This tape features footage gathered by videomaker Skip Blumberg in Miami during the 1976 production of “TVTV Goes To The Super Bowl.” Blumberg, Jane Aaron, and other members of TVTV test out video equipment before the shooting the program. Continue reading
![[White House Halloween with Betty Ford]](http://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/651689044_640-228x160.jpg)
This tape features footage shot for TVTV’s Gerald Ford’s America in Washington D.C. Videomakers Skip Blumberg and Anda Korsts visit the White House during a Halloween photo-op with First Lady Betty Ford. They also interview a demonstrator dressed as Uncle Sam walking along Pennsylvania Ave. Continue reading
![[Artaud: final plague, school shots]](http://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/648169235_640-228x160.jpg)
This tape documents the rehearsal for the joint Videopolis / Victory Gardens Theater production of “Artaud.” Lead actor J. Pat Miller runs through numerous scenes that will be included in the final performance. Continue reading
![[The 90’s raw: John Davis interview]](http://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/649654197_640-228x160.jpg)
John Davis assassination theorist. Home movie footage from San Francisco and an interview with author John Davis. Continue reading
![[The 90’s raw: Skip and Jane in England]](http://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/the-90s-94-video-thumbnail-228x160.jpg)
Videographer Skip Blumberg and his wife, animator Jane Aaron, travel to England for honors and screenings of Jane’s work. Also, New Year’s Eve party ringing in 1990. Continue reading
![[Chicago Slices raw: Prairie Moon Book Store]](http://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/chicago-slices-raw-prairie-moon-book-store-video-thumbnail-228x160.jpg)
PRAIRIE MOON BOOK STORE: Skip Blumberg interviews partner DAWN BOYD about the Prairie Moon Bookstore in Arlington Heights. It offers a women friendly environment in the northwest suburbs. The store is owned by an investment group of 21 professional women, providing women with information on women’s topics. Continue reading
Tape featuring performances and a few small interviews with contestants at the 1st International Whistle-Off in Carson City, Nevada. We learn that, oddly enough, whistling is actually a formally studied musical field. The contestants inform us that there are two types of professional whistling – classical and bird noises. Many whistlers earn money working for Disney doing bird noises for their movies, which are produced by human whistlers rather than recordings of birds. It is unclear what employment opportunities are present in the classical whistling industry. This profession seemed to involve whistling while accompanied by classical music on a tape recorder. In this tape, the primary focus is on the different whistling styles and the contest. Most of the tape is comprised of the performances at the event. Continue reading
Compilation episode of Image Union featuring “Festival of the Saws” and “Ugly Dog Contest” by Skip Blumberg and Jules Backus, and “Autoparts” by Chip Lord and Phil Garner. Continue reading