My friend Jason sent me this. I don't think this is 100% verified and seeing as I don't want to receive any cease and desist letters, just read these articles/blog entries and decide for yourself.
My opinion is that the Complex picture is probably a ruse - why would the world's most notorious graffiti artist be bother to be bombing in broad daylight?
Then again, he's been known to put up his own art installations in high security museums during business hours.
Finally, we get a 4 minute glimpse of Anton Corbijn's feature film debut about the life and death of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis. Time to start bustin out my old Love Will Tear Us Apart t-shirt from highschool.
1) Anton Corbijn is one of my favorite photographers/music video directors and hopefully his transition into feature films is comparable to those before him like Jonze, Gondry, Fincher etc (not like Joseph Kahn, for example). It's also very cool that Corbijn chose to to shoot the film in B&W, much like his signature photography-style. Most of the images/videos of Ian Curtis that I am familiar with have been rendered in B&W (barring the Love Will Tear Us Apart video) so I think this aesthetic choice is very appropriate for the subject matter.
2) Samantha Morton.
3) Hearing "Atmosphere" again on the big screen. The song was used to brilliant effect in the film 24 Hour Party People by Michael Winterbottom.
Reasons why I am not excited:
1) Michael Winterbottom briefly explored the life and death of Ian in his the aforementioned film 24 Hour Party People. The portrayal constituted only a 1/4 of the movie, but felt very much spot-on that a feature length bio-pic seems uneccessary. I'm sure the feature film will go into greater depths, seeing how Corbijn was close to Curtis and some of the script is based on Deborah Curtis's book "Touching From A Distance." But seriously, can anyone top Steve Coogan as Factory label head Tony Wilson?
2) Who the fuck is Sam Riley? Does anyone else think he looks like Pete Doherty? In the film's early stages of development Jude Law was up for the role, but thankfully someone came to their senses.
3) In the age of commercialized Emo, I just don't think this movie is such a good idea. Tho, I plan on making a ton of money on my WWICD bracelets.
4) The possibility of hearing Love Will Tear US Apart in a montage sequence and then hearing a bunch of emo kids get all gushy over it. Joy Division had better songs kids!
So I decided to start a new blog. New Day CO-OP. If you don't know, don't worry about it. If you're interested in helping out, hit me up in the comments.
music: Every Spark Of Friendship and Love Will Die
A) What Became of the Likely Lad
B) A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man
C) Who Knew He Was an Oasis Fan?
D) "This Guy's Brilliant."
This was posted on several music blogs today. It's interesting to see your musical idols as civilians in their youth, referencing Umberto Eco and Oasis in the same breath.
A few weeks ago I went to NYC and accompanied a friend on a shopping trip for swimsuits. She brought me to Paragon, a sports store, and while venturing around the store, I saw James Murphy aka LCD Soundsystem. I was kind of surprised to see him there to begin with, but I was blown aqway when I overheard him trying to buy some gloves used for punching "things" (I never heard the word boxing).
Now, after perusing the AOL music blog The Spinner (yes, AOL has a musci blog and guess what - it's not horrible), we find out that James is stepping into the world of Ultimate Fighting.
Seriously - the UFC discussion is about halfway through . .
Strange indeed. This reminds me of that Friends epsiode where Monica thinks she's going to get a marriage proposal from billionaire Jon Favreau and it turns out that his real ambition in life, after conquering the worlds of money and love is to conquer the physical world by becoming the Ultimate Fighting Champion. Yeah, I have no idea why I remember that.
BTW, if you haven't heard LCD Soundsystem's latest single "All My Friends," I suggest you go and listen to it right now. I've never been a fan, but I can honestly say that this may be my anthem of the year. Technically this is a dance song but it's got that pump-your-fists-in-the-air element, harking back to old school New Order and echoing Roxy Music's "Virginia Plain." I want to say that this is a break-up song, but I can't put my finger on it.
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