The Art of Standing with CitizenStand

[spacemonkey0001]

Brilliant idea.

[Annaconda1984]

he's one of my fave youtubers (-:

[kenrg]

Mine too!

[daajkoot99]

haha

go citizenstand

[kenrg]

He's a true original - nobody quite like him!

[makafeke]

I love that man.

[kenrg]

He's a YouTube original!

[andreasax76]

please will u explain wat r u tryin to do??

[citizenstand]

i am making stand art. get it?!

[Minniver]

I have to practice this standing thing... I may try walking one day.

[kenrg]

I'm too impatient to stand. But then, I'm too lazy to walk. I have problems.

[gandersourcefilms]

has anyone done an art of sitting?

[kenrg]

Do a search... Maybe this is your big opportunity! I know I'd rather sit.

[gandersourcefilms]

yep, there are hits on that. maybe i'll do a 'sitting monologues'. come and see me when i'm touring? you can have a signed advance copy of the book, too! my paypal button is over there -->

:)

[bygINCpresents]

it's... something.

[kenrg]

or ... possibly ... something else!

[BataviaMonaco]

It's nice to have the "making of" the art of Standing by the GURU !

[kenrg]

Thanks!

[DeXimE]

Hehe, Interesting idea!

[kenrg]

Check out his videos - The idea works!

[rextangle]

I had to sit down to watch this!

[kenrg]

I always sit down to take a stand. Thank you!

[13thDimension]

Ha :D

[kenrg]

Thanks!

[blackturtleus]

Great interview! Outstanding video! Dedicated surfers! Cool tripod thing!

[kenrg]

The tripod thing is the Gorillapod - They'll hold your camera on anything, anywhere, including moving objects (30andout uses one to shoot on bike rides). And, no, I don't get a commission, I'm just a fan. Thanks!

[tlg847]

Isn't Santa Cruz, like, some kind of hippie, pinko haven?

[kenrg]

Sshhhh!!!! We don't need that secret leaking out... Nothing but fine, upstanding, hard-working Americans around here!

[GreatGig1]

Devoted surfers! It looked ccccold! :-)  Great insight into what's behind the stand videos.

[kenrg]

Very devoted... 20 foot swells! On the other side of the bay, by Monterey, a surfer was killed that day. But, yes, Ira did give us a bit of insight into his art. Thanks for watching!

[GreatGig1]

Wow! 20 foot swells! Fun but obivously dangerous! Sorry to hear of the loss of life. Never a good time for that, but with the holidays, just seems worse to me. Happy Holidays to you and yours. Thought I better add that now as I tend to forget to once the moment has arrived...LOL

[SomebodyIusedtoknow]

Hi Ira!!

[citizenstand]

Hi M!

[SohoSquare]

And the good fairy let him be CitizenSpeak for a day and sent him out with kenrg to speak to the masses... :)

[kenrg]

If only YouTube would allow him to speak on his own channel! (And if only somebody could get me to learn to shut up once in a while). Thanks!

[A2GVB]

Good Vblog Enjoed it

[kenrg]

Thank you!

[A2GVB]

Happy Christmas

[Furnifur]

I never watched his videos before, this sounds nice n artsy, very cool. I love tat lighthouse but aren't tehre others you can visit? And hot damm that guy almost got taken away in that wave!

[kenrg]

Okay, I'll do an entire video on "the lighthouses of the Monterey Bay" just to show that this isn't the only one. But it is the only lighthouse that's also a surfing museum!

[Furnifur]

ohh surfing, yeh I don't know how but I like watching. Yes please do a video on as many as you can, that would make me so happy I might...

[withanoxgoad]

furnifur, i had an experiance with you in a bar the other night. i dont know you. or watch your videos. but in the middle of the night, i lean over and as a friend, what is a furnifer. and we asked everyone, and know one knew. so we went to my house and googled it. and then nothing was coming up... so we youtubed it.... you.

[Furnifur]

That is weird!! Maybe you heard it somewhere once before when you were on YT? I'm the only Furnifur so it's weird you just asked that out of the blue. I don't know what to say exactly. lol YAY I'm seeping into the collective conscious one brain at a time!!!

[Minniver]

Furni! Stay out of my brain, I don't have enough to share!

[periurban]

Now I see whay you wanted to give up the lighthouse intro. This standing guy has appropriated it!

[kenrg]

Although, now I have versions of that shot with me in it and with him in it... so it may yet reappear...

[citizenstand]

hahaha! ken was there, he could have stopped me!

