So much frenetic energy concentrated into one video, I love it!! Mashups tend to play for comedic effect and are a real hit-or-miss because of that. But this… I like this *full screen*
Michel Gongry’s “Everlong” music video is smart, darkly and always a fun watch, and the song is so damn catchy It makes me wanna jump around and dance every time. I guarantee this five minute love story is one you will never forget:
The first episode of animator Ian Wilkins‘ Star Wars fan series is here. Many years after the fall of Vader and the battle of Endor, members of the Rebel Alliance must once again defend against the Empire as they strengthen against the New Republic:
Dark Empire is a Star Wars comic book metaseries produced by Dark Horse Comics. It consists of a six-issue limited series written by Tom Veitch and drawn by Cam Kennedy.
Oooo the force is strong with this one. The mysterious It’s a Small World recomposes elaborate tunes using her musical calculators. “This calculator doesn’t have every note, so there’s many arrange. but i hope you like it..”
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The image below (from GitS) immediately popped in my mind when I first saw the video lol. I must say, I am intrigued by her unique skills. I wonder what her WPM is?
And holy lolz, here is Darude Sandstorm on ballpoint pen:
YouTube is great for kitten hijinks, fan theories and achievement fails, but at its best it provides the average Joe and plain Jane with a forum to showcase their skill. Such is the case with this most impressive STAR WARS fan animation created by user Paul “OtaKing77077” Johnson. One guy! Four years!
Essentially a montage of a mammoth space battle, the video depicts the Empire’s TIE fighters and the Rebel Alliance’s X-wings (among other ships) blasting it out in epic fashion. Simple proposition, awesome execution, and a great many wonderful sights are contained within—Lucasfilm pay attention:
“What if there was an Empire-focussed short Star Wars animation, drawn with the crazy detail and shading of classic 80s anime that’s all but vanished from Japan nowadays? Drawn and animated by yours truly over 4 years’ worth of weekends, with music by the living guitar solo Zak Rahman and sound design by up and coming audio technician Joseph Leyva. Fans of Lucasarts’ seminal 1994 TIE Fighter game may notice a few familiar sights and sounds. That “incoming missile” noise gives me horrible flashbacks to this day…” ~OtaKing
More supplemental material can be downloaded here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/cpnc1oj27dkosc4/Tie+Fighter_project+materials.pdf OtaKing also has a patreon if anyone so wishes to contribute to his cause: https://www.patreon.com/otaking77077. His dedication has brought much balance to the force franchise. The only negative here is that it’s not longer. OtaKing does have a one hour original mech film in the works though, which sounds pretty cool:
It may be a while before that’s completed. In the meantime you can enjoy this much shorter version of TIE Fighter but with a more traditional soundtrack:
No, no, no. It is not some creepy sci-fi porn with Princess Leia giving Han Solo a little rub and tug. It’s a quirky low-budget Star Wars fan film from 1990, re-enacting the Death Star trench run scene from A New Hope. Directed by Itami Rose, the literally handmade Super 8 film was shot entirely using, you guessed it, nothing but hands:
STAR WARS and MARIO KART collide for one incredibly realized fan made mashup — so incredible in fact that it is actually hurting a few people by them knowing this is not a real game that they will ever get to play (lol), as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. Yes, it is that good:
Created by Casen Sperry, Mike Brown and Landon Sperry using 3ds Max, vray, and FumeFX!
The Kart Awakens! This video took us much longer to complete than we initially thought it would, but we learned a HECK of a lot along the way! Mario Kart and Star Wars just go together so perfectly now! We didn’t even realize it before, but now we can’t live without it. This game needs to be made! Super Mario Star Wars is an absolute necessity!
Brace yourself for a next level 80’s Star Wars lightsaber duel between Clare Grant, Rileah Vanderbilt and Alison Haislip.
Star Wars creator George Lucas, actor Mark Hamill, and sound designer Ben Burtt discuss the conceptual and technical aspects of the most famous movie weapon of all time, the lightsaber.
‘May the fourth be with you’ is a popular pun spoken by most Star Wars fans on this day. Other fans may not say much, but you just watch them close! They could be using Force persuasion to delude your senses:
I must be getting old. Finding office stationary more exciting than a gallery of slave Leia girls should be of concern to many a fanboy. Pretty sweet X-wing though, right?
WIZARD! The full-blown, not-blown-at-all, no-budget remake of the cult phenomenon sci-fi opera epic STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE is available for your viewing pleasure in all its entirety, online for free!
Here’s the run down – all around the world Star Wars fans were given the opportunity, the power, the privilege to retell and take part in this epic swede-ish project.
A New Hope was broken into 472 clips all 15 seconds in length. Fans/individuals/teams then reserved their moment in Star Wars history and went about recreating their clip however they wanted, be it animation or live action, CGI or miniatures, actors or geometrically shaped inanimate objects, high-production value or crap-house.
The whole thing is a confusing mess (obviously the point to its charm) and breaks every single gosh-darn cinematic rule ever established through history, but it looks fun and certainly comes with a lot of force:
I’m glad to hear the original score was kept; it binds the piece together. Anyone keen for a marathon then?
