There’s something very “David Lynch parody” about this production. It made me laugh way too hard. 
Unbridled Id
Animated Jazz
The art on those old Verve & Blue Note Jazz albums is timeless. Animating them into a movie tastefully might have seen like a bad idea up front. I’ve always thought they were, essentially, static graphics and probably should not be messed with. However this video carries the sensibility, respectfully, congruently into the modern era. I don’t care that it’s two years old, I just saw it and I think it’s simply beautiful. Thanks to my friend Sam for cluing me in to this on Vimeo.
This Life Makes Me Wonder
I easily have hundreds of reggae compilations. Today I was spinning “Jonny Greenwood is the Controller” and hit track 16. I rarely ever make it that far in one sitting on any given day but today I did and subsequently listened to this Delroy Wilson track probably 20 times. I can’t stop loving this track.
OFWGKTA is NSFW
How many boring conversations have I had about how boring rap music has gotten? If your ears are tender be warned, they’re about to get tenderized. Odd Future is not boring.
Fishbone, The Story
This band flipped my lid when I first heard them in 1988. Instantly the favorite band of my to-be-continued youth.
Futura 2011
Futura x 12ozProphet Feature from ALSO KNOWN AS on Vimeo.
Always interested in a Futura update/retrospective and this one is still fresh, posted less than a week ago. Stumbled into this over here on FreshlySerious.com
A Little Bit of Somethin’
Syndicate - Tommy Guerrero from Off The Wall on Vimeo.
If you’re my age you may remember Tommy Guerrero from the Powell Peralta Bones Brigade or The Search for Animal Chin movie and he’s done so much since then. It’s amazing to look that far back on a career of such sustained, under-the-radar contribution to creative culture. Aside from being a pioneer of modern skateboarding he’s had simultaneously successful careers as a visual artist and a musician. Recently posted on Arkitip, was another acknowledgment of his continuously soulful contribution.
AfroBeat(les)
People often talk about a “fifth Beatle.” If the Beatles collabo’d with Fela it might make Ringo the fifth Beatle. In my opinion George & Fela would have worked out some serious spiritual gestalt music. I got clued to this over here on typo-graphical.com
Arrival to New York
Every now and then when digging for truly new inspiration, you stumble across something you’re not prepared to enjoy. This piece from Epstein, remixed by Prefuse 73 & Jaytram is undeniably a freshness overload in both the music and video presentation. I won’t know if I like it for a few days but it’s got my attention in a serious way right now as does everything Guillermo Scott Herren (Prefuse 73) touches. He is always breaking the framework of popular expectations through real musical invention.
The Art of Dying
Today is the anniversary of the death of George Harrison. Though he didn’t really take that sort of thing too literally.
