Posted by February 24, 2010 permalink
I’d been watching Coronation Street on CBC this evening, and I thought I’d share my own personal obsession with Manchester—music.
*Mind the horrid ad that Youtube (or rather, Google) feels it necessary to slop over your video. I’m sure these issues will be solved with HTML 5.
Posted by February 2, 2010 permalink
I wish music still had balls like this. The band is Funkadelic, the location is New York City, 1973. The song is “Cosmic Slop”. Sounds like just another silly 70’s track, right? Nothing about that could be farther from the truth (it’s exactly what I thought before I listened hard to the lyrics). The song is about a prostitute mother trying to raise several young kids in the ghetto. Potent stuff. Give it a serious listen.
Several of these guys went on to lead hard lives—with some harsh consequences. Regardless, they were total trailblazers—creating a genre of music, and influencing and helping to define several other future music movements (think: hip-hop). If you look hard enough, you’ll see a young George Clinton…
Free your mind, and your ass will follow.
Posted by January 29, 2010 permalink
Rip! is a Canadian documentary on the legalities of sampling, remixing, and mashing-up music in the digital age. It is an incredibly well-done piece of work, and we highly recommend anyone with even a remote interest in music to watch it. 5 stars.
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“Suckers they be sayin’ they can take out Adam Horovitz“.
Posted by January 13, 2010 permalink
“Every week, we invite an artist or a band to play in the streets, in a bar, a park, or even in a flat or in an elevator, and we film the whole session.”
In my travels through YouTube over the last few years I have come across a few TAKE-AWAY SHOWS, but I have never taken a look at the archive. There are some great artists archived here. Well worth some viewing time.
Posted by December 31, 2009 permalink
I have posted a website review over at COMMANDOpera. This is the first in a series of reviews I will be doing for the fine folks over there.
Posted by December 16, 2009 permalink
With Orson Welles on the verge of coming back into the mainstream consciousness, I thought it would be appropriate to dig-up some work I did back in 2006. The pieces will be displayed in the order they were created.
$1.00 misunderstood
wellesamoco
frozenpeas
fractured
Posted by December 13, 2009 permalink
Listen close, and don’t be stunned, I’ll be here in the morning—’cause I’m just floating. Your cigarette still burns, your messed-up world will thrill me—Alison, I’m lost…
~ Slowdive, “Alison” (1993)
This song brings me right back to the year mentioned above—to a room, a person, a place. Regardless of when or where I hear it, it will always make me think of November, and being 21.
PS: James, I know this song brings you to your knees as well. I can picture you with your head down on your oak desk—lost in the sadness of sound that you love so much…
Posted by December 1, 2009 permalink
A couple days ago I posted a short piece about Shepard Fairey and his retrospective at the Warhol Muuseum. It got me thinking further about Shepard Fairey and the mark he is leaving on the art world.
Shepard Fairey 2009
I then came across his latest commission for Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers and it was clear to me.
Andy Warhol 1971
Shepard Fairey is the Andy Warhol of my generation. Sounds like a very strong statement—but I do believe it to be true.
Posted by November 25, 2009 permalink
Shepard Fairey has a retrospective currently on display at the Warhol Museum. He has designed this fantastic t-shirt as an homage to Warhol. I have never really taken a look at the Obey clothing line—they have some nice clothes at reasonable prices.
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Our most recent project has entered the DesignCharts.
Posted by November 16, 2009 permalink
