Directed by Eric Saarinen. Premiered during the opening ceremony of the Olympics.
I think I contributed in 2 major ways on this one: helping with the initial treatment and showing the director the time-lapse sequence in Zodiac, which he later used as a lighting reference.
EDIT: The VO at the end is done by Jeffrey Wright.
Yeah, we can all tell it’s your first video, but when she says “Visas” you’d have been better off flashing a passport. No, these girls aren’t related to me but I’m allowed to be mean to them cuz I’m an American.
via Hipster Runoff
I was lucky enough to catch M.I.A.’s show at the Echoplex last year before the album came out and before this song became Girls Nite Out Anthem 08. M.I.A. played this song last and asked everybody to put the lighters and cell phones in the air (lame), but when the song started I seriously flipped cuz I thought she was going to cover The Clash’s Straight to Hell. Still, the song was the best moment of the night and one of my favorite songs of last year.
Why do girls teenage girls have to ruin everything?
Whenever I am asked (and I AM asked all the time) what’s the sexiest scene from a movie, I refer to this:
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BONUS: Faye Wong covers both The Cranberries - Dreams and Bjork’s Oscar dress.
I used to own a T-shirt of this and tried to wear it everyday in the eight grade.
I started running last nite and have only 2 thoughts to share -
1. Best song to listen to while running - MGMT’s Time to Pretend.
2. Worst song to listen to while running - Q Lazarus’s Goodbye Horses (Krikor Edit)
WTF was I thinking when I put that song on the shuffle? For those who don’t know, it’s that creepy song from Silence of the Lambs (and an extended remix, nonetheless). Really not a good idea for running at night, either.
But MGMT’s Time to Pretend is awesome. Like a twisted sequel to The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize.
It’s my summer jam.
Is anyone else up in this mofo?
We’ll see how this goes. This is more of an experiment in trying to be clever in under 140 characters. I guess I’ll stop with it when the ladies start stalking me or when dudes show up just to punch me in the face.
Wire Panel at the Museum of the Moving Image. Some tasty bits.
Sometimes I wish I lived in NYC.
Pineapple Express panel at Comic-Con with the Human Giant.
Yeah, now that Dark Knight is done with, this is the next movie I am really looking forward to seeing. I keep borrowing George Washington from the local library on the weekends, but am never in the mood to watch it. Did anyone see Snow Angels? I actually really liked that one, but everyone else skipped it. If you haven’t seen All The Real Girls, I can only kinda recommend it as it’s really hit and miss with people (I LOVED it).
Is it just me or is yesterday’s earthquake still a bit haunting? The unfortunate thing is my printer sits on top of my desk so there’s a constant shaking as I’m printing a bunch of stuff today. I could move it, but that requires too much effort.
Last night I slept in 2 hour intervals for a good part of the night since my apt is situated near the driveway and the rumbling of cars only added a DTS/THX experience to my dreams.
I read somewhere that after the earthquake in China, people could not set their phones to vibrate during the aftershock period.
I’m sure I’ll get over it sooner than later. Regardless, here’s a song that I feel is somewhat appropriate in light of yesterday’s events and for some other personal reasons I’ve been listening to it constantly during the days leading up to yesterday.
The Pogues - Tuesday Morning - Live on Letterman
The funny thing is, Spider Stacy looks and sounds a lot like a young Shane MacGowan in this clip. If it weren’t for the closeups where you can see his teeth, you would have never noticed.
So I got under my desk here at work and “held on” while everybody else here acted like a champ and just sat at their desk. Seriously, it was freaky. I thought about heading over to the door jamb A.C. Slater-style but the distance seemed a little shady.
And yeah, being an East Coaster my only earthquake experience was the one I watched on Saved By The Bell years ago, tho I don’t remember TOOL playing in the background.
Debating whether or not I wanna pay someone to sleep in my bed with me tonight.
My favorite music videos have always been the ones with movie tie-ins and incorporate the film footage in a very dramatic way.
Some of my personal favs:
Madonna - Crazy For You - Vision Quest
Phil Collins - Against All Odds - Against All Odds
Pulp - Like a Friend - Great Expectations
U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - Batman Forever (embedding disabled)
Peter Cetera - Glory of Love - The Karate Kid pt 2
After posting this I will add Vision Quest and Against All Odds to my Netflix queue, those films look pretty dope.
. . . because it’s probably less embarrassing when your friends are over at your place and see that you’ve rented Sleepless in Seattle as you’re given the opportunity to plead that you’re watching it only because the screenwriting book you’re reading references it throughout.
And I know I’m breaking my moratorium of swearing on this site when I say this, but man, FUCK that movie.
Empire State Building? Bullshit.
Unpretty - TLC (users have turned off embedding)
One of my favorite songs of all time. Really. Been thinking about body politics of late as I’m trying to lose as much weight as I can by going to Bikram Yoga and going 80% vegetarian. At what point does THAT routine become unhealthy?
On a side note, can you think of any dude versions of Unpretty? You’d think by now with all the emo kids in skinny jeans with tight vintage shirts someone would have stood up to this madness.
The only song I can think of off the top of my head is Ted Leo’s “Me and Mia.” For years I never got the real message of the song. I was introduced to Ted Leo’s music by a friend in DC who happened to be named Anna, so I always associated the song with a group of friends hanging out. Unless you’re an idiot like me it should be clear that this song is about eating disorders - bulimia and anorexia.
ttyl
