natalie portman’s shaved head – sophisticated side ponytail from thatgo on Vimeo.

The song may suck, but the video for upstart Pop trio NATALIE PORTMAN’S SHAVED HEAD’s single, “Sophisticated Side Ponytail” is an unbridled explosion of cheap visual thrills proving that in an age of nonexistent music video budgets, cool stuff can still be made for next to nothing. And on a Mac, at that…

Notorious Parisian party boy street artist MR. ANDRE brings his trademark daddy-longlegged pink stickman to life for UK dance rockers CAZALS‘ new video for “Somebody Somewhere” and the results are nothing short of impressive. Let’s just hope Banksy’s rats stay put on their walls…

You feeling SOULWAX? Watch the documentary HERE…

Sir Ben Kingsley STOMPS into the shoes of Minor Threats’ Ian MacKaye from Mean Magazine on Vimeo.

Pettibon’s ode to Charlie Manson…

Putting a nice cap to a typically balmy LA summer is the phenomenal retrospective of landmark 1980s drawings by seminal punk artist RAYMOND PETTIBON at West Hollywood’s REGEN PROJECTS opening this weekend. Culled from both the artist’s personal archives and the gallery’s collection of vintage work, the art presented here covers the years 1979—1989, Pettibon’s most fertile and landmark period. It was during this time of economic and social upheaval in the Southland that Pettibon’s iconic style was set in stone and he began illustrating Black Flag’s album covers and show flyers, putting an indelible visual stamp on the erupting hardcore punk movement that would define the sound of the era. Don’t sleep! HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

In a move that literally none of us could possibly anticipate, Supertouch’s own street saboteur & Popagandist, RON ENGLISH has written a musical homage to golden boy presidential hopeful BARACK OBAMA, and had it recorded by THE SUTCLIFFES, and just to up the ante, he’s filmed a video incorporating footage of his recent “Abraham Obama” street installation in Boston…

Commemorating the opening of the 29th OLYMPIC GAMES in Beijing and the global launch of NIKE SPORTSWEAR, the massive and thundering drumming event known as “88 BOADRUM” was held simultaneously in New York and Los Angeles on August 8, 2008 (aka 08.08.08). In order to create an aural spectacle worthy of the historic occasion, Japanese noise avatars THE BOREDOMS teamed up with NYC art rockers GANG GANG DANCE to perform an 88-minute composition beginning at precisely 8:08 PM on either coast. With the Boredoms ensconced in LA’s historic La Brea Tar Pits, and Gang Gang Dance lining Brooklyn’s Williamsburg waterfront, each group was surrounded by a massive spiral of 88 drummers thundering away in improbably synchronous harmony to create an echoing score that could be heard for miles. In light of a recently published BBC article attesting that rock drummers and performance athletes enjoy comparable cardiovascular fitness levels, a more fitting tribute could not be had. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

The music video might be a genre best considered dead and buried but both alt rock pioneers BECK and RADIOHEAD released amazing looking and amazingly different clips this month proving there might still be some life left in the three-minute rock spot after all. As expected Radiohead’s single for “House of Cards,” pushes the technological envelope, enjoying the distinction of being the first music video ever shot using lasers. Employing the incredibly high tech real time 3D scanning technologies of structured light and Lidar laser-enhanced scanners, director James Frost succeeded in creating an incredibly unique & retro-tech looking narrative (click HERE to read an in-depth making of interview). Taking their altruistic regard for fan interaction to the next level, Radiohead have released the video as an open source code file that fans are encouraged to tweek to their hearts’ content. Beck, on the other hand, has created the perfect visual accompaniment to his ‘60s-esque single “Gamma Ray” with a video that perfectly evokes Andy Warhol’s amateur movies and Silver Factory parties circa 1965 New York with a slightly modern touch…

BECK’s “GAMMA RAY”:

RADIOHEAD’s “HOUSE OF CARDS”:

THE MAKING OF “HOUSE OF CARDS”: