Things I Think Are Kinda Cool

This year was sort of crazy, right?  Try not to think too much about it…Happy NYE!

Preview to the Zombie-pocalypse:

What happens when you put a megaphone on a podium in the middle of New York City and give people the simple direction to “say something nice” into it?  Before you say, “Ugh…so cheesy”, press Play and feel the cynicism slowly creep away…

-via Mashable

These NYC travel videos from the 60′s are amazing – even though the vibes of each video are different, they’re both still 100% true. That’s the beauty of New York – it can be a thousand different things to a thousand different people, but in the end, still one unified place.

In 1962, NYC is non-stop & forward-thinking:

-via @EverythingNYC

In 1967, NYC’s Lower East Side is gritty & mind-expanding:

-via Buzzfeed

One of the most beautiful time-lapse videos of Manhattan I’ve ever seen – wow:

- Thanks @jennginnyc

Thanks to filmmaker Adam Abada, you can zoom up Broadway from Battery Place to 220th Street, without ever getting off your couch. (Lazy bum)

-via Gawker

Documentary filmmaker Heather Quinlan is working on a new film studying the infamous New York Accent.  ”If These Knishes Could Talk” charts the inevitable decline of the accent as New York becomes more diverse.  Visit Heather’s IndieGoGo fundraiser page if you want to donate some cash to help her finish her film.  I love New Yawk.

-via Doobybrain

A fascinating fly-on-the-wall peek at the NYC subway system in 1986, before Rudy cleaned it up…is it wrong that I miss some of that crazy train-graffiti?

-via Buzzfeed

Director Chateau Bezerra created this mesmerizing music video for the Gorillaz song “On Melancholy Hill” using only neon lights found on the streets of NYC.  For fellow New Yorkers, it’s cool to see how many signs we see every day that are subliminally imprinted in our brains.  (And it’s a pretty good song too).  Enjoy:

-via Dooby Brain