YouTube Stars!

Today I was checking the stats for this blog, http://YouTubeStars.com, and I noticed that we now have over a million page views! Thanks to everyone for visiting our blog over the years. We have almost 300 posts and have talked to you about nearly a thousand YouTube videos and their makers. We have been here for over 6 years now and we're still going strong. We have plenty of guest writers who have made excellent contributions to our site. Our weekly YouTube Top 100 Chart continues to get lots of views as well. So again, thanks to all our readers!

Labels: blog, million, one million views, Viewed, YouTube, YouTubeStars

posted by KennyCrane at 9/14/2012 06:48:00 PM 2 Comments

Tonight, I was watching a movie on TV called "Waxworks". While watching this 1988 horror-comedy, I noticed that one of the stars was Deborah Foreman, the co-star, along with Nicolas Cage, of 1983's "Valley Girl". I was a big fan of the movie because I saw it on cable shortly after I returned from California on an enjoyable business trip. It reminded me of the good times I had in the LA area. Also, the music in the film is pretty cool. My three faves are the theme song "Girls Like Me" by the Bonnie Hayes Combo, "The Fanatic" by Felony, and "Jukebox (Don't Put Another Dime)" by The Flirts. I began to wonder where Debby Foreman is now and I found out, from her website, that she is teaching yoga at UCLA. Good for her!

What about the YouTubeStars of the past? Do you still follow their videos? Here's a chance to catch up with some of the big names from the earlier days of YouTube.

Loca's new Movie!

LittleLoca has been making movies on YouTube for almost a year now. She never really went away but she has been involved in other projects lately. One big thing in her world has been a half hour movie that she stars in! Check it out at http://www.bullfighterscafe.com/Loca/ticket.html. In early May, it will be one year since Stevie Ryan brought her LittleLoca to YouTube and she is still going strong!


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

NOW IT CAN BE TOLD....THE SECRET IS OUT

Last summer, a 79 year old UK gentleman named Peter made a few videos for YouTube. Within a week, he was featured and began a lightning fast climb to the top of the Most Subscribed chart. We first wrote about Geriatric1927 in that first week. Peter is still in the top 10 (number 9) on the YouTube Top 100 Weekly Chart this week and people still love his videos. Even though he has been offered quite a lot of publicity from newspapers, radio and television - Peter prefers to keep a low profile. But he recently had the opportunity to work with the Zimmers, a group of over-60 people who got together and made a cover of The Who's "My Generation". Watch this video, then check out the song on the Zimmers Myspace page!


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Communication Terminated

What could that title mean? It's the latest video from Lonelygirl15. I first noticed LG15 last summer when she first began to become controversial. I had seen her first few videos and she seemed like a lot of other teens who blog on YT. But it was her "My Parents Suck" video released on July 4th that really got her noticed. Read all about that video, here. LG15 is still the Most Subscribed YouTube channel and no one is even close. Her channel continues to put out a few vids each week and the story continues. But are we near the end? Watch the video and then read the comments!


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Labels: Deborah Foreman, Geriatric1927, Jessica Rose, LittleLoca, Lonelygirl15, Nicolas Cage, Peter Oakley, Stevie Ryan, Valley Girl, YouTube, YouTubeStars

posted by KennyCrane at 4/10/2007 12:31:00 AM 2 Comments

A few weeks ago, I did a post on four talented singer/songwriters who make music videos on YouTube, often accompanying themselves on Guitar. I wrote about videos by Creativefisher, stealurface1976, KrisShred and PeriUrban in that post. This time, I'll tell you about two more talented singer/strummers. I'll also show a music video made for a song by one of my all time favorite bands - The Ramones! I'll close with a rap video that everyone is talking about!

First, a word about last post's featured videomaker, Daxflame. There has been speculation that Dax - or Bernice - is a member of the Patrello family from Texas. His uncle has done some work in Improv and his sister Dylan has a YouTube channel of her own: lalaDylalan. Check out her first video in which she sings the classic song, Summertime. I think you can see the family resemblance! It has also been said that some of Dylan's college girlfriends are responding to some Daxflame videos. Is HayleyDontDoIt one of Dylan's friends? I have no idea! But she has made a few good responses to Dax, so check her out. Also, in Dax news, Dax has entered EclecticAsylumArt's "Strike a Pose" contest. EclecticAsylumArt is an amazing painter/sketch artist who has made pictures of several YouTubers, check out his channel!

This Just IN - Breaking YouTube News!

According to a story from the AP found on Yahoo.com:

[YouTube] announced Monday that it will hold the first YouTube Video Awards to recognize the best-user created videos of 2006. The awards will be handed out in seven categories: most creative, most inspirational, best series, best comedy,musician of the year, best commentary and "most adorable video ever."

YouTube community members can vote on their favorites, here, beginning Monday (3/19) and concluding on Friday (3/23). Winners will be announced March 25. This looks like fun!



