Rusted Gate

Soundtracks.

2008-02-18T16:42:00.002-05:00

After I upped the RAM in my computer and can run Premiere, I can't export with out my computer overheating and shutting down. So I'm musing in words.

In thinking about how I use music in my videos (and how I think about music in my life in general), I strive to find the appropriate match for the content and the audio. Yes, admittedly there are literal connections (I just baked a cake for the cafe and the audio was "Dark Chocolate" by Dan Bern), but much more often I try to form a more visceral link between visual and audio.

Why visceral? Hmm... my own reaction to music is a visceral one. I feel strong associations when I hear certain songs.

On my walk into town today I was flipping through my ipod in a playlist called "room in a house." "room in a house" is a playlist of songs that I dream of hearing when I live in this imaginary apartment or house. I could tell you about the structural features of the space, but more important is the feeling of the whole thing. Some songs include "Sweet Harmony" by Maria Muldaur, "On the Fiddle" by Paul Curreri, "For You Only" by Rachel Ries, "Shelter from the Storm" by Bob Dylan. While I associate all those songs with this dream I have, they all have separate associations. The above four: a summer evening on my parents' deck, shopping at the farmer's market in Dublin, October in Montpelier with my kitten, and driving to high school when I was 17.

and all those also make me think of my future home.

The interesting part of this story is that those songs do carry associations with this dream I have but also with a variety of other moments in my life. Maybe a song's association is:

15% the first time I heard it
55% percent the first time I attached to it,
20% a pivotal moment I experienced while listening to this song, and
10% the small inklings I have about listening to the song in the future.

That does equal 100% right?

That's kind of how I hear music. When I choose a song to go along with a video, it can be an immediate association, or it can take days of thinking and listening to get the right combination. Just for my ears because when I don't want to mess around with a particular previous association.

Hmm... maybe when I pair a video with a song, I'll start listing where the song association came from.

after dinner.

2008-02-06T12:07:00.001-05:00

a series of moments.

2007-10-19T17:59:00.001-05:00

typically short. typically still. typically one take.

moment no. 0

moment no. 1

moment no. 2

moment no. 3

moment no. 4

moment no. 5

moment no. 6

moment no. 7

moment no. 8

Garden Building

2007-08-12T15:06:00.001-05:00

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the groundbreaking/planting of the Archibald Neighborhood Garden, by members of the Grow Team ONE. While this video is quite delayed, I'm happy to say that the garden is now in its full glory! Check it out!

music is greg brown. place is Archibald Neighborhood Garden. people are movers, shakers, and growers.

Tags: timebank, garden, grow team, burlington, one

the Timebanking - Videoblogging Connection

2007-07-24T20:59:00.001-05:00

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we want to videoblog! we want to teach people to videoblog! we want timebank members to videoblog! we want the timebank to have video posts that depict our transactions! we want the timebank to have videos about our members!

this is the deal. we need a camera to make this happen to rent out to our members. we will be fundraising soon to make this happen. help us reach our vlogging goal!

melissa talks about why videoblogging just makes sense in our timebank. it was filmed way back in February when all this talk began to happen.

stay tuned for more timebank-vlogging news from Karolyn!

music used with permission of possum haw.

Tags: burlington timebank, vlog, community, video, vermont

mmm... digestion.

2007-06-21T13:04:00.001-05:00

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nyam, nyam, nyam. meet stinky, the house-cat lawn mower.

and meet my new camera.

music is thegratefuldead. place is amy and rob's backyard. and the cat.

Tags: burlington, cat, lawn, summer

this one's for you, grandma.

2007-06-19T19:44:00.001-05:00

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Hope you're watching!

music is the beatles.

Tags: family

at the waterfront.

2007-06-17T22:10:00.001-05:00

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I'm in burlington, yesiree... been on my bike a whole lot, despite it being "unsafe to ride."Â I've got lots to show, I suppose.Â I'll get on that.

music is janis joplin. place burlington, vt. people is the ol' ten speed.

