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My RTV guide this week featured a web-channel called Network Awesome which offers quality content mined from YouTube vids. Well worth to check up on IMO.
From what I gathered it all started modestly with a YouTube page still available here: _http://www.youtube.com/user/NetworkAwesomeShow and has grown exponentially ever since.
From their About page _http://networkawesome.com/page/about/
To get a quick overview of some of their content I've copied part of the letter A from their archive page: _http://networkawesome.com/archive/
A review from the Globe and Mail August 22, 2012 can be seen here (click to enlarge): _http://www.queuedebeton.com/cockrock/NewTube-GlobeandMail.jpg
I just started to dig into all this but I didn't want to wait any longer to inform you about the existence of this goldmine.
I'm sure there will be something for everyone in there... :)
From what I gathered it all started modestly with a YouTube page still available here: _http://www.youtube.com/user/NetworkAwesomeShow and has grown exponentially ever since.
From their About page _http://networkawesome.com/page/about/
FOUNDED BY A LAPTOP-ROCKER AND A NEUROSCIENTIST
Network Awesome was conceived and designed by Jason Forrest (the Laptop-Rocker) and was made real with the aid of Greg Sadetsky (the Neuroscientist.) Network Awesome launched on January 1, 2011 and since then has expanded at an amazing rate, with more than 26,000+ individual curated videos and 3,500+ films, docs, video collections which have been watched more than 1,000,000 times.
Inspired by the legendary Z Channel Magazine, we launched Network Awesome Magazine (_http://networkawesome.com/mag/) in March 2011 edited by Ben Gray. Since then we’ve published more than 300 long-form articles, reviews, and heck, even poems about our content. We think of it as kind of a cultural studies journal - that is, we put a high priority on historical context as an interpretive tool. Especially when it comes to old, foreign and/or obscure media, we believe in research as a way of coming to understand it. For example, the film Fantastic Planet is wonderful, but it's much much richer if you know that it's a response to the Russian suppression of Czech reforms in the late 60s.
TV AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE
Broadcast TV has changed for the worse and isn’t getting any better - we offer something different. Network Awesome mines the resources of YouTube to bring you treasures vast and plentiful, packaged and gift-wrapped in an easier-to-watch format. Unlike regular TV, this will not melt your brain. Instead, it causes you to re-think what TV can and should offer you.
TV FOR FUN PEOPLE
Network Awesome is a real TV network located online. It’s free, it's not full of junk and it broadcasts new shows each day. We also produce original content focusing on music, fitness, the internet, and culture - but that's coming soon.
Our archives are stand-alone repositories of media, available anytime and are, like, totally social so you can share it with your friends. Root around in there! You’ll be amazed at what you find.
WE ARE CURATORS, NOT COLLECTORS
Everyone talks about “curating” but few sites actually do it successfully. All of our videos are curated by a person, not an algorithm (in our opinion algorithm’s suck - they don't know what’s funny, interesting, over-looked or just plain cool). We curate everything from the clips that make up a show, to the shows themselves, to the days of the week. We even curate special events like our Women of Punk Week, The Salute To Drugs, and The Films of Jean-Luc Godard.
The archive itself is a living thing. Videos go up and down and that’s fine with us. We only want to show videos that people want to share. If something goes down from YouTube it goes down from Network Awesome. We only embed videos that everyone can watch in the US, UK, Germany, and France. We do not claim any proprietary rights over any curated programming.