Who knew Serenity was in possession of Han Solo’s carbonated body? Fellow geekdom blogger Amy Ratcliffe did! She discovered this gem and shared her finding on her blog Geek With Curves, but I suspect she may have been tipped off by Boba Fett himself:
Heart of Gold – Han Solo in Firefly
Objects in Space – look to the left of Book on the counter
The Message – look above Kaylee’s hammock on the top right
Apparently, the props department jokingly added the statue on set, as the show’s star Nathan Fillion is a big Star Wars fan, and in a bunch of cases, the statue was never caught or removed before filming began. [more]
“There’s a rumor that there’s one hidden in every episode, but these are the only ones I could dig up. It makes me extraordinarily happy to know about this hidden gem in the Firefly ‘verse.” – Amy
Cartoonist Adam Watson imagines what it would be like if Dr. Seuss wrote Star Wars. Watson’s art is good, but it’s the prose that really ties things together. I’d own it already if this was a whole book, you will see what I mean after you take a look:
This is a little project that, as is often the case, started off as a throwaway doodle. With a little encouragement from my friend Tom Dougherty, I turned it into several drawings.
What’s fun is that the Star Wars universe really blends with the goofy, strangely-named world of Dr. Seuss pretty easily. I have a couple more of these up my sleeve which I hope I can get around to soon. Stay tuned, and enjoy!
Nice; I Do I Do!
Nerds don’t do yoga, do they? Mock-ups by Matthew Latkiewicz and he totally nails it:
Nice, but I’ll wait for the Star Wars Kama Sutra 😉
Improv Everywhere, impressing unsuspecting bystanders since a long time ago in a subway car far, far away… New York to be exact:
Some totally planted insiders on the car with them pretending to act surprised, but for the most part, they don’t take away from how neat and funny it would have been to see this take place:
I love this video but can’t put my finger on why — A would-be drudgery drive made beautiful:
An experimental take on driving turns multiple trips on the same road into a transcendant experience. Music by Supreme Fiction
I’ve waited two years to see the full version finally online again. Thanks Ahree Lee.
Colours, Lights and Imagination. How can this not be one of the coolest things on the planet! Great track too: “The Bird And The Bee – Again & Again“
I love the Elephant!
Hubert de Lartigue/a Star Wars fan made an X-Wing Model and the Millennium Falcon using Paris Metro Tickets:
Ok, so, I’m a guy and this word that I’m about to use really doesn’t mean a thing to me, but for some reason; the word “cute” describes this type of crap really well.
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I love love love Bird and the the Bee. They have such a cool sound:
from 梦游 Sleepwalker, released March 25, 2026
SY3 (pronounced ‘sigh’) is a new project from LA-based Chinese-American artists Kelly Guan, Alex Ho, and Phil Cho. The trio started working on music together in 2023 after connecting over a shared love of Hong Kong New Wave cinema, Cantonese pop songs, r&b, and melody-driven dance music.
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A little self-promotion, because I’ve always loved fashion and the future: I wrote a short-story that includes a section about a character wearing a jacket laced with technology:
Art imitating art imitating art, or just a neat idea shared by multiple dreamers? I don’t recieve a royalty, but should you wish to own a copy: https://a.co/d/00pPbK4p
Concept / Fan-Art by @chloemarsters
Perfume, iconic for blending electronic-dance music with precise choreography, high-tech live performances, and futuristic fashion, has a documentary set for release May 15.
It centres on the group’s last live arena performance before their public announcement to take a “cryosleep” hiatus from it all, at a defining crossroads in their career:
Perfume announced in an official statement last September 2025 that in 2026, they would take a temporary break to concentrate on their personal lives:
The center of all Perfume activities lies in our live shows.
We have given out everything to share that time and place together and resonate with you. Every show, we went up on stage thinking this might be the last time the miracle happened and ignited our hearts.
Time spent with you means the world to us.
“Marking our shining legacy in history”. This has always been one of Perfume’s dreams.
To capture this moment that we can proudly call a “shining legacy”, we have decided to put Perfume to cryosleep starting 2026.
No matter what shape or form, as the three of us, we will forever be Perfume.
To spend many more years together, to become better and more sophisticated Perfume, to face new challenges, we have decided to pause our milestone.We have continued to improve and polish ourselves every day for the past 25 years so we are always ready to go as Perfume and this break will be the time that we, for the first time, will face our lives as individuals to find the new us. We have never experienced a time like this, nor have we never even thought about something like this so we will probably start with rehab. LOL But the three of us all agreed that we are ready to face that challenge.
Many beautiful landscapes we created together will continue to push us forward and if we ever feel down, we’re sure that they will keep shining upon us. We appreciate every one of you who has supported us thus far, from the bottom of our hearts.
Since we came this far without taking a break as Perfume, we hope you support our decision to give ourselves little break time. Please continue to lend us your support as we chase our new dreams.
We are doing all this just to come back as “new Perfume.” We all want to be more powerful than ever so we would be delighted if you could kindly look forward to that day when we meet again.