Seasons

A recent addition to the list of talented YouTubers who sing and play the guitar, logana13 is a 22 year old college student named Polly who lives in the UK. She has a great smile and shows her love of music in her videos. She just joined YouTube about a month ago, but she already has 6 entertaining videos on her channel. Let's have a look at a song she wrote in a short period of time. It's a catchy tune and Polly performs it with joy and enthusiasm!


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Greensleeves on fingerstyle acoustic guitar

Here's a delightful video from bsondahl. Brad Sondahl is a 53 year old man from Idaho who has been uploading loads of guitar/banjo vids over the last year. In this one, we hear Brad play the old Celtic melody that was transformed into a Christmas carol in the late 1800s - "What Child is This?" I've always loved this song and I thank DeepInTheWoods for pointing me to this and all of Brad's videos.


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

HEY! HO! LET'S GO!

I've been visiting YouTube for almost a year now, and I'm happy to say that I'm still finding new and interesting people to watch! Here's my newest find, and I'm her newest fan. =D I would like you to meet mememolly, a 17 year old woman who lives in Canada but is originally from the UK. Molly makes thoughtful and entertaining videos and looks great on camera! Here she is, trimming her "fringe" (bangs), followed by a music video she filmed and starred in, of "Judy is a Punk" from The Ramones first album. After only the first 4 seconds of this video, I knew I was going to subscribe to Molly - you should too!


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Fast Food Freestyle

Here's a great video that went totally viral! It has way over 4 million views already and all the kids are talking about it at school. Two guys pull up to a MickyD's Drive-through and place their order in the form of a rap. Check it out - it's creative and funny!


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Labels: Awards, bsondahl, Daxflame, Fast, Food, Freestyle, logana13, mememolly, Ramones, rap, Video, YouTube, YouTubeStars

posted by KennyCrane at 3/18/2007 11:19:00 PM 2 Comments

Here we go again! YouTube is experiencing another Real/Fake debate over Daxflame, an alleged 15 year old socially awkward young man who vblogs, often emotionally, sometimes in a dinner jacket. Daxflame, who claims that his real first name is Bernice, debuted this week in the Top 100 Weekly Chart at number 73 with 8798 subscribers! Dax just joined YouTube on January 2nd of this year and he already has uploaded 43 videos, most of them are what he calls "video diaries". Have a look at these four video diary episodes and decide for yourself - is this a socially awkward young man who sometimes has a fit, or is this a talented actor with writers and a crew? Is Dax real or is he following in the footsteps of Lonelygirl15, LittleLoca and the Emo Kids?


My First Video Diary Entry

In this first video, Daxflame introduces himself and talks about his real name, Bernice. Although he stumbles over his words, he does appear somewhat confident about himself. Look at the tags he chose for this video: diary video blog teenager boy human cool very handsome. The video has almost 60 thousand views and almost 200 comments including: "That was hilarious! I love it!", "You are so cute.", "ur a good actor man keep putting up them movies." and "GOD I WANNA PUNCH U IN THE FACE".


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Second Blog Entry: I will befriend Jacob.

In the second Daxflame video, we are introduced to the Jacob character. Jacob is featured in many of the early Dax vids. In the video description, Dax says that there's "a little bit of a plot twist in the last 6-7 seconds." In the video, Dax ends by saying that "you gotta take a risk sometimes." At the 21 second mark, Dax mentions that Jacob has a girlfriend. Now, some commenters have theorized that Dax is romantically interested in Jacob, but it's clear that Dax knows from the start that Jacob likes girls. So is this "risk" about trying to start a romantic relationship with Jacob, is it about making new friends in general, or is it about the risk of putting out a new show on YouTube?


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Third Video Diary Entry: I blew it!

Dax starts out this third episode calmly enough, but he comes completely unhinged by the end of the film. Is this a very strange comedy or a wierd but true tale of teenage awkwardness?


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Sixteenth video diary entry: The best Friday EVER!!!

Jumping ahead in the series, we'll end this look at the Dax man with a totally strange comedy/mania performance/episode. It's really two videos in one. It starts with Dax pouring Hershey's chocolate syrup on his face and ends with Dax stuffing lots of Orbit gum in his mouth. If you appreciate this kind of comedy, check out the rest of Daxflame's videos. You might want to start with the recent I bit my orthodontist's finger off!, or the one that YouTube recently featured and now has almost a half million views: Video diary entry 32: TAPE FACE!


If you can't see the video above, watch it on YouTube.

Labels: actor, Bernice, comedy, Daxflame, Emo, fake, Jacob, kids, LittleLoca, Lonelygirl15, real, Sophia, strange, YouTubeStars

posted by KennyCrane at 3/12/2007 01:46:00 AM 16 Comments

Here are pictures of some of the fine people who have made videos for YouTube. I created this Gallery so that our visitors can see a clearer, bigger picture of YouTube people - something more than they see on the smaller, often grainy videos. Scroll through the list and click on any picture to see a larger version.

If YOU want to get YOUR picture in this gallery, please email a clear, hi-resolution pic (or a link to it), to KennyCrane AT bellsouth DOT net. Include a link to your YouTube profile in the email. I'll be adding more pics as they come in. Show the world that you're a YouTubeStar! Get more traffic to your profile page! Send in your pic today!

