C-SPAN Karaoke

July 29th, 2005

Thanks to one artist’s fairly brilliant idea, informational outlet C-SPAN can finally fulfill its destiny as an interactive music video channel. Perhaps.

Media artist Barbara Lattanzi created a free software program that mashes up archived video from C-SPAN and karaoke songs found on the Internet, CNET reports.

On her web site, Lattanzi writes: “While you are navigating the flows of institutional political process, faithfully and invaluably documented by CSPAN, you can always break out in song…and the louder the better.”

BC Beat has cleared its schedule for the rest of the day. [Wilderness Puppets via CNET]