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Skate or die: Danny Way - Waiting for Lightning
The @DannyWay documentary Waiting For Lightning premieres this week, after a run in the festivals.
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11th Apr 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ride The Tiger
Great live projections roaming the streets of Paris. Via io9.
11th Apr 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Ted
Red band trailer up for Seth McFarlane's foul-mouthed comedy Ted. Mark Walhberg shows his hidden comedy side again. Or should that be "Mark-Lynn"....?
10th Apr 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
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RIP: Jim Marshall
RIP amplification pioneer Jim Marshall, who has died aged 88. Hopefully he won't be denied Stairway.
Via BBC.
8th Apr 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Rear Windows Timelapse
Lovely little After Effects movie, condensing all the Rear Window peeping from the movie down into one coherent timelapse film.
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8th Apr 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Savages
Trailer up for Savages, the new Oliver Stone flick, with a star-studded cast led by Taylor Kitsch and Aaron Johnson as two pot growers facing off against the mob.
6th Apr 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
8 Bit Google Map
365-24-7 access to every detail of the Earth getting you down? Try this 8-bit Google Map.
3rd Apr 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Prometheus (again)
Looks epic. Makes you realise no one has done good sci-fi with decent actors and a script for a while... Only downside so far is Luther's dodgy Texan accent.
Totally different vibe international trailer here. Another IMAX trailer here. Viral clue here. Ridley & Lindelof Q&A here.
Via AICN, who note the similarity to the original Alien trailer.
18th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: On The Road
Walter Salles' On The Road adaptation has a trailer. Doesn't look terrible, but I'll be reserving judgment for now. Sam Riley's throaty accent doen't fill me with confidence.
14th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Hi Ho Silver!
First image up for the Lone Ranger reboot ...and it doesn't look terrible.
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8th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
RIP: Ralph Mcquarrie
@StarWars artist Ralph McQuarrie has died aged 82. He's the guy who drew a lot of the original concept art for Star Wars, designing an entire world that is now a part of nearly everyone's culture.
George Lucas has praised the artist over on StarWars.com
Via BBC
4th Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
fIREHOSE: lowFLOWS
Columbia are releasing an anthology of fIREHOSE music in tandem with the bands upcoming reunion shws. In this case, 'Anthology' means 'everything they put out on Columbia', plus a handful of outtakes etc. Not their best period, but still a pretty good place to start - especially as it contains the Live Totem Pole EP, which features a raft of awesome live covers, from Wire, Superchunk and Buttholes, to Public Enemy.
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2nd Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Black Mountain
Year Zero OST
5 unreleased tracks make this unmissable. Mary Lou will blow your socks off
1st Mar 2012
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Free @MatadorRecords 2012 Compilation
Intended Play 2012 has had it's price slashed ...to free. Malkmus, Lee Ranaldo, Fucked Up, Kurt Vile etc. Go.
1st Mar 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ted 2023: Peter Weyland
Peter Weyland of Weyland-Yutani gives a speech at TED .....all in the name of promoting Ridley Scott's new Alien-esque movie Prometheus. Clever/Smug.
29th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
85 Films Martin Scorsese Thinks You Should See
Fast Company magazine has an interesting list of films mentioned by Martin Scosese as influentual to him. He's certainly consistent, as he's been talking a lot of these up since I was at film school - directly prompting me to check out Faces, Duel in the Sun, Gun Crazy, Kiss Me Deadly, The Leopard, A Matter of Life and Death, Peeping Tom and The Red Shoes ...amongst others. Pretty sure he put me onto Black Narcissus too - my favourite Powell & Presseburger movie.
27th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Oscars 1976
Fascinating video of Steven Spielberg watcing the live Oscar nomations in 1976, following the massive box office success of Jaws.
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27th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Year Zero ...with added Black Mountain
Trailer up for the epic surf movie 'Year Zero' from Globe. The movie itself looks pretty tasty, shot around the world on 16mm film ....but the real reason to get excited is the Black Mountain soundtrack.
The album features a few old classics (including 'Tyrants' - featuring my all time favourite drum licks) and a handful of unreleased tracks such as 'Phosphorescent Waves', 'Embrace Euphoria', 'In Sequence' and 'Mary Lou' - which you can download over at Jagjaguwar and listen to below.
