The first episode of the second season of PBS Arts web-original series Off Book is
Animated GIFs: The Birth of a Medium (mini-documentary, ~7 min). "OFF BOOK explores cutting edge arts and the artists that make it. Breaking the mold of the definition of art, OFF BOOK explores the avant-garde, the experimental and the underground artforms that are supported by online communities."
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posted by flex
on Mar 8, 2012 -
10 comments
The long take, an uncut, uninterrupted shot in film, is
seen by some as the counter to CGI, the last great field for cinematic art. The linked page features six clips from 1990 on, plus
the opening shot from Orson Welles' 1958 film,
Touch of Evil. Alfred Hitchcock's film from a decade earlier,
Rope, took the long cut further, with the whole film shot in eight takes of up to 10 minutes each,
a decision shaped by the limit of the physical recording media. With digital media, the long take could be pushed further, as with
Russian Ark, from 2002. The movie was shot in one long take, with the narrative working through the history of Russia,
set within The State Hermitage Museum, and captured in one day on the 4th take. If the long takes are a tad long for you, try the "short" long takes that are
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posted by filthy light thief
on Dec 28, 2010 -
74 comments
The Works of
Swede Mason: "
Jeremy Clarkson," "
Get in the Back of the Van," "
Jungle All The Way," "
Bill Wyman's Metal Detector," "
Put the Lotion in the Basket, *" "
Got The Sucka," "
The Gobshite, *" "
Squashed Thingy," "
Spare Me The Madness," and the pair of tracks based on
Neighbors deaths "
Coffee And Croissants" and "
Todd....Dead."
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posted by flatluigi
on Oct 13, 2009 -
14 comments
The
music video for Modest Mouse's new track King Rat was released today. Interestingly, it was directed by
Heath Ledger two years ago, and released posthumously. Apparently, there's another one
coming up. It has
described as looking "like exactly the kind of thing that someone might come up with after spending a couple of months rocking
Joker makeup and pretending to
mutilate people."
The video contains a little cartoon goriness, so be warned.
posted by azarbayejani
on Aug 4, 2009 -
20 comments
Clips from the BBC documentary, The African Rock n' Roll Years -
Part 1 l
Part 2 l
Part 3 l
Part 4 l
Part 5 l
Part 6 - a six-part series mixing interviews with key artists, concert footage and news archives, the series examines and explains the "styles that make up the continent's music, and the political and social pressures that led to their development."
BBC documentary details. Found in YouTube member,
Duncanzibar's, good collection of mostly African music videos.
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posted by nickyskye
on Dec 30, 2008 -
9 comments
Kumeyaay.info welcomes visitors and indigenous peoples of all tribal nations and provides a casual village environment to share and network their culturally relevant
creative work, information and opinions. (
previously)
posted by netbros
on May 2, 2008 -
2 comments
Soukous Radio is an online radio station that plays/streams this energizing, joyous, African fusion music, known for its bright guitar sound and rumba/salsa beat. The name, Soukous, is derived from the French word secouer, to shake. A popular, recent Soukous video by two Ivory Coast singers, DJ Eloh and DJ Mix,
The Bobaraba (which means “big bottom” in the local Djoula language), celebrates booty shaking.
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posted by nickyskye
on Feb 21, 2008 -
25 comments
The bastard offspring of
New Age,
Techno,
Industrial and
Acid House,
trance is one of the most
popular and most
maligned musical genres of the 21st century.
Trance can be
bombastic or
delicate,
psychedelic or
rock and roll,
spacey or
deep,
euphoric or
dark,
commercial or
underground,
lush or
funky,
melodic or
monotone,
hard or
laid back.
You can try making some yourself with this
toy, or go in depth with this
tutorial. You can find it
online, but if you want to really experience it, you need to
hear it at a club.
posted by empath
on Jan 16, 2008 -
184 comments
"If the emergence of techno and the proliferation of its related genres thrust DJs and producers into the spotlight, it also spawned artists who, like Kraftwerk before them, chose to remain anonymous and distant. The Scottish duo Boards of Canada (Marcus Eoin and Michael Sandison) is a case in point, an even more enigmatic presence on the UK's electronic music landscape than Aphex Twin and Autechre. Eoin and Sandison have consistently minimized their role in the commercial side of music-making and have avoided its attendant lifestyle: They've shunned city life for the rural seclusion of their Hexagon Sun studio and its local collective of artists. They claim to record primarily for themselves and their friends. They have reportedly amassed an enormous archive of unreleased music dating back to the early '80s (numerous apocryphal BoC tracks make the rounds). They seldom give interviews or perform live."
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posted by bigmusic
on Nov 26, 2007 -
70 comments
100 Awesome Music Videos Note: not THE 100 MOST Awesome, just 100 awesome music videos. Some you'll know, some you may not, many you'll disagree with, just keep in mind, no one claimed this was a definitive list.
posted by jonson
on Jun 20, 2006 -
65 comments
