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Dan Frommer of Silicon Alley Insider.com talks about the possibility of seeing a Mac Tablet computer by the end of the year. Interview by TalkingHeadTV.com Distributed by Tubemogul.

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A guy slam dunks an alley opp pass and the dude behind him takes the rebound hard in the face busting his nose in two places.

When two hobos (Earnest & Claude) find a flier for a film festival contest with a prize of $5,000, they steal someone's video camera and recruit the alley's other hobos to make their own movies.

I'm amazed my butterfly dogs didn't fly off their leashes to try to play with this fellow. He seemed pretty comfortable with my presence. My father always called them "tree rats" hence my use of that term in the video.

ix friends come together to play “The Game” as a celebration of Nick’s birthday. After a few rounds of they get separated while following a black van. Three stop in an alley so that Nick can relieve. His friends are forced into the lost black van by two druges. The other car of friends are informed by the kidnappers that if they want to see them again they have to do exactly what they say. It is revealed that the kidnappers are a modern day Jack the Ripper duo, stalking the streets, picking up prostitutes whom they murder and mutilate. These killer/kidnappers alarmed for being followed, frame these guys. It is the mission of the remaining friends to dispose of the body to retrieve their friends. The characters realize as the night goes on that they are trapped in a nightmare from which there is no escape? The cryptically calculated ending will finish off the audience's mental roller-coaster ride bringing the movie full circle.

This particular alley, just off Lake Michigan, always has interesting air currents. This day, it also had a lot of loose trash from Memorial Day Weekend parties.

I understand why this was written here... I see piles of dog droppings left all over the alley. I just thought this was another poignant slice of urban life. Hmmm... would this be graffiti I wonder?

I wrote this back in the Blues Alley days and have performed it many times for a live audience. It's a 16 bar blues with a nice shuffle rhythm and a lyric everyone can relate to.

When I saw the contents of someone's life dumped out in the alley, of course I was struck by it. Its one thing to hear it on the news, another to witness it. More, I'm pretty sure I'd met these people. I'd talked with a nice family while walking my dogs a week or so before, and they said they were about to be evicted. That led me to more existential ponderings... what good is stuff without people? I saw a collection of red plastic collanders which would have been fun to do a "Devo" bit with, but... with no one to do it with, the things lost their value and meaning.

Felipe is awaken from a bad dream only to be told to find Lucky. When he does there is a shoot out in the alley near El Centro Avenue. Directed by Harold B. Pritchett.

This is the title track on my "Sneakin Round" CD recorded by Hairy Larry and The Flying Hungarians back in the Blues Alley days. The lyric was short enough to be a SongPod so I did this video version. I love this song.

Miracles and beauty are always to be found, you just have to be willing to look past the tip of your nose or the screen of your IPhone. This healthy stand of violets is growing right up against the Red Line viaduct below the Granville Red Line station. I took two different videos two different days in hopes of capturing both the beauty of the flowers and the context in which they are growing. As always, these videos are can be downloaded at Veoh (where you can also watch them in full D1 resolution), Google Video, or my Multiply page.

Miracles and beauty are always to be found, you just have to be willing to look past the tip of your nose or the screen of your IPhone. This healthy stand of violets is growing right up against the Red Line viaduct below the Granville Red Line station. I took two different videos two different days in hopes of capturing both the beauty of the flowers and the context in which they are growing. As always, these videos are can be downloaded at Veoh (where you can also watch them in full D1 resolution), Google Video, or my Multiply page.

After more than a century of back-alley tragedies, a national movement to decriminalize abortion took root. FROM DANGER to DIGNITY combines rare archival footage with present-day interviews to weave together two parallel stories: the evolution of underground networks to help women find safe abortions outside the law and the intensive efforts of activists and legislators who broke the silence and changed the laws

Check out this crazy race that happened in the alley Distributed by Tubemogul.

On Saturday May 10th, I was glad to see my friend Jerel again, back in his alley with his collection of newfound treasures. He did run into some trouble the week before as I suspected, and he told his side of the story with passion and precision. I recorded that conversation, but it went 15 minutes, and last weekend was my 13th anniversary, so I've not processed it yet, and it may be some time until I do. So this is just a little video to show you that yes, Jerel is back, and seems to be OK.

