Advertising documentary produced by Charles and Ray Eames in 1972 about the Polaroid SX-70 Land camera. Beautiful mise en scene touting civilized concern, a universal need to do things well, and a rich texture of memory. Astounding music as always from these Eames productions, this time provided by Elmer Bernstein.
Turf dancing in the rain: teenage boys doing what they do best, somehow combining ballet, yoga and break-dancing.
From The Gordons, pre-Bailter Space. Really can’t beat that early 80s New Zealand noise-jangle on a post-work Friday browsing session at Aquarius.
Rebecca from Full House dressed like some Lower East Side girl circa 2007 doing acrobatic BMX tricks in slow motion (and in heels!) to “Send Me An Angel” by Australian new wave band Real Life. Thought of this song while remembering the completely unrelated film My Left Foot , but wow, can this video be any more incredibly weird?
An absolutely riveting performance in a river (!!!) by Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal and group. Voices, bottles, flutes and the river itself are used to make a trance-inducing piece of music. Miles Davis, on whose Live-Evil record Pascoal played, famously said of him, “the most impressive musician in the world.”
A TED talk in which mycologist Paul Stamets studies the mycelium — and lists 6 ways that this astonishing fungus can help save the world.
Jozef Van Wissem on swan neck baroque lute playing “Amor Fati (Love is a Religion)” from his Ex Patris LP on Important Records. Performed at Augustijnenklooster, Ghent in July 2009. Beautiful and haunting pacing.
No piano need feel duty-bound to always sound like a piano
—Glenn Gould, as quoted from this excellent review of Bill Orcutt’s most impressive LP, “A New Way To PAy Old Debts.”
Las Grecas lip syncing to the deep grooves of their Te estoy amando locamente on some television show. Dancing in a half sexy, half awkward manner, and those matching outfits! The entire album is wonderful, thanks to L’il Meggy for the turn on._
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