The video is by Mr Div, who makes amazing gif art.
GIF art is seeping into everything. When I saw the first cinemagraphs I knew they would be a big deal.
For a bigger name, see the Dizzee Rascal video that is totally in the animated gif aesthetic:
I haven’t posted a Monday music video in a while, but something about this Monday made me want to post today. Bit of the old synchronicity that I stumbled across this great one then.
A: She’s a wee kiwi, the video is all her mates, she doesn’t show up till the video is mostly over, the song is anti materialistic, and the music is great.
Q: Why did I immediately love this song and pull my bike over to tell you about it?
Haim’s new album comes out September 30th.
If you are as besotted with this band as I am, this is great news.
These guys are my new jam for biking to work.
I am such a sucker for earnest loving punk rock. These guys do that, but with an acoustic guitar and dancey rhythms. Who can really scoff at lyrics like this?
This is for the lions living in the wiry broke down frames of my friends bodies.
When the flood water comes, it ain’t gonna be clear. It’s gonna look like mud.
But I will help you swim.
I will help you swim.
or
I wanna contribute to the chaos.
I don’t wanna watch and then complain,
‘Cause I am through finding blame
That is the decision that I have made.
Sweet little stories about falling in love and pretending to be stronger than you are and then:
I was younger and thought that
I didn’t have to care about anything
Now I am older and I know that I should
POW right in my heart! I bought their album Talon Of The Hawk
BTW – they also did a really adorable NPR Tiny Desk Concert:
https://soundcloud.com/pomdeterrific/pomdeter-call-me-a-hole
The music leaves me cold, but I dig how Califone makes their video for stitches from a set of curated tumblr blogs.
This is similar to what I did with a self illustrating short story.
My brief break between jobs was restful and fun. Rode my bike every day, exercised every day, and had some fun adventures. Not a bad time, but I’m ready to start a new, longer adventure at work in my new job. I’ll be doing Product Development at a new company. I’ll be doing a lot of the same sorts of work, but I’ll have the backing to really push for more change.
Atlanta/Brooklyn!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elafeeA3QFE
I usually like to post videos, but I’m so excited by this collaboration. Run the Jewels is Killer Mike & El-P. It’s awesome and it’s totally free. Go to the FoolsGold website and download it now.
Here’s a video by A-Trak, also on FoolsGold.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_GbYR5Aud4Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emm8qdUTLeU
How’d that video get made?
Professor Kliq was a music student at the University of Chicago. He released a couple of albums under a Creative Commons license so that people could feel free to copy them and use the music without having to ask his permission. It’s worked out well for him – he’s gotten gigs doing soundtracks, gotten invited to do concerts, received donations, all without a major label backing him. When Chris Acton and I were doing the Hope for Hotties movie, Professor Kliq was an easy choice for the soundtrack.
Victor Hagelin is a french speaking animator. No idea how he found the track, but he just made a video for it. He didn’t ask permission or negotiate for the rights – he just made it, because Creative Commons works.
And then Professor Kliq got worked up and remastered the track to bring it up to date, and that’s how we get Wire and Flashing Lights: