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Thursday, September 08, 2005

Wake Me Up When September Ends



...because I have to be dreaming ...having a nightmare, in which case, please pinch me now - hard.

These past few days have been horrific.

I heard this song on Chuck Olsen's blog and thought it was an appropriate fit with what I've been feeling. Now on to the doing...

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NY TIMES ARTICLE ABOUT THIS VIDEO

Music: Wake me up when September Ends by Green Day.








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posted by Zadi at 3:54 AM  

38 Comments:

  • Thanks for sharing your vision of this. Still beyond my comprehension. What if this was a major terrorist attack rather than a natural disaster? Would anything have proceeded differently? Probably not.

    By The Faux Press, at 6:32 AM  

  • There comes a point where you can't be mad at someone for who they are. Bush and his administration have shown us their true colors time and time again. I'm starting to get past my anger at Bush and his friends for fucking this up and killing thousands of people, first in Iraq, then on the Gulf Coast. I'm just going to focus my efforts on removing them from office so we can get on with our lives, and our country. I'm tired of being furious.

    By bullemhead, at 7:55 AM  

  • Great piece Zadi. Goes well with the Green Day song. And on another note, great choice on the Chuck Taylors.

    By Ty, at 9:50 AM  

  • Thanks for keeping up the amazing work, Zadi. You continue to bring an amazing level of quality.

    Adam, I'm tired of being furious, too. I've just come to expect this lack of performance, compassion, and integrity from our "leaders". Between the backlash from this and the momentum started at Camp Casey, maybe we're beginning to see some momentum towards change.

    By natdefreitas, at 8:11 AM  

  • Zadi, that was amazing... or should maybe "amazing" isn't the correct word. More like devastating t your soul. The iamges and the music go perfectly together. Every sonlge image was powerfull.... I liked the most the part when Bush is saying that he has no doudbt everything is going to be fine, the images there are JUST PERFECT! Oh, and the september newspaper.... nice touch.

    I hope to meet you tomorrow in the apple store.

    By Juan, at 4:48 PM  

  • You put this together well, and it's weird how the music fit like it did. This whole tragedy has been hard to deal with.

    By Chris Daniel, at 9:31 PM  

  • Sister,

    Your segment is beyond art, it's truth. You've started the process of capturing the soul of a very important, but brief moment in time - don't stop; the nameless, the faceless, those that died waiting to be rescued are praying for you to expand you vision. Someone MUST tell their story! I think that it's you - or at least you are the beginning. I suggest that you challenge others to Mash-Up images, and traditional media, of what has passed within the last two weeks and of what will come - like Sept. 11th, the scars of Katrina will be with us for a very long while.

    Every new medium has it's inflection point. For Cable new it was the Gulf War, for the Internet it was E-Commerce. Maybe this moment in time is why Vlogging was invented. Maybe this cause, allowing real people to document and express the "real" truth to whomever will view or listen, is the inflection point for Vlogs and podcasts?

    I also appreciate the selfless nature of the segment. After viewing it I was struck by the notion that traditional media is more about the network (and their advertisers) the news anchor (and their hair) more often than about the true story.

    More power to you. Continue to speak truth to power.

    May God bless you and inspire your vision,

    James Harris
    CEO and Chief Storyteller
    Elemental Interactive

    By James Harris, at 11:34 PM  

  • What a wonderful and moving peice. You used the horrific images broadcasted by the news, and have reformed them into a work of art. A work of art that expresses the untouched emotion within all of us as we watch. An emotion which cannot be released while listening to news commentators or reading the newspapers. I needed to see this to release as do others. Thank you.

    By gabemac, at 6:50 AM  

  • Beautiful as usual, Zadi. Brings back the speechlessness with which I sat in front of my TV watching this unfold.

    By Lez, at 7:33 PM  

  • Thanks for the link!!
    I really like your videos!!
    nm

    By Nathan Miller, at 5:09 AM  

  • Extraordinarily powerful video Zadi. I'm speechless. Thanks.

    By Amanda, at 9:13 AM  

  • Zadi, we don't have cable at home, in fact we don't have TV. I've got dial-up, and I so grateful that I do. Because you and your most exquisite movie brought home to me the overwhelming magnitude of suffering that I would never have witnessed otherwise.

    By Chris, at 5:43 PM  

  • Beautiful and sad, Zadi. With a little incredulousness thrown in. You prefectly expressed my reaction.

    Also? Your little "thanks for watching" is super-ass sweet!

