Category: art & literature

Aug 17 2011

SuperHeavy: Miracle Worker

The first single from the forthcoming album from the super group SuperHeavy (Damian Marley, Dave Stewart, Mick Jagger, A.R. Rahman and Joss Stone).  Looking forward to hearing more from this album, but this is a pretty decent start.

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Aug 11 2011

Love and Intimacy (and eyeglasses)

Reposted from nevermind the bricolage:

Devendra Banhart at the Rainbow House – Director’s Cut from Oliver Peoples on Vimeo.

Oliver People’s purveyors of the finest in eyewear and trading in very cool music and aesthetics have produced a short film for their 2011 campaign featuring Devendra Banhart and his real life girlfreind, exploring ideas of love and intimacy, in the glorious setting of John Lautner’s Rainbow House. Love the song.

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Aug 02 2011

don’t hesitate

disappeared in this
entanglement i wonder
how autumn fell out

a second early (or late)
this seedling fades in memory

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Jul 25 2011

The David Mayfield Parade

One of my favorite bands (The Avett Brothers) had a show in Temecula last Saturday.  We made a bit of an adventure of the trip, heading down from LA in time to get some wine tasting in (+1 brewery).  One of the big surprises was the opening act for The Avett’s, The David Mayfield Parade.

The official video gives you a little idea of his showmanship…live…he was a blast.  For some of my friends, imagine me on stage dancing (say from 80s night heyday or the Goodfoot) playing and singing bluegrass.  Or for those that don’t know me well, just imagine Zach Galifianakis playing and singing bluegrass.
(Oh and yes, he’s Jessica Lea Mayfield’s older brother)

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Jul 25 2011

Breath of Love

David Mayfield and Seth Avett perform David’s song Breath of Love backstage before a show.

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Jul 02 2011

No good?

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a peak at lyrics from upcoming new music from Tom Waits.

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Jun 30 2011

Everything In Its Right Place

DJ Spooky + Joshua Roman » Radiohead from The Voice Project on Vimeo.

An iPad (well and a macbook), a cello, a song interpreted.

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Jun 25 2011

don’t you cherish me to sleep

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Jun 25 2011

Tree of Life

“Many films diminish us. They cheapen us, masturbate our senses, hammer us with shabby thrills, diminish the value of life.”
– Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert calls the film Tree of Life a prayer…not asking for something, not to someone or something, but a prayer for everyone and everything.  It most definitely is not your typical Hollywood fare.  It is a film that is beautifully shot and for the most part edited (I did think one sequence was a little long).  It is a film the plays with the idea of what the beginning and end actually are.

This isn’t a film for everyone though. Which in some ways can lead to that “I’m a genius film maker and smarter than you” vibe. The way it plays with time can make it difficult to follow.  In all honesty, I’m not entirely sure how I felt about it.  I mentioned above one sequence I thought could have been edited a little differently (I think it could have been a little shorter without affecting the impact of the sequence).  I do think that one of the ideas was to keep you questioning, both when and where you are, but how we are connected with each other and our world.

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Jun 14 2011

James Vincent McMorrow

A lovely song recorded in a house by the sea (in Ireland) 01 If I Had a Boat by jamesvmcmorrow

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