To get a quick overview of some of their content I've copied part of the letter A from their archive page: _http://networkawesome.com/archive/
Art - Sounds From A Town I Love (Woody Allen, 2001)
Art - "Selling the Painting" (from Eric Rohmer's "Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle")
Art - (?) Café Flesh - Various Scenes (1982)
Art - 10 Bullets (Tom Sachs)
Art - A Family Finds Entertainment (Ryan Trecartin,2004)
Art - Aatomik Ja Jommid (1970)
Art - Alice In Wonderland (1903)
Art - Alive From Off Center
Art - Arnold Schoenberg’s 1909 op. 11 (Cory Arcangel, 2009)
Art - Asparagus (Suzan Pitt, 1978)
Art - Big Tim (1959)
Art - Bikini Atol & Journey to Orion
Art - Butterfly (Andrei Khrzhanovskiy, 1972)
Art - Cameraman's Revenge (Ladislaw Starewicz, 1912)
Art - Cat Soup (ねこぢる草 Nekojiru-So)
Art - Chainsaw Maid
Art - Chott-el-Djerid (Bill Viola, 1979)
Art - Christoph Doering: 3302 – Taxi Film (1979)
Art - Chumlum (Ron Rice, 1964)
Art - Contact (Vladimir Tarasov, 1978)
Art - Cosmic Cartoon (Steven Lisberger, 1973)
Art - Cow on the Moon (Dusan Vukotic, 1959)
Art - Crass: Christ The Movie
Art - Cruel Illness of Men (Igor Aleinikov, 1989)
Art - Cyrk (Haupe, 1954)
Art - David Byrne & Robert Wilson: The Knee Plays (1988)
Art - David Hockney on Andy Warhol's TV
Art - Destination Earth (1956)
Art - Diskjockey (Jiri Barta, 1980)
ART - Eames Lounge Chair Debut in 1956 on NBC
Art - Emak-Bakia (Man Ray, 1926)
Art - EXO (Gatekeeper & Tabor Robak, 2012)
Art - Facts and Figures - Or, Whatever Happened to Dick (1970)
Art - Fast Film (Virgil Widrich, 2003)
ART - Fernand Leger, Dudley Murphy: Ballet Mecanique (1924)
Art - Frankenweenie (Tim Burton, 1984)
Art - Franz Kafka (1992)
Art - Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life
Art - Gelitin: Insects (1998)
Art - General Idea - Shut The Fuck Up (parts I, II, & III)
Art - Gerald McBoing-Boing (Robert Cannon, 1950)
Art - Giocattoli Futuristi/Futurists Toys (Claudio Castelli, 2007)
Art - Gone with the Wind (Alexander Tatarsky, 1999)
Art - Guns in Film Noir (2007)
Art - Hakimiyet (2007)
ART - Hans Richter: Vormittagsspuk (Ghosts for Breakfast), 1928
Art - Heavy Metal Drummer (2005)
Art - Herakles (Werner Herzog, 1962)
Art - High Rise (2012)
Art - Hobo Clown (Allison Schulnik)
Art - Hold Me While I'm Naked (1966)
Art - House (Charles & Ray Eames)
Art - How 50's Housewives Did It
Art - Hypn-eroto-machia (Andrey Svislotsky, 1991)
Art - Invisible Hands (Richard Scala)
Art - Invocation of My Demon Brother (Kenneth Anger, 1969)
Art - Jean Cocteau - The Blood Of A Poet (1930)
Art - Jefferson Circus Songs (Suzan Pitt, 1975)
Art - Jim Henson: The Cube (1969)
Art - Join the Freedom Force (Martha Colburn)
Art - K-CoreaINC.K (section a) (Ryan Trecartin, 2009)
Art - Kiss (Andy Warhol, 1963)
Art - Klaabu Kosmoses (1981)
Art - Kraftwerk Autobahn (1979, Mainwood)
Art - La Demoiselle et le Violoncelliste (Jean-François Laguionie, 1964)
Art - La Faim (Hunger) (Peter Foldes, 1974)
Art - Labyrinth labyrinthos (Rintaro, 1987)
Art - Le Ballet Mécanique (Fernand Leger, 1924)
Art - Le Statues Meurent Aussi (Resnais & Marker, 1953)
Art - Leos Janacek (Brothers Quay, 1983)
Art - Les Astronautes (Borowczyk & Marker, 1959)
Art - Les Passagers de la Grande Ourse (Grimault - 1941)
Art - Les Trois Inventeurs (1980) by Michel Ocelot
Art - Lichtspiel Opus I (Walter Ruttmann)
Art - Ludwig Van (Mauricio Kagel, 1969)
Art - Martha Rosler Reads Vogue (1982)
Art - Maya Deren - The Very Eye Of The Night (1950)
Art - Mechanical Principles (Ralph Steiner, 1930)
Art - Meet Me, Jesus (Walter Ungerer, 1966)
Art - Melodrama Sacramentral (Jodorowsky et al, 1965)
Art - Meredith Monk: 16 Millimeter Earrings (1979)
Art - Metachaos (2010)
Art - Mike Leigh : 5 Minute Films
Art - Monster Movie (Takeshi Murata, 2005)
Art - Moon Rock (George Dunning, 1970)
Art - Mountian Music (Will Vinton, 1975)
Art - Mummy's Favourite Shoes (2007)
Art - Nam June Paik & Ryuichi Sakamoto - All Star Video (1984)
Art - Nightmare (Takashi Nakamura, 1987)
Art - Nixon In China (Opera, 1987)
Art - Norman McLaren: 4 Musical Shorts from the 1940s
Art - O moda, moda! (Oh Fashion, Fashion! 1968)
Art - Outer Space (Tscherkassky, 1999)
Art - Passionless Moments (Jane Campion, 1983)
Art - Paul Granjon
Art - Paul McCarthy: Painter (1995)
Art - Pilgrimage (Werner Herzog, 2001)
Art - Rabbits (David Lynch, 2002)
Art - Rahsaan Roland Kirk & John Cage - Sound??
