Vlog Deathmatch = vlogsta rap

This week on the Vloggies Show, Irina aka MC Slutsky answers the Vlog Deathmatch challenge by writing and rapping an original song with music and some vocal help by her “Boobs in a Box” maestro and nerdcore genius Doctor Popular. Watch the T-unit (Ev Williams, Jack Dorsey, Chris Messina, Vloggies winner Gary Vaynerchuk, and Crystal) head-nod at the Obvious office in South Park and don’t forget to go to the Vlog Deathmatch site to vote for Irina starting May 16th. Our “must watch” online video pick of the week is our favorite Hollywood actor featured in Unleashed. CREDITS- Starring Irina Slutsky and Doctor Popular; Lyrics By Irina Slutsky and Doctor Popular; Music By Doctor Popular; Produced By Nora McDevitt; Directed By Nora McDevitt; Edited By Lee Cummings and Nora McDevitt; Camera/Sound Lee Cummings.

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Vloggies SXSW Challenge Winners!

Thanks to everyone who entered our Vloggies SXSW Challenge contest. I’m a week late, but we’ve got the winners! We asked SXSW attendees to put a little clip together about their trip to Austin. The three winners all get two tickets to fly to the Vloggies in LA and will be invited to help judge the Vloggies (should the winners’ vlogs be nominated, they will not be able to judge they category in which their vlog is submitted).

Thanks to Seagate, the winners all get hard drives where they can store — what else — more video!

And without further ado, the winners are……………

1. First Place goes to the Twitteriffic webisode shot by the ladies of Nontouorage! They will be enjoying the use of a Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB

2. Second Place goes to the adorable soundscape video entitled “Injury Rythm” from KityKity aka Susan Kirkpatrick! She’ll get to use a Seagate Maxtor One Touch III 500GB

3. Third Place goes to Giovanni Gallucci, who edited 18 hours of video down to an entertaining clip about BarCamp Austin. He’ll get to use a Seagate FreeAgent Go 160GB

Congratulations to all the winners! Send me an email so we can get the prizes to you!

Anything Goes Vs. Civility Enforced

This week on the Vloggies Show, Irina and the notorious Violet Blue get into it over Anything Goes vs. Civility Enforced. In the news this week, Tim O’Reilly’s Code of Conduct “Manifesto” which suggests that bloggers and vloggers need to mind their p’s and q’s was the hot topic raising heated debates amongst new and old media.

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Rabbit Stars

This week on the Vloggies Show, Irina Slutsky visits the studio of RabbitBites.com to meet up with the vlogstar rabbits, Buns and ChouChou. Also this week in the vlogoshphere, Josh Wolf’s release from jail made headlines in old and new media. And Irina continues her search for the perfect dress for the Vloggies at local San Francisco designer, Susan Hengst’s boutique located in the heart of the mission .

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I’m A Jounalist, Not An Actor

As videoblogginweek2007 continues, Irina discovers being a journalist isn’t what she expected….

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It’s Just An Egg

Irina Slutsky gets a cooking lesson from John James (and spoofs cooking vlogs) on the art of boiling an egg as videoblogginweek2007 continues…

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SXSW footage is your ticket to the Vloggies

So everyone has had some time to get over their SXSW hangovers — now all those with video cameras (I saw all of you!) put a little clip together about your trip to Austin and enter the Vloggies SXSW challenge. All you have to do is post the video on your site and link to this post and you have a chance to win two tickets to fly to the Vloggies in LA and to be invited to help judge the Vloggies. Thanks to Seagate, you can also win:

1. First Place: Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB

2. Second Place: Seagate Maxtor One Touch III 500GB

3. Third Place: Seagate FreeAgent Go 160GB

Irina Talks to Galacticast At SXSW

Irina Slutsky talks to Galacticast at SXSW about their niche fame in the vlogging world, and what they’re up at SXSW.

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Can we talk?

I can’t wait to go to the YouTube Awards and get dressed up and see the winners and have a party! Oh , wait….. Seriously though, the more the merrier!

When we originally made up the Vloggies, we sought to shed light on the best and brightest of the vlogosphere and back then it was hard for us to get into the gigantic YouTube community. I’m glad YouTube is going to recognize the hard work and talent of those who have been making great videos for a while now.

SXSW Lands Vloggies Show on Front Page

ABOVE THE FOLD!

I knew Vloggies Show crew rocked SXSW, but I had no idea our photos would end up on the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle.

Thanks to Seagate for our expo floor booth/studio, where — with Bill Streeter at the camera helm — I interviewed what felt like a gazillion people. The booth turned into a reverse press junket for me, with Internet builders and online video producers stopping by to chat with me about the past, the present and the future.

Of course, we talked to Vloggies uber-stars like Ask A Ninja and Galacticast (episode coming up), but also non-Internet guests — like an executive from Austin’s public access TV — who shed some light on what needs to happen with online video.

I’ll write more on this later, but if you have some footage in your handy-cam of SXSW (doesn’t matter which part of SXSW), we want you to upload it to the contest (use the red button) so you can win a HUGE GIGANTIC prize, one of which is two tickets to the Vloggies in LA!