Amusement
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Brutal and beautiful? Storm (I & II) by Gener8ion
Caught listening to BBC Radio 1 yesterday I picked up on a comment about this song’s video… been listening (and snatching an occasional peek) on repeat since.
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PRETTY LIGHTS around the block (directors cut)
I only just came across this video. It’s already 11 years old, oh my. The music might have dated a bit (I still like it) but the video is a cracker… (Found in a 2013 page from fstoppers: “The Best Video Combining Stills and Motion We’re Going to See All Year“)
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Blue Monday. Covered by Orkestra Obsolete.
I missed this when it came out last year to celebrate 40 [!!!!] years since New Order’s Blue Monday was released back in March 1983. Here Orkestra Obsolete play it on instruments and gadgets from the 1930s. Can’t touch the original but it’s a great fun tribulte.
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C. Tangana – Oliveira Dos Cen Anos (Video Oficial)
Apropos of culture/ football, music and heart… A spectacular anthem celebrating Celta de Vigo’s centenary. Very nice work, Mr Tangana. “Himno del Centenario del R.C. Celta de Vigo (1923-2023)”
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Instagram? No, Autochrome.
These arresting ethereal images seem to be the product of contemporary art direction heavy on nostalgic whimsy. In fact they are from 1913. These are autochromes by one artistically inclined engineer, Lieutenant Colonel Mervyn O’Gorman, of his niece[?] in Lulworth Cove. Instagram that. Restored by BabelColour (Stuart Humphreys). Follow him on Twitter, of course. …
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[Generation] Logo
Love, love, love this song. It’s “old” now, from 2007, back when the hipster movement was just starting to gain traction around the world. Ironic and witty. Your gran’s got her own logo.
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Los Jaguares de la Bahía – Contribution (Video Oficial)
Not everybody’s cup of tea (but they’re wrong), Paco Loco is arguably the most important producer of the Spanish indie-garage scene. Strictly left-field, an essential part of Monkey Week* [El Puerto de Santa Maria variants]. Los Jaguares de la Bahía is the outfit he does his own thing with. Watch and listen, listen and watch.…
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US comic history 101
Shame it’s only dealing American publishers (really should have started with Frans Masereel’s Passionate Journey) but a great article covering the history of comics. Starts with Superman, Captain Marvel, Batman, then on through Crumb to Alan Moore’s Watchmen and beyond. Click through to the Vulture and read about the 100 Pages That Shaped Comics From Mickey…
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Espanish gitana Barcelones. K te cagas.
I prefer her track Malamente but this _video_ is a hum-dinger. Perhaps this more downbeat and mantra-like song helps the cinematically stylised symbolism shine through. Like a flamethrower.
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The Rich Man’s Frug
Who knew The Frug was a dance craze of the sixties? Perhaps you’ve seen the 1969 Shirley MacLaine movie Sweet Charity the above gem comes from? Nor me.
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SnoopaVision!
Google Labs have been busy again. Have a look at their new beta YouTube product: SnoopaVision today! Fabulous. As promising as Gmail Motion I reckon….
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Advertising that you couldn’t get away with these days
Found this link to a whole bunch of mostly crassly sexist adverts from way back but but there’s other NO-NOs in there too: TOP 48 ADS THAT WOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED TODAY. Still not seen Mad Men yet but I guess this is what they may have gotten up to… Anyway here’s my favourite wrong-uns:…
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War Photographer
Jason Forrest, "War Photographer", Shamelessly Exciting, Sonig Records, Dir. Joel Trussell. Mash it up.