人類の皆様ご機嫌麗しゅう♬ROBOT55（ロボット・ゴー・ゴー）です！
先週は人間の皆様の間ではお花見で賑わっていたようですが、ROBOT55は撮影や編集でザ・忙殺！
やっと一段落ついたと思ったらぐるりはもう葉桜になっております。
ROBOT55も来年こそは日本の悠久のロマン行事に参加して桜の樹の下でハイオクの油を一気飲みした挙句、ベロンベロンになってカラオケ歌いたい♬
ま、しかしながらこうして忙しいのには当然、色々理由があるんです。 Continue Reading…
Right now, it’s a Sunday evening and YIKES! I realized I haven’t written anything about video production or TV or famous people or anything! No true stories about Pop Superstar Ricky Martin, Menudo and me. No articles about my daily secret rendezvous with an extremely beautiful and famous, sex-starved Japanese actresses; No stories about how the White Stripes Jack White was a fan of the band I was in in the late 1970s and how we became friends… Nothing! Poof!
Well, what to do? Well, just in the nick of time, here are two of my recent favorite viral videos just for you to waste a few minutes time and have a laugh. Both are hilarious and I hope you enjoy them!
Have a great rest of the weekend!
Caught Cheating With Sexy Girl Prank (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwXq9SeBi9k)
The next one is also sure to make you laugh. Especially if you own a dog. He’s pretty good too!
Dog Playing Ping Pong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GksjUAPLko
A little while ago I wrote a post about how to make a viral video for your business and also offered a few choice and hilarious short viral videos. You can read that article and check out some really funny videos here: 6 Easy Tips For Making a Viral Video〜バイラル動画のための6つのポイント (http://robot55.jp/blog/6-easy-tips-for-making-a-viral-video/)
—————
We are Robot55.
Our Mission Statement is:
“We make wonderful videos productions; for a profit if we can, at a loss if we must. But no matter what, we make wonderful video productions.”
Our Motto is:
“Let’s have fun!”
————-
At Robot55 we make video productions for businesses and services and products, but we also pride ourselves on making videos for art and music. Our starting price is ¥70,000 and we are sure we can work out something that fits your budget. Oh, and we love making band videos too! Contact us! contact@robot55.jp
————————-
格安, ビデオ制作, ロボット・ゴー・ゴー, ビデオ編集, レストラン, 動画, 紹介動画, 動画制作, 格安ビデオ制作、ROBOT55, 撮影, 格安, ビジネスビデオ制作, ロボット・ゴー・ゴー, ビデオ, 東京, 撮影, 格安,
Ricky Martin (about 10-years-old), in blue shirt at front. Mike Rogers, left, white shirt.
————————-
“Upside inside out,
She’s livin’ la vida loca,
She’ll push and pull you down,
Livin’ la vida loca”
– Ricky Martin (Lyrics from ‘Livin’ Da Vida Loca.’
————————-
The other day, I posted that article about Jack White of the White Stripes. It got a fantastic reaction! Thanks so much. If you want to read that story (when you read it, you’ll also see that it is, indeed, a true story) then click here: The White Stripes Jack White and Me (A True Story) – (robot55.jp/blog/jack-white-and-me-a-true-story/）There’s also photo of me with Jack and Meg White of the White Stripes and that was well before they ever became famous.
Actually, folks, may I brag? I have tons of photos like that with me and the rich and famous. I went looking through a bunch of them and saw a few names that I’d like to drop: Yoko Ono, Paul Weller, Arnold Schwarneggar, former US President George Bush… But which story would impress you, dear reader the most today?
Well, the hint came from an alert reader and friend Jimbo who wrote: “Wow, Placebo, Linkin Park, and Elvis Costello are all very impressive, but I doubt many people can claim to have a photo with Menudo. That is a gem. :)”
So, today I am going to show you proof of me with Menudo and Ricky Martin when he was a 10-year-old boy.
No kidding.
