Archive for August, 2009

Small Metal Gods

posted by Drew | Thursday, August 27, 2009 | 02:14:29 pm

Tiny airplanes traverse director Hiraki Sawa’s London flat in the video for “Small Metal Gods,” the lead track from David Sylvian’s latest album, Manafon.

Due out September 14th, the album comes in both standard and deluxe editions.

A Spice Girl’s Revenge

posted by ADW | Tuesday, August 11, 2009 | 02:16:18 pm

The former Baby Spice jocks Sweet Charity and doles out an irresistibly swank number that glides & sashays all over your limbic system’s sweet spots.  Fated to be rediscovered by the next generation’s Stereolab.  From 2003’s Free Me.

Bonus Sweet Charity scene, directed and choreographed by the apparently weightless Bob Fosse, after the break:

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In the future, there will be Fleetwood Mac

posted by Drew | Monday, August 10, 2009 | 09:50:44 pm

The cosmic folks over at Sunsetcorp dice up Fleetwood Mac’s “Only Over You,” from their 1982 album Mirage, into all sorts of awesome.

They give the same treatment to Chris De Burgh’s “Lady in Red,” featuring a giant, undulating, rainbow staircase thing reaching to the heights of the interstellar megalopolis I see every night in computer fueled fever dreams. Rad, man.

[Thx to Matt Hawkins at Fort 90]