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The fires in Southern California are incredibly dangerous, scary, and costly. I wish we never had to deal with wildfires but in all the destruction there is something awfully beautiful that serves as a reminder of how powerless we really are.
Here’s one of the better remixes from the Passion Pit remix contest in anticipation of their upcoming album. I also had to throw in a track off Bromst by Dan Deacon because they both make some very strange and wonderful music.
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Will Sheff incorporated a ton of references to other songs and artists in “Plus Ones.” Here’s the complete list compiled by Cynthia Closkey:
1 “96 Tears,” Question Mark and the Mysterians, 96 Tears (1966).
2 “99 Luftballons,” Nena
3 “Seven Chinese Brothers,” REM, Reckoning (1983).
4 “Eight Miles High,” written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn, and David Crosby, recorded by The Byrds and included on Fifth Dimension (1966).
5 “TVC15,” David Bowie, single (1976); a song possibly about Iggy Pop hallucinating, or possibly not.
6 “Care of Cell 44,” The Zombies, Odyssey and Oracle (1968).
7 “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” Paul Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years (1975).
8 “Three Times a Lady,” The Commodores, Natural High (1978).
A group of passionate Lord of the Rings fans from the UK produced a 40 minute prequel film to J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of The Ring they are calling The Hunt for Gollum. The group was on a budget of only $5,000 but they made a truly impressive piece with professional art direction, cinematography, CG, and soundtrack. Released just a few days ago, the film has already been viewed 500,000 times.
You can watch the entire film online for free by visiting their Dailymotion page.
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This entry was written by Jordan, posted on May 6, 2009 at 2:16 pm, filed under Film and tagged tolkien. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
It’s been a fantastic month at SoundSuck. We’ve had some great featured artists, shared a few new videos, and played some solid original and remixed tracks. I have final exams next week so I’m afraid I won’t be posting much for the next week or two. But I wanted to be sure to thank everyone who has been coming back to the blog over the past month by giving out the SoundSuck Mixtape Vol. 2. This April mixtape is a compilation of our ten favorite tracks we’ve shared on the blog over the past month.
3. Wake Up (Where The Wild Things Are Version) – The Arcade Fire
4. Pachuca Sunrise (Acoustic) – Minus the Bear
5. My Girls – Animal Collective
6. Heavy Breath (Live) – David Bazan
7. 1901 (Alan Wilkis Remix) – Phoenix
8. Family Tree – TV On The Radio
9. Do You Realize?? (Postal Service Remix) – The Flaming Lips
10. Videotape (Mojib Remix) – Radiohead
Thanks again for all your support. If you are interested in writing something for SoundSuck shoot me an email!
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This entry was written by Ryan, posted on April 29, 2009 at 6:22 am, filed under updates. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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This entry was written by Ryan, posted on April 28, 2009 at 8:20 am, filed under Song of the Day and tagged spoon. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
It isn’t often that you come across a piece of media that punches you in the gut almost instantly. Visual artist Michael Marantz conveys a deep message with a fusion of author Carl Sagan’s far-reaching words and beautiful time lapse photography. What makes Earth: The Pale Blue Dot truly impressive is the sheer amount of work that had to be put into it by one person. To fully appreciate it you must consider the following; there are 30 scenes in this three minute video. Each scene took between 30 minutes to 14 hours to capture using a still photography camera. There are over 4,000 frames in this short film and every frame you see is actually a combination of three separate images created using a technique called HDR. And as if all that work wasn’t impressive enough Michael Marantz composed the music as well. Earth: The Pale Blue Dot is a powerful piece that deserves attention not only for its emotional weight but also for its technical brilliance. Below you will find the original soundtrack that Michael was kind enough to let us share as an mp3.
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This entry was written by Ryan, posted on April 27, 2009 at 6:00 am, filed under Film and tagged michael marantz. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
