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		<title>What is the future of the music video? Do they &#8216;help&#8217; internet-centric indie artists?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
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I just watched this music video for Grizzly Bear&#8217;s &#8220;Ready, Able&#8221;, and it felt very conceptual.  Like a genuine video artist bro made it.  I wonder if Grizzly Bear videos could be considered more/less conceptual than AnCo&#8217;s videos.  Both seem to have visual brands of being &#8216;pretty out there.&#8217;  Just see [...]]]></description>
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I just watched this music video for Grizzly Bear&#8217;s &#8220;Ready, Able&#8221;, and it felt very conceptual.  Like a genuine video artist bro made it.  I wonder if Grizzly Bear videos could be considered more/less conceptual than AnCo&#8217;s videos.  Both seem to have visual brands of being &#8216;pretty out there.&#8217;  Just see a lot of melting and stuff.  Might be a metaphor.</p>
<p>Wondering what the future of music videos will be in 2k10.  Do people &#8216;really care&#8217; about watching a lil video on a tiny portion of their computer screen?  Will indie labels still &#8216;bankroll&#8217; &#8216;that shit&#8217;, or will they say &#8216;we encourage you to find a friend/group of hopeful college students who will do this video for free&#8217;?  Do people really care about music videos by new bands, or do music videos only really &#8216;work&#8217; for already-established bands?  </p>
<p>I just watched the video for Girls -<em> Lust For Life Hardcore XXX Edit</em>, and it seemed to maybe shed some light on &#8216;what we can expect in the future&#8217; when it comes to music videos within the indiesphere.  &#8216;NSFW&#8217;<br />
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This video is &#8216;pornography&#8217;, I think.  Feel like it is supposed to &#8217;shock&#8217; outlets into blogging about it, but there might also be another agenda.  Maybe the Girlsbros are trying to say &#8216;indie rock fans are fggts&#8217; since they utilized two homosexual males &#8216;rollin around bein HarveyMilky 2 gether.&#8217;  Feeling a little bit sad that they created this video gimmick not for the betterment of the indie scene, but because they wanted to create a &#8217;search engine optimized meme&#8217; that got a ton of porn traffic. </p>
<p>In 2k10, will we see  Animal College &#8211; &#8220;Song Title&#8221; Lesbian XXX Cum on Tits Scissoring Edit?<br />
Will we see the Arcade Fire &#8211; &#8220;Song title&#8221; Twink Hardcore Gay Sex Bear Anal Dirty Sanchez XXX Edit?<br />
Will we see Vampire Weekend &#8211; &#8220;Horchata&#8221; bukake milf big titted whore 3some XXX edit?<br />
Will we see Washed Out &#8211; &#8220;Song Title&#8221; Real Amateur Barely Legal Fucking XXX edit?<br />
What porn-themed music video do u think is most likely to be made in 2k10?</p>
<p>Wondering if 2k10 is going to be all about &#8216;cock microphones.&#8217;  Will all indie bands utilize a penis as a microphone, or will they stick with traditional microphone technologies?<br />
<img src="http://img.skitch.com/20091111-k5jk66qartemare47fxjrwrp7s.jpg"><br />
Do u think that female indie stars will utilize pee pee mics?<br />
Do u think that &#8216;being into indie&#8217; means that ur a lil bit ghey?<br />
Do u ever wish that u just had a sun tan/pizza/bottle of wine/miscellaneous lil gifts described in lyrics by GIRLS?<br />
Do u have a lust 4 life/blogs/indiebands/______?<br />
What will be the purpose of music videos in the year 2k12?</p>
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		<title>Catching up on Meaningful Music Videos</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Videos]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is a &#8216;recap&#8217; of some of the most bloggable music videos of the past several blog months.
Video: Grizzly Bear &#8211; While You Wait for the Others

Analysis:  I really feel like Grizzly Bear &#8216;dropped the ball&#8217; on this video.  I didn&#8217;t really watch it, even though it might be &#8216;good.&#8217;  Since [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>This post is a &#8216;recap&#8217; of some of the most bloggable music videos of the past several blog months.</em></p>
<p><strong>Video: Grizzly Bear &#8211; While You Wait for the Others</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:</strong>  I really feel like Grizzly Bear &#8216;dropped the ball&#8217; on this video.  I didn&#8217;t really watch it, even though it might be &#8216;good.&#8217;  Since Grizzly Bear &#8216;charted&#8217; at #6, I feel like they need to do more gimmicks that will help them &#8216;crossover&#8217; even more.  I believe that the best strategy with this song, would have been to do a &#8216;very generic&#8217; video where they look like a &#8216;band who is trying to look kewl&#8217;, sort of like what the Kings of Leon did to &#8216;make the jump.&#8217;  Feel like they should try to brand themselves as a &#8216;kewl looking buzz band&#8217; to more mainstream audiences by having a lame video where they are on some rooftop at night being filmed from a helichopper.  There could also be some sort of &#8216;keut girl&#8217; in their video, sort of like some1 like &#8216;Jessica Alba/Courtney Cox b4 she got famous.&#8217;  Conceptual videos that represents ur song are &#8216;kewl&#8217; if ur a buzzband doing ur first debut on pitchfork.tv, but if u wanna &#8216;win a VMA&#8217;, ur gonna have to do something a lot gheyer/more honky for mainstream fans.</p>
<p><strong>Video: Fever Ray &#8211; Seven</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong> I was informed by an industry insider that this is a &#8217;sideproject by the broad from THE KNIFE.&#8217;  You might remember the Knife from the pre-bloghouse indielectronic-ish movement.  This means that Fever Ray has a bunch of electronic xylophone sounds in her music.  It is apparently supposed to be a &#8216;goth project.&#8217;  I hope that she ends up on the Twilight soundtrack to reach &#8216;consumer goths&#8217;, sometimes known as &#8216;vampires.&#8217;  Not sure if I am supposed to &#8216;fear death&#8217; in this video, or &#8216;get turned on by cougar milf porn.&#8217;  </p>
