New Trend: Cell Phone Videos

It’s been a quiet week at Lake Waywardblog. We are all very hungover and unsure what day it is. Our only recourse has been to watch YouTube videos.

Today’s installment: Videos Shot Entirely On a Cell Phone

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First, a California band called Wallpaper capitalizes on the text messaging craze with “Txt Me Yr Love,” a day-in-the-life vignette of a suburban loverman.

Wallpaper – “Txt Me Yr Love”

Then, Kansas City’s electro-terror outfit the Monitor uses the same kind of device, but rather than go funny, they take advantage of the camera’s lo-fi, grainy qualities to present a voyeurlike murder scene.

The Monitor – “Last of Kin”