New starting quarterback Rex Grossman once schooled Redskins legend John Riggins on, of all things, Wheel of Fortune. more ›

Can you crowdsource an entire feature film? Of course you can: getting a massive number of people to respond to an online call to action is the easy part. But can the result be something worthwhile? When you've got talented filmmakers guiding the project, as is the case with Life in a Day, you can not only get worthwhile results, but even something approaching extraordinary. more ›

Before you rush out to purchase that ten-dollar Haynesworth jersey -- it'll go great with your Jason Campbell, Jason Taylor, Ladell Betts, and Antwaan Randle-El collection! -- we thought we'd try to encapsulate two years of Haynesworth into but a few easily digestible video clips. It was pretty easy. more ›

During last fall's Council campaign, we called Bryan Weaver's Paul Wellstone homage "the best campaign video you'll see all year." With the above video, released by Weaver's campaign this morning, Weaver's pretty much laid claim to 2011's honors, too. more ›

During today's Washingtonian chat with food critic Todd Kliman, one chatter asked Kliman for his opinion about a YouTube channel started by General Store chef and owner Gillian Clark, which features a number of video reenactments of customer requests and behavior. Clark has gotten in trouble in the past for her somewhat less-than-polite behavior toward customers. The chatter notes: "The bulk of [the videos], under the title "A General Store Re-enactment" seem to consist of Gillian and Robin mocking their customers...But this public mocking of the people who want to give her money seems to be beyond the pale." Kliman agrees with the chatter, due to what he views as a lack of humor in the videos. more ›

Yours truly was doing a little perusing of the offerings on the ol' YouTube last night, when I stumbled over the glorious video above. Seems innocuous enough, right? It's just Freewayjim -- a person who drives around the country with a camera strapped to the dash of his car to record the drive for posterity, or something -- taking a ride around the highways of northern Virginia and the District. But hammering down what makes this video so great is no small feat. more ›

It went as quickly as it came. On Tuesday, mayoral contender Vince Gray's campaign rolled out a YouTube ad in which Mayor Adrian Fenty is seen apologizing to an irate resident for apparently not doing his job. The implication of the ad was clear -- Fenty has fallen short, especially with the District's neediest residents. Today, that ad is gone, pulled from YouTube. more ›

Which D.C. politicians are using social media to the benefit of their campaigns -- and who just doesn't have a clue? more ›

With school all but out for the summer, it's probably worth noting that come July 1, the curfew for children under the age of 17 in the District extends to 12:01 am, seven days a week. The extended summer hours are in effect until the end of August. The Metropolitan Police Department is going all out with a big promotional push to convince youth that they'll be keeping a close watch for violations. more ›

Via the Post's Breaking News blog, a YouTube video from 2006 has turned up of alleged Pentagon shooter John Patrick Bedell, in which he lays out a online software product he invented called "Information Currency." With the use of crude stick figure diagrams, he describes a vague process that will "create a financial market for information." more ›

Forget the indiscretions by tourists, Metro is aiming its new courtesy campaign at locals. Are you the anarchist in the video below sitting in the handicapped seats? Are you the obnoxious guy screaming on your cell phone about picking up the kids from soccer practice? Metro features a new YouTube video (no adorable Peeps, this time we get slightly scary Second Lifers) just for you, about common courtesy practices on the train. more ›

Ah, Metro, ye of the fantastically low-budget YouTube videos which have brought us so many laughs in the past -- it's good to see you're back behind the lens. To be honest, I got a little concerned that after producing classics like the stirring documentary about marshmallow Peeps journeying to Nationals Park, an epic homage to 1970s schlock kung fu, and your expose that Joe Biden wasn't standing on the right, things might have slowed down at WMATA Studios. more ›

If you're a regular Flickr user, you probably noticed that sometime yesterday they enabled an exciting new feature: video uploading. While they may not surpass the megavideoempire YouTube in popularity anytime soon, it is pretty sweet for those of us who like to keep our online media all in one place. more ›

If you caught the morning network news shows or read this Washington Post story detailing the whole affair, then you may already know the story of Devraj "Dave" S. Kori, a senior at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Fairfax County, who called the school system's administrator at home last week to give him a hard time about not declaring a snow day. Kori found a number for Dean Tistadt, chief operating officer for the county system, listed in the phone book, and decided to call to ask why he had not closed the schools after about three inches of snow fell near Burke, Va. What he got in return was an angry voicemail, posted to YouTube above, from Tistadt's wife. more ›

When in the closing days of 2006 we looked back on the year in D.C. voting rights, we optimistically hoped that 2007 would finally be the year that saw some movement on enfranchising the District's residents. Movement, yes; resolution, not so much. So as we wind down 2007, we're again left hoping that maybe the coming year will be the one. more ›