Tags: burlington, summer, waterfront, bicycle, vermont

nothing special, just a music video.

2007-06-07T10:34:00.001-05:00

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the goings-on of graduation weekend. I feel obliged to post this... I just finished schooling after all. Featured are my family in all sorts, the ceremony, an after dinner (tasting a maple martini)... and every video I have of bennington.

and now I'm in burlington and there are surely more to come.

music is r.e.m. place is bennington for the last. people are my family, sophie, jacob, and lots of alana's back.

Tags: bennington, spring, graduation, seniors, family, friends

normal for my age

2007-06-05T20:23:00.001-05:00

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this is my final project for a class entitled (Re)Presenting Culture, and introduction to ethnographic film. I collaborated with three high school students from central Vermont, posed the question "show me your life", and used their collected footage to edit a final video.

I believe strongly in subject-generated media. This video doesn't truely realize this goal, however, by the many minutes of footage that each student captured and how differently each of them depicted themselves, I feel like this was a step in the right direction. My only hope was that they feel justly represented (not truely, just through my own perspective) and perhaps a little empowered to continue exploring self-representation.

I'd certainly appreciate any dialogue on this video. And thank you for the patience it takes to view it.Â

Tags: bennington, course, anthropology, high school, students, ethnography

moment no. 08

2007-06-05T12:40:00.001-05:00

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music is bow thayer. place is pompanuck farm in the rain. people are becca and jonathan.

Tags: bennington, moment, dancing, rain

the final dance.

2007-06-05T11:41:00.001-05:00

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a senior dance performance on the admissions office porch. re-edited. choreography by ava heller.

music is prefuse 73. place is bennington. people are amy, eric, emma, and ava.

Tags: bennington, dance, dancing, spring

motor bike.

2007-05-29T14:05:00.001-05:00

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my first ride on a motor bike, thanks to barrett's visit this past weekend. and yes I know the adjective should be addictive, but that sounds a like a drug. this was just the most perfect evening to go for a ride.

I'm hooked.

music is nick drake. place is 'round north b. people are mr. jones.

le fin.

2007-05-29T13:28:00.001-05:00

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the last sophie and joanna party ever. dress to impress. black tie. end of the ice cream parlor.

music is charlie hunter & leon parker. place is the one and only ice cream parlor in north b. people are the one and only bennington kids.

Tags: bennington, ice cream parlor, party, friends, seniors, graduation

senior-itis

2007-05-29T13:05:00.001-05:00

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the senior dinner. was a drag. I was more interested in the table arrangement.

music is claudia gomez. place is bennington. people were not too important.

Tags: bennington, seniors, graduation, spring

sun fest?

2007-05-29T12:25:00.001-05:00

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sun fest in the rain. of course.Â

music is mum. place is campus. people are sophie, jacob, maya.

Tags: bennington, sunfest, rain, spring

never knew it was there.

2007-05-19T16:53:00.001-05:00

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sophie and I went for a walk in a place we never knew was there. a gorgeous day in may when things get perfect.

music is devon sproule. place is behind mile around woods. people is sophie.

Tags: walking, woods, bennington, grass

gallery opening.

2007-05-19T16:44:00.001-05:00

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the opening of the 2007 Senior Show. one of the main events of the spring graduation season. friends doing work.

Tags: spring, bennington, graduation, seniors, art, gallery

just at home.

2007-05-14T21:37:00.001-05:00

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instead of going to the last rollerama I'll ever go to, I stayed home and made a video. how ridiculous is that? I actually appreciated the fun time... I don't have a clue about this video... I was just feeling constant deja vu I suppose.

music is greg brown. place is the ice cream parlor. people are my stuffed panda.

Tags: bennington, apartment, spring

say graduation.

2007-05-14T21:25:00.001-05:00

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a couple weeks ago at the class of 2007 photo. our class has shrunk by more than a half. I hear rumors of 60, don't know about that but it's certainly under 90.

so close.Â

Tags: bennington, spring, graduation

first swim.

