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Iggy Pop is angry and Johnny Rotten is Sigmund Freud.
I happened across this while doing a little research. I’m trying to get to the root of what separates the labels New Wave and Post Punk. Obviously they’re useless as a means to segregate music, but I think the way the labels are used and by who is significant.
In this interview, it’s hard to get past Iggy Pop’s intentional, passionate naivety, but I think the point he’s trying to express is strong, if cloudy and overtly confrontational. Which could also be said of the new popular music of that (and possibly this) era. More on this later.
Nick the Stripper
He’s in his birthday suit. He’s in his birthday suit. He’s in his birthday suit. He’s in his birthday suit.
You Spin Me Right Round
Amazing—though you have to wait until about the 1:35 mark for it to get good, but once it does, it’s totally worth it. Via Anthony Paul Smith’s Twitter.
Stereo by Cronenberg
I’m amazed by how imagistic directors like Cronenberg and Lynch develop a very strong sense of cinematography and tone in their early short films and then don’t bother to bring in plot until later. It seems like movie conventions are afterthoughts to their ideas rather than the other way around.
Via @caketrainpress.
What Does It Mean to be a Revolutionary Today?
Slavoj Žižek’s speech at the Marxism 2009 conference:
Please Say Something
Please Say Something is a short animated feature from David O’Reilly. It’s about cats and mice, spousal abuse, the horror of writer’s block, and other stuff. It won the Golden Bear for best short film at the 2009 Berlinale.
Waffle Shop/Talk Show
If you find yourself in Pittsburgh between 11PM and 3AM Friday and Saturday nights, there’s only one place to get great waffles with your talk show and that’s Waffle Shop. They also have a brunch on Sundays if your sleeping patterns are a bit more conservative.
If you happen to be interesting, hop up on stage for Talk Show:
Bing’s Commercial Blames Google for Financial Crisis
In review:
- People watched too many stupid videos on youtube.
- This allowed the forces of evil to destroy our economy.
- When we tried to stop them using our google cannons, we got LOST IN LINKS and it got worse and everything turned into suck.
- If you use Bing, you can completely ignore this reality and enter a new one, one where people sit in front of giant white boards and wear knee braces and children are kinda cute and Hey Look, a muscle car!
Also, there’s the obvious Hitler analogy.