My name is Aaron Valdez, I grew up in Texas and now live in Ann Arbor, Michigan. I make videos about the internet and television for Wreck & Salvage. I like old film, worn out VHS, digital glitches, Precious Moments statues, Tootsie Roll Pops, warm bus rides, long sleeve shirts, and pull-ups. All of my work is available here.Tumblr (3.0; @valdez)http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7j5mauish1qz4mrco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://caseypugh.tumblr.com/post/990127045/so-this-just-happened" target="_blank">caseypugh</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>So this just happened</p> </blockquote> <p>I don’t use FTW often, but <a target="_blank" href="http://starwarsuncut.com">Star Wars Uncut</a> FTW. Congrats guys!</p>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/990877891http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/990877891Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:19:22 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6uonuRLcZ1qz5gyfo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/923537633http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/923537633Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:23:54 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5kk6aVlQO1qz515bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.wreckandsalvage.com/post/812559624/join-erik-nelson-and-adam-quirk-two-thirds-of-the" target="_blank">wreckandsalvage</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Join Erik Nelson and Adam Quirk, two thirds of the Wreck & Salvage video collective, as they lead you on a journey of personal discovery and corporate freedom, through the backyards of the Internet and networked televisions, into a land of media refreshment rarely seen in today’s news and meme cycles.</p> <p>Watch as one full uninterrupted hour of Wreck & Salvage brand media resurrection flickers and flashes on a full-sized King George projection screen!</p> <p>Afterwards, join Nelson and Quirk for another hour of fair and balanced intercourse on “media” , “art”, and “modern society”, and the ways in which they painfully interact and sometime dissolve on contact.</p> <p>Finally, Nelson and Quirk will administer an experimental homemade hallucinogen to a live donkey, and drinks will be served for the last two hours of the evening. Students are advised to bring their favorite pair of welding goggles and an unused sponge.</p> <p>Get a ticket online and save a couple ducats:<br/><a href="http://mediamechanics.eventbrite.com" target="_blank"><a href="http://mediamechanics.eventbrite.com" target="_blank">http://mediamechanics.eventbrite.com</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/812942032http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/812942032Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:33:06 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5cxcq3sa91qbcetko1_r1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://suppendapo.com/" target="_blank">suppendapo</a>) Next order of business. SUPPENDAPO = Supplies for the Pending Apocalypse. We’ll be expanding the universe of this longtime Wreck & Salvage series favorite starting September 1st. <a href="http://wreckandsalvage.com/departments/suppendapo/" target="_blank">History here</a>.</p>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/797762310http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/797762310Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:08:00 -0400<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" width="400" height="175"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="clip_id=13033974&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&server=vimeo.com&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&show_title=1" /></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/13033974" target="_blank">Bruce Willis</a> (by <a href="http://vimeo.com/wreckandsalvage" target="_blank">wreckandsalvage</a>)</p> <p>This is what I meant when I said I was working on a Bruce Willis video.</p>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/761888313http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/761888313Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:38:22 -0400<a href="http://freewaves.org/home/video-on-the-loose/">VIDEO ON THE LOOSE | LA FREEWAVES</a>: <p>A couple of my videos will be playing here.</p>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/705093631http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/705093631Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:50:55 -0400<object width="400" height="325"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/UIbnYymaE4I&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/UIbnYymaE4I&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="325" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIbnYymaE4I" target="_blank">Celebrity Workout Video Introductions</a> (via <a href="http://youtube.com/user/resetcounter" target="_blank">resetcounter</a>)</p> <p><a target="_blank" href="http://hardstars.tumblr.com">Hard Stars</a> is pretty much done. There are a few more videos floating around out there that I know about (Carnie Wilson), a few I need better copies of (Herbie Mann) and probably a few more I’ve never heard of (does the Pat Boone workout really exist?).