In the video for a brand new song (a collaboration with DJ Blaqstarr entitled “S.U.S. (Save Ur Soul)”), M.I.A. grabs a still from Joy Division’s video for “Atmosphere” to represent today’s US election, writing in her MySpace blog: “thats how people want you to see the world , black/ white , good/ evil, jesus/devil…for you […]
Entries from November 2008
M.I.A. “S.U.S. (Save Ur Soul)” video
November 4th, 2008
Tags: video
Bjork’s TV repair
November 4th, 2008
A friend randomly sent me this video of Bjork taking apart a TV and explaining what’s going on inside in her strange magical pixie tongue. Surreal. Her theory of what the guts of a TV are up to is sort of a mind-fuck, as it turns into some sort of Icelandic fairy tale. I’m not […]
Tags: video
Graham Coxon heads into studio with Pete Doherty; Everyone’s sobriety at risk
November 4th, 2008
Having been forced into hating Pete Doherty because of his ridiculous antics as opposed to actually disliking his music, I’ve admittedly never given him a fair shake musically. I’ve just been so put off by his persona that I couldn’t bare to listen. And now one of my all-time-favorite guitar players is heading into the […]
RETRO: Arcadia “Election Day” video
November 4th, 2008
Though, it may seem too obvious to post today because of it’s title, the lyrics are remarkably bizarre and non-linear- perfect, in fact, for a day as strange as this: “Wild kind of look to the day/Opening eyes impale neon flickers/She moves she’s turning away/The city’s her slave/He’s cheating his mistress/She’s moody and grey, she’s […]
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Up The Junction
November 3rd, 2008
Tags: video