Here’s “Folk Arp,” another tune from Minor Victories:
The video is not particularly interesting. However, this cinéma vérité black and white piece following a trio of skateboarders at night is really nice.
Minor Victories’ “Folk Arp”
April 16th, 2017Paste Magazine Ranks Every MST3K Episode (And Declares War on Your Browser)
April 14th, 2017With the new MST3K reboot dropping today, Paste Magazine ranked every episode of MST3K on one ginormous page that reportedly crashes Chrome.
I don’t agree with all their rankings (Manos: The Hands of Fate is much too low), but they’re generally in the ballpark.
Shoegazer Sunday: Nothing’s “The Dead Are Dumb”
April 9th, 2017For your Sunday dose of Shoegaze, here’s Nothing’s “The Dead Are Dumb”:
Shoegazer Sunday: Slowdive’s “Sugar for the Pill”
April 2nd, 2017Slowdive’s new, self-titled album, their first in two decades, is due out May 5. “Sugar for the Pill” is the second preview cut off that album (following “Star Roving“).
Colin Furze Builds the World’s Fastest Bumper Car
March 31st, 2017BBC is evidently rebooting Top Gear now that Clarkson, May and Hammond have departed for The Grand Tour, so they hired Colin Furze to “build something fast for the Stig.”
That “something” turned out to be the world’s fastest bumper car:
Sunday Shoegazer: Lapse’s “Padded Cell”
March 26th, 2017For your Sunday dose of Shoegaze, here’s Australia’s Lapse with “Padded Cell” off their debut EP.
Library Addition: Hannu Rajaniemi’s The Quantum Thief
March 20th, 2017Here’s a book I found out about too late to pick up before prices went through the stratosphere, so I went ahead and settled (for now) for an Ex-Library first I could afford:
Rajaniemi, Hannu. The Quantum Thief. Gollancz, 2010. First edition hardback, an Ex-Library copy with pocket and stamps, in a Fine-, protected dust jacket with a bit of curl at head. Presents well. Bought off eBay for £19.99 plus shipping.
Shoegazer Sunday: Ride’s “Home is a Feeling”
March 19th, 2017The Shoegaze revival seems to be in full bloom, with classic Shoegaze band Ride coming out with a new album this summer. “Home is a Feeling” is an early track off it, and comes down firmly on the hazy/blissful side of Shoegaze.
Shoegazer Sunday: Minor Victories’ “Scattered Ashes (song for Richard)”
March 12th, 2017I was already inclined to like Minor Victories based on the presence of Slowdive’s Rachel Goswell. And then “Scattered Ashes (song for Richard)” is not only a swell song in its own right, but has video that punches all the Internet’s meme buttons at once.
I KAN HAZ SHOEGAZE?
King Kong Burns
March 10th, 2017In Vietnam, they had an elaborate premiere for the opening of Kong: Skull Island, with fire dancers and a large mock-up of King Kong.
Pro-tip: Try not to let your fire dancers get too close to your giant flammable King Kong facade.
They didn’t follow that guideline.
(Edited to add: There were originally two videos here, but the first video removed from YouTube, so I deleted that. Skip to about 3:45 into this one to see things start to go wrong.)