in the last week two videos came to my attention. The first is a self made youtube clip that first surfaced following the February earthquake. It’s a parody of a split ends song “There’s a fraction too much Friction. The song, called “Fraction Liquifaction” and gives you a good idea of the scale of the liquified soils that were around the Christchurch neighborhoods following the earthquakes. It’s mostly cleaned up now but you can definitely still see signs of it. The area where my buildings are and the neighborhood we live in didn’t see as much damage as this.
But the video also gives you a sense of the sort of spirit of the Christchurch people finding some humor in what was obviously a sureal disaster.
The second video is a video by a rapper Scribe. Scribe was at the height of his popularity when I was last here in 2003 with his song “Not Many”. Apparently since then he’s sort of fallen out of the limelight. This remake of his hit song titled “Not Many Cities” is meant to be inspirational. When I watch it it’s this strange mix of funny, extremely sad, and also borderline inappropriate. But being shot mostly in the red zone it does give you a glimpse into the reality in there right now. Enjoy…
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