</p>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/688514061http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/688514061Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:34:48 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l31bn4KqAZ1qz4gsvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.hollisbrownthornton.com/work/2010/hbt10-p020.htm" target="_blank">Hollis Brown Thornton</a>. <em>[Thanks to Dude Ror for the link.] </em>via <a href="http://daily.kylebunch.com/post/683657456/hollis-brown-thornton-thanks-to-dude-ror-for-the" target="_blank">bunch</a></p>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/683762198http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/683762198Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:28:41 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3ajhjJhq91qz4mrco1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://caseypugh.tumblr.com/post/650246569/star-wars-uncut-v2" target="_blank">caseypugh</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The all-new 2010 <a href="http://starwarsuncut.com" target="_blank">Star Wars: Uncut</a> website is now complete and available for your viewing pleasure!<br/><br/>We’re releasing this overhauled version of the site with lots of fun features. You’ll be able to find and sort content more easily, connect and comment on other users’ scenes, and there’s a great new viewer that lets you pick how to play the movie.<br/><br/>Many thanks to the Star Wars: Uncut Team — <a href="http://annelisepruitt.com/" target="_blank">Annelise Pruitt</a>, <a href="http://jamiedubs.com/" target="_blank">Jamie Wilkinson</a>, <a href="http://chadpugh.com" target="_blank">Chad Pugh</a>, <a href="http://aaronvaldez.com" target="_blank">Aaron Valdez</a>, and <a href="http://pughtube.com" target="_blank">Bryan Pugh</a>.<br/><br/>Also thanks to <a href="http://www.animalcolm.com/" target="_blank">Malcolm Sutherland</a> and <a href="http://patrickmoberg.com" target="_blank">Patrick Moberg</a> for their art contributions.<br/><br/>Check out the new site and come back to participate in a new Uncut film this summer!</p> </blockquote>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/650679990http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/650679990Mon, 31 May 2010 14:39:42 -0400<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" width="400" height="225"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="clip_id=12123904&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF" /></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/12123904" target="_blank">Proof of Progress 007</a> (by <a href="http://vimeo.com/valdez" target="_blank">Aaron Valdez</a>)</p> <p>Brief moments of our visit out West.</p>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/642282129http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/642282129Fri, 28 May 2010 21:44:30 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/613639059/tumblr_l2ogw6zaY21qz5gyf&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><em>I’m Bruce Willis</em> - <a target="_blank" href="http://122909a.com/?tag=purekev">Kevin Bewersdorf</a></p> <p>I’ve wanted to make a video of this song for so long and I think it needs to happen this summer. I’ve stopped and started two or three times trying to figure out how to go about it without making it just a meaningless re-edit of Die Hard or highlight reel of his other rolls. Bruce Willis is John McClane is Bruce Willis. He peers around corners, he is beaten senseless, he leaps from exploding buildings, he slowly looks up and into the camera, turns slightly with a smirk. The song keeps with my own fascination with <a target="_blank" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/AaronValdez-LifeAndTimesOfRobertFKennedyStarringGaryCooper746.mov">Hollywood heroes</a>, the gray area between man and pop culture icon, swirling around the <em>Die Hard</em> narrative and the Bruce Willis narrative. (See also <a target="_blank" href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Wreckandsalvage-ToyotaTime486.mov"><em>1989 Toyota Camry</em></a>.)</p>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/613639059http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/613639059Wed, 19 May 2010 13:36:06 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe7ilS1l1qz5gyfo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe7ilS1l1qz5gyfo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe7ilS1l1qz5gyfo3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe7ilS1l1qz5gyfo4_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe7ilS1l1qz5gyfo5_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe7ilS1l1qz5gyfo6_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe7ilS1l1qz5gyfo7_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe7ilS1l1qz5gyfo8_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe7ilS1l1qz5gyfo9_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe7ilS1l1qz5gyfo10_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Bruce Bruce Bruce Bruce</p>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/613529453http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/613529453Wed, 19 May 2010 12:38:06 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe39RmDG1qz5gyfo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe39RmDG1qz5gyfo11_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe39RmDG1qz5gyfo12_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe39RmDG1qz5gyfo13_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe39RmDG1qz5gyfo14_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe39RmDG1qz5gyfo15_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe39RmDG1qz5gyfo16_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe39RmDG1qz5gyfo17_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe39RmDG1qz5gyfo18_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2oe39RmDG1qz5gyfo19_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Wa-Wa-Wa-Wa-Willis</p>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/613524928http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/613524928Wed, 19 May 2010 12:35:32 -0400<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" width="400" height="265"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="clip_id=11810623&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEF" /></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.wreckandsalvage.com/post/607261729/suppendapo-the-taj-by-wreckandsalvage" target="_blank">wreckandsalvage</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/11810623" target="_blank">SUPPENDAPO - The Taj</a> (by <a href="http://vimeo.com/wreckandsalvage" target="_blank">wreckandsalvage</a>)</p> <p>SUPplies for the PENDing APOcalypse! Get your orders in now, clearance sale on tree frogs! Up to 60% off orders totaling $250 or more. 206.339.6324</p> </blockquote> <p>Nelson killin’ this order.