Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
...Speaking 0f Detroit
...I haven't been watching much VBS.tv lately but this INTV with Detroit newspaper journalist Charlie LeDuff has me thinking of reinvesting some energy in what they're doing over there.
Oh the progression through stages of drunk on display is exquisite if you're in the mood to appreciate that kind of thing.
Oh the progression through stages of drunk on display is exquisite if you're in the mood to appreciate that kind of thing.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Advocacy
those jerks The Gay Blades released a concert DVD featuring a live set filmed at Asbury Lanes in Jersey...
TGB - Why Winter In Detroit
...the DVD also includes selections from their growing video catalog including this behind the scenes featurette we made for O Shot. Fun.
I might as well provide my liner notes about the manhole...basically all the manhole covers in NYC are sealed and impossible to lift without special equipment. I didn't know this until I started tugging on them to see if we could actually pull off this manhole shot. Then one day, as I was leaving work in an industrial part of Long Island City, I checked a few nearby manholes and found an older, smaller manhole cover that I could lift off by myself. Inside was caked in soot and grime, apparently from years of disuse. Perfect! When it came time to shoot, we were cleaning the native manhole ladder with a broom and the steps just disintegrated into tetanus dust. We lowered a step ladder into the manhole so Clark and Puppy could climb out. At the other end of the street I was intermittently slowing traffic with the makeup artist's Mitsubishi, pretending to be an idiot who doesn't know how to park. Dozens of cars passed by that manhole while we got the shot, but no one seemed to mind what we were doing. Zero police involvement, zero tetanus. Success!
TGB - Why Winter In Detroit
...the DVD also includes selections from their growing video catalog including this behind the scenes featurette we made for O Shot. Fun.
TGB BTS: The Making Of O Shot from Sam Winter on Vimeo.
I might as well provide my liner notes about the manhole...basically all the manhole covers in NYC are sealed and impossible to lift without special equipment. I didn't know this until I started tugging on them to see if we could actually pull off this manhole shot. Then one day, as I was leaving work in an industrial part of Long Island City, I checked a few nearby manholes and found an older, smaller manhole cover that I could lift off by myself. Inside was caked in soot and grime, apparently from years of disuse. Perfect! When it came time to shoot, we were cleaning the native manhole ladder with a broom and the steps just disintegrated into tetanus dust. We lowered a step ladder into the manhole so Clark and Puppy could climb out. At the other end of the street I was intermittently slowing traffic with the makeup artist's Mitsubishi, pretending to be an idiot who doesn't know how to park. Dozens of cars passed by that manhole while we got the shot, but no one seemed to mind what we were doing. Zero police involvement, zero tetanus. Success!
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Funny cuz it's true
Wayfarers are hip....
...but the thing about wayfarers is that everyone understands this to be the case, but no one seems to mind. There has been no backlash against wayfarers despite their saturation. At this point, people wear wayfarers in spite of the fact that they are a cliche, right? Folks are just glad to have something classic and unassailable on their face.
Am I giving people too much credit? Maybe wearing wayfarers is attractive solely because they are on trend and no one has yet come up with a safer alternative (sorry Kanye shades). Wayfarers seem to be going the way of Chuck Taylors; just the right mix of ubiquitous social subgroup indicator and classic to coast along as an old safey for years to come.
related:
why are gladiator sandals "bad trendy" and wayfarers "good trendy"? Is it because gladiator sandals look stupid and wayfarers look good? Is this only relevant to mofos in nyc?
related: when fall hits will we see more keffiyahs than last season or less? Will they become strictly the domain of black and latino teenagers from Brooklyn or will sorority girls in the midwest be buttressing with the keffiyah like they once did the trucker hat? I'm rivited.
...but the thing about wayfarers is that everyone understands this to be the case, but no one seems to mind. There has been no backlash against wayfarers despite their saturation. At this point, people wear wayfarers in spite of the fact that they are a cliche, right? Folks are just glad to have something classic and unassailable on their face.
Am I giving people too much credit? Maybe wearing wayfarers is attractive solely because they are on trend and no one has yet come up with a safer alternative (sorry Kanye shades). Wayfarers seem to be going the way of Chuck Taylors; just the right mix of ubiquitous social subgroup indicator and classic to coast along as an old safey for years to come.
related:
why are gladiator sandals "bad trendy" and wayfarers "good trendy"? Is it because gladiator sandals look stupid and wayfarers look good? Is this only relevant to mofos in nyc?
related: when fall hits will we see more keffiyahs than last season or less? Will they become strictly the domain of black and latino teenagers from Brooklyn or will sorority girls in the midwest be buttressing with the keffiyah like they once did the trucker hat? I'm rivited.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Covers That Are Better Than The Original
Hot Chip's "Ready For The Floor" is challenging. It's so annoying at first, then the chorus sounds great. Obviously Hot Chip is attempting some commentary on the complicated nature of life, alternately shitty and pleasant as it is.
Lissy Trullie's version is easier; like goofing off all weekend knowing you have to go back to work on Monday.
Lissy Trullie's version is easier; like goofing off all weekend knowing you have to go back to work on Monday.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Gracias Will Smith
"outside of getting enormously successful…to watch the kids grow is the greatest pleasure." - keith richards
footnote gabe who footnoted someone else in his facebook post of the same GQ interview. Information Age.
Based on my research (reading that Keith Richards interview), the queen was watching this video and shitting herself, fearful that her subjects would eventually come to worship rock and roll more than the divine authority of the royal family. Just like suburban moms and Hip Hop. Thanks Will Smith for smoothing that one over.
footnote gabe who footnoted someone else in his facebook post of the same GQ interview. Information Age.
Based on my research (reading that Keith Richards interview), the queen was watching this video and shitting herself, fearful that her subjects would eventually come to worship rock and roll more than the divine authority of the royal family. Just like suburban moms and Hip Hop. Thanks Will Smith for smoothing that one over.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Sugarland
I'd never heard of Sugarland until I turned on my TV and saw their concert special on ABC, which is airing as I type. i was so impressed by what I saw I had to find out more.
abc.com says "Sugarland: Live on the Inside airs MONDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Filmed at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky by director Shaun Silva, the duo's artistic and innovative live show comes to life with 20 cameras in a spectacular, unforgettable night featuring some of their biggest hits ("Settlin,'" "Stay," "All I Want to Do" and "Something More"), as well as never before televised performance footage."
I'm not really a fan of Country Pop duos but kudos to ABC for making an awesome looking concert for TV.
of course all their music videos have the embedding disabled because they are on a major label which thinks its a good idea to keep their music from disseminating. in the age of twitter-of-mouth marketing being a corporate no-brainer, how fucking stupid is this?
abc.com says "Sugarland: Live on the Inside airs MONDAY, AUGUST 3 (8:00-9:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Filmed at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky by director Shaun Silva, the duo's artistic and innovative live show comes to life with 20 cameras in a spectacular, unforgettable night featuring some of their biggest hits ("Settlin,'" "Stay," "All I Want to Do" and "Something More"), as well as never before televised performance footage."
I'm not really a fan of Country Pop duos but kudos to ABC for making an awesome looking concert for TV.
of course all their music videos have the embedding disabled because they are on a major label which thinks its a good idea to keep their music from disseminating. in the age of twitter-of-mouth marketing being a corporate no-brainer, how fucking stupid is this?
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