Back in August I posted the video for Trauma House‘s outstanding remix of Clipse and Kanye’s “Kinda Like a Big Deal.” They are back with Dr. Plot & Professor Problems’ audio-visual portrait of 50 Cent – “It’s 50!” – and a new website featuring all of their videos.
Monthly Archives: November 2009
Picking the pocket of an Irishman
November 21, 2009 – 3:22 pm
Watching someone cheat stylishly is far more entertaining than prosaic probity. Thierry Henry, upon whose elegant shoulders has been heaped the corpulent bulk of the insufferably high minded English sports press’ opprobrium, remains the most charmingly witty and scintillatingly intelligent player to have ever graced the Premier League. He has single-handedly (no pun, etc.) prevented [...]
“I refuse to see Titanic, ever!”
November 20, 2009 – 4:14 am
I am regrettably more of a casual movie fan than I would like to admit. I often watch films months after the hype has worn down, not as some sort of statement, but because of my inherent laziness to actually go to the physical theater itself. Yet, despite being a casual fan of the cinematic [...]
Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No by James Blagden
November 19, 2009 – 4:49 am
In 1970 Dock Ellis, who passed away last December, pitched a no hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates while on acid. For part of the game he was convinced Nixon was the umpire and occasionally that Jimi Hendrix was at the plate. No Mas presents James Blagden‘s Dock Ellis & The LSD No-No.
The Quietest Tyrant: Sokurov’s The Sun
November 18, 2009 – 12:26 pm
Alexander Sokurov’s The Sun envisions the Japanese Emperor Hirohito, a putative descendant of the Sun God who renounced his divinity in the wake of nuclear devastation, as an obscure man of captivatingly delicate temperament. As bombs rain down on Tokyo, he dissects a hermit crab, composes mediocre haiku, and paces his lab-turned-bunker with the fumbling [...]
“Boy Won’t Pledge Allegiance”
November 17, 2009 – 7:01 pm
An amazing ten year old kid from Arkansas refuses to say the Pledge of Allegiance until gays and lesbians have equal rights. See CNN for the wonderful interview.
You Won’t Miss Me: Interview with Ry Russo-Young
November 17, 2009 – 10:18 am
Ry Russo-Young‘s new film, You Won’t Miss Me, is turning into a real hit on the film festival circuit. It has been nominated for a Gotham Independent Film Award and after featuring in festivals like Sundance, SXSW, and Marfa, it will be screening at MoMA on the 19th and 21st as part of MoMA’s Best [...]
Boarding House: An Interview with Roger Ballen
November 17, 2009 – 5:51 am
Spending a night in Roger Ballen’s Boarding House is not for the faint of heart. Since the 1970s, Ballen has built his artistic career upon twisted, soul-wrenching photographs that depict South Africa’s pain and poverty through a distorted, dream-like lens and through his new book, named for an abandoned Johannesburg warehouse-turned-impoverished residence he dubs “the [...]
Review: And Then You Really Get Into It @ Freies Museum Berlin
November 16, 2009 – 11:10 am
Clemens Wilhelm‘s art really does come a long way. Especially his newest photo-installations Der Weg nach Venedig (The Road to Venice) and The Meaning of Life. For the first installation the artist hiked all the way from Munich to the Venice Biennale, taking a photo every 15 minutes for the whole of his journey. Thus he [...]