Art - Ray & Charles Eames - The Powers Of Ten (1968)
Art - Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives - 1 - The Park (Privacy Rules)
ART - Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives - 2 - The Supermarket (Famous People)
ART - Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives - 3 - The Bank (Victimless Crime)
ART - Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives - 4 - The Bar (Differences)
ART - Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives - 5 - The Living Room (The Solutions)
ART - Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives - 6 - The Church (After the Fact)
ART - Robert Ashley - Perfect Lives - 7 - The Backyard (T'Be Continued)
Art - Samuel Beckett: Not I (1973)
Art - Schody/Stairs (Stefan Schabenbeck, 1969)
Art - Science Friction (Stan Vanderbeek, 1959)
Art - Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"
Art - Shohei Imamura 9/11 Short Film
Art - Sibling Topics (Ryan Trecartin, 2009)
Art - Six Men Getting Sick (David Lynch, 1966)
Art - Snow (Geoffrey Jones, 1963)
Art - Solipsist (Andrew Huang, 2012)
Art - Something Happened (1987)
Art - Sound??? (1966-67)
Art - Soviet Toys (Dziga Vertov, 1924)
Art - Spanky: To the Pier and Back
Art - Stan Brakhage - Delicacies Of Molten Horror Synapse (1990)
Art - Surogat (Dusan Vukotic, 1961)
Art - Telephone
Art - Telephones (Christian Marclay, 1995)
Art - The Absent Minded Waiter (Steve Martin, 1977)
Art - The Boredoms 77 Drums (2007)
Art - The Crisp Chronicles
Art - The Eagleman Stag (Michael Please, 2010)
Art - The Frog, the Dog, and the Devil (1986)
Art - The Grandmother (David Lynch, 1970)
Art - The Gun Is Loaded (Lydia Lunch, 1988-1989)
Art - The Haircut (Tamar Simon Hoffs)
Art - The Insect's Christmas (1913)
Art - The Little Island (Richard Williams, 1958)
Art - The Mind's Eye (1990)
Art - The Mongreloid (George Kuchar, 1978)
Art - The Red Balloon (1956)
Art - The Responsive Eye (Brian De Palma, 1966)
Art - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Larry Jordan, 1977)
Art - The Seventh Skol
Art - The Tale Of A Fairy (Karl Lagerfeld, 2011)
Art - The Telephone Box (1972)
Art - The Trip (1967)
Art - The Village Church (Dreyer, 1947)
Art - The Way Things Go (Fischli & Weiss, 1987)
Art - The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz (1910)
Art - There once was a dog (Eduard Nazarov, 1982)
Art - Three Monks (1980)
Art - Three Short Films by Cioni Carpi (1960-1962)
Art - To Kill a Dead Man (1994)
Art - Tokuten Eizou Anthology No. 1 (Tadanori Yokoo, 1964)
Art - Tokyo 1958 (Hiroshi Teshigahara)
Art - True West (1982, Sam Shepard, Gary Sinise & John Malkovich)
Art - Two Cars, One Night (2003)
Art - Two Short Films by Eino Ruutsalo
Art - Vampires in Havana (Juan Padron, 1985)
Art - Vampires of Geona & The Masters of Geona (Gennady Tishchenko)
Art - Vasarely (Kassovitz/Xenakis, 1960)
Art - Very Nice, Very Nice (Arthur Lipsett, 1962)
Art - Vesna (Yevgeny Yufit, 1987)
Art - Video Art 1976-1991 (Dean Winkler)
Art - Wavelength (Michael Snow, 1967)
Art - When the Wind Blows
Art - Where Evil Dwells (David Wojnarowicz ,1985)
Art - White Morning (Teshigahara, 1965)
Art - World of Glory (Roy Andersson, 1991)
Art - Yayoi Kusama: Self Obliteration (1967)
Art - Yellow Cake (2009)
Art - 自主制作アニメーション (The TV Show, Kousuke Sugimoto)
A review from the Globe and Mail August 22, 2012 can be seen here (click to enlarge): _http://www.queuedebeton.com/cockrock/NewTube-GlobeandMail.jpg
I just started to dig into all this but I didn't want to wait any longer to inform you about the existence of this goldmine.
I'm sure there will be something for everyone in there... :)
