I listened to Marvin’s Room about 10 times on Sunday, a new single leaked by Drake. I wasn’t going to give it a chance, after hearing his horrible song Trust Issues, which was leaked the week before. Maybe I’m just not a fan of Drake singing because Trust Issues was just a whiny mess to me! But I’m all about vibe, and something about the vibe of Marvin’s Room I understood, and liked.
As a visual artist, I’ve always made up how I’d want a music video to be, and with all the gloss that usually makes up a ‘Hip-Hop’ video, I’m usually thoroughly unimpressed. The new video for Marvin’s Room however, is how it should be; it’s a literally song, that displays a literal video. And although I would do things a bit differently, I really won’t complain about it. It’s refreshing, in particular when talking about a rapper, to see one act like a loser (ok sorry, a cornball having a desperately hard time dealing with girls and fame), instead of these puffed up, arrogant, egotist who we normally are bombarded with .
So thumbs up from me! ….for all those glossy videos, that have nothing to do with the song; ‘I’m just saying you can do better…”
WHAT GETS YOU MOVIN?: music
29 JunWHAT GETS YOU MOVIN?: video
21 Jun
Along with photography, I’ve been dabbling with shooting and editing videos. I decided to sit down with comedian Mike Brown, who you may remember I shot earlier this year, to learn more about him, and of course sharpen my video and editing skills. I learned a lot about editing doing this project, like you need a lot of footage to really get usable content, you need to think about different angles and perspectives, and I need I’m more patient than I realized (editing is f***ing tedious).
So enjoy my 1st attempt at video editing, more to come when a big project I’m working on comes together….stay tuned.
WHAT GETS YOU MOVIN?: video
20 Jun
So don’t judge me, but I love Katy Perry’s Last Friday Night video. The song is generic pop, so I don’t love song the song or anything, but the video is fun and funny. I’m an 80s baby, I still love watching 80s movies, and I can actually appreciate the cameos (HELLO! Kenny G), unlike Katy Perry’s predominant fan base. The only thing I could fault the video for is that she has a laptop, but hey, what better way to mesh today with the 80s!
So if you’re an 80s baby, enjoy…if you’re not, well enjoy anyway.
WHAT’S GETS YOU MOVIN: entertainment
1 Apr
Watch an expert of my homie, comedian Mike Brown, at the premiere spot for comedy, Caroline’s; you can watch more on youtube. Mike is a funny dude and he’s popping up with shows around the city, so check him out.
Learn more about him via twitter (@MBtheREMIX) with his always interesting banter.
Oh! …and I took this promo picture of him.
WHAT GETS YOU MOVIN?: music
19 Feb
After Sunday night’s Grammy’s an amazing announcement was made, Radiohead is releasing a new album for download on Saturday! The album ended up coming out a day early (yesterday Friday). I’m not ready to talk about my thoughts of The King of Limbs quite yet, but I will say innovative as always. In the interim though, watch the video of the 1st single, Lotus Flower where, if you’ve ever seen a Radiohead concert, Thom Yorke is showing his moves. Enjoy.
If you haven’t bought it yet, you can do so here.
WHAT GETS YOU MOVIN’?: music
16 Feb
If you remember from my write-up on the Friday Night Lights mixtape, I’m a big fan of J.Cole. So on Valentine’s Day I was excited to hear that there was a video for his song with Drake, In the Morning. Sadly I was highly disappointed, the song keeps me moving though, that’s why i’ll still post it on the blog.
As far as the video, J.Cole and Drake were on tour while filming so I know there were time constraints, but I feel this video could have been so much better. I hope its just some promo video, and not some video that’s supposed to actually be played on MTV. Wait, does MTV still play videos? As I digress…the video is not horrible or anything, it’s just boring, especially when the song lends its self for far better visuals. The upside? …ummm the girl in the video (although the song references two girls) is cute?
What are your thoughts? Agree? Or am I being my normal overly critical self?
hate in your blood…well HIV…
23 MarI’ve mentioned this story to a couple of people, and no one has heard about it, so I figured I would post it.
This story is crazy to me, it leaves me numb. What’s is wrong with people? How could you ruin someone’s else, at that a youth’s, life like that? …and more importantly, how the hell could your son be missing for 10 day, and you weren’t frantic calling the po-pos? He must have a crazy home life… that kid is screwed in more way than one.
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