Sep 04 2009
Filler Post
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nulla quis felis purus, tincidunt rhoncus dolor. Vivamus tristique ligula eu nibh venenatis non malesuada turpis laoreet.
| No responses yet |
experimental
Jan 21 2009
Green Grass of Tunnel – Múm
Pablo Pictures brings us the video. Per Wikipeda, Olsztyn is a city in northeastern Poland, on the Łyna River; Ostrołęka is a town in northeastern Poland, on the Narew River; and cześć is polish for hi, hello; bye.
| No responses yet |
Jan 13 2009
Atrévete te-te – Calle 13
Click to see larger version
Puerto Rican step-brothers, Residente and Visitante, are no strangers to accolades. Together their revolutionary group, Calle 13, has two records and five Grammys.
I had the pleasure of hearing them for the first time during a commercial break in one of the 2006 World Cup matches, when I changed the channel to Mun2 – mundos, like worlds, get it? – and saw a row of women dressed in identical white outfits dancing in perfect tempo to the 4/4 time of Cumbia.
Immediately the Colombian in me took to the tune, Cumbia having originated on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, where I lived during my youth. When the song credits appeared near the end of the video, I learned that the women in white had been dancing to Atrévete te-te. Although I knew that I did not understand the meaning of the song, Residente’s lewd voice embedded in Visitante’s traditional beats hypnotized me into becoming what I am today: a die-hard Calle 13 fan.
In this smash hit, Residente not only flows with such practical rhymes as “mojan el arroz con un poco de aguacate/pa’ cosechar nalgas de 14 quilates”, which translates into English as “they wet their rice with a bit of avocado/to grow 14 karat asses”, but he also takes on the role of director for its internationally famous video.
| One response so far |
Jan 03 2009
::Subterranean Homesick Blues – Bob Dylan:: and ::Golden – My Morning Jacket::
I like finding one creative idea that influences another. Such a discovery, for me, is on par with stumbling upon a minor truth. To illustrate, watch Bob Dylan’s video for Subterranean Homesick Blues. And yes, Allen Ginsberg and Bob Neuwirth do make a cameo:
Now watch Marshall Rimmer’s music video for My Morning Jacket’s Golden:
| No responses yet |
