WONGIE VIDEO OF THE WEEK: jack white - that black bat licorice

jack white - that black bat licorice
oh yeah, this is uber cool!!! by pressing 3 or b on your keyboard, you can check out the three different versions of this song. (jack white is the director of the live action version, james blagden the animated version and brad holland the headbang one). it's all very cool and fun and marks yet another awesome release by the prolific indie rocker.

VIDEO PREMIERE!: jay z - picasso baby : a performance art film

jay z - picasso baby : a performance art film
directed by mark romanek, jay z performed for 6 hours to a group of fans and celebs at the pace gallery, taking them on 1 at a time until he brings everyone together for a group rap hug. the end result is this fun interactive performance piece that is definitely more interesting than your usual hip hop video.

WONGIE VIDEO OF THE WEEK(end): woodkid - run boy run

woodkid - run boy run
um... why did it take me forever to discover this? music video director, graphic artist and singer yoann lemoine offered up this epic gem of a video last year and got himself a grammy award nomination for best music video! with his alias woodkid releasing a debut album last month, i'm definitely going back and checking out what else i missed the first time around. what a wonderful vid!

CATCH UP SATURDAYS: david bowie - the stars (are out tonight)

david bowie - the stars (are out tonight)
i forgot to post this video by floria sigismondi a few weeks back, so here it is. david bowie and tilda swinton trade places with younger incarnations of themselves and throw in a bit of gender regeneration into the mix. it's wacky that's for sure!

VIDEO PREMIERE: the knife - full of fire

the knife - full of fire
first things first, welcome back the knife!!!! after a 7 year break, swedish duo Olof Dreijer and Karin Dreijer Andersson return with their new album 'shaking the habitual'. but it looks like 7 years on, the duo have dropped their melodic future pop and opted for a full on avant garde existence. with their debut single clocking in at almost 10 mins AND getting gender bending feminist artist marit ostberg on the video tip, you can expect something VERY different when the album comes out in april. not sure if my hook laden ears will appreciate this as much, but for now, i'm willing to go on this journey with them.