| KELLY'S WORLD - Another level of insanity
I have to give it to my Jamaican people; we know how to take things to another level. The only problem is that half the things we take to a higher level needed to have remained stagnant. Since last week when I wrote that we had all gone mad, so many things have taken place it's not funny. Where do I begin? Well, the whacking that Dr. Jephthah Ford received has to be pretty near the top. After hearing of the man's injuries, my mind went back to video clips I have seen of South African police beating youths in Soweto and Johannesburg during the days of apartheid. Regardless of what caused the beating, the goodly doctor was whipped like he killed Bob Woolmer! Then, of course, there was the church incident in Manchester where the residents didn't take kindly to having an allegedly gay fellow being buried there.
Local video creates a mighty wind
If, as Marshall McLuhan said, the medium is the message, then this message is one that the medium of print fails to do justice. This is about something that should be seen and, more importantly, heard rather than read, so I'm working with a handicap here. If you want to, you can stop reading now and go on your computer to the popular Web site YouTube where users can upload, view and share video clips. It is titled Farting in Public. In Candid Camera style, it chronicles what happens when a teenager brings a fart machine to a library. It's not just any library. It's the Bucks County Library Center in Doylestown. The 31/2-minute clip features a boy named Spencer using a hidden device to simulate the sound of breaking wind upon unsuspecting patrons at Doylestown's library, at Starbucks and on Main Street.
YOUTUBE FAVES
So many videos, so little time. Whether you go to YouTube seeking information, ideas or just plain entertainment, it seems that the choices are endless. So The Chronicle asked its critics and writers to pick some videos they think are worth taking a peek at and tell our readers why. Here are some of their selections.
Mick LaSalle: mini history lessons in minutes Robert F. Kennedy (April 4, 1968), 5:45: On April 4, 1968, on the way to a campaign stop in Indianapolis, Robert Kennedy heard the news that Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. The police advised Kennedy to cancel the appearance, as the stop was in what was considered to be a dangerous African American ghetto. Kennedy (above) instead went on and broke the news to the crowd. The YouTube clip contains about 3 1/2 minutes of the six-minute speech.
Koolanoo: Myspace-style Jewish space
VIDEO - A good-looking girl in a bikini, wearing a gold Magen David around her neck, dives into a swimming pool and, oops, loses her bikini top. This has become a standard formula in advertisements, but in this case, it has an original ending. When she comes back up, a young man who is also wearing a Magen David chain covers her breasts. All of the guys sitting by the pool, who were ogling her just moments before, turn away in an "oy vey" gesture. .
Birmingham police investigate three robberies
According to police reports, someone robbed the Family Dollar at 7430 1st Avenue North Friday at 2:45 p.m., taking bug repellent, a set of combs, and some hair gel. Also on Friday, a man armed with a .22 caliber handgun robbed the Blockbuster Video at 425 Huffman Road of $600 at 11:43 a.m., according to a police report. On Saturday, two men armed with guns robbed the ABC store at 2911 7th Avenue South at 4:30 p.m., according to a police report. Jeremy Gray .
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