<p><strong>Video:  The Phenomenal Handclap Band &#8211; 15 to 20</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong> I mainly wanted to blog about this song.  It sort of reminds me of the bloghouse era.  Like a song that is &#8216;upbeat&#8217; and would have received a ton of attention based on catchiness/chorus structure/girl singing with attitude.  Whatever happened to &#8216;the Go! Team&#8217;?  Remember they had that one catchy song?  Wonder if this song would be &#8216;bigger&#8217; if they sold it to CSS.  Sad that there are less accepting ears for songs like this.  Miss u 2k5-2k7.</p>
<p><strong>Video: Acid Girls &#8211; The Numbers Song</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:</strong>  This video is a &#8216;period piece&#8217; about doing &#8216;a shit load of blow&#8217; during the BlogHouse Era.</p>
<p><strong>Video: Tokio Hotel &#8211; Automatic</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Analysis:</strong>  A kewl video by the bad ass German tween crossover hit band Tokio Hotel.  Seems like they are really &#8216;growing into&#8217; more than just a foreign teen sensation, like they have finally started to learn &#8216;the English Language&#8217; and are trying to explain emotions that all humans can relate to.  There are some weird shots in this video of robots &#8216;eyeball fucking&#8217; one another.  The lead singer still seems like an anime bro.  Might build a time machine and move to Germany and try to get into this band.</p>
<p><strong>Video: Health &#8211; Die Slow</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:</strong>  Health is indie&#8217;s only &#8216;hardXcore&#8217; band with &#8216;credibility/coverability.&#8217;  I remember when I was a bloghouse blog, searching for remixes to post every day, Health was sort of like something to blog about to &#8216;make ur blog seem different, like u appreciated all music.&#8217;  It seems like one day I might go to a Health concert.  From what I can tell, they seem &#8217;serious&#8217; about music, like they know what they are doing.  I think that this video is about killing women.   This video seems artsy.  I want to meet some1 who says &#8216;Health is my favourite band&#8217;, because then I feel like I would better understand Health.  I think this video is about date rape/murder since all of the women end up getting &#8216;chopped the fuck up.&#8217;</p>
<p><strong>Video: Dan Deacon &#8211; Paddling Ghost</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:</strong>  Dan Deacon has a zany lil brand, which is why he turned to the &#8216;puppet aesthetic.&#8217;  Basically, most of Dan Deacons fans &#8216;live in a fucking dream world&#8217; and would actually enjoy this &#8216;puppet bullshit.&#8217;  It seems like you really have to identify with a brand in order to accept the puppetification of a band, otherwise it just seems to bring out an intensified version of your feelings for the band.    Wonder if Dan Deacon dolls would &#8217;sell well&#8217; or if buildabear would be a more chill place to buy a gift for a kid.</p>
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Have u seen any kewl music videos lately?</strong></p>
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		<title>Not sure which &#8216;cover&#8217; of &#8216;This must be the Place&#8217; is the most authentic.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started listening 2  a lot of Talking Heads, because I want to get more in touch with the roots of conceptual pop music.  Feel like I&#8217;ll appreciate modern indie music if I travel back in time and listen to &#8216;what was once cool&#8217;/'cutting edge&#8217;/'progressive.&#8217;  Seems like things from the past influence [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I started listening 2  a lot of Talking Heads, because I want to get more in touch with the roots of conceptual pop music.  Feel like I&#8217;ll appreciate modern indie music if I travel back in time and listen to &#8216;what was once cool&#8217;/'cutting edge&#8217;/'progressive.&#8217;  Seems like things from the past influence things in the present, and the present becomes the past, influencing things in the future.</p>
<p>I  recently saw a meme where some bro &#8216;covered&#8217; the hit song &#8220;This Must Be the Place.&#8221;  I think that he might be &#8216;trying to go viral&#8217; by &#8216;ripping off&#8217; the <em>American Psycho Club</em> movie.<br />
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Not sure what attracts people to the &#8216;Patrick Bateman&#8217; aesthetic.  It seems like people just want to &#8216;be rich&#8217; and &#8216;kill sluts&#8217; or something.  He might represent &#8216;perfection&#8217;, and we all think that 1 day we are going to move 2 NYC and &#8216;be rich.&#8217;  Not sure what AmPsychy has to do with the song though.  Seems like a gimmick meme/something that mainstream film bros did to &#8216;feel creative.&#8217;</p>
<p>Might decide to listen 2 more MGMT.  If I were a tween indie kid, I would say that this is my fave cover of &#8216;This Must Be the Place.&#8217;  Saw this video of them when they were just a &#8216;zany college campus band.&#8217;  Sorta wish they were still &#8216;this organic&#8217;, instead of some sort of over-marketed, post-OfMontreal bloghouse indie jam band who will &#8216;go hard&#8217; on the festival circuit for the next 15 years.<br />
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Kinda weird 2 see altcelebs before they were &#8216;alt famous.&#8217;  Can&#8217;t believe these were the bros who wrote the transcendental masterpiece &#8220;KIDS.&#8221;  Can&#8217;t believe they knew about the song &#8216;This Must Be The Place&#8217; even though they were so young.  Maybe their altParents made them listen 2 it in the car.  Sorta wish I lived in the dormitory behind them, so I could say &#8216;the MGMT played at my dorm.&#8217;</p>
