Saturday, October 24, 2009

lplover

If you want browse through trashy old lp covers here is the place to be!
They have tons of covers and often short explanations of the covers and the bands who are behind the masterworks. Some examples:




exactitude

The second post is about Rotterdam-based photographer Ari Versluis and profiler Ellie Uyttenbroek.
They were interested by the different dress codes in social groups and began in 1994 taking shots of people. They put them together and present they work, which they call exactitudes here. I personally like this one:

Néojaponisme

Hey,
Sorry that I didn't post so much thee last days. Yeah I know this is getting more and more regular.
But today I will make up for the lack of postings.
I will begin with a page called Néojaponisme. It is a website who handles everything japanese. I just stumbled over this page and I quite can't tell where they are going. Thy seem to be political and philosophical, how strong I still don't know. But if you want to see something that is more than a conglomeration of mindless links and pictures (not that my “blog” is exactly that...) you are on the right homepage. Perhaps we let them talk for themselves:

We have taken the name Néojaponisme as a convenient rubric for our pursuits. This is not a revival of that specific Japonisme visual design style of the 19th century (now often construed as “Neo-Japanesque”), but we do indeed identify ourselves as impudent inheritors of the original Japonisme spirit. We too are non-Japanese inspired by Japanese culture, and we too hope to advocate Japanese products and creative culture that may have been devalued or ignored in Japan. But let us correct the fundamental philosophy of the previous movement in two areas:
First, we expand the idea of Japonistic Japanese inspiration beyond pure visual aesthetics to a broader appreciation of myriad creative fields.

Taken from their Manifesto which you can find here

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Trippy

Brace You!
Have you ever heard of the group Major Lazer? It's Gangsta Shit meets nerdy Bikieness, all mixed up and spiced with a healthy Dose of LSD and other hard Shit. Watch at your own risk!




Pon De Floor featuring Afro Jack & VYBZ Cartel

Major Lazer | MySpace Music Videos