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music videos are one of the most versatile, accessible and exciting art forms. outside of the mainstream exist videos made out of ice sculptures, paper and food fights. videos that restructure videos of the past, videos that feature costumed adults riding bikes choreographically and rarely used techniques that add to the unique-ity of the artist. enjoy. words above the vids are the key reasons that i love them.

Jenny Lewis - "Black Sand" - double exposure

Black Sand

Passion Pit - "The Reeling" - gritty torn paper

Bat For Lashes - "What's a Girl to Do?" - biking animals

WHY? - "A Sky for Shoeing Horses Under" - purple thunder clouds

Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks" - eyelids

Ratatat - "Shempi" - abba

Beirut - "In the Mausoleum" - watermelons

(this may or may not count as a music video)

Animal Collective - "My Girls" - color and texture

Lykke Li - "I'm Good, I'm Gone" - elderly joints

Justice - "D.A.N.C.E. (Justice Remix)" - tees (duh)

Matt and Kim - "Yea Yeah" - live food

Modest Mouse - "Little Motel" - backwards with a backwards ending

sneak

my hero

(978): Last night i stole a disco ball from a frat house by pretending i was pregnant.

(photo by Hedi Slimane)

sketchy

i love The Selby because it makes me excited about getting a real place and being my own interior decorator. it also caters to my love of penguins.

The Selby

movies i'm excited about: #1

The Brothers Bloom

starring: Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo

"A globe-trotting comedy about the last great adventure of the world's best con men."

i saw this film at the San Diego Film Festival last fall and fell completely in LOVE. Adrien Brody is incredibly sexy, Rachel Weisz is adorable and Mark Ruffalo is quite the mastermind. it is easily in my top 5 favorite movies of all time and i HIGHLY recommend it. i saw it twice at the film festival and i am anxiously awaiting its arrival in Ventura.

coachella pt. 3

soul food

silver lining + acid tongue

apple

i thought i had seen movies that shook me to my core; that made me have realizations that i thought were monumental. i just finished Rachel Getting Married and my eyes are red and puffy, my head aches and my stomach is grumbling because it was a roller-coaster of sorts, but it was an incredible experience. i'm not going to go too deep into this, but this movie made me acknowledge things that i forgot were waiting to be acknowledged, and while it sucks, and while i feel a bit more weight on my shoulders, i feel good. it's a great movie for sisters and a great movie for people who have dealt with big things. it's not delicate, it's very honest and, despite everything i have said about the oscars and benjy b. and slumdawg, this movie should have been nominated, and it should have won. and i swear to god, had there been no scenes of a crying dad i would have been fine. crying dads get me everytime. and btw, i didn't know this before i saw it, but the guy from TV on the Radio plays the groom (and he does a REALLY good job). cooooool.

coachella pt. 2

heaven. 

glock got popped

as badass as guns can look, when they get into the wrong hands they lose all coolness. nothing has happened recently in my life involving death by bullet, but this video i stumbled upon makes a pretty good statement. and it's fun to watch up to a point. you'll see. 

Q

i was taking the "which disney/pixar character are you?" quiz out loud yesterday and my dad chimes in "you're the balloons on the balloon house." 

i felt like it was a rare moment, something special that usually would not happen in my household. my dad has been becoming more and more up to date on the outside world (meaning the world outside of hot rods and car shows) and he's also been becoming more outwardly thoughtful. he is aware that my two favorite pixar movies are Ratatouille and WALL E, yet he tells me i'm a bunch of balloons. it must mean something. 

pengy

this is why penguins are my favorite animals. they're so personable! and fast.