[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/40234826 w=500&h=281]
the video is beautiful! the music is trite. mute it and watch it. or play something else while you watch it. but thanks to sander van den berg for putting this thing together!
stones
i didn’t know this existed. one of my favorite songs by them. probably the first one of their songs that blew my mind when i was a kid. i always wished they had explored this stylee more. instead we got lame dude bar rock. lame!
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_f_tkpFxv4&w=480&h=360]
monarch! (again)
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KeqehF6U2g&w=480&h=360]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkgJbSOGb3Y&w=480&h=360]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE7I8f2l_3Q&w=480&h=360]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoPVqnkeC38&w=480&h=360]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z3nXsjO85Y&w=640&h=360]
no words
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiSqK8mYtJY&w=560&h=315]
did i just see that on mainstream tv?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgr3DiqWYCI&w=560&h=315]
whoa! also, http://occupywallst.org/. solidarity!
world cup 2011
three things i loved about this year’s world cup.
1. marta scoring the second goal against the us in the quarter finals. this is a crappy video, but the goal was awesome. in general i thought this game kind of sucked. brazil played cynically, as they call it – excessively trying to draw fouls, lots of diving and acting. the us wasn’t all that convincing in this one either. their first goal was due to an error by the brazilian defense – they actually scored on themselves. their second goal was pretty phenomenal however. and to top it all off, horrendous calls by the referee. just wretched.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otceq1ZKm24&w=425&h=349]
life is life
i was intrigued when i saw that noah and the whale (who i am not a fan of) had a video for their new song, life is life. i immediately thought, holy shit someone’s covering laibach! unfortunately it was just their own twee ass indy rock. rats! but then i thought, i’d like to hear laibach’s life is life. so here it is
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbB1s7TZUQk&w=425&h=349]
and i guess i’ll show the twee:
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/25412844 w=400&h=225]
Noah & The Whale “Life Is Life” from Miky Wolf on Vimeo.
which do you prefer?
monarch!
my music palate has been changing again. i’ve started to appreciate some forms of metal. shocking! metal! what? but, it’s only the weirdo metal that i can get into. weirdos like, monarch. french metal nerds who are way slow, drone, loud. one of the things that blows me away about the following clip (which is pretty much a full set) is how quiet the drums are. think about how loud that room must be! fuck!
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/16966826 w=400&h=225]
Monarch | NYC @ Death By Audio | 17 Nov 2010 from (((unartig))) on Vimeo.
now, this short interview makes me like them even more. flowers! butterflies! righteous! it can’t all be doom and gloom, right?
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/23509836 w=400&h=225]
Looking for New England: Haselore Kohl meets Monarch from (((unartig))) on Vimeo.
australian night time lapse
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/21662048 w=400&h=170]
WALU NGALINDI from GRANT WAKEFIELD on Vimeo.
okay, this is fucking gorgeous. seriously. also hit full screen and hd that shit!
nothin beats wilkins
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ky7g1lgTwc&w=480&h=390]
here we have more examples of jim henson’s awesomeness. a series of commercials he did for the wilkins coffee company. it’s not a subtle knife that’s wielded here. my favorite is the one at 1.19 on the second reel. for even more awesomeness head over to the wfmu blog for some background info and a massive compilation of jim henson’s pre-sesame street commercial work.
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