Editor's note: We now have 70 pics in the Gallery. Thanks to everyone who sent one in so far!

NOTE: It's 2011 now and we're all a little older, and wiser! When viewing these pics, keep in mind that the ages given for each YouTuber was their age in 2006. Thanks!




1butterflykiss





AericWinter is a 29-year-old man who lives in Germany.





Allinyourasylum is a 18-year-old man who lives in Great Britian.





AwkRando is a man who lives in the U.S.





bsondahl is a 53-year-old man who lives in Idaho.





CaliShandyGirl is a 17-year-old woman who lives in Australia.





Castaa is a 35-year-old man who lives in California.





celestialsam is a 16-year-old woman who lives in the U.S.
Please watch some celestialsam videos. (April 08 - Sam is now 18! Please read the interview we just did with Sam. Thanks!)





cherrera7





chrystallinegreen is a 23-year-old woman who lives in Belgium.





Darahgna is a 16-year-old woman who lives in Wales.
Please read our feature article on Darahgna.





DeviLizious





Donnie2020 is a 20-year-old man who lives in Australia.





envisionthestorm is a 24-year-old man who lives in Great Britian.





eveliiine is a woman who lives in Belgium.





FairyPixie is a 20-year-old woman who lives in Nebraska.





FreeWingz is a man who lives in US.





Freiteez is a 18-year-old man who lives in California.





F1lmJunkie is a 17-year-old man who lives in New Zealand.





IceflowStudios is a 19-year-old man who lives in Canada.





jarra83 is a 23-year-old woman who lives in Australia.





jennifernew21 is a woman who lives in the U.S.





Josh12s is a 31-year-old man who lives in Utah.





JoshRimer is a man who lives in Canada.





Kimberleigh is a 23-year-old woman who lives in Missouri.





KingAmaan is a 22-year-old man who lives in Canada.





KramMille is an 18-year-old man who lives in Maryland.





kobashii is an 18-year-old man who lives in the U.S.





KruemelchenCooky is an 18-year-old woman who lives in Germany.





KwaiChi is an 24-year-old man who lives in London, UK.
Please read the KwaiChi Interview.





kyromaster is an 25-year-old man who lives in Ontario, Canada.





Photo courtesy of Sean Azul.
LittleLoca is an 18-year-old woman who lives in California.
Please read our feature article on LittleLoca.





madonnaoverhere lives in the US.





mana122 is a 5'4" brown eyed girl who lives in Edmonton, Canada.
Please read our feature article on mana122.





markapsolon is a 28-year-old man who lives in Colorado.





matsie is an 18-year-old woman who lives in Louisiana.





MattPyrch is an 18-year-old man who lives in Connecticut.





MattyMJ2007 is a 22-year-old man who lives in Canada.





MikeSkullman is a 25-year-old man who lives in Nova Scotia, Canada.





Mikma is a man who lives in North Carolina.





MurkProductions are Olly and John who lives in the UK.





MysteryGuitarMan is an 19-year-old man who lives in Massachusetts.





ninaflute is a woman who lives in the US.





okse is a 32-year-old man who lives in the U.K.





PianoPlaya123 is a 24-year-old man who lives in Chicago.





polkadots is an 17-year-old woman who lives in Australia.





preacherman777 is an 37-year-old man who lives in Minnesota.





SadieDammit is a 38-year-old woman.





SamProof is a 33-year-old man who lives in California.





savannahlioness is a 20-year-old woman who lives in Toronto, Canada.





ScorchedHotTub is a 26-year-old man who lives in New York.





Photo courtesy of Sean Azul.
SilentGirl is an 19-year-old woman who lives in California.
Please read our Silent Girl interview.





stealurface1976 is a man who lives in Canada.





swisho is a 20-year-old woman who lives in Wisconsin.





thescameron is a 2 man team, Rex and Eddie, who live in the U.K.





TheSpooneyOne is a 20-year-old man who lives in the U.S.





thewinekone is a 21-year-old man who lives in Toronto, Canada.
Please read our thewinekone interview.





TipToeChick is a 26-year-old woman who lives in Georgia.





Toneman is a 24-year-old man who lives in Virginia.





usmedstudent is a 24-year-old man who lives in Massachusetts.





Vectorman18 is a 19-year-old man who lives in Aurora, Canada.





VenetianPrincess is a 22-year-old woman who lives in Massachusetts.





victoriasparda is an 18-year-old woman who lives in the US.






Whee is an 16-year-old woman who lives in New York.






xSJPx is an 20-year-old woman who lives in Canada.






YourNextEx is a man who lives in Texas.






YourTubeNEWS is a 20-year-old man who lives in Australia.






ysabellabrave is an 26-year-old woman who lives in California.
Please read our feature article on ysabellabrave.

Labels: Gallery, Photo, Pics, Pictures, YouTube, YouTubeStars

posted by KennyCrane at 8/15/2006 03:55:00 AM 2 Comments