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Going to ‘Hell and Back’ with Cynister

Every day begins a new struggle, and we have the perfect theme song to share with you today, This new single from LA trio Cynister is a proclamation about being transformed and emboldened by challenges and hardship, and coming back from those dark places with a renewed sense of resolve and greater strength.

Cynister says this of the track: "’Hell and Back’ is about persevering in the face of hardship and becoming stronger because of it. At the time we wrote this song, all of us in the band were struggling with personal issues. It’s probably our most angsty and sonically aggressive song to date. We wrote “Hell and Back” as a reminder to ourselves that we can overcome anything in life, no matter how daunting it may seem. We hope the song resonates with our listeners like it does with us, and inspires everyone who hears it."

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New Audio: Introducing the Rousing Arena Rock Friendly Sound of Cynister

New Audio: Introducing the Rousing Arena Rock Friendly Sound of Cynister @wearecynister @purplebite

Formed last year, the Los Angeles-based indie rock act Cynisterfeatures Cynnie Jane (vocals) and two mysterious members, who wear black and white masks…

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Eli Roth Fandom

Eli Roth: Works of Magic

My transformative piece is a fanvid dedicated to Eli Roth, as a brand of horror. Roth's most infamous directorial films; Cabin Fever, Hostel and Hostel II are all contenders in the top tier of my favorite horror and or gore films of all time. That statement may not mean much to many, however for myself, an individual obsessed with maniacal characters, movie gore and the horror genre in general, that statement says a whole lot.

My transformative piece is dedicated to the magical works of Eli Roth, not only because he has provided us with some of the most gut wrenching gore moments in cinematic history, but also because he ceases to neglect the other aspects of the horror genre by incorporating whimsical, B-movie elements from the birth of the gore/explotation era. A few examples of this could be the cabin in Cabin Fever, representative of the cabin from Sam Raimi's Evil Dead or the lackluster acting and character development prevalent in almost all of the Roger Corman B-movie classics.

In my opinion, Roth has undoubtedly created his own brand of horror. A brand designed to keep us on the edges of our seats and sick to our stomachs, all while drenching the film in humor and sex to keep us entertained on all levels. Roth brings out the monster in all us, by making it fun to see some of the most horrific images imaginable. For these reasons, I've decided to put together a compilation of some of the best Eli Roth gore set to a fun, light-hearted song called "Looking for the Magic." The effect of watching Roth's gory movie magic set to a fun, fast paced song, was the best way I could imagine, to represent the amazing ways in which Roth has forever made my beloved genre more gruesome and more fun.

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Larry David is a master at insulting his friends, family and strangers. Here are some of his best.

CHAPTER 7 DISCUSSION QUESTION 3

•Can we usefully understand contemporary vidding as a separate tradition from the wider sphere of remix culture?

 In chapter seven of Henry Jenkins's Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture, the author explains, in depth, the act and evolution of "vidding." Vidding, like fan fic or SLASH, is the expression of fandom through the creation of a new text, spawning from the original text. However, unlike fan fic or SLASH, vidding has more recently been molded and redefined into a completely different tradition. There is one thing in particular which really stands out in making vidding its complete own tradition in reference to the sphere of remix culture, YouTube. YouTube has broadened the spectrum of creating and sharing videos so much, that it's ripple effect has by now changed video and vidding culture forever.

 Of course there are the more obvious differences, such as the ease and frequency of individuals sharing and commenting on different video links on all realms of social media, but these are not the changes I'm specifically referring to. Even before the popularity and prevalence of YouTubing, there were social media networks such as livejournal, where people could easily share fan fic and commentary on certain texts, making it very similar to vidding. The way in which they differ, is for the fact that vidding started out as a conscious editing and splicing together of videos, audio etc., to remix or retell a story whereas presently, vidding can include texts that other areas of fandom would refuse to acknowledge as vidding or as a fanvid. You also don't really need to have any original ideas or editing skills in order to take part in vidding nowadays. Vidding could simply consist of any individual who owns a computer with editing software, such as IMovie, can pretty easily piece together montages of specific scenes or simply pictures of Leonardo DiCaprio with a romantic song as background audio, displaying video creator's affection for Leonardo DiCaprio. Doing this is such a completely different lane from creating a fanvid with a narrative and even that is a far cry from recording on VHS with multiple VCR's and other technology from the 80's and 90's.

 he other reason in which I believe vidding should be accepted as its own tradition, is that it harbors very different fan communities. Vidding can harbor fan communities comprised of individuals with very advanced skills in video editing software, whom splice scenes from different, or the same, shows to create a brand new narrative, to be understood only by other fans who are well versed with the original content and narrative. There are also communities in vidding comprised of individuals who simply take a liking to one character, band or celebrity and create montage videos of their footage or photographs and facts. As you can see, these fans and types of vidding can share nothing in common other than the fact that they are videos, which are in some way an expression of the creator's fandom.

 Throughout reading chapter 7 in Jenkins's and viewing various types of fanvids on YouTube, I came to the conclusion that vidding is most certainly a tradition all in its own in respect to the remix culture. The art and definition of vidding is and has expanded and grown so exponentially that it has multitudes of sub genre's, communities and meanings.

 he video I posted above, is a montage of hilarious insults and inappropriate remarks made by Larry David, the creator of the television series Seinfeld. Larry stars as himself in this sketch, reality-spoof comedy series entitled Curb Your Enthusiasm. This montage video of Larry David saying funny things seems fairly simple for anyone to have created (no offense) and might be shunned in other circles of fans and fandom, whereas others might watch this video and think that some Curb fan has way too much time on their hands. In these different types of fan vids, we really start to see a difference in quality and time consumption when vidding. These vast differences in vidding are what make it such a separate tradition from the rest of remix culture. There still exists that "us vs them" factor and the vidding world, much like film, music or television, is made up of quality media, junk food texts and everything in between and defined by the different groups of people who indulge in them. For these reasons, I truly see vidding as a separate tradition from the wider sphere of remix culture.

 Enjoy the hilarious vidding junk-food posted above ^^ Larry David <3

Jenkins, Henry. Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture. Taylor & Francis, 2013. Print

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