I saw these while walking my dogs this Mother's day morning, just before the heavy rains hit. I tried to find Diane, but didn't see her, but I know she's spending Mother's Day alone, on the street, not having had any contact with her daughter in many years. If I do see her later, maybe I'll bring her some flowers for Mother's Day. But since today is also my wife's and my 13th anniversary (liturgically- we were married during church Pentecost Sunday 1995) (I will be posting a video series of my wife getting our anniversary tattoo later) I won't be out and about as much today... between that and the buckets of rain falling.

Little Hilde is usually unflappable, but either the barbed wire with the plastic bags blowing in the wind, or the garbage truck blocking our way, got to her.

Little Hilde is usually unflappable, but either the barbed wire with the plastic bags blowing in the wind, or the garbage truck blocking our way, got to her.

One of the things I most love about living in Chicago, especially the lakeside neighborhood of Edgewater on the far north side, is the juxtaposition of bustling urban life and the raw forces of nature. These videos exemplify my favorite time to take videos and pictures. The sun is to the West of the clouds, so it sets them in stark contrast, yet provides very bright light to the surroundings. The time of year is perfect too- early spring when the new foliage has that wonderful fresh "new growth" green. This series features construction workers on the top of a new building working with a crane, Darwinian cyclists running the stop signs at a busy intersection, a really smashed up car, seagulls in a standoff, the stunning lakeshore, and of course- WIND! Two of the videos feature my dear little papillon dogs and the tenacious sedum I brought with me here from Indianapolis.

This is the same fine fellow I visited with a week ago. Like then, I brought him out some coffee and a few necessities (socks, etc.) afterwards. When I first saw that portapotty in our alley, I thought "This'll be a big hit among the local street folk!" - Little did I know true that was! I always appreciate how friendly these folks are towards me and my dogs, and that they give me leave to capture our visits on camera. (The ones who aren't friendly... you don't see because I don't record them, but really, most people fall prey to the charms of my darling papillon.)

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This is an alley from which I've shot many times... I love the feel of it as the "L" passes by. This is the Purple Line Express.

Some call them weeds, I call them miraculous survivors... and Hilde and Killian apparently call them appetizers!

Scenes of three perennial, persistent eyesore areas in Chicago's far northside Edgewater neighborhood, all within 2 blocks of each other, no more than a 5 minute walk apart. I'm all for earth day, recycling, environmentalism. My point in shooting this is that EVERY day should be earth day... some of this debris has probably been there since earth day 2007! Vote or comment on what you think the worst is- A) The fence and grass along the S. Side of Rosement between Winthrop and the Red Line near Ubuntu House B) The little drunk's nook in the alley just south of Granville near Gino's North (between Winthrop and the L tracks) C) The plastic bags caught in the barbed wire in the alley south of Granville between Winthrop & Kenmore, within sight of the mighty Sovereign.

Rocketboom field correspondent Juliette Powell talks with comic book artists Ramon Perez , Mark Brooks , Romain Hugault , and N. Steven Harris at the 2008 New York Comic Con . Music: Sunset Stroll Into The Woods by Podington Bear .

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Fahad Khan, founder and CEO of Social Shore, explains why he began the Silicon Alley company, which provides technology, services, and solutions to small, large, and startup businesses. Ideal clients are cost-effective companies that are in search of a solution for their social media problems.

April 8th, 2008. Beverly Hills, CA. We caught up with Lindsay and her lesbian buddy Samantha having a cigarette by an alley in Beverly Hills. We then follow them to their car. Someone asks Lindsay if she's gonna pose nude for her next movie.

