Screaming Trees - Nearly Lost You (Letterman)
Wow, I didn't know Paul Mooney was their drummer (0:31).
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Phantom Trip
I just woke up from a dream in which I was stranded in the middle of nowhere, far from any place-names I recognized, in the Philippines. I was on a Jeepney and people on the vehicle were mysteriously disappearing and being replaced, including the driver. We had a couple of puti drivers who were also insane and for some reason this was the only Jeepney route in the whole nation that was operating. I suspected the government, but I kept being hushed or stonewalled from finding the truth. And this is the first dream I can remember in which I was speaking Tagalog...
Frilled Shark
I just got put on to this... Shit is simultaneously awesome and scary! I'm probably going to have nightmares about this beast.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Taping Yourself
Dead Prez - Hell Yeah
Why is the beginning to this video so dope? Shit reminds me of that beautiful protracted take in the forest in Children of Men.
+/- (Plus/Minus) - Fadeout
We should champion artists like these guys instead of the Fergie-era Black Eyed Peas.
When I found these videos I was immediately reminded of that French film that Orlando burned for me (which I haven't finished yet and have forgotten the title of) in which the narrative is visually controlled and literally framed by the actors who do double work as the cinematographer; what you see are the characters in the film obviously taping themselves. I wonder if this visual style is emerging as a symptom of the way we view our world today or if I just haven't really noticed this kind of filmmaking before. Taping oneself can obviously have the danger of evoking the amateurism of self-portraiture that is ubiquitous to MySpace culture, but it is an interesting device nonetheless.
Above I mentioned Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men because, while risking the statement of a cliche commonly attributed to the medium of film in general, the action sequences make you feel like you really are there through the clever positioning of the point of view. It is not an example of taping oneself, but it does provide an alternate psychology to the normative Hollywood construction, blurring the line between the viewer and the viewed with feelings that are also evoked by found footage and "taping yourself."
Why is the beginning to this video so dope? Shit reminds me of that beautiful protracted take in the forest in Children of Men.
+/- (Plus/Minus) - Fadeout
We should champion artists like these guys instead of the Fergie-era Black Eyed Peas.
When I found these videos I was immediately reminded of that French film that Orlando burned for me (which I haven't finished yet and have forgotten the title of) in which the narrative is visually controlled and literally framed by the actors who do double work as the cinematographer; what you see are the characters in the film obviously taping themselves. I wonder if this visual style is emerging as a symptom of the way we view our world today or if I just haven't really noticed this kind of filmmaking before. Taping oneself can obviously have the danger of evoking the amateurism of self-portraiture that is ubiquitous to MySpace culture, but it is an interesting device nonetheless.
Above I mentioned Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men because, while risking the statement of a cliche commonly attributed to the medium of film in general, the action sequences make you feel like you really are there through the clever positioning of the point of view. It is not an example of taping oneself, but it does provide an alternate psychology to the normative Hollywood construction, blurring the line between the viewer and the viewed with feelings that are also evoked by found footage and "taping yourself."
Thursday, March 8, 2007
All Nighter
Nu Shooz - I Can't Wait
TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me (Letterman)
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye (Letterman)
I didn't think anything of this song until I learned that the drummer and I share the same last name.
p.s. I've wasted too much time already, so I'm going to save this one for a rainy day (tomorrow).
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Dirty Minded (Documentary) Pt. 1 of 4
TV on the Radio - Wolf Like Me (Letterman)
Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye (Letterman)
I didn't think anything of this song until I learned that the drummer and I share the same last name.
p.s. I've wasted too much time already, so I'm going to save this one for a rainy day (tomorrow).
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Dirty Minded (Documentary) Pt. 1 of 4
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