If you’ve been to the Dallas Wind Symphony site lately you’ve seen the viral-style YouTube ad on the main page featuring “Frank and Ludwig” in a decidedly low-tech campaign. I decided to try one myself but my devious sense of humor and irrepressible cynicism got in the way immediately. The result is definitely NOT ready for prime time:
Update (09/02/08): Well, the guys in the DWS office loved the video much to my surprise, so I reshot the video and it is posted on the DWS main page now.
Just returned from a fascinating trip through the Great American Midwest. We have now officially done South Dakota - been there, done that, got the cheap stamped brass Christmas ornament (we collect those). It’s funny how the journeys Grace and I take always seem to take on a theme of some kind. Something random happens and then we keep seeing related things again and again over the course of the trip…
We flew into Omaha and rented a nice Honda Odyssey van, picked up Dad & June and headed north; first to Sioux Falls and then straight west across the state to Deadwood. Dad popped in a Roger Miller CD along the way and we enjoyed the music, especially his goofy-yet-philosophical “You Can’t Roller Skate in a Buffalo Herd“. Little did we know that not only would we hear the tune again playing in the streets of Deadwood, but that we’d actually be *in* a buffalo herd less than 24 hours later!
Had some fun with my video editing software this weekend. Here’s a rockin’ fast-paced look at CJ & Carly’s wedding week in Vegas. I haven’t figured out how to letterbox the video on YouTube, so the aspect ratio is skewed.
