Media for Xy

Note: Xy's fabulous “Dumpster Diving” segment originally appeared in ROX 38, “My Mother, the Doctor,” on 5 October 1993. It's one of our finer moments, and it won an Honor Award in America's College Video Competition (1994). We entered her in the contest because she was in graduate school at the time, and therefore technically eligible. As part of the prize, Xy also won an internship at MTV, which in turn became the subject of ROX 62, “XY in NY.” This is the remixed video version which appeared in that latter episode on 27 September 1994. The original video featured unlicensed samples from “Illistrum” by Art Ensemble of Chicago. In this remixed version, the musical elements are performed by Xy herself. Editor B mans the cam and provides backup vocals.

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Note: Xy explores one last mall mound.

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Note: A video portrait of a relationship. The migraine sound effects are provided by mnortham.

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Note: Things get weird.

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Note: XY gets ready to bake some fish.

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Note: Through painstaking research, we discovered this old film, apparently made around the same time as “Reefer Madness.”

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Note: This is it! This is the very first segment from the first on-line show of the first TV series distributed via the Internet. The first portion of this clip shows what it looked like back in 1995 — very low-res! — and the remainder is presented in glorious standard definition. From ROX #86, “Global Village Idiots”

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Note: J mixes a drink and gets us all in trouble.

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Note: Our first attempt to load a grapefruit with alcohol fails miserably.

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Note: Our second attempt to load a grapefruit with alcohol is no more successful than the first.

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Note: Xy explains this week's vocabulary word.

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Note: J makes his first trip to Big Lots, guided by XY, to buy supplies for the Festival of Fools parade. B mans the cam. Fun fact: when we first upped this clip in December 2003, we provided an “extra-large” version at a whopping 480x360 resolution. It seemed huge at the time!

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Note: J reads a letter from Particle Butthead, and XY offers a stunning reBUTTal.

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Note: ROX pays a visit to the Saint Roch National Shrine in New Orleans.

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Note: We had lunch with Paul and Helen (and Rosie the Pig) to get another perspective on the Atkins Diet craze.

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Note: An art video of sorts. Rachel Whang was the camera operator.

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Note: An evening wasted at 344 South Dunn.

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Note: This is the theme to “The Christy Paxson Show,” written, performed and recorded by the inestimably talented Bill Cameron.

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Note: Editor B sermonizes.

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Note: Editor B and Xy talk up ROX on a St. Louis morning radio show. May 1995.

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Note: Produced by Valerie Lisa Bartelt and Sang-Jin Kim

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Note: This is a rough cut of the opening segment for ROX #93.

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Note: This really happened! Please like on YouTube, share on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, etc., because like it says, “We need all the likes we can get.”

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Note: Celery wanted to share “The Communist” so they made this video.

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Note: Xy shows how to whip up a batch of home-made clay dough.

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Note: Xy dispenses advice for the incoming freshman class. This video includes Freshman Orientation Tips #11, #12 & #13.

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Note: Long lost footage that was never used in a ROX episode. Edited by T Bill.

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Note: ROX presents Anarchy Diary, which in turn presents Borgnine in their presentation of “Love.”

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Note: No comment.

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Note: Xy visits the Tree That Owns Itself in Athens, Georgia.

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Note: “Instead of hunting deadbeat dads, Hugh Downs has shaved his head, stabbed a rod of surgical steel through his septum, and is hunting for frogs with a pointed stick.” — Wired magazine

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Note: Xy receives her scores for the Graduate Record Exam.

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Note: With all the determination of a girl scout on heroin, XY goes dumpstering in the big city.

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Note: Xy & Editor B tell it like it is. From ROX #87, “The Seven Year Itch.”

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Note: The infamous opening sequence that kicked off our third season. From ROX #61

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Note: The ROX crew shares a Zima with the great Dave Ossman of the Firesign Theater.

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Note: Fourteen seconds of fame! A clip of ROX #59 was featured on MTV's Straight Dope. Yes, we smoked dope on MTV, and they paid us for it. Coincidentally, XY was an intern at MTV and ended up working on the special herself, as chronicled in ROX #62.

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Note: Xy experiences street flooding from Tropical Storm Allison. Editor B shot this from the front doorstep of their rental on Palmer in 2001.

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