<p>Think it might be the &#8216;most authentic&#8217; to say that u prefer &#8216;the original&#8217; version of the song, which is the Talking Heads &#8216;covering&#8217; themselves.  As u can see, they are a very conceptual band.  It seems like they want the performance to be &#8216;art&#8217; and not just &#8217;some band playing a ditty.&#8217;<br />
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I&#8217;m not sure what the significance of this song is.  Seems like it has some sort of lyrical relevance, but also might just be &#8217;some babbling bro&#8217; with a &#8217;simply structured pop song&#8217; underneath.  Not sure if the Talking Heads are even &#8216;that good.&#8217;  I just know they have that one song about questioning your life, but I had always thought they were just some &#8216;lame 80s band.&#8217;  Sorta like how u thought Devo was &#8216;just that band that sang WHIP IT&#8217; but then people are like &#8216;those bros are really influential&#8217; or something.</p>
<p>Not sure if I like music.  Feel like the music that is supposed to define me still hasn&#8217;t been made yet.  Will probably happen in 10-15 years.</p>
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		<title>Meaningful Music Videos Recap for 2day.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
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Video:  Julian Casablancas &#8211; PHRAZES FOR THE YOUNG (PREVIEW)

Analysis:   This is a new project by the lead singer of the Strokes bro.  Wonder what it is [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Video:  Julian Casablancas &#8211; PHRAZES FOR THE YOUNG (PREVIEW)</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong>  This is a new project by the lead singer of the Strokes bro.  Wonder what it is going to sound like.  Seems sort of &#8216;deep&#8217; but will possibly become &#8216;over commercialized.&#8217;  I think he has collabed on some other crap, and it &#8217;sounded good&#8217; possibly.  I feel like I will decide not to listen to it, because it will become a topic that people who aren&#8217;t connected to the <a href="http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/03/the-memefication-of-your-band.html">music  memesphere </a>will talk about, like &#8216;dude man, did you hear Julian has a new album coming out?&#8217; and they will probably actually go out and &#8216;physically purchase it.&#8217;  Will probably not listen to it, and might &#8216;resent&#8217; the first video.</p>
<p>The music sort of sounds like a mix of &#8216;the Strokes&#8217; with a little bit of &#8216;guy who makes music that was obviously produced in GarageBand.&#8217;  Feel bad for the Strokes.  Not sure if they will ever be able to break free of &#8216;what they represented&#8217; when they first came out, in terms of The Strokes being &#8217;so cool&#8217; or something.</p>
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<p><strong>Music Video:  Miike Snow &#8211; Burial</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:  </strong>I think that after the success of &#8216;Slumdog Millionaire&#8217;, this video aesthetic is trying to take us to some &#8216;brown part of the world&#8217; where life is more simple.  In the video, the whole town rallies around this little trophy of the Miike Snow logo, and I think it represents some sort of deity.  Like they are &#8216;worshiping God&#8217; as a bro parades the trophy through the streets.  Life seems hard in this video, like there are no cafes with wifi in a nearby area.  Think that the song is &#8216;good&#8217; and could possibly be utilized in meaningful indie soundtracks. Like when a bro is finding himself, or possibly &#8216;losing&#8217; a keut girl and staring into the camera.</p>
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<strong>Music Video: The Dead Weather &#8211; Treat Me Like Your Mother</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong> I first heard about the Dead Weather when they advertised on my favourite website.  I &#8216;googled&#8217; them and found out that Jack White was in their band.  I think that this video is supposed to be &#8216;hardXcore.&#8217;  I feel weird about Jack White.  Not sure if I know any one who &#8216;likes the white stripes&#8217;, but I think that he seems like a good musician&#8211;like a guy who knows how to guitar solo.  I think every one heard that one song that was like &#8216;dun, dun dun dun, dun dun, dun&#8217;, but I&#8217;m not sure if I could name another Jack White song.  </p>
<p>This video seems like it is supposed to be Xtreme, and possibly &#8216;reference&#8217; a now socially unacceptable era of film.  The video seems &#8216;angry&#8217; or something.  The music seems &#8216;good,&#8217; but like not sure if I would listen to it while doing a &#8216;normal activity in my daily life.&#8217;  Feel like there might be a huge market of &#8216;regular people&#8217; who would listen to it while they were socially drinking and barbeque-ing, possibly.  They might also listen to Queens of the Stone Age, or Foo Fighters or something.  Those bans sell &#8216;tons of records.&#8217;</p>
<p>This video is important to me because it was filmed in the vacant lot behind my suburban childhood neighborhood.  Kinda sad that they are about to start constructing apartments there now.  Might bring down the property value if too many &#8216;poors&#8217; move in.</p>
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<p><strong>Music Video:  Calvin Harris &#8211; Ready for the Weekend</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:</strong>  I remember when Calvin Harris first came out, he seemed &#8216;very blog house&#8217; to me.  But then I think his new album is the sort of album that &#8216;people in Europe get really into.&#8217;  Like if you went there, this would be the song that gets people pumped up for a soccer game, and every one knows the lyrics, but you&#8217;re like &#8216;I don&#8217;t &#8216;get&#8217; why this is good.&#8217;  Think that things are &#8216;very different&#8217; in Europe, and they value different aesthetics, but artists can make &#8216;a shit ton&#8217; of money if they &#8216;get big&#8217; in the UK, and then find success in other pop-oriented Euro countries.</p>
