The cheeky and very entertaining music video for “70 Million”, a catchy new song by Franco-American band Hold Your Horses!, offers a journey through an art history decidedly their own, as the bandmembers reconstruct, and play through, a series of history’s most famous paintings. Fantastic art design. The song’s pretty good too! The video follows:
Archive | February, 2010
The Future Now – Flexible Screen Displays
Albeit slowly (to me) the future is coming, and while we may not be here yet, the more things I see like this the closer I feel we’re getting. At least now scientists have the ability to imagine, like never before, what’s possible. Flexible screens are most definitely the future, allowing for a host of applications, [...]
Hand to Mouse – Software tracks you mouse movements
A website called IOGraphica has come up with a program that generates an image based on your day’s mousiness, recording its path for however long you decide. The above image is a mouse-path over the course of a regular work day, in this case about 6 hours. The black dots are pauses, their size indicating [...]
Thom Yorke Announces a New Tour, as Atoms for Peace
Thom Yorke announced today that he’s hitting the road. Which should cause a nice little hurricane of desire to get tickets for this series of shows. It should go without saying it’ll be an amazing show. He’ll be playing with his band Atoms for Peace, formerly billed as ??????, including members Flea, Mauro Refosco, Joey [...]
Passion Pit Has dee Passion
They’re finding themselves at the center of many a screaming kid’s best-of lists at the moment. They should — they’re so dammed happy. Solidly on the festival tour this summer, Michael Angelakos and friends, aka Passion Pit, are entrenching themselves in the hearts of emo kids everywhere. With their super peppy, beat-ridden tunes you can’t [...]
Toy Trucks Smashing
What a cute little monster truck rally. What adorable little middle Americans paying their ten bucks on sunday Sunday SUNDAY! What a sweet Truckzilla. Get your hot dog and muscle shirt and watch the little trucks and cars smashem up — in high speed. Video by Australian photographer and time-lapse filmmaker extrordinaire Keith Loutit.
How to Defeat Jet Lag Once and For All
The sluggishness, the twinkling stars in your vision, the flying pink elephants. You may have jet lag. If it’s something you dread, or even if it doesn’t bother you, many long-distance travelers consider it a bane to their traveling lifestyle. The worst part about jet lag is, because so many factors affect its severity, you [...]
Colin Meloy’s Cast of Characters
I suppose I should introduce my cast of characters with me on stage tonight, shouldn’t I? On my right, stage right, the little furry thing, that’s Erick with a K. Erick is spelled with a C though. So it’s Erick with a C with a K, but the “with the C” part is silent. It’s [...]
Visual Artist Serge Gay Jr. Assaults You With Style
Twenty-six year old, Haitian-born Serge Gay Jr, is one of popular culture’s most talented artists, currently riding a wave of success. It’s not hard to see why. His paintings will turn you inside out and massage your vital organs, assaulting you with images from your own memory, but twisted and even more inspired than you [...]
Cool Your Thighs With Lap Saver
If you’ve ever been on your couch working diligently away on your laptop only to discover that your thighs are being barbecued like tri-trip steaks underneath the keyboard, you’ve probably wished for a something to effective stick under there. Because yeah, dirty computers get really hot. Fortunately for you there are enterprising companies out there [...]
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