VBS.TV gets WSJ nod
The Wall Street Journal Online profiled the web video channel VBS.TV on Monday, highlighting the site’s edgy programming and “more serious criticism and investigative pieces.”
An online extension of Vice Magazine, VBS.TV offers up feature-style documentaries on political issues along with pieces on musicians, artists, and all-around curiosities. The WSJ.com story references one “offbeat” VBS.TV story that profiles “a tailor in Bogota who specializes in making bulletproof clothing items like suit jackets and ties.”
The site is faring very well in the quality of content it has to offer. It could use some help in the quantity department, but since I’ve been watching some pieces over and over again, what VBS lacks in numbers it gains in the strength of its fresh and provocative programming.
It also doesn’t hurt to have VBS programming run by directorial badass Spike Jonze (Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, music videos and commercials galore), or as I like to call him: America’s Michel Gondry.
His recent six-part interview with M.I.A., the quirky British/Sri Lankan MC who just released her highly anticipated second album, is a powerful addition to a growing lineup of engaging web television that young people will actually enjoy.
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