18 reader comments so far ↓

• 1 matt // Jun 3, 2009 at 1:54 pm

  OM NOM NOM NOM!

• 2 Brooke // Jun 3, 2009 at 2:24 pm

  That's Philip Glass. Y'all have never seen any of the '-qatsi' trilogy?

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-eET3f831E&eurl...

• 3 woolly // Jun 3, 2009 at 2:55 pm

  Cool!!

• 4 Fauxnothing // Jun 3, 2009 at 3:39 pm

  That's is absolutely amazing! Thank you very much!

• 5 Facebook User // Jun 3, 2009 at 3:50 pm

  That's awesome! Chomp-chomp-chomp…

• 6 milo dakkat // Jun 3, 2009 at 4:02 pm

  That's really clever! I think that's the music from the scene in Koyaanisqatsi where the projects in the Bronx are demolished. A nice touch of irony, if that's the case.

• 7 Skiff // Jun 3, 2009 at 4:30 pm

  Don't you mean:

  That's Philip Glass. That's Philip Glass. That's Philip Glass. That's Philip Glass. That's Philip Glass. That's Philip Glass. That's Philip Glass. That's Philip Glass.

• 8 ktown69 // Jun 3, 2009 at 4:41 pm

  Really fun time lapse. Much more fun than watching it in real time!

• 9 Trix // Jun 3, 2009 at 4:46 pm

  Thanks, Matt! Keeps me within my entertainment budget this week.
  All it lacked was a mournful crackhead singing tenor in the background.

• 10 Edog // Jun 3, 2009 at 4:59 pm

  I always thought it was

  P h i l P h i l P h i l P h i l p I h l p I h l p I h l p I l h h I l p p I l h H i l p s s a l G s s a s s A s s a l g

  PHILIP GLASS

  P h i l P h i l P h i l P h i l p I h l p I h l p I h l p I l h h I l p p I l h H i l p s s a l G s s a s s A s s a l g

• 11 Jennnnn // Jun 3, 2009 at 5:27 pm

  Very cool time lapse video though it's sad that all that dimensional lumber (and everything else) was just sent to the landfill.

• 12 Reba // Jun 3, 2009 at 6:38 pm

  I over heard one of the contractors say that there wasnt anything worth even trying to salvage from the house. Someone asked the same thing while I was there watching some of the demo.

• 13 wuuuut // Jun 3, 2009 at 7:24 pm

  Pruitt Igoe.

  You'd think folks in media would recognize the -qatsi when they saw it :)

• 14 latron // Jun 4, 2009 at 4:14 am

  As fun as the video is, it's wrong to blame the house for its inhabitants' actions. Just guessing, it was an early 1900s building that was certainly lovely in its day and could have definitely been renovated. Maybe “there wasnt anything worth even trying to salvage from the house,” as one of the contractors said, but their goal is never historical preservation — only profit.

• 15 Dave M. // Jun 4, 2009 at 7:26 am

  That was some amazing camera work (meaning positioning). Did you have to leave the camera unattended in an open area to get some of those angles? I would have been worried about losing the camera.

  Still great work!

• 16 Wendi Siebold // Jun 4, 2009 at 6:39 pm

  Fantastic, ironic and thoroughly entertaining to witness. Thank you for posting this!

• 17 Luke42 // Jun 4, 2009 at 9:47 pm

  Good vid, Matt. Enjoyed it.

• 18 Matt Collins // Jun 5, 2009 at 5:47 am

  No, I'm way too paranoid when it comes to my camera! The only shot that was left unattended was the high/wide shot at the beginning, which was from my deck.

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