The album is out April 2nd in the UK, April 3rd elswhere.
Via Stereogum.
23rd Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Jacob Sutton: Glowing Man
Outstanding fashion film up from Jacob Sutton, following a man on a snowboard in an LED suit. Say no more.
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23rd Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Luck
A strong cast and confident direction get this Michael Mann show off to a strong start. Let's hope it grows.
18th Feb 2012
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Great short film up from Abigail Blackmore - Blind Date.
18th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Wayne's World - Partying On for 20 Years
It's the 20th Anniversary of the Wayne's World movie. Ouch. Here's a then/now comparison of the cast. And while you're there, check out the cast of Dazed & Confused ....though Wooderson is cheating a bit thanks to that recent Black Widow promo.
16th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Vintage Movie Posters
Hold on to that old movie poster rolled up on top of your wardrobe, as in case you didn't already know these things can be worth a lot of money.
Love seeing the alternate marketing vision for some of these movies. The Alien teaser poster is a million miles from the graphic identity that pretty much shaped the whole series.
Via Vintage Seekers via Uncrate.
15th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
World Press 2012 Photos of the Year
@Big_Picture has the deatils on their website.
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11th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Skate or die: Chris Pastras
Always been a big fan of Stereo, since way back before Jason Lee started popping up in the movies. Thanks to the newly launched Ride Channel, here we have a two part (1 / 2) interview with Pastras, discussing the history behind him and Jason Lee's Stereo Skates.
10th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: The Bourne Legacy
Bourne is back. Except he's not called Bourne, and he's played by Jeremy Renner. Could be OK, unless Ed Norton spoils it. The Bourne Legacy opens Summer 2012.
8th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
60s Japanese Graphic Design
Lovely selection of graphic design from 60s Japan over at the iso50 website.
4th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
RIP: Ben Gazzara
RIP Ben Gazzara, improv acting legend from the Cassavettes era ....and better known to us as the bad guy from Roadhouse, or Jackie Treehorn from The Big Lebowski.
81. Good innings dude.
Via The Guardian.
4th Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Tony Hawk's Ride Channel
@YouTube have been setting up some new content partnerships recently and @RIDEChannel is one such offering, from Tony Hawk's 900 Films. The idea is to push channels with regular, programmed content - as YouTube attempst to push itself as a TV replacement.
Ride Channel features a number of skateboard-related shows, such as Jamie Thomas' Let The Good Times Roll, Trick-a-day, Hand in Hand - which features interviews with musicians who have inspired skating (Thurston Moore, for example), Free Lunch which rolls down memory lane with famous skaters and In Focus, which provies great technical tips on making your own skate movies.
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2nd Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ad Nauseum: WTF!? Star Wars Update
OK, here's Volkwagen's full Star Wars themed Superbowl ad. WTF!? Probably the worst use of Star Wars ever ...even worse than the Yodafone spot. Did Lucas give the major brands 3 minutes to come up with a concept if they wanted to cash in on his assets or something? Abominable.
1st Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Ad Nauseum: Ferris vs Star Wars - Superbowl Special
Another stupid Star Wars/Advertising tie-in .....though this one's for Volkswagen, who nailed that ad with the kid using the force at the last Superbowl. The Bark Side is an ad for an ad that will show at the Superbowl this Sunday. I remain to be convinced.
Next up, the tepid return of Ferris Bueller, in an underwhelming Honda ad. Bah.
1st Feb 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Beardski
Looking for a foot long insulated beard to keep you warm on the slopes this season? No problem. Beardski has you covered.
31st Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Side By Side
Side by Side finds Keanu Reeves putting on his producer hat for this documentary about the decline of film and the rise of digital. Looks pretty geeky, so I'm thoroughly looking forward to it - and Keanu has pulled out his address book to interview a who's who of film makers.
30th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Earth Enlarged
Amazing 64 Megapixel image of Earth up over at Flickr, courtesy of NASA's new Earth-observing Suomi NPP satellite.
28th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Wilco vs Popeye
Animated promo up for WIlco's track "Dawned on Me" .....starring the band and Popeye himself. Directed by Darren Romanelli
26th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Wish You Were Here
Good looking trailer from @bluetonguefilms - our favourite Australian Collective - for Wish You Were Here. Directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith and starring Barry Brown from Animal Kingdom AKA Joel Edgerton. No man gets left behind.
