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Here we go again folks. My buddy Barry Cole hipped me to this group. Looks like we are going to have to invent something totally new AGAIN!! I guess if there can be an Afro Punk movement then there can be a Blue Eyed Soul movement. Not saying I don’t like this stuff because it sound just like old soul music; but I can’t say I like it either. I’ll probably be called racist for the title of this post; oy vey!
In my quest to find good short films shot on the Canon EOS 7D; I run across those that make my face turn flush with cinematographic envy. I love this one. Can’t wait to get my 7D.
The Story Beyond The Still: The Cabbie from Vincent Laforet on Vimeo.
I get tired of my European friends always trying to take credit for Techno music. Techno music has its origins in Detroit as an adjunct to Chicago House music. The pioneers of the Techno Movement were three teenagers in the late 70’s and early 80’s from Belleville, Michigan named Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson. Even though real dance and techno music enthusiasts know the history, some of those less informed still like to claim European origins. Though Germany’s Kraftwerk set the foundation for much of the electronic music scene, Techno has its foundation in soul music and disco. Techno is as American as Apple Pie, Fried Chicken, and Collard Greens.
I found out about this documentary through DJ Spooky’s email blast. I’m glad I found this. When I was a kid producers like Marley Marl, Africa Bam, Hank and Keith Shocklee, and Kurtis Blow (people forget he was a producer) were sampling James Brown and Funkadelic freely. In the late 80’s and early 90’s that all fell apart and the law suits came. Suddenly Hip Hop producers were criminalized. I’m looking forward to seeing this. I think I’m going to download it today.
My boy Malik did this photo montage of people sleeping on the train. Its hilarious. The last three images are of a time we were on the train together and this old man was completely out of control. The last image he was literally sleeping on top of me. We were dying laughing.
Caught Sleeping from Malik on Vimeo.
As a photographer I am always interested in how artists both musical and visual represent themselves to the world through imaging. A good combination of artist definition and the right imaging will present an energy to the world that is clear and intentional. Images penetrate the subconscious and therefore create an understanding. They key is to great imaging is to try to find the truth behind the artist and look to express that as profoundly simple, beautiful, and true; every time.
An old friend of the Rebel Soul team from Germany named Sophie just sent an email looking for some songs for her new artist Max Herre. When I did some research on him I found this beautifully photographed music video. He sings exclusively in German; but from the imaging I was able to tell a lot about the artist and get a pretty good feel for the intention of the song. Let me know what you get from it, I’m curious.
This is the most intense “I love my dog film” that I have ever seen. I guess people need love and sometimes you receive it in whatever form it comes. Give thanks to the filmmakers for making this; it has inspired me on a day which has had few inspiring moments.
Last Minutes with ODEN from phos pictures on Vimeo.
I will start this album review with full disclosure that I have a huge crush on this lady. With that bias I will also disclose that when it comes to music I have a keen ear for what is fake and I can hear the real very quickly. Corrine Bailey Rae’s sophomore album The Sea is not only an indication that she is the real; it makes a clear statement to me that she will be around for a very long time in this game. After one listen I already love this record. It has that perfect Melancholy that lulls me into a deep feeling of quietness. Her voice is so well controlled and within herself that it reaches inside of its listeners. The truth is often times relative to perception and deeply personal. Truth requires the receiver of it to be touched in a way that resonates something known from deep down which translates into belief. I believe every word Corinne Baily Rae sings on this album and that for me is rare occurrence in the modern music marketing games of gimmicks. Corrine is no gimmick. The first track Are You Here has the haunting melodies of Cold Play and sets the tone of the album with very clear and honest lyrics. I’ll Do It Again comes in with beautiful production with luscious string arrangements and guitar melodies and the third track Feels Like the First Time comes in knocking and funky with Rae’s silky voice over top. The whole album is really solid; go get today.
People tend to forget that Martin Luther King was only 26 years old when he staged the Montgomery Bus Boycott. We have to understand how incredible it is for someone so young to gain the faith of an entire generation of African Americans. Not only did he inspire and lead his generation he led senior citizens, middle aged working folks, children, high school and college students. He challenged a nation and the world; and he was a 26 year black man. He was an icon and a cult of personality. To give context and to make an obvious and maybe unfair statement; I will just point out that in Lil’ Wayne is 28 years old.