<p>This music video is supposed to be &#8216;artistic.&#8217;  Seems like tons of stuff must have been done &#8216;in post production.&#8217;  The song seems &#8216;catchy&#8217; but not entirely &#8216;listenable&#8217;, more like a song in a Target commercial or something.</p>
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<strong>Music Video:  VITALIC  &#8211; Your Disco Song</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Analysis:  </strong>  I think Vitalic made electro techno music before there were computers.  I think that their music is supposed to be &#8216;absurd&#8217; or something.  Have only heard them on the Party Monster soundtrack, back when I was trying to &#8216;learn what it would be like to move to NYC and become part of a relevant party scene.&#8217;  This song seems like it is intended to sound &#8217;self-aware.&#8217;  There is a broad who has a disco ball surgically attached to her skull.  Think she &#8216;lives to party&#8217; and she just wants to &#8216;disco so fucking hard.&#8217;  Then she eventually goes to a surgeon and gets &#8216;disco tits.&#8217;<br />
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Seems like a solid commitment to &#8216;a scene.&#8217;</p>
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<p><strong>Music Video:  Rye Rye (ft M.I.A.)  &#8211; Bang</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:</strong> I think that this video is supposed to look like it is part of &#8216;black culture&#8217; but intended for &#8216;white people simulating their interest in black culture to seem cultured.&#8217;  M.I.A. is in this video.  I don&#8217;t think that the song is &#8216;good.&#8217;  It sounds too much like &#8216;black culture&#8217; for me to get into, so I feel like they possibly achieved their aesthetic.  I&#8217;m not sure if I really enjoy pure African American culture, or if I prefer to be friends/partake in African Americans who &#8216;don&#8217;t seem as black.&#8217;  What types of black people do you prefer?</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe Sevigny]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coconut Records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dirty Projectors]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sonic Youth]]></category>
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Video:  Dirty Projectors &#8211; Stillness is the Move

Analysis:  I feel pressured to blog about this because they are apparently &#8216;relevant&#8217; even though I don&#8217;t really &#8216;get&#8217; why.  Feel like I don&#8217;t &#8216;trust&#8217; people who &#8216;ooze praise&#8217; for the Dirty Projecties.  I [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Video:  Dirty Projectors &#8211; Stillness is the Move</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:</strong>  I feel pressured to blog about this because they are apparently &#8216;relevant&#8217; even though I don&#8217;t really &#8216;get&#8217; why.  Feel like I don&#8217;t &#8216;trust&#8217; people who &#8216;ooze praise&#8217; for the Dirty Projecties.  I am not sure what this video is &#8216;trying to be.&#8217;  Think it is trying to be conceptual/artsy, but then also trying to be &#8216;normal.&#8217;  Probably like trying to trick mainstreamers into thinking that the Dirty Projector is &#8216;the next Feist.&#8217;  Feel like this video &#8216;looks worse than Bat for Lashes&#8217; in terms of &#8216;forced conceptuality.&#8217; </p>
<p>I feel like the girls in the Dirty Projectors are &#8216;high level altbaguettes&#8217; who u have a &#8216;very strong personal brand&#8217; in your local scene.  Ur not really sure why they are &#8216;desired&#8217; or &#8216;respected&#8217;, but then you find out that they are &#8216;in some crappy band&#8217; and their roles within the band are &#8216;questionable&#8217;. like you &#8216;went to a show where one of them just played the tambourine&#8217; or something.  You and your friends &#8217;share their myspace page&#8217; as a &#8216;very funny inside joke&#8217; because you think their songs/pictures/listed_influences  are &#8216;very funnie/terrible.&#8217;  Then the next thing u know, they are &#8216;being blogged about+praised for &#8216;amazing pop sensibilities&#8221; and u feel like u &#8216;might as well off urself.&#8217;</p>
<p>Sort of just want to go to a Dirty Projjies show just to &#8216;hear this song&#8217; and watch people &#8216;overtly acknowledge&#8217; that this is &#8216;the single&#8217; by &#8216;doing slinky dances&#8217; to this song.</p>
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<p><strong>Video:  Wavves  &#8211; No Hope Kids</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong> This video was made from &#8216;meaningful footage&#8217; as a filmmaker bro followed Wavves across his European tour.  Wonder if it was sort of like &#8216;Almost Famous&#8217; with an indie musician.  Not sure if there was a scoop.  From what I have read, Wavves is &#8217;shatted upon&#8217; by other artists in his genre.  Think that they think he is &#8216;faking his gimmick&#8217; or something, while they &#8216;actually live the lifestyle.&#8217;  Think that this video is &#8217;sweet&#8217; because they do things like &#8217;smoke bowls of marijuana.&#8217;  Hope that Wavves&#8217; brand is still &#8216;marketable&#8217; after this video/his &#8216;meltdown.&#8217;</p>
<p>Another great thing about this video is that it really captures the essence of &#8216;going to a concert in your local venue&#8217; and feeling like the other members of the audience &#8217;seriously crawled up from the sewer&#8217; to &#8216;mosh around.&#8217;  Feels weird to go to &#8217;sewer people&#8217; shows, but also sort of &#8216;authentic.&#8217;</p>
<p>Are yall &#8216;going 2 get a summer Wavves haircut&#8217;?</p>
