Jeffree Star YouTube digest
10 videos this week, although a few had to be split into two parts due to YouTube's 10-minute limit. Thus far, 61 people have apparently decided my videos are worth subscribing to—presumably so they can seize the opportunity to call me a faggot immediately after I post a new one.
First, a response to an editorial, exploring the nature of holidays and the influence of religion on morality and behavior:
Re: Angie Vogt, atheist display (1 of 2) (12 Dec)
Re: Angie Vogt, atheist display (2 of 2) (12 Dec)
Next, a selection of some of the best comments I've received: Feedback from my fans! (13 Dec)
Then, I address The View's unfortunate proclivity for allowing idiots to pontificate on topics they know nothing about: The argument from purses (14 Dec)
Following that, I identify a couple of bugs that have been popping up on YouTube: YouTube glitches (15 Dec)
A few people from #albinoblacksheep suggested I read some articles from EMPTV and post them as "lectures", so I uploaded The role of consciousness:
Epiphenomenalism (1 of 2) (15 Dec)
Later, I completely lost my shit over a "your"/"you're" error in a newspaper: SOUTHTOWN STAR: "YOU'RE" IDIOTS (15 Dec)
This next one is actually kind of interesting. Jeffree Star, an "internet celebrity" famous for dressing like the unholy spawn of the Joker and Hello Kitty, has over 900,000 MySpace "friends"—I guess there really is an audience for everyone. He somehow managed to get a record deal with Warner (as if we needed any more evidence of the terminal decline of the music industry), and now the garbage electro-pop he calls music is available on CD at a Hot Topic near you. When I was exposed to this aural holocaust, I noticed that he effectively raped "Moving in Stereo" by The Cars for use in one of his songs. Naturally, I had to make a video about it, like the one about Timbaland ripping off 8-bit music from a Finn. The result: probably the most ridiculous case the Internet Detectives have ever taken on.
Jeffree Star: Cupcakes Taste Like Violence, Moving in Stereo (17 Dec)
Seriously, it's hilarious that someone intentionally worked on making his music sound even shittier. This is actually the first video I've ever edited—the rest are done in one take, without any sort of processing—which also afforded me the opportunity to fully utilize YouTube's widescreen capability. I knew absolutely nothing about editing video before I started on this one, but I figured out what I needed to know over the course of a couple hours. It's essentially just a PowerPoint presentation in video form, and I'll have to learn a lot more before I can start doing anything really fancy. All in all, I think it turned out satisfactory.
Also, Sony Vegas 8 Pro is an excellent video editing program with a very gentle learning curve, a bit like Audacity with some PowerPoint thrown in. There are a great number of simple Vegas tutorials available on YouTube; Bill Myers' are among the best. I wholeheartedly recommend this program.
Oh, and I managed to get one more video in. It's about trains and stupid people, an awesome combination: Hit by a train: How? (18 Dec)
Anyway, I have a searing headache, so I think I'll try to fall asleep before I throw up.
Expect a video about that, too.