Best of 2007

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

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After all the positive feedback from last year’s inaugural “Best of 2006″video, it was seemingly decided by all my friends that I had no other choice to make another one for 2007 (and on). This time, I added a small constraint that any music I used had to be released that year. I also changed cameras, getting a Panasonic Lumix around March, which was a double-edged sword – shooting better quality video than the Sanyo, but a heavy drop in audio quality.

Music:

Broken Social Scene, Presents Kevin Drew: “Lucky Ones”
LCD Soundsystem: “Someone Great”
Laura Veirs: “To The Country”

30 Comments »

  1. so this is what you do with all your extra time. blogging…

    Comment by general tso — February 26, 2008 @ 1:36 pm

  2. god dammit! i miss you guys! even you motherfuckers i don’t know.

    Comment by benji — February 26, 2008 @ 4:39 pm

  3. We liked it. What’s that white stuff?

    Comment by eric — February 26, 2008 @ 10:03 pm

  4. Mr. Swine,
    You made me Famous!! You’re the @#$%ing MAN!!! I $@%&ing love You!!! The Supermodels can’t get their %&$#ing hands off me!!! I’ve got to go!!! I have some @#$%ing business to take care of!!! Literally!!! ooh baby…..

    Comment by CanKicker Kaltreider — February 27, 2008 @ 6:05 am

  5. What an advertising for life!! Me likeee!

    Comment by Martino — February 27, 2008 @ 1:17 pm

  6. dont you have more footage of me?

    Comment by kristopher — February 29, 2008 @ 7:20 pm

  7. Only if you move out here, Kris!

    Comment by Alphonse — March 3, 2008 @ 9:57 am

  8. Best mustache ever Adam B. Yer leading the good life :-)

    Comment by 928 Raleigh Ct. — March 5, 2008 @ 7:44 pm

  9. i miss you guys too! that edit is sick by the way. nice work phonsolishus!

    nader

    Comment by nader — March 6, 2008 @ 3:51 pm

  10. Damnit! I miss you bunch of freewheelin’ jerks!
    Can’t say that I can offer you as much here on the east coast — at least not in NYC.
    However, hoping to make it out there in June.
    See you then?

    -Css aka D.combs

    Comment by Curtiss — March 17, 2008 @ 7:45 am

  11. Just found your Best of 2007 on Stumble. What a fun life with friends and family you seem to have! Keep it up! Don’t ever lose that fun, no matter how old you get!

    Comment by ellen — August 17, 2008 @ 12:29 pm

  12. I don’t even know any of you as I “stumbled” upon this site, but I wanted to let you know that your “Best Of” compilation really moved me. Cheers!

    Comment by Bee-Sea — August 18, 2008 @ 5:24 am

  13. i only stumbled this, but it’s adorable and a great idea! :D (also: broken social scene? YES)

    Comment by Arden — August 20, 2008 @ 2:00 pm

  14. Wow, any chance you can put up the names of the artists and songs from this compilation? Epic vid.

    Comment by Duncan — August 21, 2008 @ 12:13 am

  15. Sure thing. I added the song titles to the post above.

    Comment by Alphonse — August 21, 2008 @ 8:46 am

  16. this is just beautiful, i feel like I have no friends!….. congratulations

    Comment by Vgm — August 23, 2008 @ 12:43 am

  17. This is lovely! Thanks for posting it. You have really inspired me with your website :)

    Comment by Meredith — August 23, 2008 @ 5:26 pm

  18. I want to know you all even though I know some of you; your lives look so inviting. Beautiful and hilarious…I laughed…I cried….

    Comment by Jane Nash — August 25, 2008 @ 4:28 pm

  19. Very beautiful!! Congratulation to you and your friends!
    I want to know the titles of the soundtrack.

    Thank you,

    Alberto from Italy

    Comment by Alberto — August 27, 2008 @ 7:51 am

  20. kind of amazing that looking at a bunch of strangers having fun can cheer you up but there it is…I’m cheered.

    Comment by nyres — September 5, 2008 @ 7:11 am

  21. Kauai!!! Great year indeed. Well done.

    Comment by Will — January 31, 2009 @ 7:53 am

  22. That was really cool man. Pretty inspiring.

    Comment by Jake — January 31, 2009 @ 6:20 pm

  23. Holy crap! Was that Ryan Lucas?

    We graduated from the I.D. program at VT together. Well, we didn’t hold hands or anything but you know what I mean. ^)^

    Great video very inspiring! And what an awesome find to randomly see a classmate in this…I always wondered how he was doing.

    go HOKIES!

    Comment by Jerry D. Elmore — January 31, 2009 @ 7:31 pm

  24. You make me jealous! All that beautiful white snow!

    Comment by 3ojangles — February 1, 2009 @ 4:57 pm

  25. this was FANTASTIC.

    Comment by andrea — February 2, 2009 @ 9:05 am

  26. Great vid….mist check out 2006….

    What model Panasonic Lumix did you use??

    Comment by The Slippery Orange Ballcock — February 4, 2009 @ 1:52 pm

  27. Thanks! I used the TZ3.

    Comment by Alphonse — February 5, 2009 @ 12:31 pm

  28. Awesome video Alphonse. You have a great circle of friends. Great choice on using a BSS song. Also the site and your other work is amazing too.

    Comment by brad — February 5, 2009 @ 1:27 pm

  29. I love the look, feel, and style of this! Any chance you’ll be posting a Best of 2008 video soon?

    Comment by Chad — February 17, 2009 @ 11:59 pm

  30. Finally posted Best of 2008. Check it out!

    Comment by Alphonse — June 1, 2009 @ 3:32 pm

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