Media Burn Founder Tom Weinberg shares a few thoughts on his good friend and Major League Baseball legend Bill Veeck.

Bill Veeck Sample

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ESPN Classic Bio on Bill Veeck

Media Burn Founder Tom Weinberg introduces a short piece on blues legend Muddy Waters.

Muddy Waters Clip

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Muddy Waters Website

Muddy Waters on Last.fm

You can find more video of Muddy Waters at our website:

http://www.mediaburn.org/

Watch this short piece on “Minnesota Fats”

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CBS News Report on the Death of Minnesota Fats

Jackie Gleason as “Minnesota Fats” opposite Paul Newman as “Fast Eddie” in The Hustler (The actual “Minnesota Fats” was a consultant for the film.)

WTTW 1991 Christmas Party Video Clip featuring John Callaway

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Chicago Tonight – John Callaway: In Memoriam

Chicago Tonight – John Callaway Video

Media Burn Founder Tom Weinberg shares his thoughts on Edward V. Hanrahan’s recent death and the controversy behind the events of a 1969 raid on one of the main headquarters of the Black Panthers in Chicago, IL.

Full Version: Part 1 Part 2

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Chicago Tribune’s Report on Hanrahan’s Death

As many of you know, we’re right in the midst the digital transition. Media Burn founder Tom Weinberg can dig into the archive to help us put some perspective on the situation.

“The Original TV”

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Farnovision Video Library

Media Burn Founder Tom Weinberg introduces Esti Marpet’s 1983 documentary “West Bank: Whose Promised Land.”

“West Bank: Whose Promised Land”

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Gaza Settlers Speak, Worldview WBEZ (NPR)

“Conflict Among Israelis Over Settlements,” The World’s Matthew Bell Reports

“Gaza-West Bank Divide Grows,” from Al-Jezeerah

Why Netanyu Is Right?

Is Barack Obama Selling Out Israel?

Things have been on the up and up at MediaBurn recently. Not long ago, through a generous grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, we were able to have a group of our oldest and most vulnerable 1/2″ reel-to-reel videotapes restored and transferred by the talented people at Specs Bros. The first batch includes raw footage from the The Image Union documentary “Five Day Bicycle Race.” The tapes contain hours of footage from in and around the 1976 Democratic National Convention in New York City. The program aired nightly and ran on Manhattan Cable Channel 10 for the entirety of the convention.

Rich in its cultural and historical value, the footage showcases the numerous personal stories of visiting delegates, impassioned protesters, and New York City natives amidst a climate of social and political uncertainty. The tapes also feature interviews and footage of several high profile politicians and celebrities such as Jimmy Carter, Rosalyn Carter, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Bella Abzug, Adlai Stevenson III, Chevy Chase, and many many more. They have already been uploaded into our database and can be found on our website.

We also ventured into the wild world of MySpace and Facebook in hopes to widen our demographic and open up our doors to newer viewers interested in the bounty of knowledge and historical relevance our archive has to offer. You can find us by clicking on the following links:

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And on MySpace

And don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube Channel to see edited clips of some of our most exclusive footage.

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Stay tuned for more frequent updates in the future!

-Mediaburn Archive

Check out the video of this special night:

Thanks to all who attended our Guerrilla Television screening at the Gene Siskel Film Center in September. We had a great time, and we hope to do another public screening soon.

For those of you who could not make it, a video of the discussion / Q&A with video pioneers Skip Blumberg, Nancy Cain, Chip Lord, and Tom Weinberg is now online. It is a unique opportunity to learn about the early video era and how the use of video has changed in the last 40 years.

Here is an earlier news item about the event, which links to the videos we screened.