This poem reminds of the following quote from Maya Angelou: “Everything in the universe has rhythm. Everything dances.” I incorporated lots of public domain footage along with works from our community. Here are the links to the public domain footage. All are from the Premlinger Collection at www.archive.org

Hills and the Sea http://www.archive.org/details/hills_and_the_sea

Day of Thanksgiving, A (1951) http://www.archive.org/details/DayofTha1951

RFD Greenwich Village (ca. 1969)http://www.archive.org/details/RFDGreen1969

They Call It All-States (ca. 1950s) http://www.archive.org/details/TheyCall1950

Study of Negro Artists, A http://www.archive.org/details/study_of_negro_artists

Arteries of New York City (1941) http://www.archive.org/details/Arteries1941

Work Pays America (Part II) (1937) http://www.archive.org/details/WorkPays1937_2

Precisely So (Part I) (1937) http://www.archive.org/details/Precisel1937

Chevrolet Leader News (Vol. 5, No. 2) (1939) http://www.archive.org/details/Chevrole1939_3

After watching Marke's video suggestion and seeing belcath1981's poster, I ended up with this concept

Here is the corrected design with the copyrighted image swapped out. 

(I found out from fractaldust and cacheth that one of the images from the first ad/poster is copyrighted and that the HR team has been notified).

Thanks!

Sibylline is the illustrator. I wrote the story and incorporated the text into her illustration.

I just couldn't wait until the weekend to post my story. Here is the text separately: Step by step love's canvas is painted in hues of Red & Blue wishfully patiently joyfully in harmony.

When i first saw Joe's Occupy Wall Street collaboration,, Robo_J's Weapon REmix instantly started playing in my head!  So I was pleased that Metaphorest and Robo_j added their RECords to the collab.

I reread Metaphorest's lyrics and the words in the image are from her song but I rearranged a few to make another statement.

I was trying to figure out what to do for the RE:Independence collaboration. While doing video research, I came across the short animated film 200 and instantly became captivated with the seventies-style Americana motifs twisting and turning. I suppose this REmix is a celebration of the freedom to fight for one's dreams and to create in Joe's words “transcendent, rambunctious art.”

Public domain resources:

200 (1975) http://www.archive.org/details/200

Cracking Peanut Shells Sound http://soundbible.com/135-Cracking-Peanut-Shells.html

Wind Sound http://soundbible.com/1247-Wind.html

Mouth pop http://www.pdsounds.org/sounds/mouth_pop

I loved the title that fabulouslyfreckled and  belcath1981 used for their RECollection Vol. 1 posters.

The idea that I had was to find the images from the cover. 

This is my first pass at the intro.  Joe, please let me know sometime today your thoughts on the intro. To tell the truth ,I didn't get much sleep last night. LOL I won't be able to work on this again until this evening and then I'll make any requested changes.  Thanks!

Public domain resources:

Let's Go To The Movies (1948) http://www.archive.org/details/LetsGoToTheM Classic Television

Commercials (Part VI) (1948) http://www.archive.org/details/ClassicT1948_6 Classic Television

Commercials (Part VIII) (1948) http://www.archive.org/details/ClassicT1948_8

Drive-in: Feature Presentation-Star Reels http://www.archive.org/details/Drive-inFeaturePresentation-starReels_858

Drive-in Intermission 6 http://www.archive.org/details/Drive-inIntermission

I was trying to find the right kind of music for this Hesher REmix.  I decided why not listen thesherbethead's stuff and man I was pleased to find his Villain Am I None song and video. 

Public Domain sound effect: Pressurized Fire http://www.pdsounds.org/sounds/pressurized_fire

I would like to see how people color this image.  Thanks!

I found these series of books at the library called Scan This Book.  These three books consist of copyright-free images that can be used in any way.  I found a page devoted to projectors and cameras.

I have been wanting to do another REmix but this time using illustrations only from one artist.  When I first saw  mirtle's illustration Daydream, I knew I had the perfect centerpiece for a REmix.

Seeing bloemday's REmix made me think of Joe hanging from the icon of the Emerald City. 

I stumbled across this French proverb and really love it.  The English translation I found is: "Nothing is impossible for a willing heart."  I believe this describes very well our fearless leader!

Today marks my one-year anniversary at hitRECord.  I started this REmix some four months ago and for some reason I couldn't get any momentum to carry it through. But this weekend, I finished it.  Coincidentally, I had already included some footage of NYC but given the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, I wanted to keep it in.  Thanks to via for showing me in her video fireflies for sarah how to correctly edit PASIV's version of Megan Carnes' Sunday Evening.

