Twirk Ethic

The Skeleton Boy (by Nexus Productions) video looks like it was created with CG, but it was actually executed with double-sided tape, little styrofoam balls, and fans. What a great music video concept.

Via Boooooooooom!

Die Gestalten Verlag has been in my Bookmarks bar for quite a while now. I’m very excited to see that they have a podcast that covers all the areas of design culture, from art to architecture.

Via Design You Trust.

This application looks like it could be a lot of fun. It could be especially invaluable to the people out there who are into sound art. Created by Sonoma Wire Works.

Via Made in England by Gentlemen.

I’m loving the cut-paper animation style in the new Gnarls Barkley video, Mystery Man, created by Walter Robot Studios.

I got my first taste of real boom bap hip-hop at it’s peak in the mid 90’s. I was 14, and on Friday nights I would sit in the driveway with my Walkman tuned to 91.1, Vanderbilt University’s radio station in Nashville, TN. Egon and Count Bass D hosted a weekly show called 911 Emergency (side note- last time I was in the WRVU studio, they had Stones Throw slipmats on the turntables. Yes! ). Everyone in Nashville who loved hip-hop was either listening to the show, or hitting the after-party at The Mediterranean Cafe. It was through 911 Emergency that I found out about Black Moon, and through Black Moon I discovered DJ Evil Dee. This guy was an enormous influence for a lot of beat producers that are making records today.

Now that I’ve taken my time to wax poetic, I’d like to say that if you’re in the Middle Tennessee area and are even remotely interested in seeing hip-hop at it’s finest, you need to get down to The Boom Bap at Blue Bar this Saturday, Nov.15. The show will be presented by my friends Case Bloom and coolout (with a lowercase “c” ) at BPM The Street.

Check out DJ Evil Dee’s Podcast.

Grammy-nominated French electro-duo, Justice, are releasing a tour documentary, due Nov.24. After watching the trailer, here, I am unsure that there is any point to this movie, other than to illustrate the fact that electronic music producers have pretty much replaced rock stars. Don’t watch this at work, you should probably be working. Via Design You Trust.