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  • An Interview with MovieClips.com by Jesse Stay

    Here’s an interview by Jesse Stay with the founders of MovieClips.com talking about the site. This interview was done on Cinch, an audio social network.

    Search over 12,000 clips from six studios

    from their about page:

    we at MOVIECLIPS.com are movie fans – no, we are movie freaks! We love movies. We love to see movies. We love to talk about movies. We love to discover, rediscover and relive movies. For this reason, we have createdmovieclips.com – to bottle that insane, enthusiastic energy and share it with the world. With over 12,000 movie clips, you can search, find, view, discuss and share scenes from your favorite movies.

    for a year, the team at MOVIECLIPS has worked tirelessly to collect clips and make them completely searchable by actor, title, genre, occasion, action, mood, character, theme, setting, prop, and even dialogue. This makes it simple to find a scene fast. We are hopeful that you’ll use this powerful search to discover new movies. For that reason, we’ve included links with each clip to easily buy or rent the feature-length movie.

    we want to thank the Hollywood studios who’ve worked closely with us to turn this dream into a reality. No longer do we as fans have to resort to piracy in order to find, view, and share one’s favorite scenes. No longer do we as fans have to wade through mismarked user-generated crap to find the “real” scene. No longer do we as fans have to put up with low quality, lame viewing experiences that have been our only option.

    MOVIECLIPS beta is here now! We are legal and free to every user. As beta users, we are counting on your participation: spread the word, give us feedback, and recommend more of your favorite scenes. The uploading process takes time, but we wanted to give everyone a taste of what we have before the holidays, and we will be uploading thousands of scenes over the next couple of months.

    MOVIECLIPS.com – a site for movie fans made by movie fans.

    Zach James

    Editor’s note: This reminds me of AnyClip.com, a TechCrunch50, entry from 2009, a site that offers a similar service. You might check them out too if you are interested in this kind of research/entertainment, and who isn’t at some point?

  • Video of Google’s Nexus One Phone Event Recorded Live

    Thanks to @Scobleizer for live streaming and recording this on Ustream. Follow him on Twitter if you want to get cutting edge coverage of special events like this and the best videos of Tech’s newest of brightest startups.

    Check out http://google.com/phone for information about the new phone.

  • A New Song I Just Wrote called “Union Street”

    The buildings can’t stand the heat
    The true love is all we need
    Gonna rise up and kill this weed
    It’s the nature of the beast

    So hold on
    Just hold on
    My love

    Wanna take you to Union Street
    Wanna get out out on our feet
    I can treat you to something sweet
    I can love you and never leave

    And hold on ….

    Oh when it seems like there’s a mission don’t play dumb
    And when it seems like there’s a reason
    That’s when you run

    After answers the evening Sun
    Wanna find out what’s been down
    To our sweetheart who’s never come
    Our own extention to a truth that’s wrong

    To Hold on, just to hold on

    And after you leave won’t be the same
    After the flowers and the pouring rain
    I could’ve kissed when what’s been done
    I could’ve kissed you in the evening Sun

    Hold on…..

    {You need to take that when you’re done
    ‘Cause all the rabbits are on the run

    You need to take that rabid smile down when you leave
    Union Street…..

    When you’ve crack that smile love’s left you when she says goodbye
    It don’t take no mind of the teardrops that redden your eye
    Or the mourning night, or the mourning night.

    I wanna take you under the trees
    I wanna take you down by the sea
    I wanna get out of this town
    I wanna see what’s going down

    Follow me, c’mon and follow me….

  • Oh Honey

    Oh honey, oh dear,
    Whatcha’ been doin’
    Since you been here?

    You like sunny
    Eyes blue as the sea
    Tell me stories so funny
    So I can laugh and sing

    It’s cold and it’s snowin’
    We gotta chance to be free
    There’s a fire that’s still glowin’
    On the inside of me

    We’ll drink from the bottle
    Vintage Pouilly Fouisse
    We’ll swim through the oceans
    And dance in the valley

    Chorus:
    Over the hills and into the trees
    Riding so high, feeling so free
    Don’t turn around I want you to see
    Just what you mean to me.

    Mountains covered with sunshine
    Hills covered in snow
    Wind singing like angels
    Singing things we should know

    I wanna take you forever
    I wanna take you to sea
    Round ’bout like the angels
    Filled with harmony

    It’ll be so funny
    It’ll be so clear
    When we’re walkin’ on Sunshine
    When we’re walkin’ on air

    Oh honey, oh dear
    Whatcha’ been doin’
    Since you been here?

    You’re so funny
    You’re so sweet
    Lips like honey
    Eyes like the sea.

  • Where are You Goin’?

    Where are you goin’?
    Where are you runnin’ to?
    Aww, it’s me and you.

    Where are you goin’?
    What are you gonna do?
    Aww it’s me and you.

    The color’s open
    A peach I made for you
    From the morning dew

    The summer’s over
    But you still feel the white and blue
    Aww, it’s brimming through

    {bridge}

    The sky is open
    The sun is shining through
    The night is over
    The valley comes in view
    We talk it over
    Don’t know what we’re gonna do.

    The sun is shining
    So bright and green and blue
    Aww, I wanted you

    The Sun is shining
    So bright and green and blue
    Aww, I wanted to

    The sky is open
    The Sun is shining through
    My mind is flowing
    Here’s what we’re gonna’ do
    The sky is open
    This time we’ll slip right through

  • The Unnatural Phenomenon of Inflation

    Today on CNBC they said one could make a pile of money if one could guess when they would raise rates again. This highlights one of the biggest atrocities in the World’s economic system. Trillions of dollars are tied up in the currency futures, hedging the wild swings in the value of currency, trillions that could be invested in productive activities, if only the world had a stable unit of account. The price of commodities didn’t budge an inch from 1920-1971, 51 years of the greatest economic growth in world history. Then in 1971, at the urging of the monetarists, Nixon closed the London Gold window. Gold was $35 an ounce then, and oil was $3.50 a barrel. Inflation is not a natural occurring phenomenon, and especially not due to growth and prosperity. The only thing that causes inflation and deflation is an imbalance in the amount of liquidity in the system, a balance that is the single and only charter of the Federal Reserve. It is a failure of epic proportions.