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Computer mice and their pointers may not be long for this world. As touchscreen devices become more prevalent, fewer and fewer people may find themselves pointing and clicking. The band Light Light wants to make sure the mouse and pointer at least get a proper send off, so they've made the video for their song "Kilo" interactive and crowdsourced. The song and the video are pretty catchy.

Slender Man is one of those things that's crawled up from the underbelly of the Internet back in 2009 to make its mark on popular culture. When the games featuring the creepy creation began to crop up, it was only a matter of time before the mainstream took hold. There have been countless videos and stories shared about Slender Man, but this particular music video from the folks at Fox's Animation Domination HD takes the cake for being both soothing and terrifying.

If you were thinking of doing a Gangnam Style video -- and yes, it has crossed all of our minds, the tune and video is just that ingrained in our brain holes now -- you can maybe stop now? Nothing is going to outdo this take featuring Deadpool with a special guest appearance by Bane, so we can all just stop trying at let this trend serenely and officially jump the shark. Because this video is kind of the best?

We've seen music videos animated from a surprising number of small objects before, but this new one from The Family Bones is pretty remarkable. Using some 25,000 Post-It notes, animator Aaron Kaminar and his team created this pixelated piece of perfection. They even threw in an homage to classic platformers. It's fun, it's catchy, it's just the thing you need this morning. See it, after the break.

This is one of those great moments where the stars align and a cavalcade of great artists come together to create something truly beautiful. In the new music video for singer songwriter Nick Lowe (Cruel to be Kind), Tim Heidecker plays the role of a new age therapist who walks WTF podcast host Marc Maron through "smile piles" and "rollover whispers." In typical T&E fashion, uncomfortable wardrobe choices abound. Also, rock group Wilco, singer Robyn Hitchcock, and actress Maria Thayer show up -- because why not? Watch it, and see Heidecker help Maron find his prismatic aura. Now all it needs is some shrim.

Thus far we have seen OK Go dance on treadmills, sing with dogs, perform with a camouflage marching band, and execute a song with a massive Rube Goldberg device. However, last night's Super Bowl ad may have topped them all for complexity, when the band used a specially modified Chevy Sonic to perform their song "Needing/Getting." It involves actuated mechanical arms, air-fed melodicas, a thousand wrecked instruments, and some pretty impressive stunt driving on the part of frontman Damian Kulash. Trust me, you need to see this.

In space no one can hear you scream, but they can apparently hear your righteous dub. This video, from animators Ryan Todd and Chad Turner, positively drips with that old-school sci-fi feel. It's got funky spaceships, all-seeing eyes, crystals, spheres, and some guy with a beard. What more could you want? The music is by Chllngr, if that's your thing. If not, just sit back and enjoy the wiggy visuals.

Everybody likes a good medieval themed music video by an amateur metal band that managed to scrape together enough cash to blow on a wide variety of mediocre costumes and middling special effects, right? Of course they do, which is why "The King That Never Was" by Alternate Reality is perfect for you, me, and everyone else in the world. If you're familiar with Authurian legend, prepare to be offended. If you aren't, try not to remember any of this. Actually that second one goes for everyone.

Oh and if you're a fan of metal, just pretend it's a joke. I mean, it pretty much is.

Every work of art seeks distinction, but few do so by using 288,000 jelly beans to create a stop motion animated music video. Directed by Greg Jardin and using the body and music of Kina Grannis, this incredible video took 1,357 hours over nearly two years to make. In that time, the production team shot 2,4360 still frames featuring Grannis and thousands of jelly beans. Amazingly, the whole thing was done without any CGI wizardry or greenscreening. Not only is it a visual marvel, but it's a catchy tune and utterly charming. Watch it after the break and be sure to take a minute to see the making-of video, that gives us a peek at how something like this gets made.

Admittedly, I am not a fan of 3D, but if I ever saw a video that might be done justice by it, it's this video. Apparently, it's a music video of some sort, speculation about what sort abounds on this reddit thread. It's hard to figure out without being able to read Japanese. What's for sure though, is that it's absolutely mesmerizing. It's from way back in the Stone Age, 2009, but definitely worth resurrecting in case you missed it, which you probably did. Sit back and enjoy. Welcome to the weekend.

(via Reddit)

In anticipation of the upcoming Star Fox 64 3D, or in remembrance of a time when games only needed one number suffix, here's a tribute to the mildly infuriating members of the slightly dysfunctional Star Fox team. Underbelly and BrentalFloss have teamed up with a handful of puppets by Hirokareo and sets by Sidewinder81777 to create this brilliant rendition of David Bowie's Space Oddity. I always felt like Fox was the most one dimensional character on the team, but after seeing my own frustration superimposed on him, he's definitely my favorite now.

Protip: Pay attention to the pictures hanging in each character's cockpit for bonus laughs.

(via Albotas)

Weird Al Yankovic has released the music video for "Perform This Way", a parody of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" which is the first single off his new album. Weird Al fans have been anticipating the video ever since the controversy over whether Lady Gaga would approve the song caused Yankovic to announce in April that "Perform This Way" would not be on the album.

Yankovic tried to get permission from Lady Gaga for the parody, but her manager shot down the idea without forwarding the song to Gaga herself.  Weird Al fans were disappointed until Lady Gaga came to the rescue, approving the song.The video features Yankovic's head superimposed on a the body of a young woman, dancing and donning crazy outfits (including a version of Lady Gaga's infamous meat dress). Proceeds from "Perform This Way" will go to Human Rights Campaign, due to what Yankovic describes as the "human rights anthem" nature of Lady Gaga's original song.

(via Laughing Squid)

London-based Eclectic Method, self-proclaimed "remix kings" have released a music video containing a mashup of iconic 8-bit video game music tracks and sound effects, set to an upbeat, clubbin' kind of rhythm. Check out the video below, but make sure to grab some glow sticks first.

In 1988, James Cameron directed his first and only music video: "Reach," for '80s New Wave act Martini Ranch. It's a remarkable video, in that: *It stars Cameron's ex, Kathryn Bigelow, as a rock n' roll cowgirl *Judge Reinhold and Paul Reiser are in it *There are tarantulas and a monkey in it *It is a music video that James Cameron directed (h/t Ectoplasmosis)

Teddie Films has put together a parody of Ke$ha's music video for "Tik Tok" that mashes up the song with Star Wars iconography. The result is roughly what you would expect: Visualize the music video for "Tik Tok," only replace Ke$ha with Princess Leia, add Vader, Han Solo, Storm Troopers, and lots of vent-crawling, and set the dance scenes in a ship command center. That wasn't so hard, now was it?

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