Show and tell: Leonard Cohen’s “Chelsea Hotel”
Posted by jessekg in Uncategorized on 16. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
Leonard Cohen is famous for a lot things, with one of those things being that he’s a recluse. That made it a BIG deal when the legendary singer/songwriter toured in 2008 after a 15-year hiatus. Clearly, he thought it was a big deal too because he went through the effort of documenting it on the [...]
Coping with age, ever so ungracefully
Posted by jessekg in Curiosities, Uncategorized on 20. Aug, 2010 | 6 Comments
Oddly enough, when I google “old why guy with pipe”, I also got a pic of Stephen Harper, and one of Paris Hilton. Photo via Ah, New York Times, bastion of investigative journalism, defender of human rights, the fourth estate, pillar of a free society, spotter of trends, taster of foods, and of course, constantly [...]
Show and tell: Kanye West, “Power”
Posted by jessekg in Music, Uncategorized on 06. Aug, 2010 | 1 Comment
First off, sorry for two Kanye posts. We sort of have an unwritten rule about that, but have you seen Kanye’s video for Power yet? With the amount of hype it was getting, it being a “painting” and all, not a video, according to Ye’s twitter account, I have to admit I was definitely curious. [...]
Stereotyping movies based on trailers: Somewhere
Posted by jessekg in Uncategorized on 23. Jul, 2010 | 1 Comment
Everybody knows the best parts of every movie are put in the trailer, so as a service, this is where we save you the time and money by telling you if a movie is worth it, based solely on that trailer. This time, Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere, the trailer for which has been out for some [...]
The best of One Shot Videos
Posted by jessekg in Internet, Music, Uncategorized on 16. Jul, 2010 | 3 Comments
One shot music videos, in which the camera never cuts out and the action takes place in one fluid motion, have been around for almost as long as the music video itself. Just think back to Bob Dylan’s Subterranean Homesick Blues released in the ’60s. But as of late there have been a ton of [...]
