QUITE POSSIBLY THE BEST DANCE SCENE IN ANY MOVIE. EVER.

BAND À PART.

ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI – “ROUND AND ROUND”

THE FIRST SINGLE,  ‘ROUND AND ROUND”, OFF THE FORTHCOMING ARIEL PINK’S HAUNTED GRAFFITI RECORD IS PRODUCED BY NONE OTHER THAN THE INCREDIBLY MASTERFUL AND ALWAYS SMOOTH SUNNY LEVINE. I’VE BEEN KILLING THIS TRACK. IT’S GOT A SPOT ON THROWBACK SOUND WITH A HEAVY 80′S GROOVE INFLUENCE, AND THESE GREAT SYNTH WOOD CHIME BEATS DEEP IN THE BACKGROUND THAT REMIND ME OF THE CLASSIC 80′S TRACK “TWILIGHT” BY MAZE.

SUNNY ALSO PUTS OUT HIS OWN MUSIC. HE’S GOT THE CALIFORNIA SUNKIST GROOVE SOUND DOWN. AS SUMMER DRAWS NEAR, PUT SUNNY IN YOUR ROTATION. CHECK OUT HIS LAST RELEASE, LOVE RHINO ON QUANGO FROM 2008 HERE.

FOR A GOOD TIME WATCH THIS VIDEO

TIM AND I WERE HANGING THE OTHER NIGHT AND STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE TIME AND ENERGY THAT GOES INTO THEIR UNDENIABLY IMPRESSIVE, ONE TAKE VIDEOS. THIS IS THE LATEST FROM OK GO FOR “THIS TOO SHALL PASS”, WHICH FEATURES WHAT IS APPARENTLY THE LARGEST RUBE GOLDBERG MACHINE EVER CREATED. IT’S TECHNICALLY AWESOME, AND THERE’S SOME SERIOUS WOW FACTOR WATCHING THE MACHINE GO.

IT’S WORTH NOTING OK GO‘S VIDEO FOR “HERE IT GOES AGAIN” HAS JUST PAST THE 50 MILLION HITS MARK ON YOU TUBE. THAT’S SOME SERIOUS REACH. THE VIDEO WAS ONE OF THE FIRST YOU TUBE SENSATIONS AND GAVE THE BAND ENORMOUS EXPOSURE; A TRUE TESTAMENT TO THE SELF DISTRIBUTION POWERS OF THE INTERNET. EVEN WITH THOSE IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS, YOU’D THINK THEIR LABEL -CAPITAL RECORDS- WOULD HAVE PAID FOR THE VIDEO… APPARENTLY STATE FARM INSURANCE DID. WITHOUT A DOUBT, WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING A WHOLE LOT MORE OF THIS KIND OF TARGET MARKETING IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IT’S ACTUALLY A GOOD THING FOR US CREATIVE TYPES. THERE’S A LOT OF COMPANIES OUT THERE WITH DEEP POCKETS AND MONEY TO SPEND. AND WE GOT PLACES FOR YOU TO PUT IT.

VIVA LA RESISTANCE.

LEAVING A PERFECTLY GOOD DARTH VADER MASK AT THE PARK.