</p>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/607287094http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/607287094Mon, 17 May 2010 12:37:08 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1c517ov7y1qz5gyfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wreck/4545385379/" target="_blank">instrument</a> (by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/wreck" target="_blank">Wreck and Salvage</a>)</p>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/543282088http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/543282088Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:15:07 -0400<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="225" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10932125&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10932125&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10932125&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://vimeo.com/10932125">Pekin Savings & Loan</a> (via <a target="_blank" href="http://vimeo.com/valdez">Aaron Valdez on Vimeo</a>)</p> <p>Another boring postcard video. Right click the play button to turn looping on. One more <a href="http://work.aaronvaldez.com/postcard-movies.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/521520492http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/521520492Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:39:00 -0400postcardboringvideo<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0ucd1FRze1qz5gyfo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Some new work on my site, <a target="_blank" href="http://work.aaronvaldez.com/chance.html"><strong><em>Imaginary Landscapes 4.1-4.x</em></strong></a>. Partially inspired by John Cage’s <a target="_blank" href="http://www.johncage.info/workscage/landscape4.html"><em>Imaginary Landscape No. 4</em></a> for 12 radios, web art utilizing YouTube embeds such as <a target="_blank" href="http://www.inbflat.net/">In B flat</a>, and my own series <a target="_blank" href="http://work.aaronvaldez.com/america-your-america.html">America, Your America</a>. Each piece is a 3x3 grid of looping YouTube videos. Sound can be adjusted using the volume slider on each video to create the desired soundscape.</p>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/519473920http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/519473920Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:36:00 -0400videoart<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10821312&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10821312&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10821312&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://starwarsuncut.tumblr.com/post/515966867/star-wars-uncut-teaser" target="_blank">starwarsuncut</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>I’m thrilled to release “The Escape,” a teaser from the finished Star Wars Uncut: A New Hope movie.<br/><br/>Hundreds of 15 second scenes were put back together in a finished film thanks to the work of several people:<br/><br/><a href="http://jamiedubs.com" target="_blank">Jamie Wilkinson</a>, manager of video engineering, <a href="http://pughtube.com" target="_blank">Bryan Pugh</a>, sound editing master, and<a href="http://aaronvaldez.com" target="_blank"> Aaron Valdez</a>, video editor and general creative boon for the Uncut team.<br/><br/>We’ll be screening the entire Star Wars Uncut: A New Hope in Copenhagen at <a href="http://www.cphpix.dk/n/a2.lasso?tt=f&s=2010002&sf=-1-&ser=933&e=1" target="_blank">CPH:PIX</a> Festival April 19 and have several screenings in NYC in the works.<br/><br/>Check back for the completely redesigned <a href="http://starwarsuncut.com" target="_blank">StarWarsUncut.com</a> coming soon!</p> </blockquote>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/516010343http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/516010343Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:36:29 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0eq9yJdxL1qb1uywo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p><a target="_blank" href="http://tmv.proto.jp/#id=hardstars">Hard Stars Mosaic View</a> is da bomb.</p>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/511186223http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/511186223Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:51:00 -0400<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10719439&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10719439&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10719439&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/10719439" target="_blank">Greater American - Promo</a> (via Wreck & Salvage on <a href="http://vimeo.com/10719439" target="_blank">Vimeo</a>)</p>http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/501081534http://blog.aaronvaldez.com/post/501081534Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:31:31 -0400