Big Boi – Lines (feat. A$AP Rocky & Phantogram)(MP3), New Yo La Tengo - Before We Run (video)
Big Boi – Lines (feat. A$AP Rocky & Phantogram)(MP3)While we won't have another Outkast album, next month comes the next best thing, Big Boi's follow-up to 'Sir Lucious Left Foot'. Big Boi says Andre 3000 is not on the album because he's too busy doing Gillette commercials.
Yo La Tengo - Before We Run (video)Excited for the new album, 'Fade', due January 15, and their new tour.
Labels: hip-hop, indie rock, mp3, video
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Kurt Cobain's Top 50 Albums, Beach House - Wild (video), Phantogram - Don't Move (video), Infinite Jukebox
Kurt Cobain's Handwritten Top 50 Albums List
Interesting to see Public Enemy and The Slits on this list. The Vaselines, David Bowie, and Leadbelly are listed and are well known to fans as they were also covered on the Unpluggged album. Black Flag is the only group to make the list twice.
Beach House - Wild New, depressing video from Beach House. Possibly NSFW.
Phantogram - Don't MoveOfficial video comes nearly a year after the release of what is still their best song. Features a girl who reminds me vaguely of Carrie plus the cube from Mulholland Drive.
The Infinite Jukebox
The most fun I've had with a web music program since The Wub Machine. Unfortunately, it only works in Google Chrome. Part of a series of projects introduced at MIT's Music Hack Day this past weekend.
Labels: indie rock, video
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Sunday, November 11, 2012
Sky Ferreira - Everything is Embarrassing (video), Terrence Malice Austin film, Forthcoming MBV Album?
Sky Ferreira - Everything is EmbarrassingI'm not sure when I'll get sick of her. Move over Lana Del Ray.
Pitchfork reports on a mysterious Terrence Malick film set in Austin.
Tell me if you've heard this one before: Kevin Shields Says a New My Bloody Valentine Album Will Be Out This Year.
Labels: indie rock, movie, pop, video
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Sunday, October 31, 2010
Scariest Movie Scenes
Happy Halloween!Warning: Do not watch any of these clips if you don't want to ruin the scene or if you don't have a pair of clean underwear handy. Note: these are the scariest movie scenes, not the scariest movies. Also, there is not much gore in this list because gore is not scary. It's the build-up and release of tension that is scary. Hitchcock was the master of this. It's too bad that modern horror has lost the formula.
1)
Mulholland Drive - The Diner Scene (video)I nearly had a heart attack when I first saw this. The YouTube clip is rather low quality. I suggest that you watch the original and have a change of drawers nearby. It's perfectly paced. David Lynch tells you exactly what is coming, but it's still the scariest scene ever.
2)
Twin Peaks - Ronette's Dream (video)This is kinda cheating since Twin Peaks is a TV miniseries. Still, Bob is the scariest villain ever put on screen. This scene, where Ronette wakes up from her coma to a horrific hypnogogic hallucination/nightmare, slightly edges the Maddy scene, the final 10 minutes of season 2, and the scene with Laura and Ronette in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, but all four scenes are terrifying.
3)
Jacob's Ladder - Hospital Hell (video)It's your worst nightmare materialized on-screen.
4)
Exorcist III - Night Shift (video)Turn the speakers up loud. And have a defibrillator nearby. Classic and stylish jump scare scene.
5)
The Shining - The Twins (video)"Come and play with us. Come and play with us, Danny. Forever... and ever... and ever." Scarier still is Danny talking to "Tony".
6)
IT - Georgie (video)If you are scared of clowns, do not watch this.
7)
Psycho - Shower Scene (video)This is probably not as scary as it was in 1960, but it is so meticulously crafted by Hitchcock that I had to include it in the top 10. It is the standard by which all other scary scenes are judged.
8)
Carrie - Ending (video)The first time you watch this film, and even afterward, the end will get you.
9)
Poltergeist - Clown in the Bedroom (video)More clown bashing, sorry. Check underneath the bed. No, nothing there...
10)
Salem's Lot - Window (video)This is a really creepy scene that will give you nightmares. Any time there is a storm and something scratching at the window...
Honorable mentions:
Eye Scenes
There's something about eyes...
A Clockwork Orange, Un Chien Andalou, and Zombi 2 Alien - Birth (video)Probably not as scary these days because it's been parodied to death, most famously in
Spaceballs. Deliverance - Squeal Like a Pig (video)Not a horror film, but this infamous scene deserves a spot on this list.
Don't Look Now - Ending (video)The ending is much better if you understand the context of the protagonist searching for his daughter in the red coat.
The Evil Dead - Tree Scene
The infamous tree scene is still shocking today. No clip available. Sorry.
The Exorcist - Father Karras' Dream (video)This scene captures the essence of a nightmare quite well and is a nice contrast to the shock value of the rest of the film. The death face is pretty creepy too. Runner-up:
Help Me. Hannibal - Brain Scene (video)Food for thought. Or thought for food.
Irreversible - You Know The Scene
Controversial and chilling. No clip available. Sorry.
A Nightmare on Elm Street - Phone Scene (video)I don't find Freddy to be scary. But the phone scene is quite creepy.
The Omen - Nanny Scene (video)Quite a scary and realistic scene. It must have been really shocking in 1976.
Pet Semetary - Gage Scenes (video)It's amazing they got away with filming these scenes.
Requiem For A Dream - Montage (video)Probably the most effective anti-drug education you can get is watching this film and the depressing ending. Brilliant montage by Aronofsky.
Ringu - Well Girl (video)The Japanese version is scarier than the remake, but the scene is not that scary out of context.
Se7en - Sloth (video)Se7en is more creepy than scary, but the jump scare in the sloth scene may require a change of undergarments.
The Sixth Sense - Kyra's poisoning
No clip available. Sorry.
Suspiria - Ending (video)Actually, the last 15 minutes of this are some of the best in horror.
Trilogy of Terror- Zuni Fetish Doll Ending (video)I cannot believe that this was a made-for-TV movie. This is ten times scarier than Chucky, but also kinda funny as well. You can watch the entire mini-movie on Youtube.
Wild Strawberries - Dream (video)Not a horror movie, but a highly effective dream sequence from the Swedish auteur.
Have other suggestions? Post your recommendations!
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Waxx Maxx - Eaten Alive (MP3 and video), Waxx Maxx - Phenomena (MP3 and video), Waxx Maxx - Celine and Julie Go Boating (MP3 and video)
- Waxx Maxx - Eaten Alive (MP3)
Waxx Maxx - Eaten Alive (video)
Eaten Alive is likely named after the Tobe Hooper cult classic. They wonder what happened to their sister. Perhaps she was eaten by cannibals?
- Waxx Maxx - Phenomena (MP3)
Waxx Maxx - Phenomena (video)
Phenomena is probably inspired by the Dario Argento cult hit from 1985, which is also well-known for featuring a young Jennifer Connelly.
- Waxx Maxx - Celine and Julie Go Boating (MP3)
Waxx Maxx - Celine and Julie Go Boating (video)
Celine and Julie Go Boating is named after the surreal Jacques Rivette French New Wave film by the same name.
If you are a fan of cult movies, electro pop, or both (like me), you will love Waxx Maxx. They're from Minneapolis and feature two sisters (Nicole Godiva & Alyssa Marie) and Mark Mallman (who recently performed a 78-hour long song; I wonder if that's a world record for continuously playing, even though it doesn't surpass John Cage's As Slow As Possible).
Waxx Maxx is light-hearted without a hint of darkness unlike, say, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, the tonal antithesis of this band.
Labels: electronic, mp3, pop, video
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