I want to shoot one of these
Dec 31, 2008
Dec 30, 2008
Dec 29, 2008
Booty rocking. Show stopping.
Thunderheist was formed by mistake. The two members meet after the DJ (G Zilla)accidentally sent the singer (Isis) a track he was working on. She liked it so much that she wrote a rap for it. Isis is Nigerian born and has done giggs with Dead Prez, T.I. and many other hip-hop artists. G Zilla has DJed with and for Prodigy, The Herbaliser, The X-Ecutioners, Kid Koala, DJ Food, DJ Vadim, Jurassic 5, Chromeo and Flosstradamus.
The "About Us" page on the bands website describes them best
Thunderheist- "Jerk It"
(Voted in the top 40 music videos of 2008 by Pitchfork)
The "About Us" page on the bands website describes them best
"Stealing thunder so you move that ass, the duo dubbed Thunderheist unleash serious electro-pop with heavy boom bap party funk. Ribcage rattling bass breaks laced with proper rhyming are flipped with digital booty bass, 80s- inspired electronic pop, and slowed down Southern bounce, all fresh dipped in serious swagger."
Thunderheist- "Jerk It"
(Voted in the top 40 music videos of 2008 by Pitchfork)
Fuck Twilight
The Swedish film,Let the Right One In, involves a young boy and girl, one of whom is a vampire, and the nature of their unusual friendship. Eat your heart out Twilight.
Amazing Video
Directed by Ben Zeitlin and produced by the folks over at Court 13, the film Glory at Sea is a fable of such exorbitantly epic proportions that it could only be described as Grandiose. This extremely emotional gesture is crammed into a 25 minute running time.
This short film is about a man who comes back alive, in a post Katrina world, to lead a bunch of lost souls back to sea to meet their destiny.
Because the film is what it is (possibly an recollection of the ancient Greek myth of the ferry crossing the river styx to get to the land of the dead) racing at breakneck speeds to catch-up with modern times, I find this to be a very powerful piece indeed...Because this isn’t your traditional narrative, at times it's hard to follow, but at all the other times the film isn’t just appropriate but pretty much necessary.
Fun Fact: The Glory at Sea theme song composed by Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer was used as the theme for the final days of Barack Obama's US presidential campaign.
This short film is about a man who comes back alive, in a post Katrina world, to lead a bunch of lost souls back to sea to meet their destiny.
Because the film is what it is (possibly an recollection of the ancient Greek myth of the ferry crossing the river styx to get to the land of the dead) racing at breakneck speeds to catch-up with modern times, I find this to be a very powerful piece indeed...Because this isn’t your traditional narrative, at times it's hard to follow, but at all the other times the film isn’t just appropriate but pretty much necessary.
Fun Fact: The Glory at Sea theme song composed by Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer was used as the theme for the final days of Barack Obama's US presidential campaign.
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head
It wouldn't be entirely wrong to describe Seattle-based band Natalie Portman's Shaved Head as silly. But it wouldn't be entirely right. Although their name is silly, their music is seriously cool. Playing addictive dancey electro-pop containing the best parts of the '80s: synthesized hook tracks and The B-52's styled lyrics. Their album is called Glistening Pleasure... that's so bomb.
Wee figures
The street is the context for this artists work. Slinkachu leaves wee little hand painted figures in various London locales and then photographs the results for his ’Little People‘ project. the work aims to highlight the overwhelming feeling of isolation and loneliness which afflicts much of today's society and to reflect upon the condition of anonymity that some feel comes with living in the modern city. The figures themselves are wonderful, but seeing their scale against the world around them is truly kinda heartbreaking. Enjoy...
Dec 28, 2008
The art of Vicki Dasilva
What makes her work fascinating is that the effort isn’t apparent, only the skill. Most of her locations are outdoors and they suggest a consciously formed clash between the natural and the artificial, the dark and the light. She uses the words ‘light graffiti’ and ‘light painting’ to describe her work and the terms couldn’t be more fitting. She doesn’t just break through that invisible fourth wall; she leaves her tag all over it. Find more of her art here at her website
Dec 27, 2008
Dec 26, 2008
K-Billy's Super Sounds of the 70's weekend just keeps on... truckin'
A very interesting video short from Brazilian directing duo 300ml in which a man (Selton Mello) explains his unified field theory of Quentin Tarantino to a skeptical friend (Seu Jorge, of "The Life Aquatic" and "City of God"). It all takes place, naturally, in a diner. Enjoy...
My favorite “ism” is surrealism...
Jeff Jordan’s love of the surreal comes through in each and every painting he does, so buckle up a dive into a world of flying horsnake cowboys, fish ladies, and general ‘wtf’ land.
Dec 22, 2008
Holiday post: x-mas edition!!
This post is full of festive fun and frivolity... enjoy...
IM IN UR MANGER KILLING UR SAVIOR
nice...
- Pimp your snowman...
- Make your own Santa Clause, Saint Nick, Pere Noel, Papai Noel, Sion Corn, Knecht Ruprecht, Joulupukki, Kriss Kringle, Babbo Natale!