One of these guys might be the next president, so it's good to try and parse where they stand on District voting rights. At least that was the thinking over at D.C. Vote, who recently recorded and sent in a number of videos of District residents asking the presidential candidates from the Republican Party where they stood on D.C. voting rights. The videos, eleven in all, were submitted to CNN for the upcoming CNN/YouTube... more ›

The Associated Press is reporting that former Va. Gov. Jim Gilmore has officially announced he is a candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. John Warner. Gilmore announced his candidacy by posting a video to YouTube. The formal announcement sets up Gilmore as the presumed Republican nominee for the seat, as the other leading candidate, Rep. Tom Davis (Va.-R), announced last month that he would not seek the seat. Gilmore will... more ›

DCist's highly subjective and hardly comprehensive guide to the most interesting movies playing around town in the coming week. Repertory: Halloween Screams at the AFI Perhaps my favorite part of this time of year is the fact that on any given night, you can turn on the television, and somewhere on the dial you can find a movie about things that go bump in the night, creatures from the depths of Hell, or your garden... more ›

Their debut album has been out for almost two years and somehow the outside world is only just getting to know them as that band that has that backward music video on YouTube. However you know them, Mute Math (or TBTHTBMVOYT, for... short?) is hitting up Sonar in Baltimore tonight for an evening of art rock/post rock/electro rock/whatever the hell music snobs and critics want to label it as. The band has come a long... more ›

Here's some video of the Dalai Lama arriving in Washington today from YouTube. Tibet's spiritual leader will receive a Congressional Gold Medal tomorrow at the U.S. Capitol. The medal, which accompanies a resolution passed last year that recognizes him as "a leading figure of moral and religious authority," will be presented during a ceremony attended by Preident Bush, representing the first time a sitting U.S. president has met the Dalai Lama in public. If... more ›

We love this video of Toronto FC fans heading to the game on Metro from YouTube. Despite their crushing defeat at the hands of D.C. United Saturday night, the visiting fans showed a lot of moxie. As the DCenters note, boisterous TFC fans came en masse to support their club:

TFC fans: The expansion club's supporters are the gem of the league and to see (we actually heard them first; we were in the ramp to the 400 level and they were marching into the stadium from lot 8) such a large contingent traveling with them was impressive. They eventually settled in somewhere near section 430 with a huge Canadian flag. They certainly enjoyed Carl Robinson's goal. It seemed that everyone of them had a scarf and a jersey.

Tuesday and today Howard University is hosting the Children's Defense Fund National Summit, which includes panel discussions on the Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Initiative, a project that seeks to end the cycle of poor minority children ending up destined to be shuffled in and out of the country's prison system. Yesterday Bill Cosby appeared on a panel titled "The Need for Personal and Community Responsibility" in conjunction with the summit, along with NPR's Juan... more ›

Via the Examiner, someone has posted a video of D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee to YouTube where she openly discusses the obstacles she’s come across in trying to overhaul our troubled public school system. The 12-minute clip shows Rhee speaking to the Democrats for Education Reform about a week ago. She describes the school system as running “counter to the way any good organization operates,” and insists that "the only way" to get to... more ›

YouTube user northeastcentral edited together this little music video ode to the Chinatown bus to Sufjan Stevens' song "Chicago," writing: more ›

>> Little children don't like President Bush. [YouTube, embedding sadly turned off] >> Director Ridley Scott set off a bomb at Eastern Market yesterday, but Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio were not there, so stop asking us about it. [Reliable Source] >> A U.S. Park Police officer reportedly shot and wounded a driver on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway near Riverdale this afternoon. [WaPo] >> The FBI has launched a new Web site, BankBandits.com, in an... more ›

YouTube user artschoolscrewup only recently uploaded this video from D.C.'s July 4th parade, which shows the guy playing Uncle Sam on stilts falling on his butt. A quick search reveals that Uncle Sam on Stilts Taking Abuse is on its way to becoming its own YouTube genre, but questions abound: is it funny for any Uncle Sam to look silly, or only ones on stilts? And why the prevalence of putting Sam on stilts... more ›

In case you missed this great Post article from Clarence Williams and Elissa Silverman this morning, be sure and read the whole thing. It's the story of Simon Mahteme, owner of LeDroit Park Market, the center of a neighborhood struggling to improve itself in the face of continuing crime and violence. Mahteme's store has been broken into ten times since October, and after this last incident, he had a customer help him place the... more ›

Just two days left in our V Fest ticket giveaway video contest. Make your best entry that includes some form of a song by a V Fest artist, load it to YouTube, tag it with "DCist," and send an email to amanda (at) dcist (dot) com with the link and your contact information to put your hat in the ring. All entries must come in by 5 p.m. this Sunday night. Don't miss your... more ›

Because we care about our readers, we've dug around and found another pair of Virgin Festival tickets to give away. The LOL Cats-themed contest produced such creative and hilarious results, we're going to kick things up a notch this time around. To win a pair of tickets to next weekend's festival, make a video that somehow includes one or more Virgin Festival artists. Whether you're lip syncing, using them as the score to a... more ›