First off, “Who is Menudo?” You ask? Here’s what Wikipedia says: “Menudo was a Puerto Rican boy band that was was one of the biggest Latin boy bands in history. The band achieved much success, especially during the 1980s, becoming the most popular Latin American teen musical group of the era. The band was a starting point for superstars like Ricky Martin and Draco Rosa, who were members around the mid 1980s during their youth.”
Actually, they were so popular they toured Japan in 1985. I was there.
Here’s the official release story for the mass media after I left Menudo:
Mike Rogers, was the sixth, most handsome and eldest member of Menudo. He wrote all the hit songs and played all the instruments. He also was director of choreography for all the stage shows. During Menudo’s Japan tour, things came to a head when the other five members complained that Mike was getting all the action with the hot and sexy Japanese babes (who were just dying to meet him) while the other Menudo members couldn’t run around with girls because they still hadn’t reached puberty and all had to be in bed by 8:00 pm.
During their Japan tour, Mike was having so much fun with sex-starved Japanese girls that he said “Goodbye” to Menudo and quit the group.
It was a mistake that Mike Rogers would always regret. If Mike had stayed, it would have been him, and not Ricky Martin would would be living in massive homes in the Caribbean, yachting on his yacht and flying around the world in his own private jet.
But he left, and the rest is, as they say history….
Mike would be quoted as saying later: “Sure, I regret it. But I just couldn’t live with myself having all that money and all those women trying to get into my pants all the time!… So I decided to take a $7.42 an hour job teaching English to Japanese businessmen.”
——–
Well, OK…. the above is a bit of a stretch… That’s not exactly how it happened. What really happened was I was a regular on a kid’s show named “Ohayo Studio” on TV Tokyo in the mid eighties and Menudo came on my show. After the show ended, I asked if I could take my photo with them so I could claim, years later, that I was the eldest member of the group…
See? I have always been a guy who planned ahead! (But the fake story is much more fun, isn’t it?)
Chuckle!
Have a great weekend!
————-
At Robot55 we make video productions for businesses and services and products, but we also pride ourselves on making videos for art and music. Our starting price is ¥70,000 and we are sure we can work out something that fits your budget. Oh, and we love making band videos too!
Contact us! contact@robot55.jp
————————-
格安, ビデオ制作, ロボット・ゴー・ゴー, 紹介動画, 動画制作, 格安, ビデオ制作, 東京, 撮影, 格安, ROBOT55, ビジネスビデオ制作, ロボット・ゴー・ゴー, ビデオ, ビデオ編集, 格安ビデオ制作、動画, 格安, ビデオ制作,
Because of the internet, many people no longer have to leave home or take public transportation to and from work; they can perform their job duties from home. This time should be a watershed time for the disabled and handicapped to work and contribute to society. As the father of a girl who is permanently confined to a wheelchair, it has been a sort of mission of mine over all these years to do so. As a small company, we want to help them to do so.
We are in the process of hiring physically impaired folks for our company. At first, just a few folks, they earn decent money editing video. At this very moment, we are looking for someone disabled but has experience editing video using Final Cut. They need to have experience with Final Cut software and be able to observe video footage and listen to music and make edits. Native Japanese ability a must. Experience in video and art and design a plus.
We prefer folks who live in Tokyo or Yokohama, Chiba area. For now, we are merely looking for one experienced person; yes, the hurdle is high. But soon we will be hiring people who have little or no experience and we aim to train them and give them a profitable skill. I will announce that job opening soon. (A Japanese language version of this article will be posted tomorrow).
What is the job precisely? Simply video editing. Look at the photo below. It is a photo of the top of this page. On the left, in the red circles, are two videos. One is 30 seconds, the other is 60 seconds. It is very high quality professional job at a super low price. You can scroll up to the top of this page to click and watch these videos.
Robot55 does professional world-class video productions at a fraction the cost of the competition and we aim to make society a better place with your help.
