Sonar Base
Another Metropolis remix (above).
The complete, newly restored Metropolis (1927) will be showing locally at the Crest Theatre in Sacramento, September 11 and 12, 2010.
Found via Alex R. Trujillo
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Treponem Pal
Video for Treponem Pal’s Dirty Dance, from the album Weird Machine. Directed by Olivier Lelong.
I had Olivier’s fetish-based video work in the FEEEL New Media exhibition I co-curated back in 2008.
For more, drop by his website here.
‘Ooo, ooo, oooo’
‘Lyric video for Ceelo’s big, big single FU.’
Love this video, but . . . Dang!
Typos.
Found via Bwargh Von Modnar
SeventhSwami
This past Sunday night there was an incredible TypeCon party at at the International Printing Museum in Carson, California – I’ll have photos in a later post.
And in the background of the tinkering of machinery (and grilling of some incredible, Southern California tacos) was the music of longtime friend, DJ (and graphic designer) SeventhSwami.
Download some of Swami’s free mixes here.
Blog here. Debut album (pictured above) also available.
SeventhSwami: Praise and War Ship
Beyond Burberry
‘An ode to Lady and the Tramp’ -Emma Watson
Video for One Night Only’s Say You Don’t Want It. Featuring (now) former Burberry model, Emma Watson and her bf. Album drops in the US September 7, 2010.
Babel, Aldridge, Fantastic
‘The Who came to see me for a job. Then Cream. Then the Stones. And then The Beatles.’
Pictured, cover for Elton John’s 1975 concept album Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy by designer/illustrator Alan Aldridge.
Aldridge interview here. Book, The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes here. Babel track, below.
Elton John: Tower of Babel
Lady Gaga with The Bolshoi Ballet
A trailer (above) for a performance you’ll never see – because it’s already passed.
Some info here. And the trailer was released four months after the event.
So.
Just enjoy.
Gaga, Mercury, Metropolis
Queen’s Radio Gaga. From 1984.
The video features public domain footage from Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927).
Metropolis’ New Tower of Babel; click for larger version/jump
Also in 1984, producer Giorgio Moroder updated Metropolis with a rock score – controversial for some purists. Queen’s Freddy Mercury contributed Love Kills to the soundtrack (video below); though unrelated to the Gaga single.
So far, Moroder’s new wave-esque version (due to music licensing) hasn’t been officially released on DVD. But in comparison to the original (which got a complete restoration just this year), Moroder’s music, color tints and enhanced sound fx result in a totally different, very 1980s film experience.
Mad Mannequin
Musicians and creatives. The photography of Leigh Righton.
Found via Sara Taylor
‘My Cute Booty’
‘They make girls with no ass-at-all look like they have something back there . . . and girls with a little junk in their trunk, look like they have perfect apple bottoms.’
Cute Booty – pants for gals designed by Kelly Nishimoto, sister of musician Meiko.
Lily Allen’s gone vintage
‘Alexa Chung visits Lily Allen and her sister Sarah Owen at their upcoming store Lucy In Disguise’
Volcano!
Everyone has their inspirations, their muses. And on the music front, one of mine is the incredible Chelsea Davis. I draw fonts, listen to her tracks. Design some stuff for her. She does a lot.
Chelsea’s classically trained, plays drums for theSTART, Normandie, among a few others. Her personal project is iVellora – and . . . great voice.
Her newest project is Volcano Dolls – a collaboration with Suicide Girl Jessica Goodwin (Google Zoli). They’ll be playing LA’s Viper Room this Friday.
Flyer (above) designed by Lux Nova. It features my 2491 font. Volcano Dolls Facebook page here – with new tracks posting soon.
Die Mannequin
Video for Die Mannequin’s Miss Americvnt. From the album Fino+Bleed.
Gold Guns Girls
Video for Metric’s Gold Guns Girls. From the album Fantasies.
Found via Neil Estaris
Ppi Ri Ppa Ppa Bbi Ri Bba Bba Bbi Ri Bop
‘Narsha is a member of the South Korean girl group Brown Eyed Girls . . . her self-titled debut mini-album was released on July 8th, 2010. A mainly uptempo collection of electropop and dance tracks, she released a music video for the main promotional track, showing a nightmarish concept. The video for this song immediately sparked religious controversy.’
Found via Rikki Morehouse
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