New York City 1911-Present, by Adam Quirk of Wreck and Salvage, NYPL Digital Gallery, video of the Empire State Building, music by Dosh

Story Links: Save the world from Magibon, Rocketboom, Felicia Day, Ze Frank, Revision3, Podshow, Bombay.tv

Rocketboom Spotlight: Slagsmålsklubben - Sponsored by destiny. A reinterpretation of the fairytale Little Red Riding Hood. Motion graphics by Tomas Nilsson, music: Slagsmålsklubben

Rocketboom Spotlight:Obama’s Message to Iran.

Rocketboom Spotlight: ‘a micrometer from here’ by Amit Zakai

Rocketboom Spotlight: “The Collector”, by John Douglas Powers

Joanne battles her nemesis.

Rocketboom Spotlight: Tomt and I by Daz Spencer Lovesey and Joe Barcham. Produced by: Go Forward Films and Dave Lankester.

Joanne records a response video to a response video to Andy Warhol Eating a Hamburger.

Rocketboom Spotlight on Nilo’s Story by Omar Khalifa. Nilofar Habibi, a presenter with Herat TV in Afghanistan, became a symbol of resistance for women journalists in the summer of 2008. In the face of death threats for working as a journalist, Habibi decided to keep working. This is her story. Created by Omar Khalifa assisted by Matthew Egan and Sara Kianpour (translation) with thanks to the Doha Centre for Media Freedom, Qatar. Music: ‘Twice’ by Little Dragon.

Miniature City. Inspired by Little People. Music by Drew.

Images, tweets, and posts from the 2009 Inauguration of President Barack Obama.

Rocketboom rides along during the 2009 No Pants Day Subway Ride by Improv Everywhere.

Wishing everyone a Happy Holidays!

Rocketboom spotlight: Iran: A nation of bloggers by Aaron Chiesa, Toru Kageyama, Hendy Sukarya, and Lisa Temes, students the Vancouver Film School.

The 2008 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade from New York City. Music: Symphonie Fantastique (1830) by Hector Berlioz, The Planets by Gustav Holst

The Annual Rocketboom Thanksgiving Day Parade Special. See also, The Bluies vs. The Peachies, The Imperial March

Joanne trains with Flynn from The New York Jedi lightsaber enthusiasts collective.

If time was infinite and space was finite everything would repeat.

Video from the 2007 NYC Halloween Parade. Come back later this weekend for footage from this year’s 2008 NYC Halloween Parade.

line rider, music: tank! by yoko kanno and the seatbelts

Pirates are alive and well on Talk Like a Pirate Day.

The Instant Grant Program by The Federation of Students and Nominally or Unemployed Artists

Joanne finds her rhythm in Central Park.

Story of a City: New York (1946), Alley Shop, The Gates, Central Park, February 2005, New York, New York, Columbia University - Campus Tour, Times Square Sinema 1970, LED Throwies 2, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Time Square, New York Hotel Room Video, 911 Memorial, guggenheim museum, CPDSA Disco Skating, Central Park, New York, Urban clarinetist playing in a subway car, Apple Store Cube 5th Avenue NYC, NYC: Frederick Phineas & Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space, Amazing Kids from NYC-Skateboarding, The Porter House, New York Subway Break Dance, Nomadic Museum, NYC: Hearst Magazine Tower, Time Warner reflections, 11 Spring Street, us/nyc/modulightor/01, Jumble, Shell montage #2, Manhattan, Missing our towers, Dreaming of People in Far Away Places, Towards Wall Street, NYC Skyline from Weekawken, NJ