Don't usually get the chance to gas about music videos I like; but shouts to Parisiens Mega-Force for perfectly capturing what being a 9 year old boy is all about. Yep, living out hyper-violent fantasies in some parallel suburban dystopia. I will add that I wasn't in on Friday when it dropped but in the 6 hours between watches it went from 57 views to 57,000-0dd. At time of writing over 780,000. Props.
Showing posts with label Arts and Culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arts and Culture. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Kreayshawn: As seen by Super Duty Tough Work
You may or may not have come across Kreayshawn, the 21 year old 'cinematographer, editor and rap beast' who's latest music video 'Gucci Gucci' did the blog rounds last week. I must admit at first I wasn't sure what to think. All I saw was an eccentric looking hipster white girl rapping poorly over a stripped down instrumental. Although she looked fly-ish, appeared to be having lots of fun and I recognized a few of the guys from Odd Future in the video, the music did not impress me. It did however intrigue me; as artists such as Lil B and Soulja Boy have shown, nowadays talent and good songs are not necessarily a prerequisite for success. With nearly 1,500,000 hits in just over two weeks, Kreayshawn must be doing something. I'm just not quite sure what. Then I came across this post on SuperDutyToughWork which helped to explain the phenomena which is Kreayshawn. Rumoured to have just signed a $1 million deal with Sony, this won't be the last you hear of the Cali resident.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
DaBaoGe (打包歌): Take-Away Shows for China
I've been slightly MIA here for a bit as I moved my life and work to Shanghai three weeks ago. But, I'm back to say hellooo and share a seriously cool new project from Andy Miller and Charles Lanceplaine. These clever boys have brought the Blogotheque model to bands in China with DaBaoGe. Brilliant.
They'll be sharing "documentary-style, single-take, acoustic music videos."
Describing the project, Andy writes:
"The idea is to promote live performance, artistry and musicianship, but (perhaps more) importantly to promote live music in Greater China- and that includes both local and visiting acts. China and in particular, Shanghai needs something like this."
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Yemisi Blake; Great British Youth
The Great British Youth Project Is a series of images from an evolving documentary photography project by Photographer Yemisi Blake, a wonderfully talented friend of Ruby Pseudo who is currently Creative Mentor on Young People’s Programmes at Southbank Centre.
Young people aged 25 and under are presented in their local settings and doing the things they love. The individuals range from students to dancers, illustrators to writers. All share the common experience of growing up in the UK when the stage of life that we call youth is increasingly getting bad press. Starting with four portraits and ending with 100 this work will be added to for the duration of Southbank Centre’s 60th anniversary celebration of the Festival of Britain.
The Great British Youth project runs from April 22nd – September 4th 2011, and can be seen daily from 10:00AM-11:00PM. It’s in a public space, so you can just show up. No booking required. The portraits are exhibited in the Avenue of Portraits at Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.
To find out more about the project and how you can get involved, see here.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Don't Watch That TV Relaunch!
Don't Watch That TV are back with a brand spanking new website! Its looking good and even though there a few bits to be ironed out there's big big plans for the site. The Dont Watch That Team are on there grind [working hard] to bring you a diverse range of music, photography, features and videos from a forever widening range of contributors, there's even talk of a Rubypseudo Network channel in the works. Check it out!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
The Popular Kids and N$RR
I've stumbled across these guys via facebook. The Popular Kids are a clothing brand comprising of 3 guys from 3 different continents who have come together to express themselves through clothing that represents them to the fullest. Assisted via 365 media [a young videographer] TPK have also released their own music videos and have quite a following.
N$RR are a hip hop collective from London said to be inspired by Japanese and Hip Hop culture, this group of young londoners are a talented bunch. A whole team including videographers, skaters, photographers, tattoo artists, dancers even actors and actresses. There's a fucking lot of 'em and they too like The Popular Kids have a strong following on Facebook and tumblr...watch out these dudes. They're doing alot.
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