This has definitely been my favorite project so far. I discovered You Tube before 2.0, and if I had time to squander online, this would be my drug of choice. I checked out the other video sites mentioned on the 2.0 blog, but none holds a candle to You Tube. In fact I couldn't find much interesting on any of them. Of course, I am looking only for something to watch, not to post, or to edit.
You Tube once was the source to answering a reference question I could not have answered any other way. Also I have a patron who loves George Raft and told me he used to dance, and she has a video with a short segment where he is doing the tango which she watches over and over. Did I ever have fun telling her about You Tube and was delighted when I found three short clips of George Raft in all his sultry dancing glory. We watched them in silence, but the George Raft charisma was still there.
On a serious note, I am trying to help do my part in spreading the word about the troubling drugging of foster children with high powered psychotropic drugs meant only for adult mental patients in hospitals. This drugs are used on even very young children to control behavior and make them sleep. (Often the sleep and behavior problems are caused by other drugs or by the trauma in their young lives.) Anyway, I found some interviews on You Tube with foster children who have aged out of the system and were willing to speak frankly about their experiences. I then emailed these videos to an Oregonian reporter who is doing articles on this subject. Let's say a picture is worth a thousand words.
On a lighter note, I like You Tube best for music videos. One of my favorites is that darling Nikki Blonski who starred in Hairspray. If I need to get going, watching and hearing her sing "Good Morning Baltimore" is a real day starter. For a sweet romantic mood, try "I can hear the Bells."
Or for a sexy, romantic rhumba to rival George Raft's tango, try the couple from "Strictly Ballroom" dancing to Doris Day's "Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps." Anything a video nerd like me wants is at their fingertips via You Tube. And you don't need to sign in either!
Happy Camper
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