Big thanks to Thiago Maia for the first order of the PSST!3 DVD. Only 499 left now!
Thiago is a motion designer in London and just made a cool short film that’s presciently appropriate in this season: All I Want. That’s one of the things I want for Christmas, too. I hope Santa can bring it soon.
Thanks again, Thiago! You’ll be getting a special bonus for being the first to order … It’s a surprise though (while I figure out what to send?!).
PSST’er Jonathan Cannon directed the music video debut for Yak Ballz’s song Dirt Empire via Charlex.
Watch it and check out some behind-the-scenes production info here.
Matt sent this in to PSST! to say thank you for the inspiration and that this was “heavily inspired by the narrative of psstpassiton.” Cool! It’s really nice to hear stuff like that. And it’s a very cool short film. Nice work, Matt.
“We are the first generation that has direct, individual access to the world and to the emerging technologies. We are the first generation that can bypass the old-world gatekeepers to communicate to the masses–that is, with each other. And we won’t let anyone filter or alter or censor those communications.
We have the technology and collaborative spirit to find each other, pool our talents and press for real systemic change. No longer content with being spectators, we are becoming players. No longer content to merely receive messages, we are now sending them as well. No longer content to be media consumers, we are now creating.
As we become conscious of our own collaborative power, we are taking charge of our culture and our politics, not because someone gave us permission, but because we–like I did that lonely day I started Daily Kos–have roused ourselves from a restless sleep and realized that no permission is necessary. There are no legitimate guardians of the gate and no one barring us because we don’t have the right pedigrees or right connections.”
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I really HATE signing stuff like this. Nature of the beast, however. For now.