2007-04-28T14:55:00.001-05:00

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the first outdoor swim of the year, on april 23. don't worry, sophie wasn't the only one who went in.

music is an italian alan lomax collection. place is lake paran, bennington. people are polar bears.

Tags: bennington, friends, swimming, lake, april

maple syrup part 1

2007-04-16T10:14:00.003-05:00

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part one of two. regarding the annual sugaring adventure. this was before we went hit May weather and the sap went bad. now we're back to February.

music is bow thayer. place is bennington sugarbush. people are intrepid sugarmakers.

Tags: bennington, sugaring, trees, spring

maple syrup part 2

2007-04-16T10:14:00.001-05:00

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part two of two. this is the finishing that takes place in a room in the science building... not as picturesque but pretty exciting.

music is eric horshak. place is bennington dickinson. people are even more intrepid.

Tags: sugaring, spring, bennington

look here first.

2007-04-12T07:46:00.002-05:00

first time here? check out these highlights. perhaps it's funny that my videoblog has highlights, but I figured I'd jump on the bandwagon. don't forget to use the tags to search. recommended ones are burlington, bennington, europe, family...

a weather system.

a moment.

another moment.

a third moment.

an experiment.

a mash up.

another mash up.

and a game.

travel post cards.

2007-04-12T07:34:00.001-05:00

I suppose you could consider most of my videos post-cards of some sort: snippets from somewhere that you're not. But here are my travel post-cards. Places I've been that aren't the usual places I go. They're in order... oldest at the top, so you can see how awful my editing was. :)

arriving in dublin, ireland

a treasure hunt in dublin, ireland

glendalough, co. wicklow, ireland

farmer's market, dublin, ireland

london, england

barcelona, spain

belfast, northern ireland

kilmainham gaol, dublin, ireland

versailles, france

paris (by night), france

paris (by day), france

pescosolido, italy

sora, italy

abruzzi sheep farm, italy

a ceili in dublin, ireland

easter in dublin, ireland

amsterdam, netherlands

fussen, germany

munich, germany

prague, czech republic

vienna, austria

graz, austria

ljubljana, slovenia

venezia, italy

zurich, switzerland

europe: el fin

burlington, vt

colorado: driving

colorado: apres ski

colorado: part 1

colorado: part 2

sock hop.

2007-04-04T17:39:00.001-05:00

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sophie and I had a sock hop last weekend. with fantastic music, great dancing, fun food, and cool people it was a good time.

I swear that we do things other than throw parties.

music is chuck berry. people are friends. place is ze apartmentz.

Tags: party, friends, apartment, bennington, dancing, music

a warmed house.

2007-03-05T10:02:00.001-05:00

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a snapshot of sophie's and my apartment-warming party this past weekend. Simply a mellow time with good people and good spirit.Â

I like watching how people move. Some movements are relaly subtle, others explosive. Slowing this down just made sense to me.

music is koop. place is the ice cream parlor. people are an assortment of friends of the cause.

Tags: bennington, party, friends, apartment

ski trip.

2007-03-04T15:57:00.001-05:00

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an outing club ski trip to bromley mtn.

music is stevie wonder. place is bromley mtn. people are tough stuff.

Tags: bennington, bromley, skiing, snow, winter, outing club, outdoors

let's go sugarin'!

2007-02-26T13:50:00.001-05:00

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the sap is a runnin' so we had to get tappin'. certainly more posts about the bennington sugarbush to come.

music is richard thompson. place is the bennington sugarbush. people are excited for our first run.

Tags: sugaring, bennington, maple syrup, spring

so this is college?