Here is a new video we made yesterday: (If link doesn’t play, copy and paste this into your browser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbhtRDMcBTY)
We are now looking to hire a physically impaired person who can perform a part time job doing video editing on Final Cut at home. As with all video editing jobs, this job has no set work hour schedule. The editor can do the work at their convenience. It takes about 3 – 5 hours to edit one video. Then, for the starting pay, they will be paid ¥6,000 ~ ¥9,000 per video. They can get pay raises once they become proficient with our system. The pay is much better than working at a fast food restaurant or convenience store. You never have to use time riding a train back and forth; you never have to leave home. Finish the job and upload it back to us. Simple.
We need to hire someone who has experience with Final Cut video editing soon (part time). I think the work will only be 1 video a week at the start… And then, if business goes well, we can increase. We are very flexible for our part time worker’s schedule too.
The good candidate will need an newer model Apple PC and Wi-Fi at home.
If you are interested or know someone who might be, have them contact us. Let’s work together having fun making videos and making the world a better place to live.
Interested or know someone who might be? Write to Mike or Ken at: contact@robot55.jp
—————–
NOTE: The Politically Correct crowd really confuse me sometimes. So much so, that in an article like this, I am afraid to use certain terminology. Is it OK to say, “Disabled,” or “Handicapped?” I’m not sure. I do not mean to offend anyone and just want to get to the point as quickly as possible. Politically correctness has gotten out of control. I don’t know what to call my own daughter! Some call her disabled, some call her handicapped, some call her wheelchair bound…. I call her “perfect!”
MORE NOTES: Truth be told, everyone has a disability of some sort…
——————-
We are Robot55.
Our Mission Statement is:
“We make wonderful videos productions; for a profit if we can, at a loss if we must. But no matter what, we make wonderful video productions.”
Our Motto is:
“Let’s have fun!”
At Robot55 we make video productions for businesses and services and products, but we also pride ourselves on making videos for art and music. Our starting price is ¥70,000 and we are sure we can work out something that fits your budget. Oh, and we love making band videos too!
Contact us! contact@robot55.jp
————————-
格安, ビデオ制作, ロボット・ゴー・ゴー, 格安ビデオ制作、ROBOT55, ビジネスビデオ制作, ロボット・ゴー・ゴー, ビデオ, ビデオ編集, レストラン, 動画, 紹介動画, 動画制作, 東京, 撮影, 格安,
人類の皆様ご機嫌麗しゅう！
Greetings, my humanoid friends!
高円寺にあるオシャレでカッコいいバー、ALBA 圓（えん）のお店紹介ビデオを制作しました！
We just made a video for a very cool bar in a very cool neighbourhood, Koenji, called ALBA EN! Continue Reading…
Hey! We’re back for this week’s Top 3 Countdown. Welcome!
First off, a hat tip to my friend in Osaka, Kevin Riley. Kevin was complaining about some of the songs a few weeks ago, saying they were, “Too mellow.” He wanted to, “Rock!” he says.
Damned hippies!
OK. So, this week due to popular demand (from Kevin) we’re going to rock with some more video productions from brand new artists that I think are way cool!
First up today is a band from France. It seems to be a guy and a girl. Their band name is The Limiñanas. That’s all I know about them and all I can find out about them from English language press. Kevin Riley speaks French, maybe he could do some research for us! Seriously, I can’t find really information about this band, really.
Anyway, I did find one thing… This is from a review in the Guardian:
“French pop in its purest form hasn’t really got its groove back since the 60s, but, wisely, it’s this very era that this Perpignan duo mine, marrying fuzzed-out psychedelia and agreeably rambling rock with the pop sweetness of that decade’s chansons. The ghost of Gainsbourg is felt most keenly in Votre côté yéyé m’emmerde, a softly spoken-word litany of icons and celebrities. Not hero worship, though, but an eye roll at the cute-ification of the past; its title translates to something like “your yé-yé view annoys me”, or, more literally, “enshittens me”. It is, in other words, a perfectly Gallic “bof” of a pop song.
Uh? What did he just say? Yeah. See? I can’t find out anything about this band. So check the video and you’ll know about as much as I do!
