VIDDY THIS, DEAR DROOGS
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Starlight and i are waiting for Six' end of year lists (hurry, ya lazy bastard) to pour it all into one megapost of megabliss.
for the time being i will start with my first installment of favourite video clips of 2008.
GNARLS BARKLEY - WHO'S GONNA SAVE MY SOUL
i decided not to rank the videos, but if i would have this just might've been the one shining at the top of the list. it's a good idea brilliantly executed. observations are made to which everyone can (or will be able to if you're a youngun) relate, displayed with sardonic humor which really is the best kind of humor. it looks good to my layman eyes, the special effects are not over the top but effective, the storyline is coherent yet somewhat surprising at the end, it's well-acted... it's just very, very good.
M83 - GRAVEYARD GIRL
i have a soft spot for the Dompe sisters. although she's not credited anywhere (i can find, anyway), i feel Lola Dompe did an ace job on this one. just as her slightly older sister Diva did in slightly older M83 video Don't Save Us From The Flames. actually Anthony Gonzalez has his director repeat most of the core elements of Don't Save Us From The Flames. the obvious John Hughes (and to a lesser extent Sophia Coppola's Virgin Suicides, i think) influence and the corny storyline (outcast girl craves popular boy and all ends well), but it's good so we can tolerate it, can't we? it's his choice of style and i can totally dig it. i just hope that next time some tricks won't be used in the exact same manner, but Lola may be cast again, pretty please. Lola Dompe if you happen to ego-google (which is fine!) i <3 u! marry me when i'm 35 and you're 30 or whatever and if we're both single so we can have cute venetian blonde-dyed hair babies! but seriously, you're an awesome drummer and i can't wait to get Blackblack to europe some day.
VAMPIRE WEEKEND
i love the sequence with the fishies and the ferocity with which Rostam and Chris pound the drums. it's a fun shoot and it's infectious both visually and musically. they're funny and smart in how they represent themselves and in person (at the first Oscillations party) they were pretty awesome, too. nothing but love for this band and its endeavours.
WEEZER - PORK & BEANS
if you're just a tiny bit of a geek you've seen a lot of the characters portrayed here already, nonetheless it's an amusing collection of internet memes and i'm just glad one of my favourite bands as a teenager (<3 the Blue album! <3 Pinkerton! h8 everything else!) made a song that is more than digestable, it's that good old Rivers Cuomo catchiness.
CHAD VANGAALEN - MOLTEN LIGHT
Wixel pointed this one out when i made a post about videos a couple of months ago. Chad Vangaalen crafts not only songs, he draws cartoons. insanely awesome cartoons to accompany the wonderful stories he sings to us.
alrighty, you all have a good time tonight and make sure to return home drunk but safe.
Starlight and i are waiting for Six' end of year lists (hurry, ya lazy bastard) to pour it all into one megapost of megabliss.
for the time being i will start with my first installment of favourite video clips of 2008.
GNARLS BARKLEY - WHO'S GONNA SAVE MY SOUL
i decided not to rank the videos, but if i would have this just might've been the one shining at the top of the list. it's a good idea brilliantly executed. observations are made to which everyone can (or will be able to if you're a youngun) relate, displayed with sardonic humor which really is the best kind of humor. it looks good to my layman eyes, the special effects are not over the top but effective, the storyline is coherent yet somewhat surprising at the end, it's well-acted... it's just very, very good.
M83 - GRAVEYARD GIRL
i have a soft spot for the Dompe sisters. although she's not credited anywhere (i can find, anyway), i feel Lola Dompe did an ace job on this one. just as her slightly older sister Diva did in slightly older M83 video Don't Save Us From The Flames. actually Anthony Gonzalez has his director repeat most of the core elements of Don't Save Us From The Flames. the obvious John Hughes (and to a lesser extent Sophia Coppola's Virgin Suicides, i think) influence and the corny storyline (outcast girl craves popular boy and all ends well), but it's good so we can tolerate it, can't we? it's his choice of style and i can totally dig it. i just hope that next time some tricks won't be used in the exact same manner, but Lola may be cast again, pretty please. Lola Dompe if you happen to ego-google (which is fine!) i <3 u! marry me when i'm 35 and you're 30 or whatever and if we're both single so we can have cute venetian blonde-dyed hair babies! but seriously, you're an awesome drummer and i can't wait to get Blackblack to europe some day.
VAMPIRE WEEKEND
i love the sequence with the fishies and the ferocity with which Rostam and Chris pound the drums. it's a fun shoot and it's infectious both visually and musically. they're funny and smart in how they represent themselves and in person (at the first Oscillations party) they were pretty awesome, too. nothing but love for this band and its endeavours.
WEEZER - PORK & BEANS
if you're just a tiny bit of a geek you've seen a lot of the characters portrayed here already, nonetheless it's an amusing collection of internet memes and i'm just glad one of my favourite bands as a teenager (<3 the Blue album! <3 Pinkerton! h8 everything else!) made a song that is more than digestable, it's that good old Rivers Cuomo catchiness.
CHAD VANGAALEN - MOLTEN LIGHT
Wixel pointed this one out when i made a post about videos a couple of months ago. Chad Vangaalen crafts not only songs, he draws cartoons. insanely awesome cartoons to accompany the wonderful stories he sings to us.
alrighty, you all have a good time tonight and make sure to return home drunk but safe.
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