- Check out whats playing on TV on Christmas Eve of yesteryear by flipping channels or by parousing the TV guide.
IM IN UR MANGER KILLING UR SAVIOR
nice...
Dec 21, 2008
Dec 19, 2008
Dec 18, 2008
Gangsta Godzilla
Godzilla be crankin' it old school, the OG be rappin' about life on the streets of Tokyo, yo...
Sounds like halloween full off teenage angst...
Bat for Lashes' video for "What’s a Girl to Do?" is ‘Donnie Darko meets In the Mouth of Madness’ and is easily one of the coolest videos ever! It is a supremely well made video, and it looks like its a single shot as well... Enjoy...
Flight of the Conchords
The second season of Flight of the Conchords officially starts January 18th, but why wait until then? Funny or Die has the first episode up for your viewing pleasure, YAY!!
Welcome to the Machine
Elephants Dream is the world’s first open movie, made entirely with open source graphics software such as Blender, and with all production files freely available to use however you please, under a Creative Commons license. The short film was created by the Orange Open Movie Project studio in Amsterdam during 2005/2006, bringing together a diverse team of artists and developers from all over the world. About the film from the films' website"Elephants Dream is the story of two strange characters exploring a capricious and seemingly infinite machine. The elder, Proog, acts as a tour-guide and protector, happily showing off the sights and dangers of the machine to his initially curious but increasingly skeptical protege Emo. As their journey unfolds we discover signs that the machine is not all Proog thinks it is, and his guiding takes on a more desperate aspect."
Go to the website to download stills of the movie, the soundtrack or to watch a higher quality of this fantastically mind twisting film...
Dec 17, 2008
Who Dat?
Currently, this is probably the hardest hitting song out there... fucking sick to death... real talk...
- Young Jeezy- "Who Dat"
Coconut Records
This fantastic solo project started up by Jason Schwartzman, (The actor from Rushmore, I Heart Huckabees, The Darjeeling Limited and others) began in 2006, debuting with his album Nighttiming. Coconut Records, (just Schwartzman) is currently in the process of releasing his second album titled Davy sometime in mid-January of next year.
- Coconut Records- "West Coast" (from Nighttiming)
- Coconut Records- "Microphone" (off Davy)
Keep your eyes and ears out for that second album kiddos...
Also, Wes Anderson films are boss...
Dec 16, 2008
Pitchfork top 100 singles of 2008
I think, the majority of this list is spot on. The top ten is boss, but there are a few that showed up in the top 30 that should be swapped into the top 10. anyway without further ado...
Their Top 10 shapes up like this:
- 10. Estelle- "American Boy"
9. Portishead- "Machine Gun"
8. Air France- "Collapsing At Your Doorstep"
7. Cut Copy- "Hearts On Fire"
6. Deerhunter- "Nothing Ever Happened"
5. M83- "Kim & Jessie"
4. Santogold- "LES Artistes"
3. Hot Chip- "Ready For The Floor"
2. Fleet Foxes- "White Winter Hymnal"
1. Hercules & Love Affair- "Blind"
View full list here...
Video trickery
Cool use of video effects to turn this song into a 3D karaoke station... plus the tuneage is pretty rad too...
Dec 15, 2008
This joint made me say... Wha!
This beat is the bidnezz... Henry from the bizness...
Henny makes beat on iPhone 3G using Beatmaker!!! from Henny on Vimeo.
Henny makes beat on iPhone 3G using Beatmaker!!! from Henny on Vimeo.
Micky is that you?
I say now! what is the meaning of this??
The artists contributing to the collaborative effort dubbed "BLOC28" were inspired by Disney characters as kids, so they wanted to see how Mickey could be reinterpreted... personally, this is crazy and takes a good amount of time to break through my interpretation of the animated character we have all come to know and love. In the end, I found most of the art found on this site visually sick, twisted, crazy, etc... and not very appealing at this time. Maybe I hold this iconic character and its history at to high a standard... but these artists claim to be telling a story and that's where I have trouble expanding my mind. Is it what Micky has some dark past? is a strung out addict? Take a look here and tell me you think?
Start your week with some cultured fun...
About the site... "I am an avid Art Jumper. Sometimes, while visiting art museums and galleries, I am so excited by what I see that I have to jump for joy." hahahahhaaha!! Yippy!
Some woman shows her joy for Matisse's "Dancers"... just silly...---->
Dec 14, 2008
Photographic discretion
Dec 10, 2008
Day'n'night remix music video
Funny thing is that Kid Cudi didn't approve the making of this video venture... He wants everyone who has posted it to take it down, but I think ill keep it up for now because no one reads this blog...
Dec 9, 2008
Justice
Perhaps you've heard of Justice, the hedonistic French electro-house duo. Its official, New Years Eve 2k8 at the congress theater 7pm till ?. I find it fasinating that they love the † symbol so much that they're immortalizing their religious-icon-manipulating live show on a new DVD/CD called A Cross the Universe. Below is a stream of one of their live DJ sets...
- Enjoy...
[the A Cross the Universe DVD and CD are out now on Atlantic / Because Music]
Dec 8, 2008
Dec 6, 2008
Flyer then the rest of them, still got my nike boots...
