downhill

Heartbeats from The Knife on Vimeo.

Adam Kimmel presents: Claremont HD from adam kimmel on Vimeo..

Jealous.

shades of grey

I've been working in B&W film a lot lately. It feels appropriate if only because winter will NEVER END. Today's weather - partially sunny. PARTIALLY SUNNY??!! It's like the weather man wasn't brave enough to say cloudy.

It is cloudy. Again.

This time in two weeks I will be in Texas. Sunshine. Please. Sun.

Little Joy - No One's Better Sake

Little Joy: No One's Better Sake - HD from Warren Fu on Vimeo.

This video makes me happy. It feels kind of like Sesame Street for grown ups. I'm going to put it out there and say that this would have actually been improved by another cameo - Snuffleupagus. I just spell checked that.

And this cracks me up:

Rocksteady meets PBS in the debut music video for LITTLE JOY (Fabrizio Moretti of the The Strokes, Rodrigo Amarante of Los Hermanos and Binki Shapiro) complete with split-screen effects from the heyday of 1970s TV. Special guest appearances by Nick Valensi (The Strokes), Devendra Banhart and Greg Rogrove (Megapuss) and more. If you listen to the Jonas Brothers then these names mean absolutely nothing to you. The name 'Megapuss' alone probably makes you feel weird. It makes me feel weird. Get your retro on y'all.

Pretty Young Things

both by Annie Leibowitz

Genius

old act

Getting a leeeeetle bit tired of this whole snow thing here...

Just trying to remember that a trip to Texas is not far off. Two week and I'm OUT OF HERE.

Human Highway - The Sound

One of my favourite songs of last year now has an amazing, creepy video. Yay!

love letter

New York 2008

New York 2008 from Vicente Sahuc on Vimeo.

I had a a long chat the other day about how good Zooropa was (we're all entitled to an opinion) after having not thought about that album in FOREVER.

And then coincidentally came across this video today via Tak Tak's playground.

1. This makes me excited to make some videos from SXSW. We have basically opted to stay in a set - an airstream trailer. It's all about the experience.

2. Remember how good the original video is?

Or maybe I'm tainted given the first time I heard this album I was a delicate teenager living in Bremen, Germany with no friends in the country. And the only "English" channels on TV were CNN and MTV.

Aaaah. Good times.

club rules

by Murray Breingan via The Material Review

Text Pieces

Text Pieces by Stefan Bruggemann via today and tomorrow

whoops

from Strong Kent Wythe

snow bunny

2am Saturday night. It would have been very romantic if I weren't out with three ladies.

it was all yellow

(1. Rogue Gallery via the Pursuit Aesthetist, 2. Preen from style.com, 3. The Selby, 4. Dress by sarahseven on etsy, 5. Electric Blue Gallery)

Lovely Leigh Watson

Ben Kweller, The Watson Twins and Jones Street Station

Amazing show at the TLA last night. I think there was a touch of spring fever.

Ben Kweller even cartwheeled off the stage.

Corey Arnold

more animal love from Corey Arnold

Kindred

Feeling pretty good about this today

Sam Taylor-Wood

I have admired Sam Taylor-Wood's work for many years. It's confrontational and discomforting and abrasive. She engages you and challenges you in one movement.

From her interview with the Guardian:

"The thing I find hardest to do is just to clear my head. My brain, to paraphrase David Bowie, is like a warehouse, and there's no room to spare."

Star of Africa

Story of the Cullinan Diamond :"In 1905, transport from South Africa to England posed a bit of a security problem. Detectives from London were placed on a steamer ship that was rumoured to carry the stone, but this was a diversionary tactic. The stone on that ship was a fake, meant to attract those who would be interested in stealing it. The actual diamond was sent to England in a plain box via parcel post, albeit registered mail."

One of my favourite stories. It was then made into nine different stones used in the British Crown Jewels and can be pieced together in different ways. Transformers diamonds.

B&W and dance all over

The Invisibles - London Girl
Friendly Fires - Skeleton Boy
Beck - Replica
Simian Mobile Disco - Synthesise