MTV “Gloves” promo for Michael Jackson tribute

September 12, 2009 @ 1:34 am

This Sunday, September 13, 2009, MTV is airing a special tribute to Michael Jackson and they are advertising the TV event with this great video called “Gloves” featuring Jackson’s iconic white gloves falling from the sky. The special tribute will be hosted by Janet Jackson.

Remembering 9/11 at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum

September 11, 2009 @ 3:02 am

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The National September 11 Memorial & Museum has a page called Make History that details the events of 9/11/2001 in chronological order based on user-submitted content. You can search media content by location within New York City or by date & time that specific events took place. Overall, I think this is one of the better tribute and memorial webpages out there.

Apollo 11 live replay

July 20, 2009 @ 4:22 pm

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Kottke has put together this great looking tribute to the late Walter Cronkite and the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

MTV Germany’s tribute to Michael Jackson

July 7, 2009 @ 4:42 pm

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MTV Germany is currently showing this wonderful short intro video from BBDO Germany on its home page. You can watch the short video here (will resize your window) which shows an elegant black ribbon combined with the legs of Michael Jackson. [via]

SkyNews HD stream of Michael Jackson memorial

July 7, 2009 @ 4:04 pm

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So I just finished watching the Michael Jackson memorial via CNN.com, Hulu, and SkyNews and I have to say that SkyNews takes the cake for best presentation and video quality. They had the entire stream in HD which was pretty fantastic. You could literally see the tears in people’s eyes.

Hulu, on the other hand, sucked.