This will be “old hat” to some English druggies and serious electronica fans, but I just saw it for the first time a few months ago and am realizing it may not be as well know among some peers as anticipated. It’s Chris Cunningham’s video for an Aphex Twin song, done in ‘05. *WARNING - it’s twisted and far out. But I would argue also with artistic merit*



Here a link to creepy stills and interviews with Warp and Pitchfork. And the video, also by Cunningham, for Come to Daddy.

So Thanksgiving has come and gone but you still feeling patriotic. Here’s an animated piece made by Vince Collins back in the days when you could get the govt. to fund such projects. Made in 1975 for the coming bicentennial celebration, he made sure to include elements of American hedonism and crass commercialization. Way to stick it to the man! They also don’t make endless noodle jam music like that anymore…

Here’s a link to his myspace page.

No animals were harmed, only slightly annoyed, in the making of this film. Make your own through the site!

David A Anderson directed this amazing animated short, written by Russell Hoban, that ran on BBC4 back in the early 90’s. The embedding has been disabled, but hopefully the title, and general love of animation, will get you to follow the link to watch. It’s a short tale of a psychopathic character that is actually a metaphor for WMD’s and war mania. Rather spooky subject matter, and done in a cool experimental style. Here’s the text. And a link to The Head of Orpheus, a Hoban fansite. Sorry about the lack of visuals here, follow the “animated short” link above!

I had a “what ever happened to” moment with this distinctive comic artist recently. I was a fan of ‘Stray Toasters‘ in the 80’s, apparently there has been some work on a film project - not sure how I feel about that, but I guess this would be the era in which to do it. If it does happen, hopefully they will keep it nice and dark. His main site. He’s also been working with Roger Waters, which is one of those “surprising, but not” discoveries…

On this day 22 years ago, Nintendo corporation released Super Mario Bros, which may still be the best selling video game in history. It featured the music of Koji Kondo, who also worked on the Zelda series.

Feeling old? Well that’s because you are-