I can't begin to express my excitement for unveiling this new Cody Uhler video for "Purple Barrelling." A few months back, we hit up Director & Animator Mike Kluge (aka MKAV) about making a piece for the song. We were fortunate enough to have recording artist Glume contribute some dancing footage and Kluge went to work. The results are astounding.
The track comes from an album called Darbo's Island, which is meant to be the soundtrack to a Super Nintendo videogame that never existed. It is inspired by the restrictions and patterns of old SNES music but, ultimately, it goes for a much more modern take. The "Purple Barreling" video follows that same line of thinking - it's a nod to 90's nostalgia but it's modernized in every way.
I've been fortunate enough to watch this thing more times than I can count already and I hope you'll do the same. It's just mesmerizing.
pretty wild reports that sound 100% like conspiracy theory but seems like some sort of radiofrequency weapon, based on best guesses. Will this be the next QAnon topic?
The kind folks at Record Crates United premiered a new video for Jack Silverman today and his track "Searchlight." Taken from his EP, Now What, the song feels ripped from the screen of classic film noir... so it's fitting that the video is ripped from the screen of classic film noir.
Today, Vimeo spun off from its parent company IAC and went full on public. If you're the kind of person that buys stock, get yourself some VMEO and see what happens.
When I started at VHX some nine years ago, I had zero inclination that we'd be acquired by Vimeo and end up here. It's quite surreal but I feel honestly proud of where we've ended up and excited to see where it goes.
I'm sure one day I'll have more nuanced thoughts about the entire endeavor but, for today, I'm just stoked about it.
Premiered this new video for "Beats Me" by the band Full Mood and I am reposting it here because, frankly, it's a damn fine ode to Twin Peaks and David Lynch. It's a slow burner but well worth the reveal. Give it.. 3 minutes. I know that's infinity in Internet Time but the reveal is satisfying.
Over the weekend I saw a friend tweet a random hash in order to "secure his Arweave" account. Intrigued, I poked around the official ARWeave site and learned that it's a technology that "enables you to store documents and applications forever" thanks to a "collectively owned hard drive that never forgets."
If that smells suspiciously of blockchain, you're not wrong. ARWeave is built on top of a Blockweave is an alternate version of the traditional blockchain that is "a set of blocks that contain data, linking to multiple previous blocks from the network."
From a high level, it's not very illuminating. The sites rundown on its own technology is interesting - basically saying that the blockweave rewards you for duplicating historical data (unlike the blockchain) and eventually results in a "permaweb" of data.
I can't say that I fully understand at all but I remain intrigued. Maybe you will be as well.
As we, hopefully, careen towards embracing more renewable energy sources at a larger scale, I find myself going down various YouTube holes learning about some options. This Undecided with Matt Ferrell episode on The Future of Solid State Wind Energy is a pleasantly educational look at some near term and long term alternatives for harvesting wind power. It's also just 12 minutes, so it's just the right length too. Do give it a watch.
Paradise Arcade is a podcast in which the hosts talk to electronic musicians about their creations. While that may not sound especially novel, they do a track-by-track breakdown of significant albums with insights directly from the artists. This episode of 88:88 by Makeup and Vanity Set is quite interesting! MAVS, aka Matthew Pusti, talks through the origin of the record, the individual track creation, the artwork and all points in between.
Definitely worth a listen. Pusti is always so forthcoming about his process and inspirations, it's refreshing to say the least.
Additionally, I don't think I've seen a podcast formatted in this way, broken up into individual tracks. It's even setup that way over on Spotify. Pretty clever, honestly.
