Video: Remix of “Kokiriko Bushi”
Buzzfeed points to this remix of “Japan’s oldest song,” Kokiriko Bushi.
There are skeletons.
Buzzfeed points to this remix of “Japan’s oldest song,” Kokiriko Bushi.
There are skeletons.
In this week’s (September 1) New Yorker, artist Kehinde Wiley comments that Ice-T was the most difficult subject he ever had sit for him. “He had the most shocking level of ego and excess. It was me inviting these celebrities to be who they wanted to be, and he goes straight for a portrait of Napoleon. He was, like, ‘If anyone deserves to be Napoleon, it’s me. I’m the father of gangster rap.’ So he crowned himself.”
Also, here is a slide show of Mr. Wiley’s work, though it does not include his painting of Ice-T.
You can read more here on this creepy creation, if the spirit moves you.
Execrable local newspaper the Star Tribune highlights some live music that’ll be playing in and around the Twin Cities during the Republican National Convention. See especially the Take Back Labor Day concert at Harriet Island, which features populism-pimping acts such as Steve Earle, Atmosphere, and The Pharcyde.
Furthermore: Said paper does a Q&A with Spearhead’s Michael Franti, who says, “I want to share my music with Republicans, Democrats, black, white, anyone who wants to hear what I have to say.”
1) Did the Strib really need to cut this interview into multiple pages? They didn’t. And it was a bad decision to do so.
2) I once did security at a Spearhead concert. I was positioned directly in front of the stage, and before the concert started, some sage old stagehand gave me this piece of advice: “If the crowd surges, go over the stage or go under the stage. Don’t try to hold them back.” And that advice is as relevant now, to the Star Tribune, as it was back in the day, to me.
Additionally (and as mentioned previously), on September 2 at the Fitzgerald Theater, the ProVention Concert will feature a lot of local and quasi-local musicians singing for Peace, the Planet and some other “P” I can’t remember. Acts include The Honeydogs, Haley Bonar, and Dan Wilson.
I have written (briefly) about the didgeridoo massages (including BRAIN massages) offered at Minneapolis’ Mill City Farmer’s Market previously. Now, this wonderful blog post, which tells the tale of how one man created a didgeridoo out of ice in the Antarctic, comes to my attention.
See also on the Odd Instrument blog:
Nick Cave’s “Art in Motion,” – sound suits in action. Some of these people look like Big Bird. Others look like guys with chandeliers on their heads. Great times. Great suits.
[mefi]
I am literally trembling with fear.
From Monday night in Saratoga, NY. This is not Steve Perry. It is a 40-year-old dude from the Philippines.
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*Music videos: If you want more Okkervil River music videos like Bon Iver’s cover of “Blue Tulips,” you should probably subscribe to the band’s YouTube channel. [filter]
*Mashups: Jay-Z vs. Oasis again; this time in the form of a mashup (by Cookin’ Soul), rather than a beef. Personally, I enjoy beef. [listening post]
*Concerts: Greg Gillis of Girl Talk says “I’m waiting for someone to 69 on stage.” Also, he says a lot of other stuff.
*Interviews: Paste magazine interviews Calexico: The band really digs Cormac McCarthy. [music slut]
*Obit: Steve Foley, the drummer for the Replacements, died this weekend of an accidental prescription pill overdose at the age of 49. [rolling stone]
*Guns: Read an excerpt from “Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N’ Roses.” [fimoculous] Also: The dude who leaked those Chinese Democracy songs has been arrested. At the behest of Dr. Pepper’s lawyers?
*Religion: Guitar Praise is like Guitar Hero, but with Jesus. And, probably, Moses. [best week ever]
*P2P: The legit wing of the LimeWire store is expanding; they’ve added The Orchard’s music catalog. [hypebot]
*Smoking: I don’t know why you would want to have a pack of cigarettes stuck to the side of your head, but if you would, you can buy a telephone headset that looks like an open pack of heaters. And then you can wear it. [shinyshiny]
Extra spazzy!
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