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Web Debut: Five Star Niggaz

Consider me a fan of these guys, whoever they are and wherever they’re from:

1 + 1 = 1: A Tribute To Bryer P-Orridge

Genesis Bryer P-Orridge and her wife Lady Jaye were one of few pandrogynist couples in the world, actually they are sort of the inventor of what is called Pandrogeny. As a (male) singer and musician of the British band Throbbing Gristle as well as the founder of Psychic TV Genesis has always been interested in the transformations of the body and the possibilities these transformations can open up in terms of rethinking gender identity and finding new concepts of what love means. Genesis and Lady Jaye perceived their love as so strong that the both of them were just parts of one shared entity, a “pandrogynist” person called “Bryer P-Orridge”. This is why through several surgeries they started to change their bodies in a way that they would more and more resemble each other. Sadly Lady Jay Bryer P-Orridge died of a heart failure in 2007, but recently several film projects have been released that in different ways deal with the couple’s relationship – one of them is Jake’s Yuzna’s awesome film “Open” that won a special Teddy award at this year’s Berlinale (click here for the Berlinale info sheet), another second one is a documentary called “The Ballade Of Lady Jay” by filmmaker Marie Losier (trailer below) who also shot the brilliant great video to “Have Mercy” by Psychic TV. More about Genesis P-Orridge and the concept of Pandrogeny on her website. Jake Yuzna will soon be part II of the CATCH FIRE interviews series – as soon as I have completely transcripted the interview. I also posted a clip of another documentary about the couple produced by Metropolis Web TV.

Jonathan Boulet – North To South East To You

Thanks, Knut.

The Mic Shot x 2

Took me a while to realize that these two belong together:

Chain Reaction x 2: OK Go – This Too Shall Pass / Fischli & Weiss – The Way Things Go

Sorry for the overkill of music videos today, but this is just too fucking good to wait with posting it. It is based on a video called “Der Lauf der Dinge” (The Way Things Go) by artist duo Fischli & Weiss. I’ve posted the first part of it below. Thanks, Gunnar.

Music Ticker (Video Edition): Owen Pallett, Gus Gus, Caribou, Toro Y Moi, Mia Doi Todd/Michel Gondry, Grindin

+++ Owen Pallett – Lewis Takes Off His Shirt (via Pitchfork) +++

+++ Gus Gus – Thin Ice +++

+++ Caribou – Odessa +++

+++ Toro Y Moi – Blessa (via Dirtbag Journalism) +++

+++ Mia Doi Todd – Open Your Heart by Michel Gondry (via Colin Quinn) +++

+++ Grindin’ – Nobody Beats The Drum +++

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CATCH FIRE Interviews (I): Olof Dreijer (The Knife), Mt. Sims and Planningtorock On “Tomorrow, In A Year”


CATCH FIRE Interviews in a new series I officially start right here and right now. It allows me to publish the interviews I did for my job as a freelance journalists in full length and give this page a little bit more the touch of an actual zine, I hope you’ll like it. The first part features an interview with Olof Dreijer of The Knife, Matthew Sims aka Mt. Sims and Janine Rostron aka Planningtorock who together worked on the soundtrack of “Tomorrow, In A Year”, an opera about Charles Darwin and his evolution theory which was brought on stage by the Danish performance group Hotel Pro Forma (I already posted a clip of the piece here). As far as I know the soundtrack is going to be released tomorrow and can be prelistened to on The Knife’s webpage. Here’s the interview: (more…)

Ssion: Clown

Ssion have always blown my mind in some way or another and this video is no exception. I feel like if Le Tigre was an 80’s disco band; this would be what they’re shows would be like.

  • Dancing = Amazing
  • Stage outfits = Foxy
  • Ssion being my best friends for life = Let’s make it happen

http://ssion.com/

Xiu Xiu: Dear God, I Hate Myself

“(…) Vomiting my brains out on video was gross as hell and it made me feel like shit afterward. Those tears and the ›what the fuck is going on‹ look is sincere. But just because I look like shit does not mean that I didn’t have a choice in doing that. (…) It was my idea and I chose with full agency, undrugged, uncoerced, to do it.” (Angela Seo on xiuxiu.org.)

MV (Misteur Valaire) – It’s All Good

MV is a electro-jazz quintet from Quebec which releases its music for free on the internet (misteurvalaire.com). And they seem to be pretty skilled swimmers. Thanks for the link, Jonathan!