#3) The Limiñanas – Je Suis Une Go-Go Girl (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk9EdnErhMk)
Next up is a two girl group from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma that formed in 2009. And their name is Sonic Youth. Er, no! That’s not their name. But if you like Sonic Youth, you are going to dig this! The band consists of Kelli Mayo and Peyton Bighorse, who both can play several instruments. They make songs alternating instruments, in a childlike yet heavy and mature style with very and poetic lyrics and melodic arrangements. Is the rudimentary musicianship part of the act? I can’t tell because some of it really rocks! They play a bunch of different styles from riot grrrl to, get this: piano-based indie punk/pop.
#2) Skating Polly – Alabama Movies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDA-lzxcFyQ)
OK. Here we are at #1. Now this is HOT! I love this! This trio is from Texas and they are called “Purple!” (OK, Kevin Riley, you will dig this BIG TIME TOO!) In thes video they are playing at a party and I cen definitely imagine rocking out to this band! MY GOD! They have a hot blonde drummer and she is the singer too! When was the last time you saw that happen? Never, right? Her name is Hannah Brewer and she also writes the lyrics. And she growls when she sings! Hot! Hot! Hot! Click this video and watch right now! You can thank me later!
#1) Purple “Wallflower” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfx7kSYZvNo)
Well that’s all the videos for this week.
If you want to be in a music video, and you are in Tokyo, we are shooting a video for a hot new girl’s band on Friday, April 3 in Shimokitazawa. Here’s information on that: Want to Be in a Star in a Rock Video? You Can! The New Su凸ko D凹koi Video! （robot55.jp/blog/want-to-be-in-a-star-in-a-rock-video-you-can-the-new-su 凸ko-d凹koi-video/） （Su凸ko D凹koi – すっとこどっこいの音楽ビデオもその日に撮影します！「ブス」のpvに出演しましょう！全員集合！
See you back here in a week from now with more cool new music!
——————–
PAST ISSUES:
Check out the Top 3 New Artist Videos (03/17/15) 〜ミュージックビデオも制作 robot55.jp/blog/this-weeks-top-3-new-artist-videos-031715-〜ミュージックビデオも制作/
Top 3 for the week of March 12, 2015 here: This Week’s Top 3 New Artist Videos #2 & the Sex Pistols’ Glen Matlock! 〜ミュージックビデオも制作 (http://bit.ly/1Br0f66)
Top 3 for the week of March 5, 2015 here: This Week’s Top 3 New Artist Videos & Shonen Knife!〜ミュージックビデオも制作 (robot55.jp/blog/this-weeks-top-3-new-artist-videos-shonen-knife/)
——————–
At Robot55 we make video productions for businesses and services and products, but we also pride ourselves on making videos for art and music. Our starting price is ¥80,000 and we are sure we can work out something that fits your budget. Oh, and we love making band videos too!
Contact us! contact@robot55.jp
————————-
格安, ビデオ制作, ビデオ編集, レストラン, 動画, ロボット・ゴー・ゴー, 格安ビデオ制作、ROBOT55, ビジネスビデオ制作, 東京, 撮影, 格安, ロボット・ゴー・ゴー, ビデオ, 紹介動画, 動画制作,
皆様ご機嫌麗しゅう！ROBOT55（ロボット・ゴー・ゴー）です！
来たる4月3日金曜日「オブラートのないチャット・モンチー（by 綾小路翔）」SU凸KO D凹KOI（すっとこどっこい）のライブでPVの撮影も行います！
PVに出演をしたい方、或いは単純に彼女たちの素晴らしいライブを
因みにPVの曲は知る人ぞ知る大傑作「ブス」。
その赤裸々で痛ましいまでのリアリティ溢れる歌詞に聴く者は涙を禁じ得ません！
Jacket the the first Su Ko D Koi that features the hits “Momanaide” and “Busu.”
