Brian Eno Discusses "77 Million Paintings"

Brian Eno discusses his latest sound and light work, "77 Million Paintings" now on display in New York.

Rap Quotes On A Street Corner in Your Hood, NYC.

Here's a pretty awesome idea, borrowing from other similar street artist stunts but certainly a novel take.

"Visual Acoustics"

Visual Acoustics is a documentary chronicling architecture photographer Julius Shulman's work and his importance in shaping how we view the modernist period of architectural distinction as he returns to the sites of some of his most recognized work. It seems this one is on the festival circuit now, but here's to a release sometime in the near future.

Meloncholie and the infinite seedness

Sometimes in this busy, fast paced world you need to micro blog.
Work by Sarah Illenberger.

Wayne Coyne is a Visionary

Check out the rest of what he produces in his spare time here (if you dare).

Hotel Shampoo

Gruff Rhys (weird dude) has a new record coming out. He has also collected complimentary hotel toiletries for 15 years and has decided to make a hotel out of them...in an art gallery...to sleep in.

If the rest of the album is as solid as "Shark Ridden Waters," I will be more than pleased.

Williamsburg, 1992

Check out this photo essay of my very own neighborhood streets, circa 1992. If I solely go on these photos, I'd have to think that it's kinda like the southside hasn't changed at all.

Melodie McDaniel Photography

No Age x "Everything in Between" Cover Art

No Age will release their new burner on September 28 via Sub Pop which will follow new single "Glitter" on August 24.  Designed Brian Roettinger put together the images.

Up There

If you live in New York, you're sure to see large signs, advertisements, sometimes stories tall, painted on the sides of buildings...many bright and new and many more faded relics of times past. "Up There" is a pretty great documentary on the trade of sign painting. This is a trade that is held dear to the people who create the signs but also a trade that is in danger of disappearing completely in favor of cheaper but less visually appealing vinyl signs. The doc features two Album Leaf songs which, along with the excellent mixing, really add to the story.

Via Thunder.

This guy has managed to justify something that has gone down at parties (good ones at least) since the beginning of time...all for the sake of urm, partying...and recycling. Check it!

(Maximize the video to get rid of the advertisement that plagues the lower section of the screen.)

Exit Through The Gift Shop

Exit Through The Gift Shop is a new documentary that sets out to tell the story of Banksy - notorious street artist and enigma.

The film is currently playing at the Sunshine Theater and Lincoln Plaza in NYC.

Video: No Age Score Short film "Aanteni"

No Age score this short by Rodarte and Todd Cole.

The film looks great and No Age's ambient maelstrom works very well with the imagery.

Check it HERE!

Glenn Branca

(Originally written for and posted to Thunder on 10/27/09)

Glenn Branca is a post-minimalist guitar composer who spawned from New York’s downtown No Wave music scene of the late 1970’s. Branca’s first bands, Theoretical Girls and The Static, played skewed, brash and abrasive punk structured songs. Moving on to what he would focus his writing on up to current day, Branca began to write music for small electric guitar ensembles (that of which Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth were members) and would expand his efforts to include pieces for guitar symphonies consisting of orchestras of 100 or more guitarists (!).

The Sound

Favoring texture over melody, Branca’s works utilize alternate guitar tunings, chord repetition and extreme volume to create dissonance along with a steady drumbeat to produce tense, minimalist rock songs. Branca thought of each guitar in a piece as having it’s own role in the overall tone of the work. In his early guitar ensemble work, guitars were divided into soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass and later in his electric guitar symphony constructs the same was true- but instead of one guitar playing a part, an army of guitars would.
Glenn Branca is currently working on The Ascension: The Sequel that will be a continuation of his first full length LP, The Ascension (99 Records, 1981) from which he has previewed sections of at three NYC shows this year.