I just love this video from DUO | MOSÏK. They’re a German duo that does jazz in the old style. And their videos are pretty unique too.

Enjoy!

-Kent, Yahoo! Video Team

No doubt about it, the news today is bad. So watch this instead:

Speaking of Bond songs—in case you missed it—last week saw the debut of 007’s new theme song.

-Kent, Yahoo! Video Team

Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past couple of months, you’ve likely seen some promotion for the Seth Rogan comedy ‘Pineapple Express.’ About a minute into the trailer an infectious beat drops; it’s a Clash sample beefed up with huge drums and a female melodically singing the chorus “I fly like paper, get high like planes etc…” This song, ‘Paper Planes’, that has seemingly blown up overnight, belongs to Sri Lankan songstress M.I.A.

Since becoming the theme song to the film, M.I.A.’s album sales for her second full length album ‘Kala’ have seen a resurgence and ‘Planes’ even made it to the top of the iTunes download charts. The blogs have also taken notice in the original video, sending M.I.A. to the top viral video charts for the month of August. If only Joe Strummer were alive today to witness his music influencing a whole new generation.

Check out the ‘Pineapple Express’ Trailer.

Then watch M.I.A.’s ‘Paper Planes.’

Now go buy The Clash ‘Combat Rock.’

-Elias, Yahoo! Video Team

First, a general disclaimer: Fringe Fridays is not responsible for your nightmares. It is, however, responsible for drawing your attention to Creepy Doll, an animated music video by John Ink, featuring the music of Jonathan Coulton. Whether you choose to watch Creepy Doll is, of course, entirely up to you:

-Kent, Yahoo! Video Team

One of my favorite stories as a kid was ‘Peter and the Wolf.’ I had one of those tape-and-book sets of Prokofiev’s masterpiece that I would listen to, and read, over and over again. Twenty-plus years later, I’m pretty excited to catch these sneak-preview/making-of videos for a stop-motion version of the story set to premiere in March, on PBS. It looks marvelous:

Peter:

The Wolf:

Post Production:

-Kent, Yahoo! Video Team

Just what is it that makes something truly worthy of Fringe Fridays? I ask myself that question often (at least weekly, usually on a Thursday). And honestly, I don’t know. What I do know is that the work of Impactist is truly fringe-tastic. Impatctist is the work of husband-and-wife team Kelly Meador and Daniel Elwing. They create commercials and music videos in a striking variety of styles. Check out what they’ve uploaded to us and then check out the amazing volume of work on their website.

First there’s Low-Fidelity Cat Dream, 23 seconds of action-packed animated bliss:

The Type Writer is a beautiful homage to the Remington Steamliner:

Leo’s Song is a tale of music, aliens, and three-dimensional geometry set to music:

I’m really proud to have them on Yahoo! Video. If you like what you see, make sure to rate and review their work by clicking the links above each video. And did I mention the amazing quicktime videos on their website?

-Kent, Yahoo! Video Team