Nobody can get enough of maniacally marauding, soused Santas with permanently erect middle fingers. That's why we're posting part 2 of Boing Boing tv's breaking! news! coverage! of this year's Santarchy / Santacon hijinks from Los Angeles.

Previously on BBtv: Santarchy part 1.

Mario and his pixellated spouse argue over mushrooms, point gains, and sexually adventurous arcade game apes in this episode of BBtv's 8-bit Theater. Then, an excerpt from WOFL 2106, an otherworldly animated short by the talented multimedia artist David O'Reilly. Look for a special cameo appearance by Brian Peppers.

What is Santarchy? The website for these loosely-organized, cacaphonous events which take place around the world states, "Santarchy is not a movement, that's what you do in the bathroom (...) the events are not a protest against Christmas or commercialization. Really, it's just a bunch of santas getting together to have a good time."

While you're at it, check out this 1996 Santacon documentary that founding Santarchy/Santacon father Scott Beale produced! Link to video. (Music: Laura Lopez).

Love is forever. So is being undead. Excerpts from "Zombie Love," a film by Yfke Van Berckelaer which was recently released on DVD (special thanks to Ben Rodkin!).

Gabe and Max, who have taught so many of us how to achieve the dream lives of our dreams using the internet, answer questions from the Bing Bong audience. Then, aliens discover Mark Frauenfelder's book, "Rule the Web."

Xeni visits a tissue culturing workshop at Machine Project in Los Angeles. Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr of the bio-art collective SymbioticA in Australia teach us how to extract stem cells from bovine bones, and grow a clump of tasty tissue, some spare ears, or a set of pig wings in a petri dish -- in just 9 short months.

(music: Laura Lopez)

Mark's exploration of Mister Jalopy's drive-in movie theater on a bicycle starts out normal enough, but gets pretty trippy when Jalopy opens the lid. Care Bears, orangutans, and Mister Rogers all make cameo appearances. All of this magic took place at a "mini Maker Faire" during Felt Club 2007, an annual exposition of cool crap made by interesting people. When the buzz wears off, we step into the Beijing Accelerator. Rotterdam-based artist Marnix de Nijs created this immersive virtual reality experience in which a seated user rotates at the same speed as the landscape they're viewing. This, too, is trippy. Coop suggests that it be known as "Barf Barf Revolution."

Austrian tech-art-pranksters Monochrom show us how to hack into the human brain using a vintage calculator, duct tape, a USB drive, and some pickled onions (preferably Romanian). Then, Mark shows us how to make a very simple motor -- another fun project from scitoys.com.

See also: BBtv: Monochrom's love song for Lessig

Update: here's monochrom's extended dance remix director's uncut version of BRAICIN: Link.

Roaches are gross. Robots are good. But -- cockroch-controlled robots? Roboticist Garnet Hertz made one, and we visit him and his roachbot today. Then, a short film from Walter Robot (aka: Bill Barminski and Christopher Louie) about a broken hearted 'bot who ends up having a different kind of close encounter.

For your holiday week enjoyment -- "Turkey Wrap," a Thanksgiving crunk original from BBtv, by Lil' Gizzard with Hen-essey. (oh, alright: music composed by BBtv editor Laura Lopez, lyrics by BBtv segment producer Russ Gooberman, performed by Russ and Xeni, video edited by Elana Eli and Laura Lopez. This atrocity was the brainchild of BBtv Exec. Producer Asa Greenberg).

MP3 Link to "radio edit," cusswords bleeped.
MP3 Link to version with cusswords.

Complete lyrics after the jump.

Yeti, sea serpents, Sasquatch -- fantasy creatures or flesh-and-blood biological oddities? Boing Boing Gadgets editor Joel Johnson visits the Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine to explore these cryptid enigmas and more. Joel speaks with the museum's founder, blogger and cryptozoology expert Loren Coleman, who is also the author of Mysterious America.

