And, after having featured Noah and the Whale in the previous post, I would like to raise your attention to an ex-member of that band, Laura Marling. Is there a new British renaissance going down there, or what?
I’d like to call it ‘the second British invasion’.
How did I run across Noah and the Whale? I don’t remember. However, their music cheers me up and rids me of the headache that was pestering me all morning.
Tags: 5 years time, noah and the whale
I don’t usually link to blogs, but this one is, as one of the commenters says, so ‘morbidly beautiful’ that I cannot but point you to this blog entry… enjoy.
Tags: kid harpoon, suicide note
The Day Off from Karen Abad loves Dinosaurs. on Vimeo.
When I saw the name of the creator of this video, all sorts of bells started ringing. The reason? ‘Karen Abad loves Dinosaurs‘ is a commenting monster. She comments on nearly every video which is posted on Vimeo. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. At least, not in her case.
This video is beautifully crafted and intrigues from beginning to the end. We see a girl in a wannabe grown-up setting, and then she returns to a child-like situation.
It’s a fantastic video. Enjoy!
For my father, it was easy. He would just read the books of the famous people, watch the famous people on tv or in the cinema, and he would judge whether they were good or not. If he deemed them good, he would be in the company of millions. If he deemed them bad, he would be in the company of millions. If he deemed them average, he would be in the company of millions. Either way, he would have his opinion confirmed by millions.
For me, it is not so simple. I have Vimeo. I have YouTube. I have MySpace. I have Flickr. I have millions of weblogs. And with everything on the web that I consume, I have to be the judge, every time. ‘Is this quality?’ ‘Is this trash?’ Every day I’m judging, making the call.
Choosing what you like has become more challenging. But no longer can I just trust someone’s talent: every day I have to see for myself whether I like this person’s art or not.
Life has not become easier, but all the more challenging!
Tags: pondering
If only all commercials could be as amusing as this one…
EepyBird’s Sticky Note experiment from Eepybird on Vimeo.
Tags: sticky notes, Vimeo
Always experimentally inclined, Radio has produced a music video that doesn’t use ‘traditional’ camera’s, but laser scanning. The result is a beautifully mesmerising video, with collapsing infrastructure, indeed.
The page for this video, explaining how the video was made, can be found at Google Code.
Tags: house of cards, lasers, radiohead, technology
Sean Pecknold made a beautifully animated music video. His brother is the singer in the band, it’s a good song. Sean is a director and animator from Seattle/New York who likes to blog about funny videos. And he loves cats.
But without any further ado, here’s his brilliant music video:
White Winter Hymnal from Grandchildren on Vimeo.
Tags: animation, clay, music video, robin pecknold, sean pecknold
Conor Oberst & The Magic Valley Band played in de Melkweg in Amsterdam yesterday. Conor Oberst, The Artist Formerly Known As Bright Eyes. And obviously, I went to see them. He’s not that well-known in this part of the world, so the concert wasn’t sold out. I am addicted not so much to his music, but to his voice and his stage presence. Nearly all other band members sang as well, but although they weren’t bad singers, when compared to Conor, they came nowhere close.
It was so good, that after the show I went to the jam session at the local bar and behaved even worse on stage than him…
“Souled Out!!!” Music Video from Conor Oberst+Mystic Valley Band on Vimeo.
Tags: amsterdam, bright eyes, conor oberst, de melkweg, magic valley band, show
Anna Vandas is a Canadian singer-songwriter. David Vandas, her husband, makes music videos. Together they created the music video below (as you might have noted, I’m a great fan of music videos). I think it’s not only interesting in a musical and a cinematographic kind of way, but also in a psychological way.
Anna Vandas ‘You’re Here’ from RadarMusicVideos on Vimeo.
Tags: anna vandas, david vandas, music video