I just learned that Adam Yauch, or MCA, out of Beastie Boys has passed away at 47. He suffered from cancer and has undergone treatment since 2009. He was the co-founder of Beastie Boys all the way back in 1979...!
I can't exactly call myself an original fan of Beastie Boys, but definitely a fan no less. Nevertheless it's always sad when great musicians die before their time.
I want to share a couple of my Beastie Boys favourites in memory of the great MCA.
"Alive" which was a new track for their 1999 compilation album Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds Of Science.
"Intergalactic", one of their most iconic songs (the one that everyone sings along to but no one's sure of the unintelligible lyrics...)
"Body Movin'" which gained massive popularity when remixed by FatBoy Slim
And of course "Sabotage". No words can do this track AND video justice.
Stumbled across this little piece of deep house from an Icelandic electro group called GusGus. Exotic!
I often find that music videos for electronic music can be very creative, funny, and aesthetically pleasing. However, in some cases it all gets a bit... pretentious... I really like this track, and I guess it sort of induces a feel of drama, graveness, and 'serious faces', haha. But come on, one of the youtube comments even thinks the costumes look like World of Warcraft gear...!
I'm all for a bit of theatre, but it should compliment the music, not make you wonder what this has to do with a group of grown up people running around showing off in an Icelandic landscape, which by the way is undeniably scenic.
The track is good, though!
I also recommend you check out this live performance of theirs if you enjoyed the above track...
Tonight is the night. As a matter of fact it's just minutes away. I just have to get this, get something off my chest.
It's times like these when I envy my friends who don't care about football. Tonight "my" team, Manchester City meets their archrivals Manchester United in a game that could turn out to be decisive for who wins the league.
This track by FatBoy Slim is usually played at City's home games at the Etihad Stadium. It captures that suspence, the tension, the atmosphere, the impact of big football games. So here's to a City victory. This is where it counts. Right here, Right now.
I think we all go through periods where we sometimes feel a bit sad and blue. Be it due to lack of motivation, inspiration, love, money, success, whatever. The sources can be many and often overlapping.
I'll be honest and admit that I'm currently in a state where things aren't exactly "cool"... But then I stop and think about how trivial my problems really are "in the big scheme of things". I'm really ridiculously lucky to live such a good life.
But sometimes that might be hard to appreciate because there is a discrepancy between my reason (which keeps reminding me how lucky I am) and my emotions (which remind me I'm unhappy). Trivial issues (or nuisances) are termed first world problems by some, which might be quite fitting in many cases...
It's alright to feel sad, it's only human, but remember that you are lucky.
I always watch this video (accompanied by a brilliant track) by the Danish band WhoMadeWho when I need a reality-check...
Woke up today and felt kind of moody and melancholic.
Got a shift a this café where I've applied for work, which really is good news because that means I have a better chance at getting the job, but my gloomy brain didn't even feel happy about that. Just kind of indifferent.
Went to do the shift.
Now I'm exhausted but I feel like I could be the guy in this video, fucking chipper...! Weird what a bit of "purpose" in your daily life can do, isn't it?
So the video for SebastiAn's track "Love In Motion" was recently released. And almost before anyone got to see it the video was taken off Youtube. Why? Well, it seems the sight of the French child actress Lente Tresor dancing along to the track proved too risqué for some viewers.
Subsequently, someone else has uploaded the video and it has been "allowed" to stay up. YES, I can recognise the insinuation of a dance that can be interpreted as sexy and suggestive, but it is also fully possible to just appreciate it as being a feisty and energetic dance full of attitude and I-wanna-be-a-dancer-ambition. Of course I'm sure the video is meant to provoke, but there's no need to get all hysterical and pietistic about it. I think one should just enjoy the video for what it is.
But hey, that's just my opinion. Have a gander and make up your own minds as you are all individual and free-thinking human beings. And it IS a fucking awesome track.
You'll have to forgive me if my blog is looking slightly schizophrenic nowadays, constantly and erratically changing appearance. I'm just playing around with some ideas for designs, but as I'm sure you can appreciate, I lack the web design/photoshop skills to get anywhere near a good design. It's actually making me laugh when I'm sat trying to edit and mix these photos into something that is supposed to be a blog design. I'm like a dog in front of a computer: enthusiastic, but NO idea what I'm doing (so by all means, feel free to drop me some hints and tips if you feel like). Ah well, all I can do is soldier on and keep on trying. Rome wasn't built in a day and all that... (Nor did Roman builders throw down their tools in frustration, going "Oh fuck this! I've no clue what I'm doing")
Aaanywho. SO! I've moved to Copenhagen, ja? It is "meget sjovt". This city is fucking awesome, no doubt about it. I'm currently just exploring and getting to know the city, living lazy and unemployed days. So what could be more fitting than to share with you some Danish house music? If you haven't heard about Trentemøller, well... Then you're out of touch, granddad! But seriously, though, you should check him out... I'll give you a couple of examples of his electronic artistry.
This track, "Moan" is off his first album "The Last Resort". This video, man... Manly tears.
Trentemøller is also a wizard when it comes to remixes. This is one I stumbled across on the Hype Machine and I instantly loved it. Check it out for yourselves.
