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Welcome to February! Where does the time go? Seriously. Where does it go? Enjoy this playlist and have yourself a phenomenal weekend.

• First attempt at a Ski Jump - I recently confirmed with myself that I should never, ever, ski. This video is just further evidence that are plenty of other folks like myself out there.
• Lynn Hischberg's Screen Test: Lena Dunham - if you've been watching GIRLS you know how accurate of a parody this is.
• Samsung El Plato Supreme - you know it's Superbowl Weekend when you see a commercial with Bob Odenkirk, Seth Rogen and Paul Rudd. Oh, and it's actually pretty funny.
• Flood Surprise - never underestimate the stupidity of people.
• Black Mirror: Series 2 - I've talked about this show a few times before. Charlie Brooker's grim look at technology and society is a great watch.. glad to see it's returning for a second run.
• Oh hey, I didn't see you there - a Kickstarter Supercut of recurring greetings. Some of the variations are amazing.
• Cat Meets Snow - because every week should have a fun animal video.
• Jeff's Morning Workout - because every week should have a phenomenal dance video.

BONUS

• Nathan For You Preview - this is pretty long segment clip of a new Comedy Central show. It's like a Daily Show remote segment but longer.
• Reporter Owns VideoBomber - love how the bomber is so persistent.
• Grizzly Bear - Gun Shy - if an animated gif were a music video, it would be this.

Take care!

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Recently, Caspar introduced me to the work of Midnight Marauder - a graphic designer pumping out conceptual designs for Criterion covers and film posters. There is a ton of work in there to explore. Are you going to love all of it? Maybe not but the likelihood of being inspired by a good deal of it is pretty high. I also suggest reading through this Blurppy interview to get a sense of where he's coming from and what inspires him.

Today is the official release date for Sound City, the documentary from Dave Grohl covering the Van Nuys studio with the magical console. I know I mentioned it back in December but now that it's available for all to watch I wanted to throw in another two cents about the whole thing. First of all, it's a big deal for VHX to be involved with this and I'm really proud of our team for making it happen in such a great way.

Secondly, I keep reading a Dave Grohl quote that this is "his most important work" - a sentiment that I scoffed at initially. I mean, isn't Nirvana his most important work? But then I realized that the back portion of the movie is dedicated to showing the joy of playing music together or, if you wanna take it further, of creating anything together with other people. If Grohl can inspire people to do that; it may very well be his important work.

Objectively, it's an enjoyable film. I suggest you watch it.

Chad gave me the heads up on the new game Kentucky Route Zero and I'm totally smitten with the aesthetic and overall presentation. The jagged lack of antialiasing reminds me of Out of this World and its ilk but, moreso, it's the somewhat creepy and cinematic scenes being presented. Watch the Trailer and try not to be curious!

Despite the fact that the album was released in late November, Nahnee Bori's Place never got a proper release party. So, tonight POLY and Ponychase to properly ring in the occasion.

If you're not in the Nashville area, why not have a listen to the record in show of solidarity? Or, at the very least, watch the video for "The Fiery Serf."

Maybe you saw this in the sidebar already, maybe you didn't but previous work. The basic premise is based on a

How can I say this without being too overly word? Back in 1999 I loved Blinker the Star's August Everywhere. My expectations sort of ruined the 2003 followup Still In Rome but I never expected the band to disappear for almost ten years. May 2012 the band re-emerged on Bandcamp with the full-length We Draw Lines; a bit of return to form. Now, they've got another album - Songs from Laniakea Beach that features Lindsey Buckingham, Matt Mahaffey, Kellii Scott, Brad Laner and more. It's very reminiscent of August Everywhere and a much welcomed return from an enjoyable band. These songs likely date back as far as 2000 but they're still top notch.

It's unfortunate that I never heard about this 2010 Faile / BAST collaboration Deluxx Fluxx before now but I'm glad I finally caught wind of it. The Arcade and Dungeon are insane in all the best ways. You can even check out the ridiculous animations used in the arcade cabinets.

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It's taken me almost the entire month to compile and prep this 2012 Retrospective podcast for We Own This Town and I still feel like it's entirely incomplete. How does one cram an entire year's worth of great music from a crazy wide range of bands into one mix? It can't be done without exclusion so I had to make sacrifices and cut out some great artists - so it goes.

Regardless of that, I think it's a fine slice of the past year and further evidence that Nashville really has more going for it, musically, than people give it credit for. Dig in.

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VICE runs a series called Art Talk that features interviews with the likes of Faile, Tristan Eaton and, recently, Matt Curry. I've been a fan of his work, as Ninjacruise, for an incredibly long time and it's great to get a little peek inside his process and his actual studio.

Have you seen the site for the David Chase film Not Fade Away? It's a clean, immersive, engaging piece of work. The movie doesn't look half bad either.

What caught my attention the most about it was this writeup from site creators version industries - a familiar name to any reader of this site. They describe the process of creation and one idea that absolutely blows my mind:

...we could not use music from the film, we had approval on the creation of supporting soundscapes, custom radio recordings and also a full musical score in support of each animation. our trick, of course, being that each soundscape would be different depending on where you were looking at the site within the USA, and the weather outside at that time. each radio news report would be native to your location, should you have been alive in the 60s, and all the songs you heard on the radio would be imitations tracks of bands from the so-called british invasion of the US. in essence, we were striving to conjure up a disarmingly fragile series of moments in an otherwise rather raucous film, and these looping visual tangents would allow us to illustrate the various tonal elements of the film without having to seriously spoil any of it.

Ultimately this idea was shelved because permission was given to use music clips from the film but, geez, what an idea! It's a bummer that it didn't make it into the final site but I'm glad (version) is getting to work with some big studios and expose their work to an even larger audience.

Take some time (or toss it into your Read Later) to get familiar with this article on the Lykov family. The headline sells it pretty well - "For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II." The tale told describes the interaction of their discovery, the tale of how they isolated themselves in Siberia and the trials and tribulations they experienced.

Once you're enraptured in the story you can further your education with the documentary, Lost in the Taiga.