25th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Wooderson is back in business
Dazed and Confused legend Wooderson is back in business, for this promo for the Butch Walker and the Black Widow's track - Synthesizers. Quite the coup.
He's looking a little out of shape since his epic slow-motion entrance to Hurricane, but it's good to have him back. I get older ....he stays the same age.
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24th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Coldplay - Paradise
NIce promo up from Shynola for the Coldplay track 'Paradise'. They don't make them like this anymore. Nice to see Shynola still on form.
20th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Safe
If nothing else, Jason Statham's latest movie Safe has a couple of tough looking posters. Lionsgate love this guy.
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19th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Saul Bass Video Pitch for Bell Systems
Have a look at this fascinating video made by Saul Bass in the 1970's, as his pitch to redesign the identity of Bell System ....now AT&T.
The first half is all about identity design, the second half is the actual pitch. Amazing that anyone was making a video pitch in the 1970s.
Via Brand New.
From the AT&T Archives:
Bass' work in logo design and movie title credit sequences spanned the latter half of the 20th century, with prominent work in each field. He worked closely with AT&T, designing not only the 1970 "bell" logo that was ubiquitous for a decade, but also, upon the divestiture of AT&T, he designed the original "death star" logo, unveiled in 1984.
One reason for this bell logo's ubiquity? That redesign was the largest corporate re-identity program in the U.S., ever. The redesign covered:
* 135,000 Bell system vehicles
* 22,000 buildings
* 1,250,000 phone booths
* 170,000,000 telephone directories
This film was made by his company as a presentation to AT&T executives. It would have extended to be shown to the public, but a number of his ideas in the film were not ultimately adopted, like his phone booth designs, and men's and women's uniforms. But a great many were—including, most memorably, the telephone vans and hardhat designs of the 1970s. He designed down to the details, showcasing in this film a myriad of ideas, right down to the yellow pages book designs, cufflinks for executives, and flags.
Bass' other very recognizable logo designs that persist today include those for Minolta, Girl Scouts of America, Avery International, Geffen Records, Warner Int'l, and many more. Bass' design for AT&T was the foundation for the logo that the company has today, redesigned in 2005 by Interbrand.
Produced by Saul Bass
Footage courtesy of AT&T Archives and History Center, Warren, NJ
18th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
New Wedding Present Album: Valentina
Chimp heros The Wedding Present are back with a new album in March. Valentina will be released through the band's own Scopitones label in the UK on March 17th. Other labels around teh world in the days after that.
The band will be at SXSW to launch the album and then on tour in America, Europe, The World. Can't wait.
Via Scopitones.
18th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Promo Promo: Girls
Just stumbled accross these two old promos for Girls: Hellhole Ratrace and Lust For Life. Both provide a peek into Girls' world (so to speak) and it's exactly what I expected.
17th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Custom Caps
Attention gang members! You can now have your favourite team in your own gang colours, thanks to New Era's New Era By You service. Any logo, any colour, any stitching. That's the chimp-certified edition above.
16th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
Trailer Park: Dragon Tattoo - 8 Min Version
8 minute trailer for Fincher's Girl With The Dragon Tattoo remake. Makes more sense, but is less cool than the Immigrant Song-infested power cut.
15th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
fIREHOSE rEUNION
More info on that fIREHOSE reunion: Consequence of Sound are reporting that as well as playing at Coachella, the band will reunite after 18 years for a US tour. Which makes me 18+ years older than I thought, as me and Cnrth saw them at the Marquee in 1991-ish.
Needless Natas Kaupas plug below.
fIREHOSE 2012 Tour Dates:
04/05 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
04/06 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
04/07 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
04/09 – Bellingham, WA @ Wild Buffalo House of Music
04/10 – Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall
04/11 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
04/12 – Santa Cruz, CA @ Historic Coconut Grove Ballroom *
04/13 – Fresno, CA @ Fulton 55
04/14 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/17 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom *
04/18 – Flagstaff, AZ @ Orpheum Theatre *
04/19 – Tucson, AZ @ Plush
04/20 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
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13th Jan 2012 - Add Comment - Tweet
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The Enchanter Persuaded
Moody synth soundscapes from @_blackmountain_ 's Jeremy Schmidt.
12th Jan 2012
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