a visual collective outlet of inspiration
if you can manage the dorky crowds around the dj then you can let it run. it works. by bw
music
love is to die
anyone with two eyes and even the teensiest morsel of a brain was/is a fan of chris cunningham and his tremendous and often off-putting music videos for such artists as madonna, aphex twin, bjork squarepusher, and portishead amongst others. cunningham’s wife, jenny lee lindberg is the bassist of warpaint, an extraordinary musical act with whom he’s been working on this documentary for nearly two years. here’s the teaser trailer for love is to die. can’t wait to see the rest. by sv
pretty pictures
visual inspirations for the end of the year… by dd
french dj/producer gesaffelstein on hip hop
here’s an interview with gesaffelstein on BBC radio in which he talks about how he’s not into hip hop, despite his unfortunate collaboration with kanye and detroit electro. right on. by dd+kd
happy belated birthday keith
keith richards turned 70 on december 18th, and we all forgot to say happy birthday. long live and godspeed… 1943-2043 (keith is the one on the left, patti hansen on the right) by bh
le parc
today, i went to the opera garnier in paris to see “le parc” (the park), a ballet by angelin preljocaj with music by mozart. unsurprisingly, i have a soft spot for the ending scene, but realized to my horror that i actually had already seen this scene in… a commercial. ruined it… also, what’s going on with the billion people coughing during the first ten minutes of any play/ballet/opera?? by lil
lorde – tennis court
obsessed with this song and video. watch lorde, aka the seventeen-year-old ella maria lani yelich-o’connor as she doesn’t lip-synch most of her song. by lil
the special nelson mandela: buried but never dead
i played this back then, and i play it now because unfortunately apartheid is still alive under other names. a beautiful song for a beautiful man; was playing it in the office all week. free nelson mandela – the specials (aka). written by jerry dammers and performed by his coventry based band the special A.K.A. – with lead vocal by stan campbell – released in 1984 as a protest against the imprisonment of nelson madela by the apartheid south african government. by dd
chrysta bell
flamingly beautiful david lynch collaborator ms. chrysta bell, doing what she does best. by cm
next weekend recording session
from the top: dd, fd and dt… hell, we’re missing a drummer? by dd
tau·ro·bo·li·um – noun
1. the sacrifice of a bull, followed by the baptism of neophytes in the blood, as practiced in the ancientrites of mithras or cybele.
“mondo taurobolium”, made by animator galen pehrson – for devendra’s closing track on his new album mala by kd
…speaking of fire
by kd