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<p><strong>Video:  Coconut Records &#8211; Any Fun</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong>  It is important to note that &#8216;Chloe Sevigny is in this video&#8217;, thereby making this video 250% &#8216;more bloggable.&#8217;  It is overall a &#8216;krappy video.&#8217;  Think they have &#8216;old cameras&#8217; and filmed &#8216;normal people&#8217; doing &#8216;boring stuff&#8217; while attempting to &#8216;make it look beautiful.&#8217;  Not sure if Chloe Sevigny is &#8217;still hot.&#8217;  She might have to transition her personal brand into &#8216;being an elegant elder alt&#8217; soon.</p>
<p>Feel like Jason Schwartzman could &#8216;make anything&#8217; and it would &#8216;look kewl&#8217; because he was in &#8216;one of the most important alt movies&#8217; of all time.</p>
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<p><strong>Video:  MSTRKRFT &#8211; Heartbreaker (ft. John Legend)</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:  </strong>I never listend to MSTRKRFT&#8217;s latest album &#8216;Fist of God&#8217; because I assumed that it was &#8216;all banger&#8217; or something &#8216;thick and unlistenable.&#8217;  But then I saw them perform this <a href="http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/06/has-n-e-1-heard-of-this-band-called-mstrkrft-saw-them-on-the-lettermens.html">song on Letterman</a>, and thought it was &#8216;pretty good.&#8217;  Feel like I like it in the same way that I &#8216;enjoy a remix&#8217; but this is &#8216;the original version.&#8217;  That statement possibly &#8216;does not make sense to 38% of readers&#8217; who are not students of the remix economy.  Think that the lyrics are &#8216;possibly terrible&#8217; but still &#8216;redeeming&#8217; in a &#8217;simple way.&#8217;</p>
<p>I enjoy this video, because it is about a Mexi family who owns a bodega.  A group of white bros come in, and 1 bro is &#8216;meaningfully attracted&#8217; to the hot daughter cashier.  Think it is supposed to give minorities hope that they too can be courted by an uppermiddle class alt guy who is &#8216;ironically&#8217; buying  alcohol at ur bodega since they &#8217;serve minors&#8217; and also &#8217;serve all night.&#8217;  The lazy mexi father &#8216;falls asleep&#8217; and when he wakes up, &#8216;verbally abuses&#8217; his daughter for letting the bros &#8216;run wild&#8217; while she &#8216;chases alt white cock.&#8217;  Not sure if she will get a college education.</p>
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<p><strong>Video: All Leather &#8211; I Don&#8217;t Hate Fags, God Does</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong> Think this video is sort of supposed to &#8216;go viral&#8217; some how.  It is depicting Jesus &#8216;Last Supper&#8217; except with dark, demented, rave-culture-like elements.  It is supposed to &#8217;shock you.&#8217;  When I saw it &#8216;I kinda chuckled&#8217;, and fast fowarded around.  Saw a &#8216;bunny&#8217; and also &#8217;some people fucking.&#8217;  Then thought about &#8216;the kind of people who actually like that music.&#8217;  Feels weird to think that people &#8216;made&#8217; that music.  Ultimately, I would just say that this product is for &#8216;weird faggots&#8217; like something that &#8216;Adam Lambert would think is cool&#8217; or something.</p>
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<p><strong>Video: Sonic Youth &#8211; Sacred Trickster</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:  </strong>This is a video about &#8216;female cunts who want to be in a band&#8217;, I think.  I think it is supposed to be a straightforward metaphor about &#8216;dressing up&#8217; to seem famous/relevant/indie/authentic, but possibly &#8216;being hollow&#8217; and &#8216;constructed by consumer choices.&#8217;  Seems straightforward.  Not sure about Sonic Youth.  Think they were &#8216;good&#8217; back in the 80s/90s or something, but wonder if they are &#8216;a 1 trick pony.&#8217;  </p>
<p>Think I went through a phase of &#8216;listening to Sonic Youth&#8217; but think it was back when I was &#8216;trying too hard to love alt music.&#8217;  They are possibly &#8216;just okay&#8217; but ultimately a product that GenXers should probably &#8216;authentically enjoy.&#8217;  Don&#8217;t know much about &#8216;music&#8217; so they are possibly &#8216;very influencial&#8217; but think I am going to start &#8217;saying that I don&#8217;t think Sonic Youth is very good&#8217; in conversations just to have a &#8216;cutting edge&#8217; opinion.  Not sure if the song in this video is &#8216;even any good.&#8217;</p>
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<p><strong>Have yall seen n e [HIGHLY BLGGBLE] Music videos lately?</strong></p>
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		<title>Meaningful Music Videos for yall.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grizzly Bear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lady GaGa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Major Lazer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey yall&#8230; Just taking some time to recap some recently &#8216;relevant&#8217; music videos 4 yall.  Feel sad about summer.  I read that there are 60% less music memes to consume.  :-(
Music Video:  Grizzly Bear &#8211; Two Weeks

Analysis: Feel like this is a &#8216;perfectly executed meme&#8217; since it is a music video [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Hey yall&#8230; Just taking some time to recap some recently &#8216;relevant&#8217; music videos 4 yall.  Feel sad about summer.  I read that there are 60% less music memes to consume.  :-(</em></p>
<p><strong>Music Video:  Grizzly Bear &#8211; Two Weeks</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:</strong> Feel like this is a &#8216;perfectly executed meme&#8217; since it is a music video that you watch, and ur like &#8216;damn. not sure what is happening/why it is happening.  Think I should share this with people.  Song is catchy.&#8217;  Not sure what the budget of this music video was, but possibly should have spent more money on the heads-catching-on-fire part.</p>
