January 23, 2010 – 12:36 am
She seemed so happy: she was going to put the situation out of her mind and drink up the world to her fullest. She travelled back and forth to Europe, she saw my and Martha’s shows, she went on a grand tour of the world, she swam in lakes in the country. She was a [...]
December 20, 2009 – 5:04 pm
Rare early footage of my favorite Aretha Franklin song, “One Step Ahead.” She must be about 20 years old here. The video is from before she signed with Atlantic Records, when she was still with Columbia, in the early ’60s.
Mos Def sampled “One Step Ahead” in 1999 for “Ms. Fat Booty” – a bit different [...]
November 12, 2009 – 11:40 pm
Second in an apparently ongoing series of mine in which I post two things, one of which is a Lady Gaga video.
Like science fiction inspiring the direction of space research, we’ll soon have great video remixing tools to scan and search footage for patterns of dialogue and cadence. And it will all be due to [...]
September 7, 2009 – 3:20 am
One of the perks about growing up in Seattle in the 90s was being in the right place at the right time, music-wise. I was a freshman in high school when I went to one particularly legendary rock show — Nirvana’s record release party for Nevermind, held at Beehive records (Peaches) in Seattle.
It was [...]
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band filmed this excellent video for their song “Albatross Albatross Albatross” in Washington’s San Juan Islands — partly at my family property on Orcas Island.
My brother and his friends arranged it – see my bro’s behind-the-music shots here.
Update: Devin details the entire production process on Crunchgear.
August 5, 2009 – 12:24 am
Two great things:
NYC mural by Brazilian brothers Os Gemeos. Need more of this.
Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” reminds us how great a music video can be.
My earliest memories of Michael Jackson’s music, like so many of us, are hard to separate from my earliest memories of music, period. Like every other kid who grew up in the 80s (really, from 1969 onward), I was steeped in it. Michael Jackson WAS pop culture. I moonwalked in front of the mirror. I [...]
February 14, 2009 – 2:23 am
Rediscovered this mesmerizing video from The Knife – I love how the tension builds.
Download high quality .mov
Hilarious, touching paean to Van Morrison’s gorgeous 1968 album Astral Weeks on music blog T-sides.
What did you accomplish at around 22, 23 years old? Well, I’ll tell you what you didn’t fucking make — Astral Weeks. When you were making Frappuccinos and spilling half of it on your apron, Van Morrison was singing you breathe [...]
Excellent chill laptop pop.
Hot Chip – We’re Looking For a Lot of Love
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]
