the wall, and wells from what seems to be a techno/hippy vibe. He reads daily from the Tao De Ching, which at times can be boring, but otherwise enlightening. As far as I know, Clark Ov Saturn lives in Brooklyn, teaches grade school kids over the TV, is an actor, musician, or space-truck mogul, as h ...

Welcome to Schlomo's World

The good: Schlomo makes everyone a star.
The bad: Celebrity is very difficult; be careful what you wish for.

The review:
There's nothing like humor to lighten life's load and Schlomo's got a wonderfully quirky sense of it.

Meet Schlomo's equally funny and quirky family and friends.

See Schlomo not run.

Always a laugh and surprise, I really dig his vlog.

Worth tracking in case another gem appears

The good: Thoughtful content, cleverly presented. Engaging.
The bad: Not very active. Seems to have a lot to say, but isn't posting much of it.

The review:
Robert Vitello seems to have multiple personalities. I'd like to see more of them. So far, his movies are about himself and his own thoughts, and he makes no apologies for his narcissism. Humorously, when the vlog community was getting huffy and offensive in the summer of 2005 about vloggers being labeled narcisists, Robert had already declared himself one, and seemed both embarassed and proud of it. But even so, Robert is not nurturing his self-gratification. The "Robert Vitello Talking& ...

RSS 101 : Amanda Congdon

The good: Amanda is fresh,funny,full of suprises, smart and in touch with her genre.
The bad: She doesn't understand republicans.

The review:
Thanks to Ms. Congdon I've got two new toys to play with fireANTand mefeedia. I wasn't expecting it, but now, after watching todays vlog. I'm up to speed on RSS and writing this review. I love the animation bits she throws in . My granddaughter favorite is the Tuesday Weld one from friday October 21 05 which she played a snipet from today.
I hope the little blue ball one is done as a full length or give us a link to it.

Respect!

The good: Amazing videos from the Bronx in NYC, focused on the rapping lifestyle
The bad: The editing uses some corny effects sometimes

The review:
Really good videos made on the streets of NYC, the Bronx, talking to people rapping, interviewing. I really like the interviews, the discussions, the streetcam feel.

The videos are well edited, although the effects are sometimes too corny for my taste :)

Never Know What You're Going to Get

The good: Very creative, you never know what you're gonna get, but you can bet IT WILL BE GREAT. Some videos will make you laugh out loud!
The bad: I'll leave "the bad" to someone else as I don;t ahve anything to say here.

The review:
Josh is one of those individuals who simply has a nature to do it, it's in his veins.
You never know what your going to see, it can be something musical, or something creative, or he could be explaining how to cut a mango, or simply him walking you around his birthday, or even showing us his trip thorugh Germany.

All videos are well edited and some of them have music.

In general, Josh is one of those persons who have "that magic" on camera,very enjo ...

NYC Meltdown!

The good: Mariah taught me how to love again for the first time.
The bad: I hate that thing she did that one time in band camp. Disgraceful!!

The review:
Mariah and MissingKittenTV is the heart and pulse of the NYC underground! A mix of slice of life and parts of her cable-access show, I'm jealous about how she seems to have some sort of life while I languish in the gutter. Rally good stuff.