Category: The Arts

Web by Joe WilcoxApr 21, 201010:35 pm

Downfall’s Downfall

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If you can view the video clip above, Vimeo has not been compelled to take it down. Gulp, yet. The clip, using new subtitles, is from “Der Untergang“—”The Downfall: Hitler and the End of the Third Reich”. I rented the captivating German film from Nextflix in August 2005. In the original scene, Hilter learns that he has lost the war. Its revision is one of the most successful and visible Internet memes of the last half decade. The scene has been repeatedly parodied, replacing the subtitles so that Hitler rages about something else.

Photo by Joe WilcoxApr 19, 201010:49 am

A Heavy Burden

Yesterday, I sat around a photography studio for about three hours, while my daughter had portfolio pics taken. This painting of Jesus Christ’s crucifixion intrigued me, in part because of the surroundings. I actually don’t […]

The Arts by Joe WilcoxMar 1, 20107:00 pm

Ted’s Birthday Bash

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EjuEx95u3Y] Those rascals at Improv Everywhere are at it again, this time picking a random person in a bar and throwing him a birthday party. Chris is suddenly Ted, with 30 so-called friends […]

Living by Joe WilcoxJan 5, 20103:32 am

Stuck in Newark Airport

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQeG1kaddsw] I agree 100 percent. “Maybe there is hope for our ever-increasingly isolated and anti-social (no, Facebook is making us less social) society after all”, nmook.

The Arts by Joe WilcoxJul 30, 20099:27 pm

Hillywood’s ‘Twilight’

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MKz0gkcgAo] The last post is my interview with The Hillywood Show. Here is their video parody of “Twilight”. It’s funny and well-directed and edited. Sisters Hilly and Hannah are talented, indeed. I can’t […]

People by Joe WilcoxJul 30, 20099:20 pm

The Hillywood Show

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wl30rTR1nY] Among my 17 Comic-Con 2009 interviews: The Hillywood Show players, featuring sisters Hilly and Hannah. These girls are young, motivated and talented. The website is engaging, and they connect to all the […]

People by Joe WilcoxJul 27, 20096:30 pm

Tokidoki Means ‘Sometimes’

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F7Lrvc5VT4] I posted my first video from Comic-Con 2009, with Tokidoki Creator Simone Legno. You don’t know what is Tokidoki? Check out Simone’s Website. Tokidoki means “sometimes” in Japanese. Simone is Italian. Could […]

The Arts by Joe WilcoxMar 20, 20097:48 pm

Subway Art Gallery

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6NU5K3k8Xo] What better disruptive improvisation than an art gallery on a subway platform?

The Arts by Joe WilcoxMay 22, 20089:15 pm

21 Accents

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UgpfSp2t6k] She’s not English, but American—and amazing. Her accents go so oddly together.

The Arts by Joe WilcoxApr 4, 20088:21 pm

Can I Have a Napkin, Please?

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkYZ6rbPU2M] Improv Everywhere brings music and mayhem to a Los Angeles shopping mall. Their performance and the food court go oh-so oddly together.

Music by Joe WilcoxJul 11, 20066:09 pm

Mutual of Yamaha

I took the day off from work (a rather rare action), for a family day. I’m out of town on business two days this week and another two days next week, and then my wife will be away for three weeks at a church workshop. Who ever said that only kids go to summer camp?

I also used the time to buy and set up a Yamaha YDP-213 electronic piano, from Music & Arts Center. My daughter and I have both committed to learn to play the piano.

The Arts by Joe WilcoxApr 18, 20064:04 pm

Nyokki

Couple weeks back, my daughter and I discovered cute egg pet plant Nyokki on one of the Japanese retail Websites. We almost ordered one, if not for shipping that would have cost more than the […]