SPRING AFFAIR (playlist)

Spring is almost over & Summer is upon us.  i haven't shared any music since my Summer Flings of 2014, needless to say i'm long overdue.  just in case you enjoy my musical curations of new tunes sprinkled with a few classics, click on the photo below to access the folder of a fun mix i created a few weeks ago.  i recommend just clicking on the "download" button at the top left & in a few minutes, it will all be in a folder on your desktop:  

if you'd rather just play it online, in the "view options" tab select "by name" so it will be in order & play through to the end.  if you download the folder, then i suggest you create a new playlist & drag all the MP3s into it.  i'm pretty sure it will place them in the oder i created & you'll have a good 3 hours of fun tunes to enjoy.  may you all have a smooth transition into the summer months ahead!  i'll close with one of the classics in the mix; a house track from 1986 often credited as the first house tune to crossover in the pop world & reaching 10th place in  the UK's mainstream single charts.  indeed, Love Can't Turn Around!!!

NYC 1981

Radical Media's Austin Peters was commissioned by the studio of A Most Violent Year to create a film about the period in which the story is set. what a fun way to promote the release of the film.  check out the important New Yorkers who defined the city, and inspired cultural mainstays today, such as Penny Arcade or Curtis Sliwa & my favourite, the one & only Dapper Dan who pretty much started what is more commonly referred to now as "Ghetto Fabulous!"

Every Breaking Wave

so U2 ain't my thing since they went all zooropa with 90s raver sunnies & shit.  however, Aoife McArdle's film is so nice it makes 2 of their new songs enjoyable, even cool.  Aoife brings U2 back to a time & place where the band & their music seemed relevant & good, well, at least good enough for when i was a teenager.  enjoy:

PURE

really digging this video by Karim Huu Do:

INTERESTING BALL

they're not just impossible; they're inevitable...

...i fucking love the daniels!!!

2001: A Space Odyssey

i was only 6 in Brussels when my Grand-Papa started taking me to the movies once a month or every 2 months.  rarely did he bring me to a new movie; he usually took me to screenings of what were then already classics.  i clearly remember the 1st two, although i can't say for sure which one came first or second.  was it Doctor Zhivago or was it 2001: A Space Odyssey?  

i remember having a lot of historical questions & plot clarifications about Dr. Zhivago.  on the other hand, for 2001: A Space Odyssey, i was so mesmerized it really didn't matter to me what was actually going on.  all i know, is that i wanted to see it again.  Space travel was still such a big thing back then.   just a NASA launch was an exciting event to look forward to...  

all i can say is that 2001: A Space Odyssey remains to this day one of my all-time favourite movies.  i will always be thankful for Grand-Papa for encouraging me early on to be inspired by science and even science fiction...  

with the upcoming digital release of the movie, the British Film Institute released a killer new trailer:

SUMMER FLINGS (playlist)

i haven't shared any of my music since December.  so here's just a few of the tunes that have been playing in my car this summer, usually up & down the Pacific Coast Highway.

click on photo below to access the folder.  if you'd like to play the tracks in order, chose the "view by name" at the top.  you can also download the entire folder in one go - "download" button top left corner of page...  enjoy & share the wealth!

Hands On You

47 year old lyrics by Bob Dylan brought back to life by T-Bone Burnett & Marcus Mumford!  MAD PROPS!!!

GIVE IT UP

digging the first single of KUTIMAN's online music video project  Thru You Too:

Kutiman, an Israeli musician, keeps creating these great tracks using bits & pieces of lots of YouTube videos.  this is true YouTube magic done right!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

...nice Tell No One video for Jessie Ware!

EASY EASY

i love Willough i.e. Willow Smith' cover of King Krule!



here's his video, which i really enjoy too:

DANGEROUS DAYS

Zola Jesus came to us for her latest video.  you know my man, the one & only Timothy Saccenti is mega talented when he can come up with something so good with less than a dime & under a tight ever changing schedule.  it's much easier to make a film when budgets are cushy & calendars are comfortable; it takes a true dedicated artist to deliver a  solid video for a demanding musician i adore but without a real budget, as is too often the case in the music video world.  enjoy & share the wealth:

SUNLIGHT

there was THIS KICK ASS TV SPOT...
now there's a heavily inspired & much cheesier new music vid:

the original is much better, from the casting to the overall look, but posting the quirky watered down rip off anyway, in the name of summertime fun.

Heavy Metal & Reflective

Azealia Banks rules!  i'm digging the biker gang thing... the video is a bit Romain Gavras/M.I.A. ish.  whatever, i'm cool with it:

La crème de la crème

A powerful Generation Z coming of age story from director Kim Chapiron (Sheitan, Dog Pound). SMART ASS (La crème de la crème) is out July 25th at Ciné Lumière.

On the first day of term, the dean of their prestigious business school tells his students: "You are the elite... the crème de la crème. Soon the rules of a market economy will no longer be a mystery to you. Learn, work and apply." Kelly, Dan and Louis take him at his word. Starting from the theory that relationships between the sexes can be regulated by market principles, the three sophomore classmates begin to inflate the popularity of certain students artificially, by hiring beautiful off-campus women as their dates for exclusive and riotous college parties. The perfect business model, their concept takes off like a rocket, surpassing its founders' wildest expectations. Soon they find themselves confronting the problems of rapid growth. And then the system truly takes on its own velocity, quickly escaping their control... After all, they're barely more than kids... and wasn't it all just a game anyway?

speaking of Generation Z, here's a recent article about the SCREENAGERS.

IVORY

Fleur & Manu's video for Movement is everything!

Turn Down for What

FUNNEST VIDEO OF 2014 SO FAR...

...starring Daniel Kwan of The Daniels (directors)

HUNGER (playlist)

greetings from Miami, the capital of Latino America where i've spent all my christmases, birthdays & new year celebrations since my folks left Caracas, Venezuela in 1999...  i have enough downtime right now to post another playlist i made this year.  this is by no means a best of 2013, just a few tunes i like, old & new...  

click on the photo above to access the folder then sort it by name to keep the tracks in order.  in the top right corner of the page, there's an option to download the entire folder to drag it into your itunes... enjoy & share the wealth!

MY GIRLS... YES PLEASE!

Tears For Fears covering Animal Collective is pure bliss...

...more about it here

JA'MAZING!!!

i am so freaking excited about this; can't wait!!!


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