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Performance Art, Rock Music Reach Engineering Nirvana in OK Go Video
Nasa Wiki ^ | 6-01-10 | Michael Carlowicz

Posted on 06/03/2010 6:35:18 AM PDT by steveo

What do NASA techies do with their spare time? They make rock-n-roll videos. Not the big-hair, booty-shaking, smoke-and-fire kind. They help make rock videos that would make their daytime colleagues proud or jealous, or both.

The rock band OK Go prides itself on creative visual expressions of their music, and they wanted an extra dose of gee-whiz fun for their new song "This Too Shall Pass." In the winter of 2010, the group enlisted the help of Syyn Labs -- a self-described "group of creative engineers who twist together art and technology." The Syyn Labs fraternity included (or ensnared) four staff members from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

(Excerpt) Read more at wiki.nasa.gov ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: jpl; musicvideo; nasa
Very geeky but probably the best music video I'll see this year.
1 posted on 06/03/2010 6:35:18 AM PDT by steveo
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To: steveo
A direct link to the video:

youtube

2 posted on 06/03/2010 6:36:36 AM PDT by steveo (2010 never again)
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To: steveo

You know....I actually like the marching band version of the song, better.


3 posted on 06/03/2010 6:50:55 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (FREE ARIZONA!)
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To: steveo

Thank god they were volunteers.


4 posted on 06/03/2010 6:58:02 AM PDT by ecomcon
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To: steveo

Their video on the treadmills was pretty great too.


5 posted on 06/03/2010 6:58:18 AM PDT by VA_Gentleman ("Poor Al Gore. Global warming completely debunked via the very internet you invented." -Jon Stewart)
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Thank god they were volunteers.

Yes. The Ok, Go! people thought it would have cost millions if it was funded the way most music videos are. State Farm insurance did put up for some of the production costs. Notice the State Farm Logo on the side of the toy truck at the beginning.
6 posted on 06/03/2010 7:09:07 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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“Performance Art, Rock Music Reach Engineering Nirvana in OK Go Video”

Anybody else ever read a headline and just think....WHAT THE *UCK?


7 posted on 06/03/2010 7:11:48 AM PDT by Grunthor (In Christ Alone, not man.)
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Their treadmills video is my favorite. It’s just very, very cool.


8 posted on 06/03/2010 7:52:35 AM PDT by Fantasywriter
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