Public domain resources:

Airport America (1954)
http://www.archive.org/details/AirportA1954

News Magazine of the Screen, The (Vol. 7, Issue 3) (1956/11/00)
http://www.archive.org/details/NewsMaga00_7

Above the Clouds in Rainier National Park http://www.archive.org/details/above_the_clouds_rainier_national_park

Big Picture: Skydivers
http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569789

Legacy for Wings (1984)
http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.13407 To

Conserve Our Heritage (Part I) (1940) http://www.archive.org/details/ToConser1940

Becharof National Wildlife Refuge (2009) http://www.archive.org/details/gov.fws.aws.4.6

FALCONS ON THE WING (1978)
http://www.archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.38588

Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (2005) http://www.archive.org/details/gov.fws.aws.1.9

Aerial Views of Manhattan and Hudson River, New York (1967)
http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.31144

World's Fair Night Aerials
http://www.archive.org/details/tmp_1964Worl

[Amateur film: Summers collection: San Francisco, California, 1941] (Part I) (1941)
http://www.archive.org/details/Summersc1941

How to Listen To... New Dimensions in Sound (1957)
http://www.archive.org/details/HowtoLis1957

I just re-watched the video where Joe was recommending Foreign Sounds and he was talking about maybe adding another layer to the video but that he also liked the video bare.  Coincidentally, cchellez and I used some footage from the video Noiry Night. For the couple I wanted to feature, I used different footage.  It would be interesting to hear people's interpretation of this. 

Love. Passion. Artistry. Excellence.  I believe these are born from a fiery heart.  We harness fire for industrial purposes. We can create and can destroy with fire. We even celebrate with fire. With the original Everything on Fire video, Joe pays a fiery tribute to the love shared between two brothers. This remix is my take on the fiery heart.

Public domain videos from Archive.org Conductor, Part 3 http://www.archive.org/details/Conductor_1492_3

We Deliver (1983) http://www.archive.org/details/WeDeliverPt1_1

These Are My People (Part I) (1959) http://www.archive.org/details/these_are_my_people_1

Industries of the United States: Steel - The Hardest Metal in the World http://www.archive.org/details/steel_the_hardest_metal

Negro Colleges in Wartime (ca. 1944) http://www.archive.org/details/NegroCol1944

Integration Report I (1960) http://www.archive.org/details/Integrat1960

RFK Must Die - The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy http://www.archive.org/details/RfkMustDie-TheAssassinationOfBobbyKennedy (CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication)

News Magazine of the Screen, The (Vol. 5, Issue 10; Summer Review 1955) (1955/08) http://www.archive.org/details/NewsMaga_5

News Magazine of the Screen (1951) http://www.archive.org/details/NewsMaga_2

Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 3) (Part II) (1939) http://www.archive.org/details/Medicusc1939_9

Soundie - Hollywood Boogie (1946) http://www.archive.org/details/soundie_12

Study of Negro Artists, A http://www.archive.org/details/study_of_negro_artists

[Back to Freedom: More War Prisoners Return to America] (ca. 1950s) http://www.archive.org/details/BacktoFr1950

Royal Wedding (1951)  http://www.archive.org/details/royal_wedding (Astaire dancing on the walls and ceiling sequence at 66:21)

Hands (ca. 1944) http://www.archive.org/details/Hands1944

Video from NASA.gov Solar Dynamics Observatory Sees Solar Flare http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=13014518

Drums. Guitars. Fire. and The Big Easy. These are what this birthday video to Joe are made of. The inspiration for this remix started off with a reggae song that I think Joe would appreciate because of its repetitive nature. Many blessing to you Joe!

