name that video: neon visionary internet robot walrus edition
Some of you may know this already, but one of the thing the community team does here at Current is to answer the questions you send in. Sometimes this is easy, but sometimes? Not so much. A lot of people are channel surfing late at night when they stumble upon Current and see an amazing piece that changes your life…but you just can’t remember what it is.
Normally, we’re pretty good at this kind of thing. Personally, I pride myself on being able to locate videos based on descriptions like “there was a guy on a stool playing harmonica” or “it was about a group of female soldiers, maybe in Iraq?” but sometimes y’all have me stumped.
That’s when it’s time to reach out to the pool of producers, talent, editors, and developers here at Current to see if we can track down your requests. It’s always interesting to see what videos people are asking about, so I wanted to share the latest batch of head-scratchers with all of you.
Al wrote:
I am looking for information on a segment aired on Current TV this morning (Friday, 9-25-9 @ about 6:25 am PST) regarding a gentleman from India who started an internet sales business @ 16, then sold it and started another internet sales business and sold it. He lives in a penthouse in San Francisco now. The name “G” was stated in the story. Raphael House and “Whatever Works” was also stated in the segment.
Vikram helped us locate High School Dropout Zillionaire.
Alexander was looking for “the wonderful video of the French people with wigs who turn off lights at night to save energy!”
Many thanks to Ryan M., Toby, and Mer for helping find the be-wigged Neon Pirates.
Michael wanted to find the video “…about a shop or boutique in london. The shop took your old clothes and remade them into something new and hip. In the segment the interviewer had some items of his own clothing made into a jacket.”
Ryan M. came through again, pointing me to Junky Styling.
Corey was looking for a piece “about an artist who paints and sharpies the faces and shapes she sees on pieces of wood…”
David and Cory (how appropriate!) identified Visionary Art Visionary, featuring artist Cristina Cambrea.
Bethany wrote us “here I am trying to find that pod where that fan of John Lennon interview pod with the awsome art work.”
This was a popular one! Ryan E, Vikram, Justin, and Ryan M. all recognized I Met the Walrus featuring artist Jerry Levitan.
Finally, Mike wrote in to ask:
I remember seeing a pod on current nearly a year ago about some guys that put together this machine that makes music by precisely shooting out little ball thingys at drums and different stuff.
Many thanks to Angela for recognizing Internet Robot Music.
If you’ve caught a video on Current, but can’t quite remember what it was called, shoot us an email at feedback(at)current(dot)com or leave us a comment and we’ll do our very best to track it down for you!
Steph
