Thursday, October 30, 2008

Happy Halloween Abe Vigoda and Mike!

SO, hope your day is spooky and shit. Here are two videos, one Halloween appropriate video from local heroes Abe Vigoda and one from the man, Mike Jackson, with the #1 Halloween video of alllll tiiiimeeeee!!! Oh, I hear (update) The Jackson Five are (NOT) reuniting, whooopty dooo...(Mike says no)

Abe Vigoda: "Skeleton"



Michael Jackson: "Thriller"

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Red Fang and BEARDO

SO, been busy. Here are two for ya. I like, You like, We like Funny Stuff.

Red Fang: "Prehistoric Dog"


Vampire Dysfunction: "Vampire Dysfunction" by BEARDO (AKA Tim from Les Savy Fav)
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Monday, October 27, 2008

The Night Marchers and MTvM

SO, The Night Marchers have a video from their pretty damn fine album See You in Magic.
It's live sounding, I think it is live. The video is pretty San Diego brodie brodie with the surf gear and Speedo's (Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Rocket From the Crypt, Back off Cupids, The Sultans whom I all love) wig, it's ironical since they are from there and all.

The Night Marchers: "I Wanna Deadbeat You"


If you have not heard MTV started a purely video web site called MTvM. They archived some videos from the beginning until now although there are a bunch that are not there. I searched for some obscure metal bands like Tora Tora, Roxy Blue, and Hurricane and they didn't have them. I remember watching videos of all theirs back in the day so I know they are out there. I hope they can archive everything someday. Still it's pretty cool, considering Mtv has neglected videos for a quite some time. The site is easy to use and it let's you embed and share videos. Here's a Pixie's video that I had never seen before.

The Pixies: "Dig for Fire"
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Sunday, October 26, 2008

Yelle + Passion Pit = Saturday Show.

SO, Yelle will be in LA this coming Saturday with Funeral Party, who we (TPF!) just played with a month ago at the Airliner and now are getting some mad push, and Passion Pit, who are rad! The show is at the Henry Fonda. I just got the Passion Pit EP, it's goooood! I will try to make the show, you should too. Oh, just back from our show in Mexico. Que Divertido!


Yelle: "Ce Jeu"


Passion Pit: "Sleepyhead"
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Friday, October 24, 2008

TPF! in Mexico and Centro-Matic


SO, we (TPF!) are heading to Mexico tomorrow for a show. Should be fun fun fun. LA Record thinks so and so do we. Here is the flier if you are feeling spunky to go.

Also a video from Centro-Matic. His mouth moves funny and the drummer keeps moving, wuhhh?? The things they can do these days, geese. Good, fun song.



ps A live video from us, recorded a while back.
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Thursday, October 23, 2008

Can't Help It.

SO, was gonna stay away from talking about the election BUT watch these. That's all the talkin' I need to do.

McCain Accidentally Agrees: Western Pennsylvania Is Racist



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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Les Savy Fav + My Brightest Diamond = Reppin' Brooklyn

SO, my fav dude Les Savy Fav did this intereview for Rehearsal Space. It doesn't show their space at all but it is an interesting interview. They get it. Also, My Brightest Diamond live on "Don't Look Down". Man, her voice is nutty good. Chills man. Not sure about the guy with the top hat but chills man, chills. They are at Hotel Cafe on Nov. 26th.



My Brightest Diamond: Live on "Don't Look Down"
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Danielson and The Very Best

SO, Danielson is from the Danielson Famile from a while back. They had some good ass songs, I saw them in Pamona in 2001. I have one of their albums too, I was stoked to see they have some new stuff comin' out. Wow, check it out.

The Very Best is GREAT!! World music by the way of Radioclit and Esau Mwamwaya, click on their name and listen to their remix of Vampire Weekend. Whoa, Awesome!!! Check out his version on M.I.A's "Paper Planes" here too. Super Duper!!

