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January 2010
Watch It Online: Cabaret
Cabaret was released in 1972 and is directed by Bob Fosse, the guy whose Broadway choreographies were the inspiration for Beyonce’s “Single Lady” video. The movie is set in Berlin in the early thirties, a time that on the one hand was a pretty liberal, while on the other the nazis slowly started to take over the social life in Germany. It is partly based on the “Berlin Stories” by gay writer Christopher Isherwood and so became one if the first Hollywood movies that (after the so-called “Hays Code” had lost its impact) very openly adressed issues of love, sexuality and coming out. It is especially worth watching because of the brilliant acting of Liza Minelli who got an oscar for her role as an American singer called Sally Bowles (I think the film may be the reason for this demonstration banner by the way.) Click here for the first part of the movie – compared to other clips of this movie on YouTube the quality of these ones is surprisingly good.
More Fashion: Bernhard Willhelm AW 10/11
Pictures by Anne De Vries via Un Nouveau Ideal.
Music Ticker: Yeasayer, Clifton, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Knife, Younger Lovers
+++ O.N.E, mabye the best song on Yeasayer‘s new album “Odd Blood” is not only the band’s new single but can also now be downloaded for free on their webpage (in exchange for your Email address) +++ +++ East Village Boys has recently published an interview with an artist called Clifton who seems to be worth having a closer look at. The songs on his Myspace page are awesome +++ +++ The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have released a new video for their song “Skeletons”. You can watch the clip and a making over at Pitchfork +++ +++ The Knife‘s 90-minute-electro-opera “Tomorrow, In A Year” which will soon be released on CD can now be prelistened to in it’s complete length here (Thanks, Sebastian!) +++ +++ I proudly present the new video by the Younger Lovers (via Think Pink Radio). It’s for the song “Sha-Boo-Lee”: +++
Artists That Draw Attention (VIII): Jack Balas
Jack Balas was born in Chicago in the late 1950 and since the seventies works as a painter and photographer. As you can see his artwork focuses on hunky white guys who all seem to have somehow been taken out of their original context and were transplanted into a more exciting and more playful environment. I especially like the drawings, the ones below are all taken out of his huge “Tatto Detour” series he worked on on his trips to Hawaii. More of these on the artists pretty, um, unpretentius website. The painting series I posted above are now on Cruisin’.
Damien Walters & Livewire Interactive Freerunning
“Chose your character, chose your path!” (It’s supposed to be an interactive game kind of thing – if no buttons appear on the screen while you’re watching the video click here to watch it on Youtube, it should work there.)
Bruce LaBruce: “Helter Skelter”
This saturday evening the opening of Bruce LaBruce‘s new exhibition “Helter Skelter” will take place at Peres Projects, Berlin. La Bruce will not only be presenting several prints of photographs he took of Francois Sagat during the shooting of L.A. Zombie, there is also going to be a screening of the movie itself in its latest cut (which is supposed to be pretty close to the the final version). And if you’re not the kind of person who is impressed by attending an official European premiere of a movie you may have your little personal premiere by meeting the real Francois Sagat who will also be around. Could be pretty crowded. More about the exhibtion here.
A Tribute To Homohop: Pick Up The Mic
Pick Up The Mic is a documentary about the queer hip hop scene and its roots. It premiered at The Toronto Film Festival in 2005 and is available on DVD since last year. The movie brings together nearly all important protagonists of the so called homohop-movement such as Deadlee, Johnny Dangerous, Katastrophe, Soce or Scream Club and can be ordered. on the movie’s webpage. On the blog of the Amoe music stores (where the DVD release was officially celebrated last year) you also find a nice interview with Juba Kalamka, who talks about the film and the way queer hip hop has delevolped until today. Kalamka is a founding member of the legendary gay hip hop act Deep Dickollective and has released a solo album called “oogabooga under fascism” in 2007.
Music Ticker: Tracey Thorn, Ewan Pearson, Grizzly Bear, Jonsi, The xx, YACHT
+++ Tracey Thorn is going to release an new album in autumn produced by Ewan Pearson who also produced and “It’s All True” seven songs on her last record “Into The Woods” -> double yay! +++ +++ Grizzly Bear have recorded a beautiful cover version of Hot Chip’s “Boy From School”. You can download it on Pitchfork +++ +++ A few days ago Jón Þór Birgisson aka Jónsi visited the radio station WNYC for a little interview and to play an acoustic set of a few of his new songs. Click here to listen to both of it +++ +++ A lot of you may already know that The xx have released this new video for their song “VRC”, so I decided to post this older video by YACHT here not only because I really like but because this project definitely needs a bigger audience and some of you may not know it yet: +++
