What has happened in the Spartanburg online video scene in the last week? It’s been a bit slow, actually, but there have been a few interesting posts. Let’s take a look. Jason and KrazyJason from Cackalackymovies bring us up to speed on their recent movie-hunting trip to Kannapolis, NC. If you love cheap movie deals, [...]
Yesterday, I was hanging out in Asheville with an old friend, and talking about movies. It’s what we mostly talk about when we get together, and it was even more relevant because he was showing me the basics of three-point lighting for a non-Spark project I’ve been working on. As we talked about all kinds [...]
Did you think that Spartanburg Spark was the only new media project to watch in Spartanburg? Think again. Perhaps tired of being completely — and unjustifiably — ignored by the local media, a group of local hip-hop advocates have created a new show called The Plug. Here’s a sample. It’s been a while since we’ve [...]
We all know about Spartanburg County Public Library’s Monday Minute vlog. It’s a great little roundup of what’s going on at the library during the coming week. Well get ready to have your mind blown, because now they’ve also got the Midweek Minute. Double your library video goodness for the same awesome price. This week’s [...]
Trainspotting. It’s not just a completely awesome film that launched the careers of both Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor; it’s also a completely unrelated hobby–obsessive for some–of filming trains and noting all the characteristics of those trains. Exhibit A for what I’m talking about is this local video of a train in Spartanburg County going [...]
Local video is a fickle mistress. Some weeks there’s hardly anything out there worth posting about, just the 30 car commercials posted by local dealers each week and a 20 second post of some kid riding a tricycle. As bit of an aside, why would anybody ever post a 20 second video of anything that [...]
It’s been a while since I was tasked with bringing the Spark’s readers our weekly local video roundup, and while my recollection of the last time I posted a Video-O-Rama was fading into the mist of lost memory, a quick YouTube search of local videos brought it all back. Still, leave it to Spartanburg to [...]
Spring Fling is easily downtown’s biggest regional tourist attraction, featuring tons of vendors, several stages of live music and plenty of events. Unfortunately, due to city budget cuts and the rainy weather on Saturday, this year’s Spring Fling was smaller in scope and drew a smaller crowd than some previous incarnations of the event. (In [...]
We live in a world of niche markets. It’s no longer a matter of people liking, say, horror or romance fiction, but rather high-school-supernatural-horror-romance-vampire fiction. The same is true of other genres and formats, like hip-hop. So, allow me to present a new sub-sub-genre to you. Religious-acappela-convenience-store-gonzo-rap by Spartanburg’s Willie “Chillwill” Miller. The Spartanburg Herald-Journal [...]
It’s been something of a slow week for local videos, which probably shouldn’t be surprising due to the fact that it’s actually been nice enough outside to remind people that there actually are things to do in life which don’t involve electronics. But one sector of the local creative community has been hard at work [...]
It’s the latest hard-hitting crime show that all the internet critics are talking about. It’s gritty. It’s unflinching. It’s … CSI:Spartanburg. And yeah, it’s a comedic promo for something not really related to crime or TV, but rather a student service initiative. Still kinda cool, though. Speaking of locally made internet shows, I should probably [...]
Is there a better way to start off the weekly video roundup than by watching a flying squirrel launch itself at Spartanburg County Librarian Todd Stephens? Doubtful, I’d say. Let’s take a look at the Monday Minute. There’s no dialog in the following video from Wofford College, so I’ve decided to add my own. Erudite [...]
This week, I’ve decided to switch from our normal format for Video-O-Rama, and instead write short haiku for each video featured. Let’s start. Big guy, ugly shirt desperate to justify his Hooters visit Network reporters are always excited to write on car windows Guy with chair on head? Kinda like a happier version of The [...]
The Spartanburg Library system’s Midweek Minute goes EXTREME!!! Well, not really. But they do have some BMX action that you won’t want to miss. Who says librarians aren’t hardcore? Having ghost problems? Thank goodness the Spartanburg Paranormal research Investigation Group is on the case! Here’s a teaser for their upcoming documentary on a case they’ve [...]
I’m not sure if it’s our repeated appeals for more local video blogs, a result of my not having scanned the local video scene in a few months (thanks Chris!) or just the video zeitgeist of our day, but there appears to be a much more robust collection of local vlogs and videos online these [...]
