APRIL'S LOG OF SHIT SHE LIKES

99dollarmusicvideos: Remember the wisened director Timothy...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:07:11 -0700

Remember the wisened director Timothy McConville from Tuesday? Well today you get to enjoy the fruits of his labor by watching his music video for “White Piano.”

Tim is not only the director but the band’s drummer. So tune in now to see how he turned a dirty, jagged jam of a song into a dirty, jagged jam of a music video.

BONUS: Dutchess has 3 FANTASTIC songs available for FREE DOWNLOAD from the heat-seeking, hit-makers RCRD LBL. Go get ‘em.

LOVE love love this week’s music video. Doesn’t hurt that Tim’s a straight up nice guy. Favorite thing I just saw is that even though it’s stop motion, the cars in the background change but still look like one car moving across the street, at 0:14. Rad.

The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix) Greatest...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:39:42 -0700

The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix)

Greatest faux-Friday work jam ever?

Jason Bough a Hatchet by Giggle Party Ditreded by Stephen Wake...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:40:00 -0700

Jason Bough a Hatchet by Giggle Party

Ditreded by Stephen Wake (illustrator) and Damien Weighill (animator)

Reasons to reblog (aka why this is awesome):

Darth Vader playing the drums with light sabers
Abe Lincoln
Sheer level of song catchiness
Fun typography
Magnum P.I.
Cartoon blood
Number of pop culture references

(plz note, vaguely NSFW and also lots of fake hatcheting it up)

justin: mdfsmash: ceonyc: FOR ORCHESTRA #9: Lady Gaga ‘Poker...

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:18:10 -0700

justin: mdfsmash: ceonyc:

FOR ORCHESTRA #9: Lady Gaga ‘Poker Face’ (via waltribeiro)

Orchestras make everything better!

turkeydinner: Baked Sweet Potato Falafel Recipe - 101...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:51:52 -0700

turkeydinner:

Baked Sweet Potato Falafel Recipe - 101 Cookbooks

bet it’s yum.

Yeah, I wasn’t a fan. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t give it a shot yourself.

NAPKIN RINGS

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:14:16 -0700

What’s the point?!?

Jeff Goldblum Will Be Missed, ColbertNation.com Comedy gold.

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:57:38 -0700

Jeff Goldblum Will Be Missed, ColbertNation.com

Comedy gold.

Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella! The...

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:13:41 -0700

Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella! The Documentary

“In 2009 Ben Folds released a greatest hits record, of sorts, sung entirely in a cappella. The album, Ben Folds Presents: Unviersity A Cappella! features two tracks performed by Ben himself, but the bulk of the material was performed by various university a cappella groups.”

It’s completely amazing. And basically the coolest thing ever. I’m curious to hear the result.

Video: Beirut - Live for Soirées de Poche (Le Blogotheque)

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:40:36 -0700

Video: Beirut - Live for Soirées de Poche (Le Blogotheque):

mbvmusic:

Beirut - Live for Soirées de Poche (Le Blogotheque)

Because even performance videos with extraordinary amounts of talent deserve to be watched from front to back.

This Debussy, Clair de Lune visualization is lovely. 2:05 gets...

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:43:07 -0700

This Debussy, Clair de Lune visualization is lovely. 2:05 gets me every time.

(thanks Chris! it IS mesmerizing.)

99dollarmusicvideos: Deerhoof, ever purveyors of fine music...

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:20:11 -0700

99dollarmusicvideos:

Deerhoof, ever purveyors of fine music videos, recently released a new video for their song My Purple Past. Instead of taking a song, taping themselves singing with it and then synching audio over it, they took a different approach. One I haven’t seen before.

The music video displays different ways in which listeners experience Deerhoof’s music: On laptop speakers, playing from a record player, from headphones. And the audio is left as is. So what you get is a study on the various audio formats that music is enjoyed. Facinating.

Now if only someone would make a VERY meta music video of all the places we watch My Purple Past…

Hats off to Asha Schechter for directing this great, creative vision.

“Big ups” to TRMW for posting this on twitter. I LOVE what the director did with it. And you know? Even though the audio quality is disjointed, the song is still fantastic. Because honestly, should music videos always sound just like the MP3?

NON-STOP listening to Miike Snow’s Cult Logic. Also, doesn’t...

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:04:47 -0700

NON-STOP listening to Miike Snow’s Cult Logic.

