Archive for the ‘video’ Category

Shoegazer Sunday: Hollie Blue Covers “Fade Into You”

Sunday, March 17th, 2024

Here’s UK performer Hollie Blue covering Mazzy Star’s “Fade Into You.”

Not bad, and she’s easy on the eyes…

Shoegazer Sunday: School of Seven Bells’ “Ablaze”

Sunday, March 3rd, 2024

SVIIB is School of Seven Bells’ last album, compiled from the tracks laid down by Benjamin Curtis before he died and completed by vocalist Alejandra Deheza. Here’s opening track “Ablaze,” which is pretty groovetastic.

Shoegazer Sunday: Slowdive’s “Catch The Breeze” Live in Copenhagen

Sunday, January 28th, 2024

Been a while since I put up a Shoegazer Sunday post, so here’s a live version of “Catch the Breeze” from Slowdive’s 1/21/24 shoe in Copenhagen.

Vocals aren’t great, but the rest of the sound is pretty good.

Christmas Shoegazer: Stellarscope’s “Silent Night”

Monday, December 25th, 2023

As is the now annual tradition, enjoy Stellarscope’s version of “Silent Night”:

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Carols: “Awake Ye Scary Great Olde Ones”

Sunday, December 24th, 2023

Tis the season to quake in fear at eldritch entities from beyond the stars…

“Tidings of madness and woe.”

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Halloween Horrors: Creepy Spider Light

Sunday, October 29th, 2023

Who wouldn’t like a lamp in the shape of a spider wandering around your house at night?

Dog Halloween Costumes

Wednesday, October 25th, 2023

Tis the Halloween season, and here are some pretty good dog costumes. Enjoy!

Halloween Horrors: Transworld 2023 Show

Friday, October 20th, 2023

Once again, here’s footage from a Transworld Halloween trade show, filled with animatronics, masks, props, etc.

I Saw Peter Gabriel in Austin Last Night

Thursday, October 19th, 2023

I saw the Peter Gabriel concert at the Moody Center in Austin on October 18. It was the third time I’d seen Gabriel perform live, and he put on a good show. We had tickets facing center stage in the mezzanine section, and they were quite pricey.

About half the songs are off the forthcoming I/O album, while the other half are from other parts of his career (“Sledgehammer,” “Solsbury Hill,” etc.). His tour ensemble was a mixture of old familiar faces (the always excellent Tony Levin, Manu Katche and David Rhodes) and new (cellist/vocalist Ayanna Witter-Johnson, who was very good).

They had an interesting multimedia setup with projection surfaces on different stage elements that they could move, as well as close-up cameras for projecting on either wing (and occasionally the giant circular moveable hanging surface that was the centerpiece of the set).

I think the best song of the concert was an absolutely killer version of “Digging in the Dirt,” which had a nasty, funky, bass-heavy sound to it. There’s not a version with great sound on YouTube, so this will have to do:

They also did an extremely good version of “Biko” as the final encore.

Here’s the set list, which seems to be constant across venues.

I think the last two shows of the tour are in Dallas tonight and Houston Saturday, and overall prices are a bit cheaper than the Austin show. It’s well worth catching if you’re a Gabriel fan.

As for the Moody Center, the sightlines are very good, the concession prices are exorbitant, and the seats are too small and not particularly comfortable.

Halloween Horror: Kaiju No. 8 Trailer

Friday, October 13th, 2023

Not sure if this quite qualifies as a Halloween Horror, but it includes monsters, and it struck my fancy.

Basically, it’s an anime series focused on a guy who’s crappy job is to clean up after kaiju attacks.

It’s basically Damage Inc. meets Godzilla. Plus the teaser trailer is giving off a tiny bit of a FLCL vibe.

I don’t subscribe to Crunchy Roll (or any streaming service), but I’d seriously consider buying the DVD set when it eventually comes out.