Road to Remix

:::::::Stage Two:::::::

While sitting in front of my computer for the better half of the evening I can truly say that getting started on a remix project is by far the worst hurdle in the process.

Sticking with my desire to be political I thought and thought and watched YouTube video after YouTube video (I couldn't help but default to YouTube) but still had a hard time with coming up with something that had meat.

I chanced upon a Sesame Street spoof of the new Old Spice commercials that have taken the internet by storm; it made me smile. I decided to pursue a Sesame Street search to see what would come up. Some of the more popular videos concerning the old TV show are the 'Letter of the Day" videos in which a Sesame Street character displays a letter from the alphabet and discusses different words that start with that given letter.

The first video I saw was Telly talking about the letter D. I immediately began thinking of current political words that start with the letter D and "depression" came to mind. Watching the video in light of Telly talking about depression made the video all the more comical. I sensed a trend.

I gathered a list of current political and social issues and found the relative Sesame Street 'Word of the Day' video to introduce the topic. Here is my list:

D is for Depression

H is for Health Care

M is for Mortgage Crisis

U is for Unemployment

I is for Iraq

To name a few. 

I then began an extensive search through many political interviews and talk shows looking for people and political figures mentioning the given word. So when Telly or Cookie Monster asks if we can think of any words that start with the letter ___ I will start a montage concerning the word. This of course juxtaposes the childlike humor of the Sesame Street gang with the current woes and worries of our present time.

This is far as I have gotten so far. I will start the downloading process tomorrow and begin splicing up the segments into coherent chunks of relevant material to see if the outcome is how I am intending.

I think I may be on to something...

Your friendly Neighborhood Giant,

~Alan