2007-02-26T13:14:00.001-05:00

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to those of you not familiar with the bennington college social bubble, this whole thing about me living off campus is a pretty big deal. The only people who are allowed to live off campus are students who are accepted into the co-op (an endeavor not for the faint of heart), over 25, or married. It's been great so far but there are some detractions... getting to campus for social events is just... hard.

this was one such case. a welcome-back gathering in a campus dorm room. I have never really done one of these. Not my usual vlogging preference but there was action to be caught on tape.

music is amon tobin. place is a college dorm room. people are fun.

Tags: bennington, campus, party, people

make way for ducklings.

2007-02-23T17:09:00.001-05:00

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these guys were a little out of place... I honestly don't know how they got why they were but the poor things were eat snow off the road. :( perhaps petting zoo escapees?

music is architecture in helsinki. place is n. bennington. quack.

Tags: ducks, bennington, winter

end of burlington.

2007-02-23T16:39:00.001-05:00

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my last night in burlington deserved a post. I'm back in Bennington now, living it up in my apartment (video to come soon), overwhelmed with classes and senior projects, and generally just looking for exciting adventures.

music is andrew bird. people is mr. jones and wonderful far-flung friends of amy's. place is 'round burlington.

Tags: burlington, friends, fwt, winter, snow, party

TimeBank Stories: Meet Pam Green

2007-02-14T16:25:00.001-05:00

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a few weeks ago Melissa and I met with Pam Green, the Program Coordinator of the VT Women's Mentoring Program to talk about why she joined the TimeBank and how she feels it will help the Mentoring Program.

Tags: stories, videos, timebank

lots and lots of snow.

2007-02-14T15:43:00.001-05:00

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the most snow this season. Supposed to be up to 3ft. by tomorrow (this was at 1pm today).... and wind... and my car is very stuck.

music by debussy. place is the driveway in burlington.

Tags: snow, winter, burlington, fwt

icey cold.

2007-02-13T10:50:00.001-05:00

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just a short piece of the ice sculptures being carved on Church St. for the Winter Festival last weekend. just to show that I'm still alive, still in burlington... and by all the jiggling of the camera... it's still cold here.

music is david byrne. place is burlington. people are tough stuff.

Tags: burlington, fwt, winter, ice, snow

this is what...

2007-02-03T23:21:00.001-05:00

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a plus about my apartment not being ready was getting to crash with Becca and Jonathan. Such love.

music is architecture in helsinki. place is the farm cottage in shaftsbury. people are fantastic.

Tags: bennington, friends, love, laughing

unfinished.

2007-02-03T10:26:00.001-05:00

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so I'm came down to bennington yesterday to move some stuff into me and sophie's ice cream parlor apartment. When I heard "done", I expected a little more... done. If only the video captured what I was thinking as I walked into that apartment...

2 weeks.

music is the books. place is the ice cream parlor apartment, bennington.

Tags: bennington, apartment, ice cream parlor, sad

TimeBank Stories: More Volunteers

2007-01-28T21:39:00.001-05:00

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more volunteers talking volunteer things.

this still needs to be worked on. I'm just getting stuff out there. please comment.Â

Tags: timebank, stories, volunteers

for you, jo.

2007-01-28T16:09:00.001-05:00

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clips from the Low Anthem show I went to last night. Fantastic show. Too bad you missed it, jo. (just so everyone knows, I'm not talking to myself... there is another jo out there). my camera doesn't pick up live audio so well but at the end of this vid I threw some in there from their last number that brought the house down. yeehaw.

music is the low anthem. place is the radio bean, burlington. people are the low anthem.

Tags: burlington, live music, music, the low anthem

TimeBank Stories: Volunteers at Viva Espresso.

2007-01-27T19:43:00.001-05:00

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this is a new project I'm working on for the Burlington Time Banks.
Stay tuned for more stories from them... you have no idea how excited I am to work on this project!

original text:

this is the first of hopefully many videos trying to document the wonders of the TimeBank. These are bits and pieces of a volunteer meeting at Viva Espresso... just to show you things are happening.

Tags: timebank, stories, video, burlington, volunteers

keep the heat.