名曲「ブス」収録！SU凸KO D凹KOIのEP『一寸先は闇』
そんな訳でロックが好きな人、いや音楽が好きな人は皆んな下北沢MOSAICに集合！
以下チケット購入等のインフォメーションです：
2015.4.3(FRI)下北沢MOSAICにてSU凸KO D凹KOIワンマンライブ決定！！！この日にのpvも撮影します！全員集合！
2015年4月3日金曜日
開場 18:30 / 開演 19:00
前売 ¥2,000 + ¥500 Drink / 当日 ¥2,500 + ¥500 Drink
◎ホームページの仕様が変更されたため、御手数ですがお問い合わせメールの際、返信をご希望とされる方は本文中に返信用のアドレスを入力していただけると幸いです。
◎お取り置き予約はホームページの一番下からお問い合わせいただけます。
※e＋でのチケット販売が1/13から開始されます。こちらにはチケット事前購入特典(4/3のライブ会場受付にて受け取れます)がございますので是非こちらからのご購入、もしくはライブハウスの店頭販売、Su凸ko D凹koiライブ物販にてのチケット購入でも特典がつくのでおすすめしています。
■e+購入ページURL（パソコン／スマートフォン／携帯共通）
http://sort.eplus.jp/sys/T1U14P0010843P006001P002146726P0030001
◎ホームページの仕様が変更されたため、御手数ですがお問い合わせメールの際、返信をご希望とされる方は本文中に返信用のアドレスを入力していただけると幸いです。
Hey welcome back for some more great animations.I hope you folks enjoy this series of animations. As for me, I find that watching these things inspires me and gives me ideas for when I make my own video productions for Robot55. It is amazing that, in many cases, so many wonderful videos remain of productions that were made on shoe string budgets.
I love that sort of thinking. It is the ultimate in creativity. I hope that some of these videos give you ideas for your creative productions whether those are video productions, art, writing a book, or even making a cake! Whatever we do, let’s have fun!
The first animation up today is one of the earliest animators. His name is Willis O’Brien. Most of you might recognize his work as he was the guy who made the giant gorilla in the classic 1933 film, “King Kong.” I remember watching that film in cinema class at university and just being simply amazed that they could have this animation so many years ago…. (I was studying animation too at the time!)
Willis Harold O’Brien was born in Oakland, California in 1886. He is a pioneer in motion picture special effects and stop-motion animations. He is well known and his reputation was (and still is) that he, “was responsible for some of the best-known images in cinema history.” O’Brien is best remembered for his work on The Lost World (1925), King Kong (1933) and Mighty Joe Young (1949). He won the 1950 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects. He wrote the story for King Kong vs. Frankenstein which was changed and was developed into Ishirō Honda’s King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962).
Here is Willis H. O’Brien from 1915 – “The dinosaur and the missing link”
(If link about doesn’t play, copy and past this link into your browser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RClif87GM1A)
Next up is some stop animation work that, when I was a kid, I didn’t like at all. For some reason, these images disturb me. I can’t put my finger on it… But I guess they made me fear that my toys were alive while I was sleeping. You might recognize some of these images and this style too. This is work by George Pal.
George Pal was born in 1908 in Hungary and moved to the USA in 1940. He was an animator and film producer, mostly doing science fiction (maybe that’s where the scary part came in for me as a kid). He was nominated for Academy Awards in the category Best Short Cartoons for seven years in a row between 1942 – 1948! Wow! Pal is the the second most nominated Hungarian exile after Miklós Rózsa.
George Pal has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1722 Vine St.
Rocky Horror Picture Show fans will be interested in the trivia that, in the opening theme to that show, of both the stage musical, “Science Fiction/Double Feature,” George Pal is among the many references to classic science fiction and horror films in the opening theme.
Here’s George Pal with “Philips Broadcast” from 1938:
(If link about doesn’t play, copy and past this link into your browser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQmiqymo7Og).
OK. I said the last animation scared me as a kid. Next up is a very bizarre and twisted animation that is sure to cause the kids have nightmares. I cannot find any information about this Japanese animator nor this animation. But I think it speaks for itself.
