Awesome Videos

Yet another great cover version of Ramin Djawadi’s epic cover theme from Game of Thrones, this time played on 23 low brass instruments, including three types of trombones, tubas and cimbassos. What, no euphoniums?

While on the road, YouTuber SFV650FU met a cool lady who was also a motorcycle rider. Unfortunately he never got her name. Fortunately, he met her again. He waited for the right time to make his move. It came. And went.

A demonstration of a mechanized platform which can perfectly balance a ball in its center no matter how hard its human master attempts to defeat it. Its motion control system can also make the ball follow precise paths on demand.

While it’s clear that the CCTV scanline effect was added, the underlying footage of this elephant delicately picking up and throwing out garbage found on the ground shows us just how smart these noble beasts can be.

As part of a social experiment, a lifelong Bob Dylan fan is given the opportunity to see his idol perform with no one else but him in the audience. Would the experience be better if there were other people watching? More here.

YouTuber Luc “Zapatou” Bergeron is back with his 2014 compilation of people being generally awesome, as they demonstrate their many talents, adventurous spirit, and sense of humor. List of videos here.

Japanese snack maker Glico put together this promotional holiday video using 26 sounds captured from chewing, cracking and opening treats like Pocky and Pucchin Pudding. Play with the soundboard and make your own songs here.

Our old pal Nathan Barnatt dances his ass off in this previously-unreleased video, where he busts a move as Sonic the Hedgehog’s archnemesis, Dr. Robotnik. We were waiting for the part where Sonic jumps on Eggman’s head, but it never came.

We’ve seen lots of time-lapse videos before, but Ryan Higley’s clip showing his home’s unfinished basement being built out takes the cake. He animated the video using over 1,000 Photoshop layers then sequenced them in After Effects.

YouTuber RainbowPoopUnicorn presents a video as awesome as his username. Putting a Slinky on a treadmill? Pfff. Get that lazy crap out of here. Watch this master at work. We bet people’s underwear melts as soon as they pass by him.

REACT introduced a bunch of helpless kids to the unforgiving NES platformer. “I am Mega Man though… how do you earn that title if every little thing hurts you?” Not with in-app purchases, that’s for sure. Oh Snap Man and Burn Man!

Saturday Night Live claims Bilbo and the gang didn’t go to the Grey Havens upon Sauron’s defeat. After encountering creatures great and small and beholding treasures and wonders, they became… paper salesmen. Cue music!

Joerg Sprave continues to build out his arsenal of improvised ammo flinging weaponry, this time building a scary looking device which fires glass marbles using a drill as its power source. We’re looking forward to seeing it in action outdoors.

Household objects – and then some – come alive in the bizarre music video for Feel the Lightning, the lead single from electronic maestro Dan Deacon’s upcoming album Glass Riffer. A nice change of pace from his in-your-face epics.

How do you top having the US President take over your show? By interviewing a dragon, that’s how. The fearsome fire drake Smaug dropped by The Colbert Report and bragged about being the OG wyrm. Unofficial YouTube mirror here.

SNL’s Keenan Thompson debunks the old “you’d better be good for goodness sake” trope, as it seems these days everyone gets presents by the tree, no matter how naughty or nice they’ve been. Everybody’s gettin’ sump’n.

Jimmy Fallon and the Ragtime Gals pair up with Steve Carrell to… absolutely mangle Marvin Gaye’s instant get some sonic aphrodisiac Sexual Healing. But it becomes hilarious when you imagine it’s Michael Scott up there.

(Gross) Munchies’ Sydney Chun visited Korean chef Kim Sang Jin to learn how to properly prepare and eat wriggling live octopus in a way that its sticky tentacles wont get stuck in your throat and kill you. Unleash the Kraken!

LEGO tinkerer Kleinraum42 pitches his idea for a set which encourages builders to create fun interactive machines using marbles and LEGO dominoes (LEGOminoes?) Head to LEGO Ideas and vote to help make it a reality.

During the recent World Bowling Championships in Dubai, Team USA bowler Bill O’Neill rolled what sure looked like a strike to us. But the damned laws of physics got in his way and his sure thing was turned into a spare.

Real life Rocketeer Yves Rossy danced in the skies of Dubai with aerobatics champion Veres Zoltán. The surprise at the end and XDubai’s tease that “the best is yet to come” makes us hopeful that there will be more videos.

Instructables editor Mike Warren made a rustic glow-in-the-dark table using photoluminescent powder, clear casting epoxy and pecky cypress, which is cypress wood partially damaged by fungi. More at Instructables.

The music video for Turn Me Up, a single from new wave artist Twin Shadow, from his upcoming album Eclipse. After channeling Bruce Springsteen in his last album, it seems George Lewis Jr. is entering his Roxette phase.