Check out the sweet music video for the new release “Money” by N.A.S.A. featuring David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip. It was directed by Syd Garon & Paul Griswold, featuring the artwork of Shepard Fairey (of Obama poster fame).

N.A.S.A. “Money” feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip from Paul Griswold on Vimeo.

Ten artists going to Berlin to make street art? You had me at hello. The Antagonist Art Movement, an artist collective that was started in New York City in 1988, has recently released a DIY adventure film about their raucous trip to Berlin.

As Flavorpill notes,

Berlin looks like a creative paradise. Whether turning abandoned apartment blocks into installation pieces or kicking it with likeminded hosts over dinner, the group uses the city as a perfect backdrop to break out of comfort zones and reflect.

That’s it - we’re all moving to Berlin!

You can buy the DVD here.

If you think you’ve seen all the wackiness possible on YouTube, brace yourself. All I can say is a certain Thorn2200 has created stop motion animation with Legos that enact the jokes of comedian Eddie Izzard.

So, for those of you who are freezing in the colder parts of the globe this winter, this is definitely the nerdy comedy to keep your spirits up. Behold, the animation of Eddie Izzard’s ‘death star canteen’:

The Balloon Project started with the idea to send a video camera over the city of San Francisco, no strings attached: just the wind, gravity and chasing it down wherever it lands. As they explain on the website,

In 2005, Ira Mowen and Luca Antonucci had an idea to capture an aerial vie of San Francisco. After only a few days of planning, they strapped a video camera to 30 red, helium-filled balloons and let it go from the highest point in the city, Twin Peaks. As this Eye-in-the-Sky slowly lingered over the city, the co-conspirators stood spell-bound. Quite suddenly, a gust of wind blew the camera south and the adventure started.

Here is a balloon’s eye view from above Paris. It was created by Parisian artist ydl with music by in broken english.

And this is a unique video dedicated to the Balloon Project that was created with the use of a projector:

Caution: this is an official girl crush moment. Step outta my way while I fawn all over Florence of Florence And The Machines in her first video, “Kiss With A Fist”. It was brought to my attention by the illustrious Andrea Fjeld (who also rocks). The video was directed by Price James for Black Dog Films.

No matter where you learned about “the birds and the bees”, there may be things you don’t know about your reproductive rights here in America. For example, did you know that insurance companies in about half of our states aren’t required to cover the cost of birth control? Yeah, it’s true.

NARAL Pro-Choice just released this funny video as part of their free.will.power. initiative. Take a look, some of the facts may shock you.

From the YouTube description:

So what does American know about reproductive rights? We sent lady liberty to find out! Take the free.will.power. quiz to test your IQ on topics like birth control, sex education and health. Take the quiz at myfreewillpower.

NARAL Pro-Choice America’s new free.will.power initiative is definitely one of the most innovative and creative campaigns to come out of the pro-choice movement. In an effort to reach out to a new generation of activists, NARAL has turned to web video and social-networking to spread awareness of reproductive rights. And they’re doing it with STYLE.

The campaign has released three videos featuring young spoken word artists Shira Erlichmann, Alvin Lau and Deja Taylor as well as music by DJ Spooky. The free.will.power website also features a quiz, interactive map and t-shirt contest (winning prize is a 1,000 bucks people!)

The thing I like about the videos is that they all go together but each have a different flavor:

Free.

Will.

Power.

I’ve always had this strange idea that urban centers are like gigantic coral reefs for humans. Don’t ask me why. So this music video for the song “Reef” by Baby Kites & Nokea stood out with its surreal urban landscapes. It was directed by PanOptic out of New York.

In the words of our favorite web video maven Vanessa Roanhorse: “Chicken Goose Rhino Monkey, um OK!” Who knew balloons could be erotic?

We are officially obsessed with “Daylight”, the cheerful new song by Matt and Kim. It seems perfect for this post-Election mood of delirious optimism (singing while sitting in a dumpster anyone?) And who doesn’t love keyboards in bed and girl drummers? The video was directed by Micah Perta and you can download the song for free at greenlabelsound.com .