- MGMT torture ‘Kids’ in new music video
Just in time for last summer, new MGMT video for their single ‘Kids’. Watch as they scare a poor baby with monsters and then explode to a psychedelic animation orchestrated by the likes of Wonder Showzen.
Perhaps they should have just given the kid this monster head kiddie car, this is one scare you can’t get away from.
- Lisztomania sparks a dancing revolution
Phoenix’s song is no more than 2 weeks old and it’s already poised to become the jam of this summer. Fan made videos have already sparked on YouTube here and there and the blogs can’t stop writing about them. The Following video is a tribute of a tribute from Bratpack’s mashup:
The Original Bratpack video:
- Best New Music
Face it, music is part of our daily lives whether we like it or not. But some people just have bad taste in music, here are some of my favorite recent albums that will enhance your palate.
1. Kitsuné Maison Compilation 7
(Electronic, indie, compilation)
Fringe Element (Short Like me edit) - Beni
This French music label has been putting out these mixes for a while now. They started back in 2002 and have realeased artists such as Alan Braxe, Bloc Party, Boyz Noize, Crystal Castles, Cut Copy, Yelle, Hot Chip and many others. They are considered to be in the forefront of electronic music with some of the biggest names in their portfolio. These mixes are early previews of soon to be released tracks.
2. Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
(Pop, rock, electronic)
Lisztomania - Phoenix
I was at La Poisson Rouge in NYC for a DJ set by members of Le Tigre and CSS when I heard these guys. They instantly rang a bell, feeling this intense familiarity with the song that was played, ‘Lisztomania’. The next day, I knew where I had heard it, there was a remix of the song on Kitsuné’s compilation. So I instantly set out to get their music. This is the fourth album release for this pop/rock/electro french musicians. I guarantee instant love.
3. The Field: Yesterday and Today
(Electronic, minimal, ambient)
The More That I do - The Field
‘Yesterday and Today’ is the sequel to the critically acclaimed previous release by Swedish artist Axel Willner. Combining minimalist techno and ambient music, the album will take you in an ethereal vicodin induced trip through the clouds. Beautiful textures, beats and synths will take you from song to song, some of them expanding more than 10 minutes. If you would like to enhance the experience, drink a bottle of Robitussin listen to this album.
- Presenting The Image Fulgurator
This bad boy of a gadget projects an image from a retrofitted camera at the exact moment another camera snaps a picture with flash. This creates an invisible illusion to the human eye only seen after the picture is taken. This is the brain child of Julius von Bismarck from Germany. In a recent interview from Wired.com he stated that this is the first prototype with many others in the works. Fearing large corporations trying to steal his idea for marketing purposes he refuses to publicly disclose them.
Its a very simple idea done right. This is a great way to stealthily sneak your own messages or images onto highly photographed events, locations, people, etc. I can see how viral marketing companies would like to invest on this for their own evil purposes. So next time you snap a picture, make sure there are no hidden URLs or messages on your picture.
http://www.juliusvonbismarck.com/fulgurator/index.html
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2008/06/exclusive-inter/
- Brooklyn’s masquerades and weddings
Oh man, what a crazy friday night. I haven’t had one like this in a while. Chance encounters with all old friends and making new ones. First party was a friend’s birthday party. The theme, a Masquerade ball Brooklyn style. Live band performances, art and DJs. All of this bundled in a large and impressive loft in Greenpoint. A lot of interesting characters, from an extremely tall cross-dressing goblin to Inky from Pac-Man. Check out the pictures bellow:
Second party, I rounded up a group of friends and headed to The Wedding of Winkel & Balktick. Huge underground party in a historic Fort Greene church. Think of this as a post burning man celebration, full of art, music, drugs, strange characters. People walked around on stilts, minimal techno blasted through the night and many ‘got married’. Polygamy was the theme of the night I would say. Brooklyn is full of characters but there was one last night that truly stood out. This was the human carpet man. This man wrapped himself in a carpet and laid in front of the bar allowing everyone to step all over him. He did this all night. You can see him in the pictures below:
All in all it was an incredible night. Brooklyn has so much to offer when it comes to nightlife. It definitely beats going bar or club hopping with a bunch of yuppies.
- X-Men Origins leaked before being finished
X-Men Originins: Wolverine
The highly anticipated Fox film, X-Men Origins: Wolverine has leaked to bittorrent sites a few days ago and has already reached millions of downloads. About a week ago 20th Century Fox’s unfinished film was released to the online masses via an unknown leak. In just over a week it has reached over a million downloads. The film is unfinished, with a lot of the special effects scenes not completely done. You can still see green screens, choppy dropped in backgrounds and wires. Fox has tried to minimize its losses by sending bittorrent sites take down notices but by the time that request is processed 10 more links are uploaded. Fox has gone as far as calling in the FBI to investigate the source of the leak, we are after all talking about a multi million dollar movie.
The download has quickly risen to the top 10 downloads on the most popular bittorrent sites. On a recent poll by Torrentfreak.com, about 5000 voters expressed their views concerning the recent leak. Most of them felt that leaking the movie online will not affect it’s final success and they are actually excited to see it on movie theaters or DVD.
Torrent Freak Poll on X-Men Origins: Wolverine
via Torrentfreak.com
