I would say this sort of dada/nihilist sensibility is creeping back into graphic design and music as well. Coming up a decade ago when everyone was making painstaking recreations of 1800's design, etc… people tend to just be throwing graphic spaghetti at the wall and I'm loving it.
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I'm sorry, Grace Jones was here first. I mean, if we're talking about an upbeat pop song talking about being tied to history and repeating its mistakes.
He's also giving me strong Guido ala 8 1/2 vibes, it's almost comedic with the sunglasses.
The still lifes on her page look like they should be on a Cocteau Twins cover. Pretty great.
Did anyone catch that great interview with Stephen Colbert and Terry Gross? The guy's clearly spent a lot of time thinking about his relationship to the character of Stephen Colbert, it was really fascinating hearing him talk through thought-paths like "If I'm playing a character that feels like they deserve a big…
The episode of How Was Your Week, 27, with David Rakoff. I also find Here Be Monsters and Love + Radio really good for disassociate grocery shopping trips during terrible weeks.
“hit a Subaru, which hit another Subaru, which likely hit a fifth car that left the scene.”
This accident definitely happened in Portland.
I have nothing to add other than Josef K is so goddamn good.
Oh man, I didn't expect the nostalgia to feel this strong.
I totally forgot about that scene. Just went back and watched it on youtube and nearly burst out laughing in the middle of my office. I need to rewatch that movie. It's too bad it got bogged down in distribution.
I searched the comments for Rakoff. His voice and writing are like a sardonic, earnest, stoic comfort blanket.
Are you me?
That, and the fact that the last track references "A New Career in a New Town" off of Low… such a great way to round out the album.
Never connected the two. Damn, you're right.
Yeah, I think it's natural that two avant-garde artists in the 1970's would be attracted to that sort of pre-war German aesthetic. The collective unconscious has a way of certain influences surfacing for different people at the same cultural moment in time.
I remember seeing this in high school… or rather, downloading a very low res .mp4 of it after seeing Klaus Nomi on the Venture Brothers and going down the internet rabbit hole on the connection between Iggy Pop, David Bowie, and Nomi. After seeing the costumes in person at the Bowie exhibit that's been traveling…
How much longer until David Bowie and Scott Walker just grow into the same person?
Right? I don't think I would be into half of the weird stuff I listen to if it wasn't for niche music internet rabbit holes.
I'm completely ready to go into a multi-day existential funk over this movie, just like Synecdoche, New York. Party.