In our last episode, John Hodgman gave us a sneak peek at his next book in progress, which includes mysteries of mole men. What do they look like? We don't know, the book's not finished. But Hodgman did share some of their names with us.

Florida-based artist Adam "Ape Lad" Koford drew some of the 700 hobo names recounted in Hodgman's last book, so we asked him to imagine the mole-men for today's BBtv episode.

Next, kick back with some earthworms and Stoli, and dig the smooth underground sounds of DJ Mole-licious. This "mole crunk" track was written and rapped by BBtv segment producer Russ Gooberman, with music by BBtv associate editor Laura Lopez. What set you from, homie? 6.02 x 10^23. Lyrics and MP3 after the jump.

Xeni barges in to a hotel room where the great John Hodgman is writing his next book (not on a PC, oddly). The book comes out in 2008, and will include never before known knowledge about mysterious MOLE MEN (among many other things). Then, we enjoy a cavalcade of hobos drawn by Ape Lad -- these are but a few of the 700 hobos named in Hodgman's last book, Areas of My Expertise. THAT IS ALL.

Mad professor Mark Frauenfelder shows us how to make a Curie Effect Magnetic Heat Engine from common household items. Then, Austrian art-pranksters Monochrom sing a song of love for Stanford law prof and famed copyright reform advocate Lawrence Lessig.

Xeni visits BarCamp LA and trys out the work of wearable computing designer "Robo," known to humans as Ross Bochnek. Next, sneaky use expert and garage inventor Cy Tymony swings by Xeni's house -- Xeni's elderly Sicilian neighbor falls in love with the robot Cy constructed out of trash and knicknacks from the 99 cent store.

(Special thanks to Crystal and Jason "Boogah" Cosper and all the BarCamp organizers!)

Today on Boing Boing tv, more of our exclusive preview of American Furry, a documentary film in progress. Subtitled "Life, Liberty, and the Fursuit of Happiness," this feature project from Brooklyn-based filmmaker Marianne Shaneen involves more than two years' worth of footage, and explores many aspects of the furry fandom.

UPDATE: Shaneen tells BoingBoing, "I've also got new video that I've edited up on my website."

Part one of BBtv's sneak peek at Furry is here: Link.

Next, a visit to South Park Studios. From the command center of crew member Keef Barkus comes this time-lapse video of the last 24 hours of show preparation leading up to the airing of a South Park episode. Matt Stone, Trey Parker, and the rest of the South Park team sure do move fast.

(Music in this episode: Q Burns Abstract Message, Formidable Force, T Bias, and Kokomo Arnold.)

Today on BBtv, part two of our coverage of "Space Style 2007: A Giant Leap for Couture," an intergalactic couture show which took place during the TRANSFORMING SPACE conference hosted by the California Space Authority (CSA) and the California Space Education and Workforce Institute (CSEWI).

Part one of our series is here: "Space Couture runway show."

BBtv's Xeni Jardin was there, with two pro fashionistas providing live critique and comic relief: Nony Tochterman of Petro Zillia, and Oren Shepher of Spear Collection.

In today's episode, we meet Syuzi Pakhchyan of SparkLab, and check out her cool LED light-up bracelets (which have been covered in Make:CRAFT -- 1, 2).

Below, and after the jump: LOLspacemodel macros.

What would you wear in outer space? Fashion designers, space entrepreneurs, and intergalactic travel advocates gathered to answer that question recently on a runway (the couture kind) near Los Angeles International airport. BBtv's Xeni Jardin was there, with two pro fashionistas providing live critique and comic relief: Nony Tochterman of Petro Zillia, and Oren Shepher of Spear Collection.

"Space Style 2007: A Giant Leap for Couture" took place during the TRANSFORMING SPACE, an annual conference hosted by the California Space Authority (CSA) and the California Space Education and Workforce Institute (CSEWI).