Wale, a fresh rapper from D.C. just dropped his official video for "Nike Boots"...
Dec 5, 2008
Images Abound!
Something neat for the weekend...
This site, hosted by someone by the alias of "JJJJound", features no text, no titles, no breaks, no links, just one front page that takes along time to load... but its well worth it.
Here is there...
This site, hosted by someone by the alias of "JJJJound", features no text, no titles, no breaks, no links, just one front page that takes along time to load... but its well worth it.
"For those unfamiliar with the curiously named jjjjound hurry there now and add to favorites. its the sartorialist or wallpaper of photo blogs and will appeal to enthusiasts of modern and understated design."
Here is there...
Dec 4, 2008
Swedish Female Invasion
+Warning+ If you like dancey-pop music with female vocals all of these artists will exceed expectations.
Swedish pop has maintained a presence on the international music scene since the early 1960s, when The Spotnicks hit the charts in the states. the rise of ABBA in the 1970s marked the beginning of one of the greatest pop groups of all time. In recent years Swedish indie artists have played an important role in the music industry. Some claim an important component in this contemporary success is in part due to the inclination of swedes to embrace new trends quickly, whether it is in music, fashion or film. Something else that some claim sets Sweden apart from many other countries is that most Swedes speak English fairly well, which also means that a majority of the Swedish artists who succeed abroad sing in English. The first to burst from this Swedish bubble is Robyn, a young talent, signing with a major label at the age of 18.
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Over the last few years increased access to the internet has also played a decisive role; many Swedish musicians have chosen to use this worldwide medium to disseminate their music and become famous. Lykke Li has Myspace to thank for her breakthrough.
Lykke Li has lived in a bunch of places but calls Sweden her home. Her breakout hit, “Little Bit” really made people notice her and put her on their radar. The good news is, the album is out (so go buy it)...
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Next is a band titledThe Knife. Their second album Silent Shout was voted the number one Album of the Year in 2006.
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Finally I present to you the college girls who make up Those Dancing Days first also attracted a fan base for their dance friendly music on the internets...
Swedish pop has maintained a presence on the international music scene since the early 1960s, when The Spotnicks hit the charts in the states. the rise of ABBA in the 1970s marked the beginning of one of the greatest pop groups of all time. In recent years Swedish indie artists have played an important role in the music industry. Some claim an important component in this contemporary success is in part due to the inclination of swedes to embrace new trends quickly, whether it is in music, fashion or film. Something else that some claim sets Sweden apart from many other countries is that most Swedes speak English fairly well, which also means that a majority of the Swedish artists who succeed abroad sing in English. The first to burst from this Swedish bubble is Robyn, a young talent, signing with a major label at the age of 18.
- Emerged on the US charts with her single "With Every Heartbeat"
Collaboration with Snoop with his hit 2007 single "Sexual Seduction"
Her latest song... "Cobrastyle"
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Over the last few years increased access to the internet has also played a decisive role; many Swedish musicians have chosen to use this worldwide medium to disseminate their music and become famous. Lykke Li has Myspace to thank for her breakthrough.
Lykke Li has lived in a bunch of places but calls Sweden her home. Her breakout hit, “Little Bit” really made people notice her and put her on their radar. The good news is, the album is out (so go buy it)...
- Lykke Li- "Little Bit"
Lykke Li- "I'm Good, I'm Gone"
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Next is a band titledThe Knife. Their second album Silent Shout was voted the number one Album of the Year in 2006.
- The Knife- "Heartbeats"
The Knife- "Marble House"
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Finally I present to you the college girls who make up Those Dancing Days first also attracted a fan base for their dance friendly music on the internets...
- Those Dancing Days- "Hitten"
Those Dancing Days- "Run Run"
Dec 2, 2008
Cool Movie Scene
- Movie: The Brother from Another Planet
- Setting: New York Subway,
- Plot: The protagonist of the film is an alien who has the appearance of a black man. This scene touches on race relations. The alien finds his way into the New York Subway system and encounters a fast talking card trickster/street magician.
- Enjoy...
Has anyone seen this card trick ever? Video?
Notorious Soundtrack
Dope track off the upcoming soundtrack for Notorious B.I.G.’s biopic Notorious. Props to EastofLA for the find...
Update:
- "Jay-Z (feat. Santogold)- Brooklyn (Go Hard)"
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Nov 28, 2008
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Cultural Art
Joshua Callaghan is an L.A.-based artist who uses his education in cultural anthropology and the fine arts to create clever installations that serve as both art and a way to disguise undesirable city objects such as utility boxes. Check it out...
Like any self hating artist in the States, he is also a critique of American material culture. for his most recent exhibition at the bank gallery in LA, Callaghan pulled together found material to create abstract sculptures of graphs and charts mapping a variety of data. He uses both the found artifacts and the numbers to create a minimalist device by which to measure human behavior and culture. There are also some political undertones found in his work eluding to world population or world military spending.
(Right) Very Concerned, Somewhat concerned, Not at All Concerned, wood, paint, 4"x12"x50"
(Left)Military Spending by Nation, painted wood
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