Wild Wild Life
December 7th, 2008
"Check out mr. businessman / He bought some wild, wild life / On the way to the stock exchange"
Archive for the 'video' Category
souvenir de chine
December 7th, 2008
Music video cunningly taking advantage of birds' (and mice's?) attraction to themselves in mirrors.
Sarah Vowell on Louis Sullivan
November 30th, 2008
Video commentary for the New York Times.
Under Pressure
October 28th, 2008
"Why can't we give love that one more chance /
Why can't we give love give love give love give love /
give love give love give love give love give love"
Banjo used in brain surgery
October 15th, 2008
"A musician who underwent brain surgery to treat a hand tremor played his banjo throughout to test the success of the procedure."
Twin Peaks: Watch Full Episodes
October 12th, 2008
Wow. Took them long enough to release these on DVD and now they go and put them all online.
Great Fences of Australia
October 1st, 2008
"Since 1983, in addition to his work on and about the violin, Jon Rose has been bowing and recording the music of Fences worldwide. A wide range of atmospheric music can be coaxed from these ubiquitous landmarks."
Bees
August 12th, 2008
The music, it must be noted, is terrifying. It makes the bees seem like killer robots.
Wedding Dress
August 4th, 2008
"It's already made, trimmed and green / Prettiest thing you've ever seen"
Scientific American Frontiers
June 27th, 2008
Oh, it's on.
White Winter Hymnal
June 25th, 2008
"I was following the pack / all swallowed in their coats / with scarves of red / tied 'round their throats"
Doomsday Vault Protects World’s Seeds
June 11th, 2008
Segment from 60 Minutes showing a tour of the Doomsday seed vault in Svalbard.
3 Legged Animals
May 9th, 2008
"sleep for me sleepless / dream for me dreamless"
Irene
May 9th, 2008
Forms of life dance along to the song. Sort of.
Comfy in Nautica
May 5th, 2008
"coolness is having courage / courage to do what's right"
Bros
May 5th, 2008
Head Rolls Off
May 5th, 2008
"Give me the cloth and I'll wipe my face / When it's all gone, something carries on /
It's not morbid at all, just when nature's had enough of you / When my blood stops - someone else's will not"
The Meaning of Various News Photos to Ed Henderson
April 28th, 2008
Thank GOD. FINALLY. UbuWeb now hosts three of Baldessari's video pieces, including this hilarious exercise in context and imagination. PLEASE, PLEASE, keep these coming.
FRONTLINE: bush’s war
April 16th, 2008
Primer on the war in Iraq, and its political origins and ramifications.
A picture of our torn up praise
March 31st, 2008
"i don't have a home it's not a chain it's not a throne / it's just a picture of a picture tossed and torn away / of anger on your face still not as strange and not as brave / as when you turned away"