This blog is dead
I will no longer be posting to this blog.
Instead, I have launched a blog con sesos. Here lies the shit.
Archive for Music
Musical meandering on YouTube
“Heartbeats”, The Knife
“The Knife”, Grizzly Bear (a cappella)
“The Knife”, Clipse/Grizzly Bear (Girl Talk remix)
Why the recidivism rate in the Phillipines is so low
Because prisoners there are all taught how to sing + dance! This video is probably the most surreal and brilliant thing I’ve seen all week on YouTube.
The alt version of Kanye track
Kanye ups his indie cred by releasing this video for “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” starring Will Oldham and Zach Galifianakis.
Marclay wants unwanted sounds
And Apple wanted his short, _Telephones_, for their iPhone spot. So they took it.
Justice meets Threadless
The new video for Justice’s “D.A.N.C.E.” capitalizes on the crazy designer T’s trend. Features some sick typography and After Effects work.
Release of con sesos vol. 2 mixtape
I decided to compile my second online mixtape using imeem and I was well-surprised by how many full-length tracks were available on the site. Anyway, you can listen to the mixtape here — a little bit of the old stuff (Billy Idol! The Church!) and some newer stuff the kids are listening to (Klaxons, Rapture, PBJ).
Muck and the mire
Video for Cold War Kids’ “Hang Me Up to Dry” shot gorgeously in B&W with some Fellini-esque stylistics.
Grizzly Bears can be sweet
This video for Grizzly Bear’s “Knife” features Beach Boys-inspired harmonies + some stop-motion sweetness.
Dinosaur Sr.
Okay, so the title of the post was too easy. J + Lou + Murph have put on a little bit of weight, but they’re bringing it heavy with the noise so I guess it’s all okay. God, that was corny.
Anyway, they’ve reunited, put out a new album and are touring so thought I’d post this WTF clip of Dino playing “Out There” on the Jenny Jones show.
Shrigley’s photos
You may be familiar with David Shrigley’s illustrations and cartoons but have you seen his photographs? They’re really funny and quite charming, and reflect the thoroughly unique vision he has on all things ordinary, un- and extra-.
Oh and if you haven’t witnessed his wicked pen-and-ink technique, check out this video he did for Blur. The last 45 seconds or so are f*ing brilliant.
Gotta wear shades
Saw TV on the Radio last night at the Moore in Seattle. Great show, as wife puts it, sounds like “the music from the future.”
Why it’s good to suffer from insomnia
Because sometimes you stumble onto stuff like this* while you try to idle off the nervous energy.
* New Order performing “Ceremony” in 1981.
The Young Folks get nostalgic
A tongue-in-cheek, comic book-styled vid for Peter, Bjorn & John’s wickedly catchy tune, “The Young Folks.” (Which also happens to be the lead track on my mixtape project for consesos.com, a new venture made with brains not brawn.)
The marketing power of hip hops
This dude’s buggin bout a furniture store that’s just like a mini-mall!
Dogs in slow motion
This video for Vitalic’s “Poney Pt. 1″ is one of the most visually arresting pieces I’ve seen in a long time. And of course it makes me laugh.
