In honor of today’s big Apple iPad release, I thought I’d give you an oldy, but a goody.  Above is a short vid we made as an opening to our episode of The Real Cool Club which aired January 25th, 2010.  You can watch that episode HERE.  We were pretty damn accurate with our predictions, though Apple’s current ipad could always use more ginger magic.

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So I’m on this new kick of creating some new YouTube content.  One of the stipulations is that I come up with an idea and just shoot it, edit it, and post it.  I don’t want to worry whether a video is “funny” or not.  I was nervous about this video.  My idea was to somehow incorporate kittens into a random song about nothing.  I also wanted the video to not appeal to everyone’s sense of humor.  I think I hit the nail on the head.  This is a perfect of example of something that seems random in concept and results in a funny product.  I love this video so hard, it just makes me want to F myself.  Seriously, I love myself. Real bad.  Enjoy “Don’t Say Kittens” as many times as you want.  And hell, repost this shit if you are one of the peeps that loves it as hard as me!

So The Real Cool Club has been on an indefinite haitus as TheStream.tv seeks a new sponsor to help us retain our studio.  We’ve started the “#SaveOurStudio” campaign and could really use all of your help.  Not only are we looking for a network sponsor, but my show, The Real Cool Club, is also looking for an individual sponsor. Once the show manages to find a sponsor willing to donate $1000/mo. we’re back on the air!  The question now becomes, what sort of sponsor would want to have their name all over a successful, hilarious, new media crushing show like ours?  Good question. Let’s find out!

If you know how to help The Real Cool Club find a sponsor, please email us at sponsorship(at)therealcoolclub.com. Also, all pertinent information regarding the sponsor hunt can be found HERE including links to a station press-pack, emails, contacts, etc.  Go have at it, internetters! We miss doing the show for you and want it back just as much as you do!  Let’s ROCK THIS!

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OMGWTFBBQ.  Since the shitty teaser trailer snuck online over a year ago – bootlegged by some greasy haired tron geek like myself with a cell phone camera – I have been creaming over anything and everything Tr2n (I actually much prefer this title purely for the design aesthetic).  Well, it has finally hit the web: The first official Tron Legacy trailer.  It’s full of teases, hot future chicks, glossy surfaces, Jeff Bridges, a light-cycle or two, and my favorite part: A lil peak into the soundtrack collaboration with Daft Punk.  Hot DAMN this film cannot come soon enough!  I don’t even care if it’s good, this soundtrack is a day 1 purchase.  Click image and enjoy.

It has been a couple of days since my last update so I thought it would be a good opportunity to catch you all up to our happenings.  First of all, the video above is our Challenge #3 entry.  The video won the third challenge popular vote with an astounding 47%!  Unfortunately, the way Samsung has been judging has the public vote as a small percentage of the overall challenge vote.  Other judges from Samsung also weigh in and help choose a winner.  So for challenge #3, while the public thought our video was the best (and it clearly was), Samsung did not.  Team Cool Kids shall NEVER give up! It just means we’ll have to work that much harder next time!  However, the video that DID win was hilarious and well executed by Freddie & David (whom we love).

Samsung Mobile Explorers Challenge #3 Results

I’m currently working on the video entry for Challenge #4 and it is taking considerably longer than I anticipated due to unforseen computer crashes, software failures, and transcoding glitches.  These are all criteria that we just can’t take into consideration when we plan our videos out ahead of time and guage time allocation.  However, when all is said and done, this video should be damn good and feature far more production value than any of the other entries.  The challenge theme was “Freestyle” so we could do anything we wanted. And we did a lot. Just wait until tomorrow morning at 9am when the videos are posted and the voting begins.

If you haven’t seen it yet, Lindsay and myself have also been blogging and droppin photos over on our facebook (check it here) everyday.  There have been so many amazing moments while we’ve been here that it’s hard to remember them all.  In recent days, we experienced REAL korean BBQ with Samsung’s CMO/EVP David Steel; a field trip to the Salish Longhouse in Squamish; Hannah Teter’s silver medal finish in the Ladies Halfpipe finals up at Cypress; holding Hannah’s actual silver medal in my hands; the band “Stars” performance at the Orpheum; and pretty much walking every niche of this gorgeous city.  This trip has been amazing.

View of the sunset along the Sea to Sky highway

Yes, it has been stressful. Yes, I’m exhausted. Yes, I miss home.  But the overall experience and memories I know I’ll have for the rest of my life will be worth it.  Just walking through the streets of downtown Vancouver last night showed me just how much energy and pride Canadians have for their country and the 10s of thousands of visitors that are currently visiting.  It was by far the most people I’ve ever seen in one place at one time.  It was electric.

Ok, my renders are wrapping up so it’s back to the grind. I miss you all and will try to keep you posted on what else happens over the last stretch of this adventure.  Team Cool Kids is so close to taking this thing. None of us can give up now. We have to see this through so let’s just nut-up and win this frakkin’ competition together!  In the meantime, enjoy this secret video I made about our driver up here, Duffy. She’s a goddess.