[periurban]

You're bigger than him though!

[kenrg]

He's taller, but I've got the heft. Boy, have I got the heft...

[mixedpixel]

ah...he talks...

[kenrg]

Actually, I just dubbed in the dialog later. He wouldn't say a thing!

[withanoxgoad]

he speaks!

[kenrg]

He does! You just have to pull that little string coming out of his back, and off he goes... Thanks for stopping by.

[withanoxgoad]

i keep giving him all these sugjestions.. do a smiling stand... a blue stand... im glad he finally did a talking stand!

[thefrozenghost]

I stood while watching this video.

[kenrg]

Out of respect, or just because the hemorrhoids were acting up? Oh, sorry, that was supposed to be confidential ;^)

[thefrozenghost]

Out of respect for the hemorrhoids.

[kenrg]

Thanks - I'm sure you'll appreciate his videos if you get a chance to check them out.

[yaffle]

Great.

[kenrg]

Thank you!

[KobyBrandt]

For taking that particular stand, you should receive a standing ovation!

Thanks for the introduction ken.

[kenrg]

I'm fine with sitting ovations. You know, the kind with five *s... ;^) Thanks!

[KobyBrandt]

It's a rare event when you don't get a sitting ovation from me ken. Although, I do seem to remember one time, a long time ago, that I actually gave you four, I think it was the first video that I watched, but then, I was a lot more discriminating then. :D

[fallofautumndistro]

Thanks for introducing us to CitizenStand. =)

[kenrg]

My pleasure. He's a true YouTube original.

[Evilspartacus]

Quality

[kenrg]

Thank you!

[bwhahrhr]

I think its funny that Ira talks about his standing and why he is doing - while doing exactly that what he intended to make fun of (:

Great video, thanks for sharing

[kenrg]

It is a bit ironic, isn't it? It's like back in college, when you'd have to write a 15 page paper analyzing a six page short story. Glad you enjoyed it!

[withanoxgoad]

right, or like how you would pay someone to write your papers, and get an education? by doing nothing...

[OhCurt]

Very cool - and I don't think I had heard of this guy until now.

And oooooh, a mystery spot?!?!

[kenrg]

Well, you've heard of him now, so you've got no more excuses. And, yep, a Mystery Spot. Check out his reply or my upcoming part two... Thanks!

[renetto]

Nice...

[kenrg]

Thank you!

[citizenstand]

i didn't know ira talked that much!

[bwhahrhr]

yeah... I am surprised too :p

[kenrg]

Just between you and me, I had to put in ear plugs to keep out his constant droning on and on and on...

[kenrg]

You should see what I cut out! The guy just doesn't know when to shut up! ;^)

[citizenstand]

if it was your first time ever speaking you'd probably not know when to stop either!

[speedyconkiwi]

Haha oh Ken, a couple more people and you officially met everyone from my 777 ; )

The lighthouse!! Yay!

[kenrg]

Be careful, I'm circling in around you ;^)

I guess I can't get away from that lighthouse!

[citizenstand]

get your butt over here kiwi!

[speedyconkiwi]

Yeah I wish.

[battim]

gorgeous scenery, cool talk.

[kenrg]

Thanks! The mist from the surf (20 ft.) gave it a nice eerie feeling. He's an interesting guy.

[stukeck]

This is why Pappy prefers anything to vlogging.... I do it occasionally but prefer to say something without saying something... It has more impact I think...

I mumbled...

[kenrg]

Then you will definitely appreciate his stand videos. As a visual artist, he sets up great compositions, then inserts himself in it, and lets the camera roll for 30-40 seconds. Oddly fascinating and addictive.

And, yes, I agree about trying to stay away from straight vlogs, but doing it anyway.

[Hermgirl666]

He's standing by the Lighthouse!  Nice.

[kenrg]

Thank you for catching that. Check out his video response to this...

[Neotrific]

Interesting interview. The mystery spot...Underground Poet's Society (UPS)? Kewl vid, Ken.

[kenrg]

Thanks... stay tuned for the Mystery Spot...

[onboardvideo]

I love citizen stand, man. Good work. "What do you stand for?"

[kenrg]

He does great videos like nobody else on the 'Tube. A very nice guy, too. Thanks!

[achampag]

mystery spot?

nice beach

[kenrg]

Yep, Mystery Spot. I'll have that footage ready this afternoon or tomorrow morning... Thanks!

[livingpassion]

Cool interview. Very interesting guy.

[kenrg]

Thanks - Check out his vids!