Steve Lackmeyer doesn’t like me
A few weeks ago I interviewed Steve Lackmeyer about the 2009 business storylines of downtown OKC. We conducted the interview on top of a downtown parking garage with the streetscape canyon behind us. Throughout the interview, Steve drifted away from me. We started the interview in one parking space and ended in another. In fact, you can watch Steve get his gangsta lean away from me in the video below.
Just kidding around here. This year we launched the video component to OKC Central. Steve has taken on his weekly video segment with seriousness, something I appreciate. He does a great job finding interesting interviews with the top movers and shakers around town.
Somewhat fun fact: Mike Koehler appeared out of nowhere (actually the nearby elevator) by the end of the interview. He was parked just behind David Jones who was shooting this segment.
What would you do with 405GB of HD footage?
Make a NIN video of course.
Fans of the band Nine Inch Nails have released a concert video. The video, titled “The Gift”, is part of a full-length concert edit of three shows from NIN’s 2008 “Lights In The Sky” tour. Here are more details from newteevee.com
Nine Inch Nails (NIN) fans have released a free download of a concert video titled The Gift that is based on three shows of one of the band’s last and possibly final tours. The video can be downloaded via BitTorrent in various formats including 1080p HD from a web site called ThisOneIsOnUs.org. A Blu-ray version is expected to follow soon.
The Gift is the result of an unusual collaboration that began when 405GB of HD concert footage found its way onto various torrent trackers about a year ago. The video was shot by professional videographers under contract with the band to produce a DVD. However, NIN was unable to release the disc due to licensing conflicts with its former major label. That didn’t stop fans from producing the movie on their own.
The below video is stunning in its quality.
Shoveling out
Took about 20 minutes Saturday to shovel a path for one car to get out of the garage.
I hate winter.
A walk though the neighborhood on Christmas
As of 1 pm on Christmas, my neighborhood streets looked surprisingly passable. The driveway appeared to be the toughest area.
NW 122 had cars driving at decent speeds. Hefner Parkway also had moving traffic. The ramps had a few stuck cars and may have been still slow going.
Overall, looked like residents in NW OKC were getting out and about and driving around without much problem.
Christmas Eve roads in NW OKC
David Jones offered me a ride home yesterday and I gladly accepted. My car is worthless to begin with on the snow and ice, so my wife had dropped me off earlier in the day. Jones’ ride meant she didn’t need to get back out into the snow and cold and risk getting stuck somewhere.
As you can see in the above video, there were abandoned cars and some not-abandoned cars everywhere along the streets and highways.
Broadway Extension was the worst stretch of roads. Tons of snow and cars everywhere. Britton, for a snow route, was deep in snow. So was Kelley between Britton and NW 63.
Flaming Lips + Christmas = bullhorn
Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd
And why wouldn’t it?
The always cool Flaming Lips‘ frontman Wayne Coyne along with keyboardist/sonic wizard Steven Drozd breezed into the OPUBCO Studios last night. They were accompanied by the dapper George Lang.
Who knew George wore ties?
All for a season-ending taping of Static, our award-winning music video series, dreamed up mostly by videographer Tanner Herriott.
For more details from Tanner on how he produced this segment, go here.
With keyboards wrapped in yellow duct tape – not that you can tell by the black and white videos – the Lips broke out some awful Christmas sweaters for the event. Wayne answered George’s questions. Then they performed a dramatic reading of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. And then performed Silent Night and White Christmas.
Wayne Coyne, dramatic reading
Both with bullhorns.
And why wouldn’t they?
Wayne has been in the studio a lot – there was this time, and this time, and then there was this. And he’s one of the most charismatic entertainers we’ve been fortunate enough to have as a guest.
Always good for a laugh just listening to his perspective on life. And he’s lived an interesting life.
Interesting enough to know you can pull off the multi-bizarre effect of bullhorn and bad Christmas sweater to result in a new take on Christmas classics.
All in beautiful 16:9, HD, black and white.