Calm Down Everybody, a public domain reggae song http://www.archive.org/details/Calm_Down_Everybody

Photography (1946) http://www.archive.org/details/Photogra1946

Behind the Lens (1940) http://www.archive.org/details/Behindth1940

March Of Time New Orleans http://www.archive.org/details/MarchOfTimeN

World At Your Call (1950) http://www.archive.org/details/WorldAtYourC

[Amateur film: New Orleans Carnival Week, February 22, 1941] (1941) http://www.archive.org/details/NewOrlea1941

[Amos Alonzo Stagg Honored on 95th Birthday] (ca. 1950s) http://www.archive.org/details/AmosAlon1950

Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 3) (Part III) (1939) http://www.archive.org/details/Medicusc1939_10

[Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 5) (Part III) (1939) http://www.archive.org/details/Medicusc1939_14

[Amateur film: Parade of Krewe of Rex, New Orleans, February 25, 1941] (1941) http://www.archive.org/details/Paradeof1941

Design for Dreaming (1956) http://www.archive.org/details/Designfo1956

Surprise For Jean (1954) http://www.archive.org/details/SurpriseForJ

I've been looking for another remix to do and decided to take RegularJOE's Escargots.  I found a lovely reading by gblancag which sets the tone for this piece.  Again, I incorporated a lot of public domain footage:

Reactions In Plants and Animals http://www.archive.org/details/reactions_in_plants_and_animals

Journey through a Day (ca. 1967)http://www.archive.org/details/Journeyt1967

Hills and the Sea http://www.archive.org/details/hills_and_the_sea

L'éclipse du soleil en pleine lune (1907) http://www.archive.org/details/L_Eclipse_Du_Soleil_En_Pleine_Lune see also http://hitrecord.org/records/217467

Around the World in New York (ca. 1940s) http://www.archive.org/details/Aroundth1940

Bus Driver, The (1946) http://www.archive.org/details/BusDrive1946

6 1/2 Magic Hours (1958) http://www.archive.org/details/612Magic1958

Monument to the Living: The Episcopal Service (ca. 1940s) http://www.archive.org/details/MonumentToTh

Wonderful World (Part I) http://www.archive.org/details/wonderful_world_1

[Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 5) (Part II) (1939) http://www.archive.org/details/Medicusc1939_13

[Amateur film: Medicus collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40] (Reel 5) (Part III) (1939) http://www.archive.org/details/Medicusc1939_14

Song Birds as Neighbors http://www.archive.org/details/song_birds_as_neighbors

Greenwich Village Sunday (ca. 1960s) http://www.archive.org/details/Greenwic1960

Le Voyage dans la Lune (1902) http://www.archive.org/details/le_voyage_dans_la_lune see also http://hitrecord.org/records/227060

Public domain resource:

Selling Wizard, The (1954) http://archive.org/details/0396_Selling_Wizard_The_M03236_10_47_28_00

I was working on one REmix and I just couldn't finish it and put it aside.  Then this song captured my imagination so much that I thought  perhaps I was supposed to do this REmix instead.  Plus, I'm pleased that I could finish this the day before my birthday.  Coincidentally, one of the public domain films was relased the year of my birth. It's funny how things turn out.  Thank you Pamagotchi for a stardusty REmix and missamerica for your candelit capture.

Public domain resources:

Fermi Observations of Dwarf Galaxies Provide New Insights on Dark Matter
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010900/a010943/

Journey Into Light (circa 1973
) http://archive.org/details/6238_Journey_Into_Light_01_29_44_29

America in Space - The First Decade (1968)
http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.45015

UNIVERSE (1976)
http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.1257658

Out of This World
http://archive.org/details/out_of_this_world

I can't link this resource that I used in this REmix: untitled by thimbles http://www.hitrecord.org/records/311259

Public domain resources:

Circus Day in Our Town (1949)
http://archive.org/details/0013_Circus_Day_in_Our_Town_13_16_36_00

Life Is a Lark at Willow Grove Park (1956 circa) http://archive.org/details/0408_Life_Is_a_Lark_at_Willow_Grove_Park_00_36_13_00

Aqua Frolics
http://archive.org/details/aqua_frolics

[Universal Newsreel: Palisades Park, Zippy Wedding] http://archive.org/details/2029_Universal_Newsreel_Palisades_Park_Zippy_Wedding

Breath-Takers, 2
http://archive.org/details/breath_takers_2

Friendship Seven (1962)
http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.45021

Supersonic Thunderbirds (1959)
http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.67591

Big Picture: Skydivers
http://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.2569789

Film No. 6889
http://www.archive.org/details/gov.archives.li.255.s.6889

GOLDEN KNIGHTS - THE ARMY PARACHUTE TEAM, THE (1969)
http://archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.30245

[Stunt Compilation] (1918)
http://archive.org/details/StuntCom1918

Box, The (1973)
http://archive.org/details/TheBox1973

To The Fair (Pt 1) (1965)
http://archive.org/details/ToTheFairA

stunt_bike_6
http://archive.org/details/stunt_bike_6