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Poème électronique, 1958
‘Poème électronique (Electronic Poem) was composed in 1958 by Edgard Varèse, the father of electronic music, and Iannis Xénakis, one of the most important modernist composers of the 20th century, under the direction of Le Corbusier, one of the most important architects of the 20th century’
What is it? Read more here.
Vuvuzeliphone Prototype #1
Erik van Blokland‘s solution for obsolete iPhones.
27 years: Lawyers in Love
Jackson Browne’s Lawyers in Love. From 1983.
Constructivism: Never Odd or Even
‘Constructivism was an artistic and architectural movement that originated in Russia from 1919 onward which rejected the idea of ‘art for art’s’ sake in favour of art as a practice directed towards social purposes . . . this video is part of the ‘Palette’ project and pays homage to Constructivism.’
Bill Hooper’s Never Odd or Even, video by Mark Garvey.
Constructivist
Student-made trailer for a mock exhibition at the MoMA. Featuring Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew.
Not Dirty Laundry
The follow up to Dirty Laundry: Don Henley’s All She Wants to Do Is Dance (1984) – a condemnation of people being more interested in being frivolous instead of paying attention to serious issues, such as the crap our government was up to.
How far we’ve come.
More Dirty Laundry
Lisa Marie Presley’s cover of Don Henley’s 1982 condemnation of tabloid media, Dirty Laundry.
Interesting, Henley never made a video for the original.
Dirty Laundry
Bitter:Sweet’s music has been bouncing around commercially the past few years. Above, Dirty Laundry. Animated. With a robot. For Zune.
Below, my fav track, The Bomb (which was used for Lipstick Jungle) . . .
Cool website here. And fun album graphics.
Bitter:Sweet: The Bomb
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