Participating designers included Louise Bisby, Rain Sherman, Danielle Kelly, Samantha Ceora, Payam Emrani and Syuzi Pakhchyan of SparkLab (her cool LED light-up bracelets have been covered in Make:CRAFT -- 1, 2). Misuzu Onuki, creator of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) space couture fashion show, presented the finalist designs from that competition. Martin Bergstrom of Sweden showed off burka-like headdresses, and "mathematically-inspired" Japanese designer Eri Matsui presented a zero-G-inspired wedding gown.

The event was co-produced and co-hosted by Randa Milliron of Interorbital Systems, a Mojave-based rocket company working to make space transportation a reality, and Karyl Newman, an artistic consultant to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. California Space Authority (CSA) hosts included Andrea Seastrand and Celeste Volz Ford. Link to photos by Sam Coniglio.

Music: Casino Mansion, David Habif, and Roman Kovalik. Video art: Steve Nalepa.

Below: BBtv fashion analysts Oren (left) and Nony (right) glimpse the future of spacewear, and they're not sure quite what to make of it.

Last week on Boing Boing tv, we showed "the making of" -- now, here's the real thing. Jason Wishnow's book trailer for the new book, "The Zen of Zombie : Better Living Through the Undead".

Link to ZEN OF ZOMBIE video, and here's the backstory.

Previously: Zombie Yoga: 100 undead, doing poses in the park

Today on Boing Boing tv, a wistful glimpse at the blinking, bloated tech expos of days gone by. We revisit a pre-dotcom-crash edition of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, through the eyes of the one human on earth capable of matching E3's hyperkinetic chaos with ample frenzy of his own.

In this BBtv episode, "comedy terrorist" Tim E. Woodsman high-kicks, dry-humps and generally freaks the hell out all over the LA Convention Center. Press access rules changed forever after this incident. E3 isn't huge and awesome anymore, either, so there's not much left to bum rush anyway.

This episode was cut from rediscovered footage produced for a CrapTV internet-boom-era TV pilot. Danny Diamond provided us with access to his footage vault (we pulled Bad Fairies from the same source), and BBtv's editors reassembled this short spazzfest for your nostalgic pleasure.

The crew of video guerrillas who made this happen this back in the day say: "We dedicate this to the memory of Tim E Woodsman, 1972 - 2007. We miss you. -- Jason, Jolon, Glasgow, Martha, Brody, Danny, Push, Tony, and everyone who made CRAPtv possible."

-- XJ (Special thanks, Jolon / includes brief snippet of music by Klubbheads)

Furries get no respect. Usually, when you hear about people who dress up like life-sized stuffed animals, it's in the context of an unfriendly internet joke, a sex gag on Entourage, or an insult that ends with "yiff in hell."

But Brooklyn-based filmmaker Marianne Shaneen has spent more than two years following these people around, capturing their lives in and out of their "fursonas." She's working on a documentary film called AMERICAN FURRY: Life, Liberty and the Fursuit of Happiness.

Today on Boing Boing tv, an exclusive peek at this feature in progress. Marianne provided us with access to some of her raw footage (she's accumulated 2+ years' worth!), and we selected clips, edited, added some audio, and produced the short glimpse you'll see here.

"I'm looking for an editor, a couple of animators, finishing funds, and a producer," says Shaneen -- so if you'd like to get involved, email her at info@rabbitholefilms.com.

Special thanks to Susannah Breslin for first pointing us to this project. (Music by T.bias.) -- XJ

What kind of DIY tech wonders can you find at Maker Faire? Make Magazine editor-in-chief and BBtv co-host Mark Frauenfelder traveled to Austin, TX with camcorder in hand to show us. Mark introduces us to a ticklish dinosaur robot named Pleo (above), and a guy named Craig who makes amazing garage-tech musical instruments. (XJ)

The invite said "Bring a Yoga Mat - Dress Like a Zombie." When filmmaker and Boing Boing pal Jason Wishnow set out to create a trailer for Scott Kenemore's new book "The Zen of Zombie : Better Living Through the Undead" (yes, people make video trailers for books!) a vision came to his brrraiiiiinns. Why not gather 100 people in a Brooklyn park, dress them as zombies, and film them all doing yoga? There's no inner peace like undead inner peace.