<p>Can&#8217;t believe Grizz Bear outsold Animal Collective in week 1.  I wonder if there is some sort of metric to calculate <strong>album sales + leaked album downloads</strong> to see who is the #1 Alt Artist, instead of going by Grizz Bear&#8217;s &#8220;#8 on billboard.&#8221;  Apparently they sold 33,000 records.  Feel like there are at least 33,000 altbros who googled &#8216;Grizzly Bear album leak.&#8221;  We need to adjust our album sales evaluation scale.  Wonder if AnCo would have more &#8216;reach&#8217; if u took into account illegal DLs.  Wonder if Kings of Leon is the next Coldplay.</p>
<p><strong>Music Video:  Super Viral Brothers &#8211; Hot Chocolate + Polar Bear Rug</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:</strong>  I have never heard of this group and might never hear of them again, but their name is &#8217;sillie.&#8217;  I think this video is supposed to &#8217;shock me&#8217; since there are a bunch of bros rolling around in blood in some small room.  The singer is black, and may or may not be CeeLo.  Feel &#8216;disturbed&#8217; by this video in a predictable way, but it also might give my dark side a &#8216;hard on.&#8217;</p>
<p><strong>Music Video:  Wale ft. Lady Gaga &#8211; Chillin</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:</strong>  I think that Wale released some gimmick rapper who is meant to appeal to white people and get coverage on the internet, mainly because &#8216;mixtape&#8217; meant to appeal to white people since it was about Seinfeld, and also <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6b6MuwFqoo">rapped over Justice&#8217;s D.A.N.C.E.</a>     I didn&#8217;t listen to this song, since I know it is a gimmick, but instead looked for Lady Gaga&#8217;s presence in the song.  I saw her in the background doing &#8217;stupid ass&#8217; poses trying 2 be &#8216;artistic.&#8217;  Sorta wish she was a video girl who was &#8217;shaking her shit.&#8217;  Then she sings like Santigold/an indie rastafarian for a little bit, and it&#8217;s like &#8216;damn.  guess this is a music meme.&#8217;</p>
<p><strong>Music Video: Major Lazer &#8211; Hold The Line</strong><br />
<embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:uma:video:mtv.com:395350" width="512" height="319" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashVars="configParams=vid%3D395350%26uri%3Dmgid%3Auma%3Avideo%3Amtv.com%3A395350%26startUri={startUri}" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" base="."></embed><strong>Analysis:</strong> I am still trying to &#8216;understand&#8217; what Major Lazer &#8216;actually is.&#8217;  I know that Diplo is &#8216;behind it&#8217; and I think it is supposed 2 be absurd partie music using African sounds and also sillie sounds.  They have created some sort of character who is prominent in this video.  I think this video is supposed 2 keep ur attention because it reminds of u when u were young since there are sillie  cartoons and action figures.  I think people have called Diplo &#8216;racist&#8217; because of this black goon of a character, and how has &#8216;exploited&#8217; African/other black ppl culture even though he is white.  I am not sure. He might &#8216;just be trying to have a good time&#8217; but also might be &#8216;trying to pay his bills&#8217; [via "Paper Planes royalties"]</p>
<p>Have yall seen any good music videos lately?</p>
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		<title>Monitoring Alt Nude Viral Videos</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 18:59:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music Video: MAKE THE GIRL DANCE &#8211; &#8220;BABY BABY BABY&#8221;

Yall.  I saw this music video for some band.  I think it is French electro.   I have never actually been to Europe, so I am not sure if this is in Paris, Milan, London, or the Ukraine.  I would guess that [...]]]></description>
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<p>Yall.  I saw this music video for some band.  I think it is French electro.   I have never actually been to Europe, so I am not sure if this is in Paris, Milan, London, or the Ukraine.  I would guess that this is in France, because I think French people are &#8216;in touch&#8217; with the arts and would feel chill about seeing hot ass naked women walking around the streets of Paris.  I think if this happened on the streets of New York, minorities or homeless people would &#8216;beat off&#8217; or physically harm these women.</p>
<p>h8 censorship/overt-sexual-perversion in America.  Wish we could find women&#8217;s bodies &#8216;beautiful&#8217; instead of &#8216;tuggable.&#8217;  Feels like American males just want to cum really bad, and can&#8217;t chill and have &#8217;sensual&#8217; experiences.</p>
<p>Feels like the girl(s) in this video are &#8216;hotter&#8217; than Matt and Kim <a href="http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/04/i-think-that-this-music-video-is-a-metaphor-about-moving-2-the-city-and-finding-urself.html">in that 1 video where they are naked</a>.  Also feel like this video doesn&#8217;t use &#8217;studio magic.&#8217;  I think I once read that &#8217;sex sells&#8217; so I feel like we will see a lot more nudity and <a href="http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/04/do-the-offices-of-the-popular-alt-record-label-dim-mak-also-serve-as-a-porn-studio.html">pornography</a>-based music videos in the future.  Can some1 plz translate the lyrics to this song in the comments?  Never took a foreign language.  :-(</p>
<p>I feel like if this song came out in 2006 or 2007, it would inspire some sort of &#8216;d.a.n.c.e. revolution [via we r ur friends]&#8216; or something.  Sort of hope I hear this song at my local club, then say to myself &#8216;damn.  this is the video with the naked broads&#8217; and feel culturally connected.  I also feel &#8216;gimmicked&#8217; to care about this video since there is nudity.  Think this might be &#8216;marketing&#8217; or something.  Possibly for that little kidz karaoke machine that the women are carrying.<br />
