The Black Keys – Lonely Boy
Well, life continues to be an interesting adventure, the Lost Ark Studio continues to build on a long held dream, the collection of vintage gear grows, new music turned my way, and then a killer track, with an simple video concept that just has to make you smile. Enjoy…
Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers
‘Nuff said…
Humbling…
Seriously, how much insane talent is out there? People working things first just because it’s what they *have* to do, that they love to do.
Then they push the edges of what they can do and in doing so push the edges of what can be done and then, once proven they sometimes luck out and it becomes a living…
Congrats guys…
Best Cooking Show Ever
Super smart, super funny… Even I could be talked into cooking if this was how I had to work it.
Un-Freaking-Real…
I am way late to the Dubstep party, truth is I probably won’t ever get there – but damn, it is downright inspiring to see one person redefine what is possible when it comes to dance/movement. Just one dude, a camera and a hell of a lot of work – and your mind is blown…
Republic of Letters: Don’t Change (INXS Cover)
Speaking of music from The Lost Ark Studio, here’s the first video done there. Sweet…
Head here for more about Republic of Letters.
Improv Everywhere: Carousel Horse Race
I love these guys… So simple and smart, making a rough world a better place…
Strikkly Vikkly – Strikk Nein Dub
Victor Rice is, without question, one of the best dub producers out there. An American living in Sao Paolo, Brazil, “Strikkly Vikkly” not only creates some of the most sublime dub mixes in the style of the Jamaican masters of the late 70s, but he shows all how he does it via many a video out there on YouTube.
And not only that, he is an incredibly helpful master as well – when we were looking to add some dub options to The Lost Ark and sent some questions his way, he was kind enough to respond with a gear list, encouragement and more.
Victor rocks…
For more information, head to Total Running Time…
Ted Hawkins: Green Eyed Girl
A friend of mine pointed me to this amazing singer. And I don’t know anything about how musicians tune their guitars, but the “open” tuning he’s using just sounds so sweet.
Sadly, Ted Hawkins lived a relatively short and rough life, and I only wish I could remember if I ever saw him on one of my trips up to Venice Beach. From Wikipedia:
For the next ten years or so he drifted in and out of trouble around the country, living in Chicago, Buffalo, Philadelphia, and Newark. In the middle of the mid 1960s folk music boom Hawkins set out for California to try for a professional singing career. He recorded several tunes without commercial success, worked at odd jobs, and took up busking along the piers and storefronts of Venice Beach as a way to supplement his income. Hawkins made ends meet by developing a small following of locals and tourists who would come to hear this southern black man, sitting on an overturned milk-crate, play blues and folk standards as well as a few original tunes in his signature open guitar tuning and raspy vocal style (Hawkins claimed the rasp in his voice came from the damage done by years of singing in the sand and spray of the boardwalk).
In world of American Idol processed cheese music, it’s nice to know that you might be taking a walk someday, be it on a boardwalk or sidewalk, and the next truly talented person could be there, right in front of you…