Dan Deacon – When I Was Done Dying
4 AprWhat an astounding thing collaborative effort can be. A few names and styles I recognized, a few I did not, and this video has made me awfully excited to check out the works of the unfamiliar ones.
And at this point, I think it bears mentioning that this is just one of a fair number of videos on this blog that have been featured on Adult Swim. Adult Swim, I think, is much closer to What MTV Should Be than MTV itself is. Practically everyone I know in their late teens and early twenties appreciates at least one show on Adult Swim, and the music videos they broadcast are consistently worthy selections.
Coolness is the supreme value by which networks and products are to be judged when you’re aiming for this demographic. And I’m sorry, MTV, but these days it seems that Adult Swim is a cooler kid than you are.
Atoms For Peace – Before Your Very Eyes
3 AprA spectacular music video for Atoms for Peace’s “Before Your Very Eyes”.
The Art of Mind Blowing: Why We Need More Teachers (Official Music Video)
30 MarMiss Helix explains why education is a mind blowing job.
(Link: Nancy. Thanks!)
“Celebration at Big Sur”- Baird Bryant and Johanna Demetrakas
28 Mar“Celebration at Big Sur” is a 1969 film documenting the Folk Festival at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA. You can find the entire film in bits on youtube and it’s available as a DVD. In this 9 minute clip, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young perform “Down by the River”. The performance starts at about 49 seconds into the clip, but there is a lot of good vintage hippy stuff before and after the music.
After spending last week travelling the California coast, I’m in total Pacific Ocean bliss. I love seeing all the aerial shots of the coastline in this film almost as much as I love David Crosby’s fringe jacket and Stephen Stills’ geometric poncho. The Esalen Institute is still around. You can sign up for self actualization workshops and retreats through their website.
I took these photos last year at a campground in Big Sur. You can see the bridge in the first photo in the aerial shots. What I didn’t get a photo of, was the terribly cute sea otter that would swim around the cove with a seagull perched upon his little belly.
Panda Bear – Boy Latin
26 MarA tour de force of psychedelic animation by Isaiah Saxon and Sean Hellfritsch, to music by Animal Collective.
The Daily Psychedelic Video 