TV MORONS

Do the multi-digital, cable-satellite, super-interactive, tivo-super plus plus tv channels still serve you up a bunch of corporate moron-fodder?

Get more zip in your goggle-box pleasure viewing with New York (and the world’s) best-loved vlog: Rocketboom presented by the delectable Amanda Congdon. Rocketboom is a three minute daily videoblog based in New York City. They cover and comment on top news stories and quirky internet culture. As their blurb puts it:

“We differ from a regular TV program in many important ways. Instead of costing millions of dollars to produce, Rocketboom is created with a consumer-level video camera, a laptop, two lights and a map with no additional overhead or costs. Also, Rocketboom is distributed online, all around the world and on demand, and thus has a much larger potential audience than any TV broadcast. However, we spend $0 on promotion, relying entirely on word-of-mouth, and close to $0 on distribution because bandwidth costs and space are so inexpensive. While TV programs have traditionally been uni-directional, Rocketboom engages its international audience in a wide range of topical discussions.”

It’s better than that sounds, like the Whacky Races have collided with Thunderbirds into a funky-news format. Every morning (9 o'clock American time), five days a week, Rocketboom.