Drake’s “Find Your Love” by the numbers
Posted by Anupa in Music, Rappers on 11. May, 2010 | 2 Comments
At a very prompt midnight, last night, the new video for Drake’s “Find Your Love” debuted on MTV.com. (Funnily, Canadians were unable to watch until it was uploaded half an hour later by OnSmash). All obviousness aimed at his Degrassi-braised acting chops, marijuana and murking aside, I’m digging the Mavado cameo because he looks hard [...]
New M.I.A. video “Born Free”: DISCUSS
Posted by Anupa in Film, Music on 26. Apr, 2010 | 6 Comments
FYI: I’m sure that saying this video is extremely NSFW will only make you want to watch it more, but don’t say we didn’t warn you. There’s also explicit violence if that’s not your sort of thing. M.I.A. is conjuring up some next level shit for her new album, out June. This isn’t on some [...]
Show & Tell: The XX – Islands
Posted by Anupa in Concerts, Music on 21. Apr, 2010 | 3 Comments
Definition of a staaaacked bill? The XX and Hot Chip. That’s where Simon and I were last night; part of an excited ultra-hipster-y crowd listening to two of the most interesting bands to come out of England in the past decade. An interesting juxtaposition too considering The XX are mostly mellow—except for when they remix [...]
Show & Tell: “Drunk Girls” by LCD Soundsystem
Posted by Anupa in Music, Show & Tell on 19. Apr, 2010 | 0 Comments
“Drunk Girls” has already been critically panned as the “SexyBack” of LCD Soundsystem’s listened-to-it-already-and-know-its-awesome new album This Is Happening (meaning it’s the most predictable, most sonically offensive, most base piece of crap on there). The thankfully-drunk-girl-free video, however, is GREAT and contains all of my childhood fantasies: singing into a microphone, writing on walls, dressing [...]
The Morning Dump: Tales of ancient Greece; Obamacare Super Sunday; kissing Lady Gaga,
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 20. Mar, 2010 | 0 Comments
Newsweek uses Clash of the Titans and Percy Jackson & the Olympians as a springboard to talk about the incredible influence of Ancient Greece on Western culture. It ends though on an unconvincing note that drives home the current state of Greek filmmaking: “The [Hollywood] filmmakers might not get the spirit of the Greek myths [...]
