LCD Soundsystem - Tribulations

(DFArecords)

directed by Dougal Wilson

LCD Soundsystem

hat tip to Brand Upon The Brain!

Talking Heads - Born Under Punches (live in Rome, 1980)

(petittheatresubversion)

David Byrne interviews himself

One must never underestimate the power of a good hairdo.

ca. Stop Making Sense

via TUTTI FANNI, TUTTI COSI

Ken Nordine - Maybe the Moment

(kennordine)

Ken Nordine

Hobo Nickels

image: OHNS

The hobo nickel, an early form of creative currency modification, had its heyday during the circulation run of the Buffalo nickel, from 1913 to 1938. Since they were small, cheap and easier to carve, they were popular with hobos, who often used them to trade for food and goods. (Jefferson nickels and other denominations were used, but the old "Indian Head" design was considered best because the large profile gave the artists a greater area to work with and allowed for finer detail.)

The period from 1940 to the late '70s saw the Buffalo nickel almost completely fade from circulation and with this, the styles took a decided turn to the modern. In the early 1980s, there was a resurgence of hobo nickel carving and collecting and this time period marks the separation between the "old" and "modern" eras.

You can find many examples, old and new, at The Original Hobo Nickel Society.

Wikipedia provides a serviceable survey of the topic.

thanks to Ledgergermane for tip!

Four Tet - As Serious As Your Life

(turbobino)

directed by Dougal Wilson

Four Tet

via Brand Upon the Brain!

The Specials - Do Nothing

(elskafunkrastapunk)

I love The Specials. I also love how the singer can chew gum and lip-sync at the same time.

via watcher of the skies

Carlos beatboxing and playing the thumb piano

(cancermine)

He's really good.

via the music of sound

Google Image Ripper

Google Image Ripper

Instant inspiration. No more thumbnails, straight to the good stuff.

This has been around for a while, but in case you haven't found it yet... it's an excellent tool for a blogger, or anyone looking for an image - be it specific, a particular type, or anything in general.

thanks to Great Map for the reminder

北京土著 - Beijing Natives (Chinese rap video)

(cockeyecockeye)

Full translation:

Slice me a piece of watermelon, about four or five liang
Only the truly thin-skin watermelon comes with this crisp and grainy texture
When the scent of jasmine wafts in the tea room of the siheyuan
One forgets all the heat of the summer
Pour a glass of fine wine as your thoughts wander afar
The senses are drunk with the fragrance of the wine steeped within the hutong alleys
As the sun sets at the corner of the old city wall that echoes with the beat of the toy rattle-drum
This native Beijinger feels a little sad
Squatting alone at the corner of the wall, receiving not even a passing glance
With eyes unseeing and confusion in my heart
Why do I feel so weary today?
Feels like I lost my soul while writing my lyrics
A wonton stall by the roadside in the early morning
A farmer rides a three-wheeled handcart as he pulls his load of bricks to work
A bowl of jellied beancurd costs a dollar
The music of a Pekingese big drum storyteller rings in the air
Drink a bowl of sour soy juice with a fried ring of dough
Dregs of oil scented with malt heave in porcelain jars with floral design
A hawker at the entrance of a hutong alley is stringing candied haws,
There's a photo of Ma Sanli displayed at the teahouse nearby
The vats are deeper than the basins, the basins are deeper than the bowls, the bowls are deeper than the plates
Waiting for your consideration
After being left there for so many years, they're still so funny…
pay attention
Native Beijingers, pay attention
Squat when you're tired of standing, sit when you're tired from squatting
Lie down when you're tired of sitting, lie prone when you're tired from lying down
Sleep when you're tired of lying prone, nap when you're unable to sleep
Keeping a myna brings special prestige
Be kind and generous and courteous too
Greet others kindly and never, ever be late
Keeping score only means making trouble for yourself
Better to smile and the world turns, infinitely beautiful
There's an old man in the park, hand in hand with his old wife
About eighty years old and he still looks so suave
Sucking on a popsicle and wearing a vest
Bloodlines run pure at the home of Peking Man
At the side of the Right-Right-Right-Right Gate of Peace
There's a shop selling Dog-Dog-Dog-Dog Wouldn’t-Notice buns
Buy half a jin of sliced-sliced-sliced-sliced glutinous cake
Spend a day free from worries at the Heavenly Bridge, just like an immortal

Seems like a decent enough message... but now I'm kinda hungry. (Though, I think I'll skip the Dog-Dog-Dog-Dog.)

thanks, Ledge!

Gary

(Gary)

Directed by Clément Soulmagnon, Yann Benedi, Sébastien Eballard & Quentin Chaillet

Gary-lefilm.com

via CEEBEE

John Cage - Rozart Mix

NewMusicXX:

John Cage: "Rozart Mix" (1965) According to Paul Griffiths, "A Guide to Electronic Music", the score for Rozart Mix "consists of an exchange of letters with Alan Lucier, proposing that at least 88 tape loops of unspecified sounds be played on at least a dozen tape recorders."

Please Plant This Book by Richard Brautigan

image: Wikipedia

Books Are People, Too:

This is the rarest of Brautigan’s books. Four are currently listed on ABE, ranging from $395 (for an incomplete set) to $1,250.

pleaseplantthisbook.com:

Richard Brautigan published Please Plant This Book in the Spring of 1968. It consisted of eight packets of garden seeds, each printed with a poem, all gathered in a small folder.

Here is a digital version of Please Plant This Book, typographical errors and all. Seeds not included.

more info at the Brautigan Bibliography and Archive

The Prisoner Production Design Sketches

Episode 4, "Free for All." Production sketch by art director Jack Shampan.

The Prisoner 1960s Production Design Sketches

Saint Pauli - I need rhythm

(jh4v1)

produced and directed by Johannes Haverkamp and Tim Piotrowski

Saint Pauli

James Yuill - No Surprise

(NettwerkMusic)

directed by Mike Holliday

James Yuill

via Discobelle

Gork

(SteamRolln)

Painstakingly created over a four year period while a student at the California Institute of the Arts, animator John Ross shot Gork live action on 16mm film and then spent the majority of that time painting cels and rotoscoping it the old-fashioned way with a "downshooter" camera system.

Interesting note: Ross was taught how to rotoscope by Michael Patterson. An instructor at CalArts at the time, Patterson was also a freelance artist who, with his wife Candace Reckinger, was in the midst of making a music video for the song "Take On Me" by an obscure Norwegian pop group known as a-ha.

via A Very Wide Array

Ken Nordine's Image Jazz - immunological systems

(kennordine)

Ken Nordine

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Handicapped Parking

This horse was tied up outside of Mt. Ascutney Hospital in Windsor, Vermont. Notice the handicapped tag on its saddle. (click image for a closer look)

via Creature's Corner News

Röyksopp - Happy Up Here

(Röyksopp)

Directed by Reuben Sutherland

Röyksopp (new album out March 23)

via @random

Philip José Farmer (1918-2009)

Philip José Farmer, January 26, 1918 - February 25, 2009. R.I.P.

P.J. Farmer moved peacefully to a new Tier this morning. He might also be found roaming about Riverworld, or the Wold Newton Universe.

Fred does the pop and lock

via GIF PARTY

Happy Mardi Gras!

A Brief History of Mardi Gras

Even though I am over 8 years and 600 miles removed, I still observe Mardi Gras by doing something out of the ordinary. See you after I figure out and do whatever that is.