    By Chuck Olsen, at 5:36 AM  

  • This brought the Katrina situation home to me like nothing else I have seen. Hard to watch, but I guess something this awful should be hard to watch.

    By jonnygoldstein, at 6:55 AM  

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    By R, at 7:19 AM  

  • Woops. Devastating event, powerful video! Barbara Bush's quote at the end sends chills up my spine...

    By R, at 7:21 AM  

  • Singer/Songwriter David Rovics song, "New Orleans," currently #2 on the SoundClick Folk Chart is available for photo slide shows and video compilations. Democracy Now! played the tune last week with Katrina video clips between their New Orleans coverage.

    New Orleans Song Press Release

    JOlmsted
    Video Blogger
    http://view-point.blogspot.com

    By JOlmsted, at 7:54 AM  

  • Very nicely done, Zadi. I've posted links and comments on asymptote (http://quigley.blogs.com/) And congratulations on the review by Sara Boxer in the New York Times today.

    By Timothy, at 8:45 AM  

  • I read about your video/blogin the New York Times this morning, then went to a peace rally at noon. These are crazy times. Thanks for this moving video... it helps.

    By Sue, at 11:09 AM  

  • I read about your video/blogin the New York Times this morning, then went to a peace rally at noon. These are crazy times. Thanks for this moving video... it helps.

    By Sue, at 11:09 AM  

  • Just put up a little story about this at wearethemedia.com

    By jonny goldstein, at 11:14 AM  

  • Congratulations Zadi!
    Great piece. I just got notice of the New York Times article! You rock. I look forward to seeing you at the next meet up. Vlogging truly can change the world. Keep up the amazing work.

    All the best,
    Cheryl Shuman
    www.TheInCrowdVlog.com

    By The IN Crowd Vlog, at 4:36 PM  

  • dude, yer famous!!

    By Chuck Olsen, at 4:37 PM  

  • Incredible. Forever now, when I hear this song, I will think of your vlog post.

    By Susan, at 5:43 AM  

  • I'm from Brazil. I saw a news about your blog on the "NYT", congratulations on your blog, he's very interesting!!!
    Big hug!!!
    Diego Alves - dialves.cf@uol.com.br

    By Anonymous, at 8:36 PM  

  • is incredible that is so hard to wake up... Welcome to America! USA is fucked up since long time ago...

    By Anonymous, at 8:36 PM  

  • Read about this in an article all the way in Toledo, Ohio, and couldn't wait to get to a computer. I watched it alone in the office and tried not to cry. Its beautiful. Thanks.

    By Betsy Rose, at 10:49 AM  

  • Beautiful video! I hate the sappy Green Day video, but this is powerful. The best part is the overlay of the Bushs' audio (son and mother) on the pictures. The video with the Barbara Bush comments is perfect! Give them enough rope and they'll hang themselves!

    By katiek, at 5:56 AM  

  • Great story on the AP. I'd like to see the video, but I'd bet your servers are getting slammed.

    Is anyone mirroring it? I'd be happy to host it on our blog stinging-nettle.blogspot.com if you would like some relief from the crush.

    It sounds fantastic.

    Nice site, btw.

    By DrFrankLives, at 8:29 AM  

  • this is JMan, the video blogger from Japan. I noticed you linked me which is pretty cool. Just wanted to say hi.

    btw, nice site.

    By JMAN, at 9:08 AM  

  • Great video. And more proof that Green Day is the greatest bad band of its generation -- and this song is the anthem of same.

    By Jill, at 1:12 PM  

  • A big hug from the most attractive person imaginable for all the distrought. Because if someone's gonna hold you, you might as well like the way that person looks.

    By enjoyable_payne, at 4:48 AM  

  • Great video's on your blog

    By Henrik Terkelsen, at 12:24 PM  

  • I heard about this awhile back. It's really good

    By Anonymous, at 7:49 PM  

  • i love the video. good stuff.

    By penovate, at 4:41 AM  

  • I've revlogged the video here: http://poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/2005/12/13/2973/ great one! It really shows the power of the medium.

    By Anonymous, at 9:21 AM  

  • Well, it's January 2006 and I'm still thinking about this video. It's an amazing piece of art, and just as powerful today as it was in September. Whenever I hear this song, I am reminded of it. Did you win any awards for it? You certainly should have. Thank you so much for creating it.

    By David, at 10:59 AM  

  • I just linked here because someone referred to it on the Yahoo group. Watched the video and got verklempt... I blame each and every idiot who re-elected that monkey of a president. I wonder what percentage of these people are still homeless...

    By Casey McKinnon, at 6:41 AM  

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