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I’m glad that I’m still working on these monthly video diaries. Unlike the others, this one was shot with my Canon 60D as well as my G2X phone. Since I’m not married to the phone as my main camera, I’ll shoot with whatever I have in my hands at the time. I like the variety. It’s also nice to look back and remember what I did, who was there, and make it into something new each month.

Here’s the second in my video diary series, this time from January. I’m hoping to shoot more video soon but it’s so random when the occasion arises that I never know what’s going to inspire me to take out my phone and shoot, but that’s what I think is so great about this. Another fun thing that happened is that I didn’t know the name of the tune played on the street but I knew there was a “hurrah hurrah” in the lyrics. I Googled “hurrah hurrah lyrics” and that led me to “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” from the late 1800′s. Naturally I had to make that the title of the video. I wonder what February will bring…

And now for some local video art for your Friday viewing pleasure courtesy of the Youtubes.

Chicago’s own Ilovepresets live performance, and I think based on the video title, it happened on 1-26-2007.

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I’ve always had respect for and been a fan of Kanye West. He’s worked with Daft Punk, he’s involved in fashion, he’s outspoken, and he’s making it all happen despite the haters hating. What’s he going to do next? Open a restaurant? Who knows. For now, I really like his directing debut with Runaway. There’s a lot going on here. It’s beautifully shot (check out the color treatment and compositions), great effects and choreography, and I’m thinking Kanye’s seen Matthew Barney’s Cremaster Cycle at least once. Here it is, uncensored, possibly NSFW, and clocking in at almost 35 minutes. Enjoy!

A/V remixers Eclectic Method seem to be excited about Daft Punk working on the new Tron movie. Here’s EM’s new video found on Design You Trust (via Geek&Hype).

Eclectic Method – Daft Tron from Eclectic Method on Vimeo.

I can’t leave a Tron post alone without mentioning the amazing Olivia Wilde. So here she is talking to E! Online about wanting to dress up in a Wookie or Stormtrooper costume (gulp). She talks about Tron too, so that’s pretty cool.