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Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive.
-Walt Disney

I once took a stop-motion class in high school; I had always been a fan, so it was cool to actually try it first hand. After finishing my final project-- a skateboarding Godzilla falling off a bridge, of all things-- I got a real understanding of just how complicated the process is. Below are five examples of people who were crazy enough to make two to five minute long videos in this style, which is definitely nothing to sneeze at

Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
I absolutely love the subtle beauty in this video. It actually took me a second viewing to really understand what was going on, which is pretty rare for music videos.

Shanandoah Davis - We; Camera
I tried to be friends with a bird once. Long story short, I needed about sixteen stitches.

Bright Eyes - Bowl Of Oranges
Who wouldn't want to grow their own boyfriend? Sure as hell beats meeting people online.

Smoosh - La Pump
As almost-creepy as it sounds, I'm a huge fan of these two teen girls. Especially when they incite revolutions!

Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs
The pigs in this video are just too cute, I want to gobble them up!

What do you get when you combine Tori Amos, Regina Spektor, and a handful of gingersnaps? Amanda (fucking) Palmer. Formerlly of the band The Dresden Dolls, she joined forces with Ben Folds (of all people) to go into a studio and flesh out her solo-project into a full fledged album. Not the sort to stop there, they promptly went about and filmed several videos for the first group of songs meant to be watched in a particular order-- already linked in spirit-- and released them for her fans to view.

Without further interuption, Who Killed Amanda Palmer?

Pt. 1, Intro

Pt. 2, Astronaut

Pt. 3, Ampersand

Pt. 4, Runs In The Family

Pt. 5, The Point Of It All

Pt. 6, Strength Through Music

Pt. 7, Guitar Hero

Pt. 8, Another Year (Credits)

Pt. 9, Everybody's Gotta Live (Epilogue)

What you're probably expecting to see, if you haven't seen it already: A movie about a flamboyant Austrian fashionista trying to strike it in the fashion industry, making fun of celebritards, and making people generally uncomfortable about gay folk. Bruno not what you expect ...

People will look at the ashes of Westerburg and say, "Now there's a school that self-destructed, not because society didn't care, but because the school was society."
- J.D., Heathers

School sucks. Hard. Everyone, from public schoolers to home schoolers can testify to this. You've got structured learning, crazy teachers, and general freefloating anxiety that infiltrates every aspect of your harmonal life-- let's relive that together!

And, by all means, feel free to buzz these journals, or suggest to be featured.

Missy Elliot, ft. Ludacris - Gossip Folks
I don't know about the rest of y'all, but those dance battles were the only thing that broke up the monotony of every day high school for me.

KillRadio - Do You Know (Knife In Your Back)
In an ironic twist of fate, this is the bands only single off their only label-released album, and it just so happens to perfectly fit what happened to them-- did you know they were on Colombia? No, because they got stabbed in the back and dropped.

Die Ärzte - Unrockbar
It can't be helped that some people really just need some old school schooling on how to be a rocker. No matter the cost. And don't worry if you can't understand them; it's not gibberish, they're German.

Amanda Palmer - Strength Through Music
First of two from Amanda Palmer, off her Who Killed Amanda Palmer video series. Fun fact: the opening narrator is from the flash series Strindberg + Helium.

Amanda Palmer - Guitar Hero
Second of two from the video series. If you haven't seen the rest of them, I totally insist you do. In fact, I may post the whole thing et al next week-- stay posted!

Did I miss any other great videos? Have a favorite video with a great theme? Comment or message me, and they just might show up on a list down the line! I swear, I watch every video you suggest.

I'm one of the winners of the Bruno Ticket Giveaway!! WOOO! I'm going with my older sister, and like whoever else won the contest. I'M SO EXCITED!

Not about the movie, but about making out with Panasonicyouth. Totally awesome.

"All the world's a stage,"
- Jaques, As you Like It by Shakespeare

Theatre. Where performance truly got it's start, and yet how we forget the humble beginnings of what turned into the peoples main source of entertainment. Well, not truly forgot. Below are five videos that assimilated traditional theater means for their videos, and totally rock more because of it.

The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist
Definitely ranks up there as one the most well controlled chaos videos out there. Fun fact: much of the samples are from the John Waters film, Polyester.

Moulin Rouge - Lady Marmalade
Somehow seeing four pop/R&B starlettes dressed as prostitutes doesn't surprise me, but... is Missy Elliot their pimp, or something?

Bjork - Bachelorette
One of the more ingenious collaberations between Bjork and director Michel Gondry. Try and count just how many ways this becomes a story within a story within a story-- it's in more ways than you think.

Tegan And Sara - Back In Your Head
One of the few videos that almost makes individuality seem like a bad thing!

Laura Marling - My Manic & I
A haunting song, a haunting tale, yet beautiful in it's unfolding.

Did I miss any other great videos? Have a favorite video with a great theme? Comment or message me, and they just might show up on a list down the line!

PS: The 5 A Week Music Video series is officially back on, after way too long of a downtime. Every weekend, expect more!