Hitoshi Suenaga Distrust of Romantica:
(If link about doesn’t play, copy and past this link into your browser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2mJIpvgUC0)
Well that’s it for this week. Hope you enjoyed this short trip into the past and the minds of some very “out of the box” creators. See you next week, same place and same time!
Psst! Want to see more?
Need a Break? Watch These Three Fantastic Short Animations! (robot55.jp/blog/need-a-break-watch-these-three-fantastic-short-animations/)
More Exciting (and Bizarre) Animations! robot55.jp/blog/more-exciting-and-bizarre-animations/
—————-
At Robot55 we make video productions for businesses and services and products, but we also pride ourselves on making videos for art and music. Our starting price is ¥70,000 and we are sure we can work out something that fits your budget. Contact us! contact@robot55.jp
————
ロボット・ゴー・ゴー, ROBOT55, 格安ビデオ制作、commercial video, english language video, english video production, video production tokyo, サブカル, ビデオ, ビデオ編集, プロモーションビデオ, 制作, 動画, 動画制作, 動画制作 東京, ビデオ制作、
人類の皆様コニャニャチわ！ROBOT55（ロボット・ゴー・ゴー）です。よ！
人間だれでも仕事ばかりしていてはダメですよね。大いに働き、大いに遊んだ方がいい仕事も出来るというもの！
そんな「明日への活力」はロボットにも必要！いい動画を制作する為には一流の作品を見て、一流の遊び方をしなくてはいけません。
そんな僕、ROBOT55は何を隠そう大の芸者遊び好き！ Continue Reading…
あのROBOT55のマイク・ロジャースのラジオ番組の花見Party
みんな遊びにきてください！
日時:4月4日 土曜 朝7時から午後の4時ごろまで
場所:東京都世田谷区玉堤1丁目-23付近（多摩川土手）
○多摩川土手の桜の木の下です!
■目標は Volkswagen世田谷認定中古車センターの看板です。
■看板の玉堤通りをはさんだ土手側です。
会費:飲み物食べ物を自分が食べて飲む分持参です
各自、ゴミを持ち帰れる程度でお願いします。←重要です
皆さんによかったら御用意していただきたいもの
○レジャーシート。（シートを止めるザイル等あると助かります）
○紙コップや紙のお皿やお箸・フォーク・スプーン
○テッシュやタオル（汚れちゃっても最悪捨てちゃってもいいもの）
○ゴミ袋（大きいのとスーパーのレジ袋みたいなもの）
○レジャー用の折りたたみテーブル等
周辺施設情報
近所にセブンイレブン、イオン、スリーエフがあります。
当日、足りなくなったものはここで調達できそうです
コインパーキングが3カ所（台数は定かではないです。）があります。
◎注意!!!飲酒される方は絶対に自動車の運転をしないでください!!!◎
◎できるだけ電車・バスをご利用ください◎
最寄駅
東京急行電鉄・東横線・目黒線・東急多摩川線 [多摩川駅]
東京急行電鉄・田園都市線 [二子玉川駅]
東京急行電鉄・大井町線 [尾山台駅]
最寄バス停留所
東急東横線・目黒線・多摩川線 多摩川駅 または
田園都市線 二子玉川駅より東急バスでそれぞれ８分
[ 玉11 ] 二子玉川駅←→多摩川駅
東急ゴルフパークたまがわ前停留所
——————–
At Robot55 we make video productions for businesses and services and products, but we also pride ourselves on making videos for art and music. Our starting price is ¥80,000 and we are sure we can work out something that fits your budget. Oh, and we love making band videos too!
Contact us! contact@robot55.jp
————————-
ロボット・ゴー・ゴー, 格安ビデオ制作、ROBOT55, 格安, ビデオ制作, ビデオ編集, レストラン, 動画, ビジネスビデオ制作, ビデオ, 紹介動画, 動画制作, 東京, 撮影, 格安, ロボット・ゴー・ゴー,