Entries from November 2007

A lot of soul and a little bit of eBay

November 2nd, 2007

“YouTube presents the world premiere of the music video for “100 Days, 100 Nights” by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, the title song from the album, available in stores offline and online. The video was directed by Adam Elias Buncher using two vintage TV cameras bought on E-Bay for $50 dollars each. Shows how much […]

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Of Montreal “Gronlandic Edit” video

November 2nd, 2007

Deliberately amateurish cartoon psychedelia doesn’t quite cover how wildly abnormal this video. It looks like decades-old homemade cut and paste art- stilted and trippy in its androgynous ambiguity. Its non-linear storyline feeds off randomness and eccentricity as much as the song itself does. This is the highlight of Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? for […]

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WTF: Simian Mobile Disco “Hustler” video

November 2nd, 2007

This video is beyond insane. Bikini-clad models prance on a stage, gorging on ketchup, cash, and jewelry, climaxing in a slow-motion montage of neon puke. Awesome.

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Amy Winehouse warbles through shaky MTV Europe performance

November 2nd, 2007

Jesus, this is painful to sit through. Winehouse stumbles through the title track of her second album with amateurish, off-key rambles, awkward dance moves, and a general dazed look in her eyes. Granted, none of it was too far from normal for her, but this was clearly far from her best day. You’d think by […]

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Killer of Silkworm drummer found guilty

November 1st, 2007

Lingerie model Jeanette Sliwinski was found guilty of “reckless homicide” for slamming her car into another car containing Silkworm drummer Michael Dahlquist and two friends, who were stopped at a red light on their way to lunch on July 14, 2005. Although, the judge rejected an insanity plea, Sliwinski’s defense successfully argued that she was suicidal […]

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