haha.

You have to admire the british pain threshold... his shin bone has just been crushed to tiny pieces and he's barely panicking!

Of course, he loses marks for not giving a dusgruntled sigh first.

Give the man a break. Borat could probably tell you that this guy is just the host of the Kazakhstan version of Pimp my Ride.

The defending was terrible, so I wasn't going to upvote.. but his last turn before the shot makes it worth it.

sped up, reversed and looped from the looks of it (if you watch whatever is hanging on the far right of the image). [and the repeated green flash of light]

Now I wish I had a pine cone so I could check it just closes when you pour water on it.

The video quality is crappy, but I assume it is basically water with air and a bit of sand in it (unavoidable in the desert).

Once you consider the fact there probably isn't much sand being thrown about, then the fact it isn't piling up is not such a miracle.

[I guess this effect could have been caused by the water suggested by honkeytonk and the extreme heating of the ground. The water must have gradually got hotter over a period of time, until enough of it eventually boiled... Perhaps it was then triggered by a lump of sand falling into the hot water/gas mixture at the critical moment...]

It amazes me how unscientific this program is.

I know blowing up caravans can be amusing, but I wish they'd at least attempt to explain the real science after they've tossed around doing their "experiments".

grrr!.

A great film.

Which finger would you have chosen?

I'm not so sure about this version, but it could just be the recording. I like the guitar sound to really cut and stand out.

e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWgbMY-s_2g (Not Vai playing, but a great cover - after a little warm up)

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I'm not sure about the idea of hiding usernames in the unsifted. I think this would inconvenience the average user and won't stop the kind of things you are trying to stop with it.

The username can give a pretty good indication of whether or not you might like the video.

She has a nice voice, but (imo) this song shares far too many characteristics with the average pop song.

Hello, my username is just a word in a dictionary.

Debacle [day-bah-kl] n. disastrous collapse or defeat

I envisaged the ultimate outcome of me joining Videosift and made my choice based on that. (The word also reminds of an amusing line in High Fidelity.)

I have many likes and interests (music, guitar, art, nature, photography, laughter, etc. etc.). Mostly though, I live my life inside my own head.

I spend most of my time happily on my own.

I am 27ish and live & work near Manchester, UK.

It's funny, and it was funny the first time.

http://www.videosift.com/video/David-Blaine-Street-Magic-parody

dupe. I would slap you in the face if I could (just kidding... or am I?)

^ According to the youtube description, this is an old song but re-recorded with a different singer (Zema)..

After checking good old wiki, I found out the previous singer was Kelly Sundown Carpenter, and tracked down some of his singing. I'm pretty sure these are all him (but in the band 'Beyond Twilight' of which he was temporarily a member).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outworld_(band), [I can't get it to link properly]

(Kelly singing in a studio)
(Reasonable track, but audio only)
(Not so reasonable track but nevermind)

Kelly Carpenter is a much better singer (imo). That's the way it goes sometimes...

It would have been so good if one had accidently decapitated an umpire.

This one is dead, but http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25VGdNU3nrU is an exact match.

Maybe someone would like to fix the embed code?

with: (if you want the larger player size of 540x451)