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(Should I buy 1 of these instead of an iMac preloaded with Ableton?)</p>
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		<title>Need 2 listen to more music that is more &#8216;glam&#8217; and &#8216;fabulous.&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 23:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nonElectro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glam core music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;I have always been inspired by fashion.&#8217;  -generic pop icons

I have always been kind of fascinated by music that is like &#8216;glam&#8217; and &#8216;electro&#8217; and &#8216;not that good&#8217; but has like a &#8216;devoted following, primarily in Europe.&#8217;  I think it is easier for Europeans to get into songs where some1 says &#8216;fashion&#8217; over [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8216;I have always been inspired by fashion.&#8217;  -generic pop icons<br />
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I have always been kind of fascinated by music that is like &#8216;glam&#8217; and &#8216;electro&#8217; and &#8216;not that good&#8217; but has like a &#8216;devoted following, primarily in Europe.&#8217;  I think it is easier for Europeans to get into songs where some1 says &#8216;fashion&#8217; over and over again because it is one of the only English words that they know.  I feel weird when I listen to this kind of music, because I don&#8217;t think that there are very many &#8216;pop sensibilities.&#8217;  It usually either sounds &#8216;grimey&#8217; or like it was &#8216;produced by some1 in Fruity Loops&#8217; who don&#8217;t really know much about music.</p>
<p>I want to write a song and include the following words<br />
<strong>high fashion &#8211; dance &#8211; electro -edgy &#8211; makeup &#8211; international &#8211; Vogue  &#8211;  Fashion  &#8211;  Paris  &#8211; Milan  &#8211; New York  &#8211; I am ______ &#8211; International &#8211; icon &#8211; magazine &#8211; cover &#8211; it girl</strong></p>
<p>I feel like this &#8216;glam-core&#8217; fashion music seems like it is written by a tween who is interpreting the world after he/she reads a magazine + they are exploring their sexuality.</p>
<p>I wish that I could &#8216;get&#8217; fashion, art, and music like pop icons do.<br />
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I have read that Lady Gaga is &#8216;very inspired&#8217; by Andy Warhol.  I want to seem like a pop star who &#8216;gets&#8217; that popculture &#8216;means nothing&#8217; but still &#8216;wants more fame&#8217; or something like that.  I want to be a pop sensation who sort of thinks that my product is more artistic than it actually is.  I want to be a &#8217;sex object&#8217; but have it be &#8216;artistic&#8217; cuz I &#8216;realize that dudes wanna fuck me in crazie costumes.&#8217;<br />
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I want to make music that was meant 2 be played in &#8216;gay bars.&#8217;</p>
<p>FASHION<br />
ELECTRO<br />
VOGUE<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
ICON<br />
COVER GIRL<br />
PARIS<br />
MINNEAPOLIS<br />
MILAN<br />
RUNWAY<br />
HEIDI KLUM<br />
PILATES<br />
MIAMI<br />
CAT WALK<br />
FASHION.<br />
GUYS JERKING OFF 2 MY PIX IN MAGAZINES<br />
GOSSIP<br />
MICHIGAN<br />
GROWING UP<br />
GETTING OLDER<br />
ADOPTING KIDS FROM AFRICA<br />
<img src="http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd120/hipsterrunoff/photographs/20090506-tuph9h956egmxrrs493a48c9r.jpg"></p>
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		<title>Meaningful Music Videos of the Past Blog Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bat For Lashes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kanye west]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Little Boots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[m83]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to &#8216;embed some videos&#8217; that are &#8216;relevant&#8217;, yall.
Music Video: Little Boots &#8211; New In Town

Analysis: I think that this video is about a girl from the United Kingdom coming to America, and getting dropped off in &#8216;a black part of town&#8217;, and exploring what &#8216;black culture is like.&#8217;  From this video, we [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Just wanted to &#8216;embed some videos&#8217; that are &#8216;relevant&#8217;, yall.</em></p>
<p><strong>Music Video: Little Boots &#8211; New In Town</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:</strong> I think that this video is about a girl from the United Kingdom coming to America, and getting dropped off in &#8216;a black part of town&#8217;, and exploring what &#8216;black culture is like.&#8217;  From this video, we have learned that black people &#8216;live under underpasses&#8217;, &#8216;like to dance&#8217;, and &#8217;seem like thugs but might not always hurt u.&#8217;  Not sure about the song.  Think Little Boots might emerge into a female artist who I prefer listening to remixes of, as opposed to &#8216;her actual songs.&#8217;  But I think that there is &#8216;a huge market&#8217; for people who want a product like Little Boots.</p>
<p><strong>Music Video: Kanye West &#8211; Amazing</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong>I think there is a point where an artist &#8216;becomes a brand.&#8217;  Their music doesn&#8217;t have to be &#8216;good&#8217; or &#8216;inspiring&#8217; any more, it just has to have enough elements for the common man to recognize the artist when they are scanning channels on the radio.  So while this song is &#8216;boring&#8217;, &#8216;uninspiring&#8217;, and the lyrics &#8217;seem like they were a poem written by an inner-city 2nd grader&#8217;, it doesn&#8217;t really matter because it is the recognizable brand of Kanye West.</p>