Also, doesn’t that little electro-riff sound at 1:04 (and throughout) sound like Flight of the Concords “I’m the mother flippin”?

(ALSO if anyone asks, it’s pronounced MIKE)

(whoops! accidentally tumblred this on $99mv…)

WATCH THIS MUSIC VIDEO AND THEN DOWNLOAD THE DEPRECIATION...

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:48:43 -0700

WATCH THIS MUSIC VIDEO AND THEN DOWNLOAD THE DEPRECIATION GUILD’S WHOLE ALBUM FOR FREE*. LISTEN. REPEAT. ETC.

(*click the second to the left yellow bar that says ‘album’ when you hover over it)

99dollarmusicvideos:

8-bit wonderband The Depreciation Guild and our very own $99 Music Videos creator Jack Ferry put out a brand new music video today for Dream About Me, debuted on Pitchfork.tv. It’s so The Depreciation Guild, it almost feels like their last album cover and website came to life. I can’t remember the last time I saw a director present a band performance music video in such a way that the music video feels like a perfect representation of the band’s sound.

Want more from The Depreciation Guild? Pitchfork reviewed Dream About Me. And they’ve also go their last album, In Her Gentle Jaws, available for download IN IT’S ENTIRITY. It’s good. Play it over and over again good. Amazing even.

Want more from Jack? Check out these fan-fricken-tastic music videos he directed for $99 Music Videos: La Strada and Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard

Last thing! Someone posted pretty pictures of the music video shoot on Facebook, so go peep ‘em.

99dollarmusicvideos: Cool in the Cool Way - Invasion of the...

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:45:03 -0700

99dollarmusicvideos:

Cool in the Cool Way - Invasion of the Hipster Bodysnatchers by My First Earthquake, directed by Katie Gillum

Crazy fun song, great concept, well done! Loving the heck out of this brand new My First Earthquake jam. If you’re a San Francisco local, come to their album release show for DOWNSTAIRS at Cafe Du Nord tomorrow night!

::GREEN EYES::

Love the Shawn and Ian bike cameos! Video is rad.

"Crowds have terrible taste. People have awful taste. Once people start talking about indie rock on..."

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:05:00 -0700

“Crowds have terrible taste. People have awful taste. Once people start talking about indie rock on the internet it’s all this music that rises to the middle. That’s boring, bland, white people, guitar music, it fucking sucks. I hate it. it’s NPR bullshit and NPR is forced to write about it over again and again because its the “Link Economy” and people are going to click on it if it says Fleet Foxes. Well Fleet Foxes fucking suck. It’s not the music that’s the best, it’s the music that the most people can stand. The music that the most people can listen to. If you let the people decide, then nothing truly adventurous ever get out and that’s a problem.”

- Christopher R. Weingarten on The Death of Music Criticism or How to Ensure Your Own inevitable Demise in 140 Characters or Less

View it below (click through):

Hilary Laing Crayon Scribbly SS09 Collection is magnificent....

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:35:01 -0700

Hilary Laing Crayon Scribbly SS09 Collection is magnificent. More here, where also I want it all. And then when I realize it’s expensive, want to figure out how to make something like this on my own. Ah-ha! Permanent fabric markers!

Photo

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:42:30 -0700

"Stop chasing the buck and concentrate on making things that feed your soul and improve your skills...."

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:13:05 -0700

“Stop chasing the buck and concentrate on making things that feed your soul and improve your skills. Period. No reason to wonder if anyone will buy it; just make it as well as you can, learn from it, and put it into the world. If it’s got mojo, somebody will pay money for it. Objects with mojo sell themselves. They have a curious way of finding the people they need to be owned by. All you have to do is set the wheels in motion by keeping your creative priorities in the right order.”

- Dude Craft on making money with crafts

I own a NASCAR toothbrush and I AM NOT AFRAID TO USE IT. We be...

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:39:00 -0700

I own a NASCAR toothbrush and I AM NOT AFRAID TO USE IT.

We be passing plaque like Stewart passing Dale Jr.

letsmeetinsf: Thursday, June 11th at 8pmKate O’Brien’s Irish...

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:56:40 -0700

letsmeetinsf:

Thursday, June 11th at 8pm
Kate O’Brien’s Irish Pub (Map)
With special guest Marco

Reblog to spread the word.