For the first Longshot Magazine I just submitted a story, and was thrilled when it was published. For the second one I helped choose the submissions and sit in while these whip-smart people buzzed and worked and talked around me. The second time was certainly more fulfilling.
Now there's a short documentary about that weekend. (I can be seen at minute 4:05 being allowed to "make a map" of the magazine.), and how it was made last summer. Last summer when I sat atop a roof where a hammock was strung and drank beer and memorized a skyline. This video not only takes me back to that weekend making something awesome, but back to New York, back to to last summer.
I'm so glad this video was made. Long live Longshot Magazine.
A long time ago on an internet forum I once frequented, a user posted a video he created. Below is that video. You should watch it because it is one of the best things ever on the internet ever:
If you didn't watch it, you really must. It's short, and if you're going to read any further, it is imperative that you watch the video. Go ahead. I'll wait.
Awesome.
This video is awesome. It's a perfect parody.
(It also captures the auteur David Lynch in rare form, cursing. Despite his films being as black as midnight on a moonless night, filled with weirdness and violence and plenty of shits, damns and fucks, the man himself rarely uses foul language. In fact, if you've ever seen interviews with him he has an Eagle scout, aw shucks demeanor that belies his macabre motion pictures.)
I asked the creator of the video if I could upload it to my YouTube account, I loved it that much. I credited him in the description by his forum handle because he did not want to be identified. He said that I could.
In three years that video has been seen 1,768,366 times. New comments are added daily. I wake up every day to new notifications from YouTube that someone else left a note. It became so popular that reporters began contacting me, wanting to know if I'd talk about the David Lynch/iPhone parody video I'd made.
After correcting those with inquiries, I asked the creator of the video if he wanted to talk to any newspaper or magazine reporters about the piece. He said no.
Once upon a time I moderated the comments that come in every day until I realized it would be a never-ending task. This video's popularity is going strong, as well it should.
It's one of the best thing ever on the internet ever:
