Archive for the 'Video' Category
I am starting in a master’s in public health in the next few months and a big inspiration for going after the degree is the really incredible work that Dr. Paul Farmer does in places like Haiti and Rwanda. His non-profit, Partners in Health, basically builds and runs healthcare systems in very poor corners of the globe. He was recently featured on 60 minutes. Pretty cool.
By the way, ptichfork.tv is still awesome. Check out this RJD2 track and this session with Bon Iver (who is currently touring).
Got a new appreciation for Justice after seeing them at the Electric Factory a few months back. This vid by Romain-Gavras is awesome. New standard for music videos. The D.A.N.C.E. cameo is hilarious and was a good move on Justice’s part to keep them from being too defined by one song (which, it needn’t be said, really isn’t representative of their music at all). See Gavas’ Myspace here. His site here.
OK, not really, but stop getting down on The Roots for doing some pop-crossover junk. They are entitled to it every once in a while. Anyway, the new album is really good. Really heavy in featured artists - WALE, Common, Talib, Malik B, Dice Raw, Saigon… And the tracks are just really solid. Just listen straight through; the whole thing works well and doesn’t fall flat anywhere. But really, I have got to sit with this thing for a few days to really get a sense of it. Take this as a preliminary review.
I don’t think the album drops until sometime next week but the thing is all over the internet. I know, I am an asshole. Honestly, to be a complete hypocrite, I can’t think of a better group to support by actually buying the album. oh, but free is just so tempting…
And what’s up with the two videos?
An indie outfit out of Glagow, their new record, The Midnight Organ Fight, came out last week and it is really decent. I was turned on to them by these weekly Gumdrop e-mails from Stereogum. The torrent is kinda’ hard to find if you aren’t on Demonoid, so good luck. This, my friends, is a summer soundtrack.
And speaking of Demonoid, the greatest torrent tracker site on the planet (or perhaps any planet), is back online after having to relocate to Sweden. It was shut-down by Canadian authorities a few months ago after threat of litigation. It’s invite-only and I don’t know how generous they are being with subscriptions these days, but get your name in line soon so come new subscriber time you are in. Just looking out.
Pitchfork.tv launched yesterday. Pretty nice UI and content so far. Their first piece of production basically involves following around Man Man for the afternoon as they run errands, answer questions, make music and set off fireworks. This is actually kind of what south Philly is like on a nice day with not much to do. Anyway, its pretty funny. I love how the cops care not at all that they are setting off fireworks in the street. Honestly, they’ve got bigger things to worry about. And I think pitchfork.tv will be pretty successful. They seem to have started out in the right place.
Music by The Cinematic Orchestra. The song is called To Build a Home.
Pretty Amazing…
Another by SoMe…
I’m sorry. Too many Kanye posts. But this is too good. Director: Spike Jonze…
