Embed, Share And Mobile Viewing With Joost

So I have been working for Joost for quite a while now, hopefully you should know who we/they are. Its all pretty awesome web-video/tech stuff. If not check out the many links on google or the website.

The last couple of months have been exciting times with the launch of the new website using the in browser P2P plugin player then moving on to the current Flash based player.

The last couple of weeks has seen the bar risen by our brilliant player team and our biz integrations with how content is discovered and displayed outside of the Joost website. Here are a few of my favourite examples...

Embeddable Player



Facebook Share


Joost iPhone Player app (get it here - App Store)


Please go check out all three of these, and if you havent yet the website. Let me know what you think and please ask questions if any!

www.joost.com

Here Are The Limits

'Yeah, I Heard You On The Radio And Hated Your Song!'

The Shitty Limits have been going a fair while, which is a surprise seeing that most bands coming out of the Guildford Youth Centre scene usually last anywhere from a 1 incomplete band practice to the dizzy heights of putting out a poorly recorded 7". This is the charm of the GYC scene though and one of the few things I miss of my hometown.

Having now released several 7"s the band have announced they will be releasing their first CD/LP via Boss Tuneage Records (CD) and La Vida Es Un Mus (LP) sometime in the new year. This will be a collection of all the 7"s for those that werent quick enough off the mark to get the original releases.

The bands recordings are really good, but no way near as good as what they are live. This band surprise me that they are so tight, but yet get away with sloppy errors (Ellis had never played bass before starting this band, and still to this day, Lous the singer has to tune up for him... bless) and the energy which is excelled from the performance makes up for the ever decreasing lack of talent.

Check the band out live and lookout for the upcoming LP. do it!

Also all their 7"s are up for download (but for how long??) on their myspace

http://www.myspace.com/theshittylimits

Fake Problems, Real (good) Band

This band are going to be massive!

I had the pleasure of seeing Fake Problems play at The Brixton Windmill in South London tonight and I was blown away by the energy and talent of this band. They take everything i like about early Against Me! stuff and make it sound 100x better!

If you get the chance to check them out anytime soon then do so, before they get too big to be playing these small venues. They have a few releases out now and have an EP and a LP coming out early next year on SideOneDummy Records. Check their MySpace for more details

It wouldnt be fair to not mention the other bands on the bill tonight, who were all great as well.

Fake Problems were/are tour supporting Smoke Or Fire, who played their melodic EpiFat style punk rock so well that it makes me wish it was still 1996!

Also supporting on this evenings show was You Me And The Atom Bomb, and The Arteries.

I have never been a massive fan of YMATAB but tonight they had me bopping and will be digging out their album tomorrow to give it another chance.

The Arteries are the latest find from Lil and Kafren at Household Name Records, fresh off a tour with Strung Out these guys will go far and rightly so. The vocals makes this band stand out from the rest though. So brutal but so melodic at the same time, mix that in with the extremely catchy skate punk hooks this all ends up making a perfect blend. Looking forward to their debut album which should be out on HHN early 2009!