All I Need

A brilliant new video from Radiohead, partnering with MTV to bring awareness to slave labor and human trafficking. Here's what Thom Yorke had to say about it...

"All power to MTV for taking this on because it's obviously going to be difficult for them in terms of the advertisers. Their lawyers had to beg to make sure there wasn't a single white [sneaker] with a logo on it because the implication would be a little too close. But the implication is still there. If [MTV] are able to break the taboo of enslavement and put it onto the agenda then its a good thing. If they get people to think in terms of the profits we make in the West because of cheap labor, then that's a good thing."

Hoping For a Miracle

Raveonettes | Lust Lust Lust

I've become slightly obsessed with this album. The guitar tones this guy gets are from another planet. It's just simple pop song structures drenched in reverb and overdriven fuzz, but they execute it so well. I highly recommend it to anyone that hasn't heard it yet.

Nine Inch Nails Ghosts Film Festival

I have to admit I'm a fan of Nine Inch Nails. I've seen them live multiple times and have always been impressed with their creative use of film and lights. When I was just a kid I was dragged by some friends to their show at the Masquerade here in Atlanta during the Pretty Hate Machine tour. I didn't even know who they were, but I was blown away. I have a lot of respect for the path Trent Reznor has taken in his career and how vocal he's been regarding the current state of the music business. It was no surprise to me that he chose a variety of unique release options for the recent NIN instrumental album Ghosts I-IV, and that it ended up being a success. Shortly after the release Trent Reznor partnered with YouTube and posted a video asking people to come up with their own visual interpretations of the instrumental tracks from the album. After listening to the album I decided I would try my hand at a clip of two just for the hell of it. I came across some old stock footage of the inner workings of a watch that had some cool use of stop motion effects, and I felt like it matched up really well to one of the tracks. I edited it in iMovie and posted it to the Ghosts Film Fest Group a few weeks back. A few days ago the Chicago Reader posted an article about the current fan remix craze and they posted my video clip in the article. Pretty cool considering I've seen a lot more clips submitted to the NIN thing that I think are way better than mine. Anyway, here's the clip and I'm toying around with some ideas for another one. It's a fun way to pass some time.

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