Rest is a healthy and good thing to want, and having a documentary to bookend a long and successful career is a neat thing for the fans.
Ending this post with “Spring of Life” (2012) seems appropriate.
Have a good slumber🧴✨🌸 all the best!!!!
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Ginger Root is the indie music project of singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Cameron Lew, who describes the sound of Ginger Root as “aggressive elevator soul.” I feel it. I took a deep dive into this cat’s YouTube page and holy wow, his creative output has been phenomenal from the jump. Dylan Hovis on bass and Matt Carney on drums join Cameron Lew when performing live, making appearances in videos as well.
SHINBANGUMI released on 13 September 2024, and coinciding with the release of each single was a narrative-driven music video, conceived as a serialised story.
Presented in a classic CRT television 4:3 aspect ratio and washed in VHS fuzz, SHINBANGUMI follows the exploits of a young music supervisor in 1987 Shōwa era Japan, being fired, going independent to start his own TV company—Ginger Root Productions—and gaining popularity, while his former employer—JubanTV—tries to thwart his rising success.
It is very entertaining, funny, and cool.
I am un/fashionably late to the Ginger Root party, but here is SHINBANGUMI lovingly compiled into a single short film, freely presented for our listening and viewing pleasure:
Neat, huh? Great casting! It has since been picked up by Adult Swim, and aired on Toonami. My next opinion may sound like shade and/or high-praise, but it’s really an observation: Ginger Root’s SHINBANGUMI is better than Gorillaz’s “The Mountain, The Moon Cave and The Sad God.” I said it. Scope. Effort. Execution. Entertainment. Many hands make light work special. I love seeing people as characters give a performance.
A few prelude segments missing from the movie above:
Had fun discovering these, one video at a time. Can see his interest in aesthetic was present in the early stages of Ginger Root. Personal favs: “Weather” & “Mahjong Room”
Stay city.
The world of Gorillaz has been brought to life in an 8-minute animated film, an homage to the aesthetic of animated features from the 1960s, the golden era of 2D animation.
Directed by Jamie Hewlett @hewll, Max Taylor @maxtaylordesign & Tim McCourt @tim_mccourt at The Line animation studio @thelineanimation.
“If particular visuals couldn’t be achieved in that era, then we didn’t do them. We processed our digital pencil work to mimic photocopy degradation. We scanned real paintings at high resolution and finished the details digitally. It was about capturing the tactile quality that only real materials give you.”
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“In a time of AI overload, this is our love letter to craftsmanship. We’re chasing the feel of pencil on paper. Paint on board. And all the imperfections that come with it.”
-Max Taylor
And to think, we could have had a full-length Gorillaz animated film in 2023 had Netflix not cancelled it.
Throwback to 2018 where The Line studio handled animations for Gorillaz music video “Humility” featuring Jack Black:
This short tidbit of information might trip some fans:
Perfume’s ふめつのあなた / Fumetsu no Anata is a beautiful song, paired with a beautiful music video. Released on Valentine’s Day, Fumetsu no Anata is a fragrant love letter and, in my humble opinion, Perfume’s magnum opus:
I’m not crying, you are! 😭
Serendipitously co-aligning with Perfume’s surprise drop marking this year’s Hallmark occasion, predictively almost; a massive J-Pop fan with a cool blog who makes J-Pop audio mashups created this sweet R&B throwback using Perfume “Chocolate Disco” (2007) and Destiny’s Child “Cater 2 U” (2005), and it works:
🎼 SONG CREDITS “Chocolate Disco” Written by Yasutaka Nakata Produced by Yasutaka Nakata Performed by Perfume ℗ 2008 AMUSE Inc. | “Cater 2 U” Written by Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Rodney Jerkins, Ric Rude, Robert Waller Produced by Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins & Ric Rude for Darkchild.com & Beyoncé Knowles for Music World Productions, Inc. Performed by Destiny’s Child ℗ 2004 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Currently on a free Vercel server, MTV Rewind is a passion project operating on the edge of capacity; a guerilla archival project built by the developer Flex (@flexasaurusrex), this fan-made “time machine” has resurrected the channel’s original spirit.
MTV Rewind is a staggering database of 33,931 music videos spanning six decades (1970s–2020s), presented without the glossy sheen of modern streaming services — enjoy:
The manifesto on the splash screen is a direct indictment of the modern web:
No ads.
No algorithm.
No login.
Just pure random discovery.
LIT-B carries the same eccentric DNA as DITB does, but with more focus on a specific kind of content. The lateral pivot of where I spend my time is healthy for me, and is refreshing my goals. Wherever you are in the World, remember to have fun, and take care of yourself. Let’s make 2026 a special kind of year 💪✍️
Also, for archival purposes of course: ditb.bandcamp.com
New album, “Private Music”, coming august 22, 2025
I wrote a flash piece for a flash, pop culture journal dedicated to film, TV, music videos, celebritism, and moving image media on the things we like to watch — please check them out and follow!
https://www.inthemoodmagazine.com
In The Mood publish triannually, so watch for their themed submission windows, should you have something fun and interesting to pitch/share (Gabrielle & Sennah, thanx)
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