Danielson: "Idiot Boksen"


The Very Best: "Tengazako"
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Matt and Kim smile at Flying Lotus

SO, Matt and Kim are fun. Kim never stops smiling I swear. She has good reason to smile too, check out this Flying Lotus video. They are L.A. dudes.

Matt & Kim: "Daylight"


Flying Lotus: "Parisian Goldfish" (Click on the blackness where the video should be showing and it will start. Oh, and it's kinda dirty so be sure your boss isn't behind you)





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Friday, October 17, 2008

TPF! on Videothing again and Vegan BBQ Show!


SO, Michael from Videothing got us (TPF!) back on "the thing" but not playing this time, just introducing the Eagle Rock Music Festival. I look so serious, dumb. Here it is! Oh, and tomorrow is a Vegan BBQ Punk Show in Pasadena. Here is the flier. Come out!







eagle rock music festival


I am off the Sins and Sprockets 2 year anniversary ride! Whoooo!!!!

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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Japanese Perfume and Octopus Project.

SO, J-Pop stars, Perfume are cuties, smile and watch this. Also here is one awesome video from Octopus Project. You know....the Japanese love their octopus (tako), if you ever go to a Japanese izakaya (Japanese bar and grill type place) order Takoyaki, octopus balls! Umai! Delicious!!!

Octopus Project: "I Saw the Bright Shinies"


Perfume: "Love the World"
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Crazy Canadians = Fucked Up and Moby.


SO, my favorite new band in a while Fucked Up played a 12 hour show the other day in NYC. Moby showed up and played a guitar on "Blitzkrieg Bop".







Fucked Up and Moby: "Blitzkrieg Bop" (Ramones cover; live in New York)


Just go back from Dodgers game. Damn man, it's a shame. Oh well, I had a radtastical view behind the dugout and got drunk so it's not all bad.
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Girls, Electronica, Spit = Simian Mobile Disco, MSTRKRFT, Robyn

SO, girls, electronica, food, whoa!

Simian Mobile Disco will be at the HARD Fest here in LA on Halloween with JUSTICE.

Simian Mobile Disco: "Hustler" (watch until end, crazy scary!!)


MSTRKRFT did it too back in 2007. Watch.

Robyn spits shit out too!

Going to Dodgers game tonight! We are down 3-1. Shit!
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Bobby Conn and Apollo Sunshine

SO, I own Bobby Conn's Rise Up! album. I saw him open for Trail of Dead back when they were getting mad buzz. Nobody seemed to know who he was, but there are a handful out there who do. It's some entertaining shit. This is from like 97' or so. Funnnnnnyy! Oh, and here is one by Apollo Sunshine, they seem to be pretty good, neat video. They are on tour but no L.A. dates yet.


Bobby Conn: "Never get Ahead"


Apollo Sunshine: "Singing To The Earth"
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Friday, October 10, 2008

MGMT and Bound Stems

SO, this MGMT video is nuts. The bass player from Bound Stems has a MN Twins hat on (my home-state team).

Oh, and tmrw come out and see TPF! play with our friends Narwhal Party for their record release show!











MGMT: "The Youth"


Bound Stems: "Sugar Magic City"
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Thursday, October 9, 2008

Deerhoof and The Middle East

SO, love me some Deerhoof and love me some stop animation! The Middle East is a band I just ran across, here is a tour video of theirs. Pretty sweet dreamy stuff. Click on their name and listen to the first track. I like it, you will too.

Deerhoof: "Chandelier Searchlight"



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Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Air France + Monkey Waiters

SO, Air France is good. I like this fuzzy video, it makes me feel like women. Wha???? It's the softest lesbian porn film ever.

Air France - "Windmill Wedding"


and without further a due:

Monkey Waiters
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Atmosphere and CSS

SO, my home state of MN has Atmosphere. Here is some fingerboarding and some white boy hip-hop that ain't so bad. Oh, and here is that CSS video again. It makes me happy. Time for bed.



CSS: "Move"


PS GO DODGERS!!!!!
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Monday, October 6, 2008

I wanna see this Justice DVD + Love Is All.