I first saw these boxes and items left out on the street, and assumed someone was moving in/out. Then yesterday they were in the alley, and the feeding and weeding through began. As I say in the video, all due respect to my fellow "guerrilla environmentalists" - but I *was* struck with how the laws of nature work the same whether on the Serengeti plain or an urban alley. Unfortunately, this event (whether it was a death, an eviction... who knows, fill in your OWN back story) occurred during a sustained period of April showers, which ruined much of it. And just to be >>>very<<< clear- I'm a big fan of vultures... both the winged kind, and the kind with shopping carts and wire snips! *grin*

StartUp Alpha Founder and CEO Donna Bogatin offers an insider's look at her company. StartUp Alpha is a Silicon Alley social network for entrepreneurs to not only pitch themselves but also to actively network their startup company.

When a mob comes running towards you, will you run? Is that you in the video?

Its always fun to see other people out there in the trenches- finding treasure in trash, keeping things out of our overloaded landfills, protecting our environment and conserving our natural resources. They're always interesting, nice people.

The Stooges are trying to get a patent on their rather unusual fly-catching device, but they calculate that they need to catch 100,000 flies to pay for the patent. Some crooks overhear them, and misunderstand, thinking that the Stooges are the winners of the $100,000 sweepstakes. When the crooks start chasing the Stooges, the boys hide in a sporting goods store. Curly accidentally shoots a store manequin, and thinking it's the real thing, the Stooges panic and try to get rid of the body. They try to dump it in the alley, but a cop comes along and chases them away for trying to "dump garbage." They then decided to bury the body in a pet cemetery, but a nightwatch hears them and calls the owner, who comes over with a couple of his friends from a costume party to terrify the Stooges.

We had a big snowstorm today on the first day of spring, but it still doesn't make this section of alley other than repulsive. The utility conduits do have a certain Clockwork Orange / Pink Floyd / Alan Parsons "feel" to them, but the grocery bags in the concertina wire... I'm at a loss for words (which people who know me happens maybe once in a decade!) ... all I can come up with is REPULSIVE!

austincast.com/blog/ 's Paul Terry Walhus interviewed Lindsay Campbell at SXSW 2008 in Austin, Texas. According to Silicon Alley "Lindsay's an actress, with appearances on Law & Order, The Sopranos . . the beautiful, witty Wallstrip host

Another nitty gritty city life video. I assume the same "urban artist" / Dominicks dumpster diver who provided us the flowers and cold cuts in the alley had a hand in this. The video concludes with a stroll over to see how that street preformance art is progressing

This video starts with a dump truck operator, who was getting quite a kick out of my videoing the scene. Then I pan up to show a routine part of Chicago life from, say, November - March: Commuters waiting for the "L" under heat lamps.

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I'd just dropped off a load of rug material surplus at the pantry for the needy up here, so for once I didn't have the dogs pulling on me while I was trying to shoot. Think it came out well, if not quite as dramatic as the ones from the alley. That bridge is pretty scary though, especially at night. I'll walk a block or two extra to avoid going through there at night!

I love showing views of life and events we normally miss or don't see. The contrast of the ultra modern electric train, and the dumpsters and alley which- except that the dumpsters are mostly plastic now- look like something you could have seen 100 years ago is quite striking. (Yes, I know, such trains ran 100 years ago too, but they've changed and modernized, while in alleys you feel lost and cut off from time... society... etc.)

When I first saw this last night, it was in a shopping basket. I tried to take video of it this morning, but even at two stops over exposed, the alley was too dark for it to be really visible well. I may upload it at a later date if I think the dark dinginess is poignant enough to overcome the lack of visual clarity.

I had my camera in a baggie and set to two stops over exposed, so this accounts for some of the fuzziness and distortion in the video... I think it adds to the grittiness.

After being highly decorated in Vietnam, Lee Alley's Military service remained something he wouldn't talk about. Now over 30 years later Lee talks about life, war and life after war. Produced by Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources. Listen to a podcast of this story at http://wyospcr.state.wy.us/Stories/Alley.asp

Topics in this show: --New York Times attacks John McCain but some newspapers refuse to run story --George Bush 41 endorses McCain --Barack Obama's wife Michelle causes some controversy for the campaign by saying she's never been proud of America until now --Lindsay Lohan appears nude in New York magazine --Tom Cruise at Essence magazine? --Kirstie Alley leaves Jenny Craig

One the main road of the slum I found a couple of kids roaming down an alley and the little girl sitting on a blanket.