Monthly Archives: June 2008

Jay-Z: “American Boy (Live at Glastonbury) Video

I’m remiss in that I haven’t posted this video yet:


Even more so now that this surfaced on the net - I love the appropriation of British slang:

No Age: “Eraser” Video

I saw No Age play at the Getty last night and they were great as usual. This video of theirs came through this morning so it was a good excuse to post about them (via GvB):

Wale: “The Artistic Integrity” VIDEO and “The Opening Title Sequence” MP3

The first video off of The Mixtape About Nothing as well as the first (and my favorite) track. Download the whole thing and make sure to listen to “The Kramer”.

Wale - “The Opening Title Sequence”

Julius von Bismarck: “Image Fulgurator”

Julius von Bismarck is a German guy who created a camera-gun that, when triggered by the flash of another camera, projects an image onto whatever the other camera is taking a picture of:
The Image Fulgurator is a device for physically manipulating photographs. It intervenes when a photo is being taken, without the photographer being able [...]

New J Dilla Soon

Jay Dee was the model for the prolific artist so it isn’t too surprising when I hear he has new beats coming out that I have never heard of. This said it always makes me want to go to Amoeba, buy an MPC, and lock myself in my room for weeks on end trying to [...]

The Franks Recording Session

Thanks to Garret for getting up this little clip - The Franks recorded an EP a month ago that we are currently mixing literally around the world. Colin is in Sweden, Sarah is in NYC, Ryan (our friend who did the recording and helped produce) is in Prague. What would modern living be like without [...]

1984 in Three Lines

1984
WINSTON: Don’t tell the Party, but sex is way better than totalitarianism.
EVERYONE: Surprise! We’re the Party.
WINSTON: Oh, rats.

(via McSweeny’s)

Guy Ritchie: “Take It To The Next Level”

I’ve been watching Euro 2008 as much as I can and every time I see this clip I get goosebumps. Doesn’t hurt that I love Arsenal and am pretty into the Netherlands. Hadn’t seen the full version before - it is even better than the one on TV:

Pop Levi: “Semi Babe”

Quite the drought. I’m back in it - making music again and existing in cyberspace. More to come shortly. In the meantime enjoy this from one of my favorite weird artists - follow the instructions and experiemnt with volume settings to get the complete effect (via antville):

Earth and Moon as Seen from Mars

via BB: