2010 February | + all of the above

Emily Howell

February 25, 2010

Emily Howell is a program written by David Cope to create original, modern music. Hit play below to listen to a couple of examples, or click here to read the article.

H5 – “Logorama”

February 23, 2010

NSFW. via Anchorliss

[Oscars 2010 Mejor Cortometraje] – Logorama

“The Light in Glass Flowers”

February 22, 2010

An adult fairy tale by Josh Tierney with four illustrations by Sarah Ferrick

‘Who’s this girl, Ace?’ she asked as she danced towards him. She was barefoot and dug her toes into the earth wherever she stood, sending up worms and clumps of dirt.

‘I don’t know,’ he said. ‘I’ve never seen her before.’

She was now standing beside him with her arms wrapped around his body and he knew that she was squeezing as hard as she could even though he could not feel it. ‘She looks like she’s sleeping,’ she said, her innocent blue eyes drinking in every detail of the mysterious girl in front of them.

‘No,’ the man said, shaking his head. ‘She’s had her heart stolen. Look, I’ll show you.’

He then took out a pair of scissors and cut a section of the girl’s dress. He pulled down the flap to reveal a heart-shaped hole near her left breast.

The cavity was completely empty; inside was darkness blacker than even the deepest depths of the forest.

‘Golly, Ace, who would do such an awful thing?’ the girl asked, her eyes wide with fright. He pulled the flap back up.

Click to read on.

“East By Ellis”

February 21, 2010

an abstract mood piece
music by Minamo
beautifully shot by Rod Lamborn
exquisitly edited by Company X’s Megan Brennan

via Map Club

Massive Attack – “United Snakes”

February 17, 2010

Ghosts Of Venice – “I Learned From The Best”

via NeverSleepAgain

MaxNormal.TV – “Total F**K UP”

February 12, 2010

So Die Antwoord is fake (as in not a bunch of white trash rappers from the South African burbs) but as Gabe from Videogum says so what? Below is a clip of them as Max Normal.TV before Die Antwoord came about… NSFW of course.