A rather excellent polar panorama music video for Megalo Meloman by French ‘apocalyptic composer’ Sandy Lavallart, directed by Paris-based animator Stéphane Berla.
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The official video from dREA’s debut single Animal from the album Bravest of All, available May 9, 2014.
Thanks Michael Fitzgibbon
Albumbums
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Hex House
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The video for Crossing Borders by German house duo Booka Shade directed by Ryan Staake and filmed using a hexacopter (a heli-drone carrying 8 GoPro cameras) to create an even more intense variant of the effect previously seen in Jonas Ginter’s 360º polar timelapse.
And here’s the making-of feature.
The mighty Eclectic Method test-drives what would appear to be a fairly intuitive, creativity-enhancing new video sampler app called Vidibox.
Because that’s how clever app promos do.
40+ random video samples in three minutes. Go…
Previously: Wolf Of Wall Street: Chest Thump Mix
(H/T: Johnny Wilson)
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[Top: Kurt Cobain outside Old Grand Parade Hotel, Grand Parade, Cork City and (above) a flyer for the Sonic Youth/Nirvana gig at Sir Henry’s]
Nirvana played support to Sonic Youth at the 750-capacity Sir Henry’s in Cork on Tuesday, August 20, 1991.
Yesterday journalist Brian O’Connell (on RTE’s Today with Seán O’Rourke), asked former Sir Henry’s manager Seán O’Neill how many actually attended..
“On the night, we didn’t actually sell-out, it was a Tuesday night, this was Sonic Youth gig, really more than Nirvana, which was the support band. I would say probably we had about 300 at the end of the night. My recollection, I think there was about 14 people watching Nirvana at the start, now a few joined afterwards all right but nothing like what people say. People who weren’t even at the gig are now at the gig, you know, or now were at the gig and foresaw everything that was gonna come down the line.”
Oh.
Related: When Nirvana Came To Town (Des O’Driscoll, Irish Examiner)
Previously: “I Didn’t Know Until This Year That The Name Cobain Was Irish”
Pic: Kcobaindaily
No Doubt
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A young Gwen Stefani collars Sting for an autograph in 1983.
The theremin or aetherphone, patented by Russian inventor Léon Theremin in 1928 and currently manufactured by Moog Instruments, is an amplified proto-synthesiser that uses two metal antennae to generate frequencies based on the relative position of the user’s hands.
But you knew that.
Here’s a Chrome/Safari/Firefox-friendly interactive online player with which to amaze/annoy your family and/or colleagues right this minute.
Sasha de Marigny writes:
I was at dinner at Cafe di Napoli tonight when the chef suddenly broke into song. Utterly incredible talent!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGOHPY3xtmU&feature=kp
Where Were You On April 3rd, 1971?
In your mummy’s tummy you say?
That’s adorable.
Now read on.
RTE Archives sez:
April 3 1971 marks the first time that the Eurovision Song Contest was hosted in Dublin, following Dana’s win the previous year. The Eurovision production was also one of the first home produced colour television programmes broadcast by RTÉ.”
Angela Farrell represented Ireland in the contest with the song ‘One Day Love’ and came in eleventh place. The Eurovision Song Contest 1971 was won by Monaco with the artist Séverine singing ‘Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue”.
Watch (in full Eurocolour) here.
(H/T: John Gallen)