2007-01-27T15:03:00.001-05:00

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the high yesterday was 2 degrees.

music is vinicius cantuaria. place is the house in richmond.

Tags: burlington, snow, fwt, winter

way to work.

2007-01-22T23:43:00.001-05:00

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this is how I go to work. both of my works. and today was a beautiful day worthy of capturing and posting. I wish I did the morning ride justice.

music is chris smither. place is interstate highway #89. and check out those whale tails.

Tags: vermont, driving, burlington

day in the snow.

2007-01-21T23:38:00.001-05:00

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a day at stowe... the snow is certainly different than out west: faster, which is better, and harder, which is not. fun had by me. even though I fell all over the place. patience was greatly appreciated.

music is a groovy track by moloko. place is stowe resort. people is mr. n. b. jones... again.

Tags: vermont, stowe, skiing, snow

hot rods and...

2007-01-21T19:58:00.001-05:00

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another random adventure with barrett. I tagged along to his motorcycle club meeting where he showed his slideshow from his summer trip out west. I know nothing about bikes... I know little more now... but regardless, the people were the best and, who knows, I may catch the motorcyle fever some day...

music is calexico. place is essex jnctn. people are mr. jones and the rest are a lot older than me but oh so cool.

Formats available: Quicktime (.mov)

Tags: motorcycles, vermont

beep beep.

2007-01-16T15:03:00.000-05:00

check out grassgrows, my regular (un-used) blog, over on the sidebar there. I sent out a letter to family and friends regarding my current adventure in Burlington. Just because it needed some explanation. It needed selling too. I've maybe got something to fight for here.

Maybe this will lead to more writings more often.

homemade soap.

2007-01-14T19:26:00.001-05:00

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I got to hang around while Amy and Melissa made home-grown (almost), homemade, all-natural face wash. Turns out a basil-lavender face wash could make a good cake too...

music is erin mckeown. place is burlington. people are going to change the world and a cat named stinky.

montpelier.

2007-01-14T17:48:00.001-05:00

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meet my new friend barrett. he wanted to learn about videoblogging so we went on a videoblogging adventure 'round montpelier. checked out an animal shelter near stowe (I got some cat-love), rambled around town, and got our cafe-fix.

everything was unscripted. which was nice.

music is the shiftless rounders. place is montpelier, vt. people is assortment of cats and one very mr. jones.

deck the halls.

2007-01-10T21:14:00.000-05:00

Rusted Gate

Soundtracks.

after dinner.

a series of moments.

Garden Building

the Timebanking - Videoblogging Connection

mmm... digestion.

this one's for you, grandma.

at the waterfront.

nothing special, just a music video.

normal for my age

moment no. 08

the final dance.

motor bike.

le fin.

senior-itis

sun fest?

never knew it was there.

gallery opening.

just at home.

say graduation.

first swim.

maple syrup part 1

maple syrup part 2

look here first.

travel post cards.

sock hop.

a warmed house.

ski trip.

let's go sugarin'!

so this is college?

make way for ducklings.

end of burlington.

TimeBank Stories: Meet Pam Green

lots and lots of snow.

icey cold.

this is what...

unfinished.

TimeBank Stories: More Volunteers

for you, jo.

TimeBank Stories: Volunteers at Viva Espresso.

keep the heat.

way to work.

day in the snow.

hot rods and...

beep beep.

homemade soap.

montpelier.

deck the halls.

postcard from colorado: skiing part 2

postcard from colorado: skiing part 1

postcard from colorado: apres ski

postcard from colorado: driving

proof all over again.

moment no. 07

moment no. 06

extended birthday.

moment no. 05

game.

22 years.

moment no. 04

moment no. 03

first snow.

moment no. 02

cold climbing.

dance dance dance.

long weekend walk

a recent ritual.

the end of autumn.

student center opening.

kiln experiment.

Apologies.

friends as pillows

fire.

fire.

moment no. 01

walk in the woods.

small treasures.

escape.

my first review...