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The power of the image. From National Geographic (via BB):
“We are very confident the photos are genuine,” said Miriam Ross, a spokesperson for Survival International, which estimates that half of the hundred or so uncontacted tribes in the world live in the rain forests of Brazil and Peru.
Some experts say few, if any, tribes have [...]
My favorite song off of Oracular Spectacular gets the video treatment and ends up looking like a cross between Fern Gully and the rave scene from The Matrix: Reloaded. Weird.
Via Line Out. Beauty out of nowhere. This is what a master-of-their-craft sounds like.
I don’t know anything about Chikita Violenta except they are from Mexico City, have an album out produced by David Newfeld of Broken Social Scene fame, and have an awesome 8mm-oriented video for their song “Laydown”. Via The FADER (who may or may not have just ruined the Lost Season 4 finale for me):
Chikita Violenta, [...]
This is the first video they shot for “Flashing Lights” (mine and seemingly everyone’s favorite song off Graduation). It is cool, but not nearly as cool/interesting as the Spike Jonze directed video. Also not as interesting as the other video they shot for the song. Obviously KW wanted to get the visual component for the [...]
These photos are wild. How rad would these have been if they were completed - what a surreal environment it would have been. Via BB.
Another new song off RATATAT’s upcoming LP3. These songs are seriously pushing my brain in terms of their production value - so warm and full. I am EAGERLY awaiting the full album. Via GvB:
Airborne electricity grabs hold of a volcanic plume – in this case, Chile’s Chaiten volcano, which began erupting last week “for the first time in some 9,000 years.”
Photos by Carlos Gutierrez for UPI. If you squint your eyes the first photo resembles a screaming face. Via SLOG via BLDGBLOG.
This isn’t my favorite thing Wale has ever done, but it is a nice reminder that “The Mixtape About Nothing” comes out on Friday.