SO, this is a DVD I want to see. Justice gets me. Makes me wanna get nuts and just dance like a mo fo. Can't help it. Check out this clip, they are such rockstars! They were one of my top shows last year too, super duper! They will be at the HARD Halloween Festival in LA at the Shrine, it'll be crazyyyyyy. Love is All is fun, I like the production of it too. It was recorded nice and gritty. They are at the Echoplex on November 16th for a Part Time Punks night. You should go, I will.




Love is All: "Wishing Well"
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Sunday, October 5, 2008

Barr and Erase Errata and PPM

SO, Dean Spunt of No Age (who I actually met last night for the first time) just released this DVD on his own Post-Present Medium (PPM) label, featuring rare and never-before-seen music videos from Deerhunter, High Places, No Age, Xiu Xiu, Abe Vigoda, Mika Miko, Soft Circle, BARR, Erase Errata, and more. Here are two of them.

Barr: "Song Is The Single"


Erase Errata: "Cruising"
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Thursday, October 2, 2008

Don't Vote and Mika Miko

SO, I did my part. Now do yours. Register to vote like a wild bore and then watch this video. Mika Miko has two shows on Saturday, one is at Eagle Rock Fest and the other is later at Pehrspace. Go.




Mika Miko: "Wild Bore"
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Katy Perry and the future of music videos.

SO, Katy Perry is back with a new video and I like it. It's like a video you would see on Mtv back in the day. Speaking of videos, here is a article from the L.A. Times regarding music videos.

Katy Perry: "Hot N Cold"
Hot N Cold


latimesblogs.latimes.com

Could music videos possibly be cool again?
06:05 PM PT, Oct 1 2008

There was a time, oh so long ago, when music videos were cool. Every Hollywood agent and movie studio executive had MTV playing in the background in their offices and were on the lookout for the hot new video wunderkind. Everyone seemed happily persuaded that every fresh-faced 23-year-old straight out of USC film school might turn out to be the next David Fincher, Tarsem Singh or Spike Jonze. Then it all started to fall apart, with MTV pretty much going down the drain and all too many of the alleged hot-shot directors turning out be one-hit wonders.

Could music videos possibly make a comeback? Wired magazine argues that we could be in the dawn of a new golden age of music video, thanks largely to the digital reach of YouTube, which has replaced MTV as the popular proving ground for the best new videos. As Weezer's "Pork and Beans" director Matthew Cullen puts it: "MTV has become an afterthought." He should know. When "Pork and Beans" (which is filled with cameos from the latest and greatest Web celebs) was posted on YouTube earlier this year, it became an instant sensation, attracting 4 million views in its first week.

Wired spotlighted six videos, nearly all of 2008 vintage. "Pork and Beans" is the best known, but it's hardly the only one worth watching. My favorite was "Toe Jam," by Brighton Port Authority, actually a Fatboy Slim spinoff group featuring David Byrne. Directed by Keith Schofield, it's a comic delight, featuring a host of naked women cavorting on shag carpet, their breasts and bottoms all carefully obscured with black censor bars. Schofield choreographs their movements so the censor bars spell out words or form Busby Berkeley-style geometric patterns.

One of the other treats is an interactive video of Arcade Fire's "Neon Bible," which allows you to create all sorts of cool effects by clicking on the screen as the video plays. Another video worth watching is Bright Eyes' "At the Bottom of Everything," directed by Cat Solen, which features playful stop-motion animation and special guests Terence Stamp and Evan Rachel Wood getting to know each other in a plane that's spiraling earthward in the most ethereal fashion. I also liked the low-fi quality of Animal Collective's "Taste." The only real clinker in the bunch is Rik Cordero's draggy, eight-minute-long video of a Nas song, which is undercut by the solemn pretense of the video. It's surely the only music video that actually has a "key grip" credit.

Still, five out of six isn't bad. Maybe music video has a future after all.

cLAy TV! will be the next Mtv, watch out!?!?!
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