Apparently, the theremin was originally intended to be used as a classical instrument–now it serves a far greater purpose in radiating smooth electric vibes over this Daft Punk cover.
The A&V office seems to be lacking a hide-away for our writers to surf the nets and brainstorm. The Ovei entertainment ‘egg’ looks like the solution…once we get $40,000…and an office.
And while in the time capsule (I mean egg), how about cooling off with a laser cannon? (I mean Dyson’s new blade-less fan)
And lastly, Claire wanted to share Tada’s Revolution with everyone: if you’re a fan of hand crafted stuffed animal figurines acting in 2-line plots, check it out.
The internet is a many-faced beast with a personality disorder: some sites are tame, others trouble, and a few, like chatroulette, are grab-bags of people who shouldn’t be allowed to leave their basements and the most incredible people you’ll find on the net. Luckily for me, I stumbled upon the latter. Dustin McSwane, a passionate fashion stylist and the topic of this post, along with Brain ‘Geno’ Nettle, a photographer now stationed in NYC, found their way onto my monitor, and now onto A&V. (More…)
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…as in, the one that isn’t absurdly dark and violent and must have been the Shakespearean equivalent to a baroque period. Titus Andronicus came out of nowhere in 2008 and delivered unto the underground world of music fuzzy guitars, a singer that couldn’t sing, and overall a band that sounded one martini away from keeling over. Yet, somehow, it all worked so well, everything meshed to create a fun sound that evoked a feeling that nobody could quite put their finger on yet. Enter “The Monitor,” just as fuzzy and drunk as their debut but with a more focused and lighthearted approach; with it, everyone realized it was a feeling reminiscent of the infantile punk rock scene of the 1980s, without being punk rock. Fun bleeds from every second of every song TA plays out, and losing oneself in the wave of it is all too easy. Listen to the sample track “Titus Andronicus Forever” at the top of the post, stream it on Myspace, or preorder the album here.
Laurence Windram has some interesting, imaginative, and mysterious pictures in his portfolio. What is it about these ones that remind me of being a kid, putting Bugles on your fingers and pretending you’re a witch? Just me then? Nevermind…
A few weeks back, indie (?) band Ok Go teamed up with Notre Dame University and released a souped up marching band rendition of their new single “This Too Shall Pass”. Now they’re back with another version of the song and another snazzy music video to go with it. This time, they channelled the spirt of Rube Goldberg (I dunno, was that even an actually guy?) and Wiley Coyote to lay down some sweet-ass chain reactions. Enjoy.
Now that Jay Leno has slithered back into his former post (which, oddly enough, is still done on the old Jay Leno Show stage), NBC has finally finished one of the most immature breakups in recent memory (even though they’re still trying to censor the internet…). But whereas NBC and Leno still don’t realize that the internet is not their friend, Team Conan has fully embraced the ‘tubes.
With a little over a week on Twitter, seven Tweets, and half a million followers, it looks like @ConanOBrien might take an internet based route for his next gig. Either way, his new internet presence allows fans to get instant updates on not only his unemployment but the slow degradation of his mind. Here are some of the highlights:
“Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me.”
“This morning I watched Remington Steele while eating Sugar Smacks out of a salad bowl. I was naked.”
“If anyone’s curious what I look like with a beard, it’s this ?:^(0) Coincidentally, that’s also my ATM pin number.”
For a little over a week in May 2009, US based artist Ripo nabbed ten consecutive newspapers and re-imagined the headline through a colorful and typographical lens. Typography nerds rejoice; while he’s not totally slinging established fonts, the bulk of his focus is placed on the letters themselves and how they relate to the subject. Check out more work from Ripo here and keep up with his latest headlines .