So today on Boing Boing tv, in honor of Halloween, we've produced a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Jason's Zombie Yoga trailer. Watch out for flying guts when they do "downward decapitated dog" or "corpse pose." (Music by T.bias.) -- XJ

Who says all the leading men in slasher flicks have to be straight? From Invisible Engine comes a new series of online snuff-comedy-webisodes called Gay Friday, and we take a pre-Halloween peek today. -- XJ

Here's what happens when you take Halloween too far. A cautionary tale provided courtesy of Danny Diamond and a crew of video guerrillas who say: "We dedicate this to the memory of Tim E Woodsman, 1972 - 2007. We miss you. -- Jason, Jolon, Glasgow, Martha, Brody, Danny & everyone who made CRAPtv possible.",p> -- XJ (Special thanks, Jolon)

Simpsons director David Silverman plays his flaming tuba for us. He built the propane-fueled "Tubatron" himself with help from pyro expert pals, and he puffs out a few bars of the Simpsons theme song. You can catch him and the flammable sousaphone in action at parades from time to time, and every year at Burning Man. (0:00-2:30)

And finally, a (cough) happy ending for the week: BB co-editor Mark Frauenfelder visited the Los Angeles Zoo and watched a zookeeper massage a grateful Tapir. We should all be as blissed-out as this odd-toed ungulate. (2:47-3:28)

-- XJ

David Silverman, director of The Simpsons, answers questions from our audience and cringes in horror when we drag an animated skeleton out of his closet -- Turbo Teen! (0:08 - 3:00) Then, we seek "slack" and internet salvation in a classic Church of the Subgenius ad from 1991, featuring music by Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO. (3:21 - end)

-- XJ

Tired of talking hair delivering the news? The Intelligent Information Laboratory at Northwestern University has developed an avatar news broadcast. India-based investigative journalist and BBC contributor Scott Carney tells us about a violent clash between Maoists and the government.

The military industrial complex can be fun! Tanks-A-Lot in England rents tanks for corporate events, and sexy time events, too. And Mark built a robot that violates none of Asimov's laws of robotics.

Xeni talks to Max Weinstein of stopbadware.org about Cookie Crumbles, a contest he's co-sponsoring with the Berkman Center at Harvard University. It's an open call for videos that explain internet cookies. And an excerpt from a hystelarious online short courtesy of Gabe Delahaye and Max Silvestri. It's called, appropriately, Gabe and Max's Internet Thing.

Update: Hey, bing bong, you got your emails. BBtv viewer Tom Hung snipped an MP3 from the Gabe + Max infauxmercial that you can now use as an email notification soundfile. Link.

Coffee aficionado Mark Frauenfelder demonstrates his favorite portable coffee maker, the Aeropress, and makes a delicious cup of methamphetamine-free espresso (Intelligentsia Coffee's "Black Cat" variety, to be precise). While you're enjoying that first cup, watch this mesmerizing gogo dancer, Miss Foxie Moxie.

If you're enjoying BBtv and care to add a review on iTunes, where we're a (very) newly-listed show, we'd be most grateful! iTunes Link.

In this edition of Boing Boing tv: a bizarre Japanese pop tune about butts is gaining in popularity, and spawning related manga and anime -- or is it the other way around? (related BB posts which tell the story about how a husband and wife animator team dreamed up the "butt biting bug": one, two).

Also in this episode, we explore advertisements that feature something that's never been unpopular - vaginas. (related BB post: Link).

Update: BBtv viewer Jonathan Murphy created some cafepress t-shirts to riff on the "Vaginads" segment and explains,

Here's an insta-meme from the bbTV clip. I thought it might be funny. I wanted the "dot" in .com to substitute for "don't."

Update: Oh dear, Tom Ford perfume goatse remix. Link (NSFW) (thanks, Susannah Breslin!)