“Spacious Thoughts” NASA feat. Kool Keith & Tom Waits on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Never heard of this collaboration before…never heard of Kool Keith before either. But of course, anything with TW in it just has to be awesome.
Too bad I missed these guys when they came through town last month. And I missed their free album offer last month as well… love this stuff.
1 Minute of Father-Daughter Quality Time on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Amy and I made this for the Vimeo Weekend Project: 1 minute video. Background music is Blues Dream by Bill Frisell.
Here are the rules:
— Videos must be exactly one minute.
— No camera movement (no dollying, tilting, panning or zooming.) So, leave the Steadicam at home.
— Use original sound.
— No editing whatsoever (no titles, no cuts, no nuthin’)
Another NFB classic. I remember watching this film as a young boy in elementary school and today I was able to watch it together with my 11 year old daughter. Perhaps one day she will share this with her children.
I’ve seen a documentary on the making of this Oscar winning short about Canadian animator Ryan Larkin and his troubled life but never had the chance to see the film itself. Now the NFB have made the film itself available.
Listen to the new Rosanne Cash record in it’s entirety, complete with guest vocals from Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Rufus Wainwright, Jeff Tweedy, and Neko Case.
Tom Waits, Billy Childish to Judge Raindance Film Fest
Our favorite cryptic troubadour Tom Waits has been turning quite a bit of attention to film of late, including taking on a starring role as Mr. Nick (aka Satan) in Heath Ledger’s final film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, playing an engineer in an upcoming Denzel Washington-starring action flick, and now by judging an indie film festival.
The Raindance Film Festival, which begins its run in London later this month, is famous for screening independent films by Quentin Tarantin, Christopher Nolan, and Waits’ friend/collaborator Anton Corbijn. What makes this festival even more different, however, is that it has hosted some of our favorite musicians in the past, including Beastie Boy Adam “MCA” Yauch, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Marky Ramone, The Clash’s Mick Jones, and more.
Press Association reports that this year’s judges panel will include Waits, Riz Ahmed, Kerry Fox, Armando Iannucci, and British musician, poet, and jack-of-all-trades Billy Childish. If they have as good taste in films as they do in musicians, this year’s roster should be a real treat.
Meanwhile, the trailer for The Book of Eli, starring Waits, Denzel Washington, Gary Oldham, and Mila Kunis dropped recently. Check it out here.
On the way home we were feeling hungry so we decided to see if there was anyone playing at Sam’s Place. It turns out that Justin Lacroix was just ending his set. The cinnamon buns were tasty but should have been warmed up, and the coffee was excellent. Since we arrived just before closing and right at the end of Justin’s set I can’t really comment on the music. From what little I heard, it sounded promising.
Thus ended the Date Night.
After Kelly Hughes Live, we didn’t feel like going home and couldn’t think of a movie we wanted to see so we went to The Forks and watched this fire juggler. We wandered around The Forks for a while but since it was after 9:00, everything was pretty much shutting down so we left.
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