We love art fusion; stopmotion + history + music = good times. Ok, so the history may be a little “light”, but hey, points for the effort. And the stopmotion is clever. The song used is “Thick as Thieves” by Kalle Mattson, who also, along with artist Kevin Parry, put together this cool little video. … Continue reading
What do you do when your favorite new band from Manchester happens to not only be passing through your city, but is also playing around the corner from your apartment? You drop everything and go. It was barley a month ago that the heavy, poppy, noisy sounds of Wu Lyf first rattled my senses. Who … Continue reading
If only life could be like a Wes Anderson film. A world where feckless, often aristocratic, souls lead lives of whimsy, accompanied by the latest in obscure mid-century French or Spanish guitar soundtracks. Don’t get us wrong, we’re actually, ok marginally, sincere here. The Life Aquatic aside, we find Anderson’s fantastical immersion into the near-surreal … Continue reading
Here’s a short film that every American needs to watch. “Skwerl” aims to portray a couple’s interaction through the emotional content of their words, only the words are nonsense gibberish mixed with out-of-place English words. It strikes us as what English must sound like to a foreigner. In fact, it really conjures up memories of … Continue reading
Like many who commute to work by train, Japanese artist Seikou Yamaoka likes to keep himself occupied. Rather than reading the paper or playing Angry Birds, Yamaoka passes the time by doing what comes naturally to him, creating art. With the help of an inexpensive app, ArtStudio, Yamaoka creates stunningly intricate portraits on his 3.5 … Continue reading
If the world were to end tomorrow, this is the song I’d want to represent my last day. Elbow’s ‘One Day Like This’ is about hope, love and the promise of better things to come. If you’re lucky, you’ve had one or two epic days in your life. A day full of love, maybe even … Continue reading
The golden kids of the Bay Area art-rock scene are on tour, and they’ve released some live tracks to prove it. Deerhoof has been confusing your eardrums since 1994, with something like 10 studio albums, most released on Kill Rock Stars (Olympia, Wa), and arguably they’re the biggest “art-rock” band to come out of the … Continue reading
Since the invention of the digital camera, photographers – professionals and novices alike – have struggled with ways to imitate that nostalgic old-timey Polaroid film appearance, first with software like Photoshop and more recently with smart phone apps such as Hipstamatic and the like. The Impossible Project, a small company devoted to the field of … Continue reading
With the fall TV season upon us, everyone (and their 100 monkeys) is writing up fall preview reviews. And it doesn’t look good. So we thought it’s high time network executives take a page from the movie studio handbook: reboots! Movie studios have uncovered a genius solution to the problem of perpetually uninspired movie ideas: … Continue reading