<p>&#8220;lets go out and film some amazing shit 4 this music video. Let&#8217;s get some fucking helicopters and film me standing on cliffs and shit.&#8221; &#8211; Kanye West in a conceptual brainstorming session about what 2 put in his music video for the song &#8220;Amazing&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Music Video: Bat for Lashes &#8211; Daniel</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong> It is weird when some1 has a &#8216;really catchy first song&#8217; with &#8216;a good first music video&#8217; like Bat for Lashes with the song <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1wnOUH2jk8&#038;feature=related">&#8220;What&#8217;s a Girl To Do.&#8221;</a>   I&#8217;m not sure if her music is &#8217;still appealing&#8217; or even makes sense that the male-dominated music memesphere consumes her/people buy her records.  Just seems like a sort of &#8216;aimless&#8217; sort of gothy soft rock to me.  Think she might be more appealing if she &#8216;wasn&#8217;t so weird&#8217; and &#8216;38% more electro.&#8217;</p>
<p><strong>Music Video: M83 &#8211; We Own the Sky</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong> Just like every other M83 video, this one involves &#8216;teens who are trying to find themselves&#8217; or something like that.  The song is &#8216;pretty good&#8217;, but I am not even sure if this video is &#8217;supposed to be compelling enough to watch.&#8217;  </p>
<p><strong>Music Video: Moby &#8211; Shot in the Back of the Head</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong>This video was apparently &#8216;directed&#8217;/'created&#8217; by the famous director David Lynch.  Not exactly sure which movies he directed, but I think I read that he was &#8216;Wes Anderson 1.0.&#8217;   Think that this song is a &#8216;chill&#8217; Moby song.  I remember when Moby made that album that was strategically engineered to &#8216;go mainstream&#8217; since he had a famous person sing on every song.  Feel like Moby is an artist who is &#8216;fighting hard&#8217; to be authentic/make authentic products.  Think I would see this video when I was an impressionable teen staying up late watching MTV2, and &#8216;watch the whole thing&#8217; or something.</p>
<p><strong>Music video:  The xx &#8211; Crystalized</strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis:</strong>  Never heard of this band, but I watched their video, and I think they have a bunch of &#8216;aesthetics&#8217; that I might be able to &#8216;like.&#8217;  Boy+Girl Duet style. &#8216;Minimal&#8217; guitar.  Drum Pad. &#8216;Shitty video that I might think is cool.&#8217;  Both singers might be meme-able homosexuals/sex icons.  Not even really sure what I&#8217;m supposed to think.</p>
<p><strong>Music Video: Ed Banger Fight &#8211; those french people who g<a href="http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/04/feel-like-the-electro-wars-are-starting-ed-banger-crew-thomas-banghalter-got-into-a-fight-at-cinespace.html">ot into a fight at Cinespace</a></strong><br />
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<strong>Analysis: </strong> Some bro filmed a bunch of French ppl yelling at eachother at Cinespace.  Not even sure what happened.  Guess we&#8217;ll never know.  Seems important, though.  Wish I had something in my life &#8216;worth fighting 4&#8242;</p>
<p>Have yall seen n e good/relevant music videos lately?</p>
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		<title>I think that this music video is a metaphor about moving 2 the city and finding urself.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Carles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Music Video:  Matt and Kim &#8211; &#8220;LESSONS LEARNED&#8221;

Damn.  Just watched this music video.  Watched Mattbro and KimSis get all naked in Times Square.  Not sure if it was some sort of &#8216;editing&#8217;+'green screen&#8217; trick,&#8217; but still, I think the video is &#8216;progressive.&#8217;  The song is already inherently meaningful because there [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Music Video:  </strong>Matt and Kim &#8211; &#8220;LESSONS LEARNED&#8221;<br />
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Damn.  Just watched this music video.  Watched Mattbro and KimSis get all naked in Times Square.  Not sure if it was some sort of &#8216;editing&#8217;+'green screen&#8217; trick,&#8217; but still, I think the video is &#8216;progressive.&#8217;  The song is already inherently meaningful because there are some &#8216;la la la&#8217;s being sung by a female in the background.  I think this is the type of music video that a band makes when they are about to &#8216;break through the mainstream bubble&#8217; and &#8216;keep people&#8217;s attention for the duration of the entire song.&#8217; (kinda like that Coldplay &#8216;Yellow&#8217; video). It is a better strategy than &#8217;showing the band playing their music&#8217; because &#8216;mainstreamers don&#8217;t even know who they are yet.&#8217;</p>
<p>I think that nudity represents &#8216;freeing urself&#8217; and &#8216;not conforming to society&#8217;s expectations&#8217; for ppl to wear clothes.  Think that getting naked in Times Square means that ur &#8216;free spirited&#8217; since it is so consumery there.  Sort of wish they had filmed this video some where &#8216;blasphemous&#8217; kind of like Israel, a mosque, or some sort of Middle Eastern Holy Ground.  Feel like that might have &#8217;said more&#8217; about society/liberation/being strong enough to tell ur parents that u don&#8217;t believe in their ideals/God.</p>
<p>Also think this video is meant to make the viewer ask &#8216;who has a hotter bod?&#8217;<br />
I feel sort of sad that this video doesn&#8217;t showcase the &#8217;shit eating grins&#8217; that most people associate with Matt and Kim.  </p>
<p>Just read the wikipedia article of Matt and Kim and found out that they met when they attended Pratt.  Hope that I meet some1 2 start a band with while at my liberal arts/Ivy League/design school university.  Not sure if I will get a &#8216;creative job&#8217; in this economie.</p>
<p>Previous Matt and Kim video analysis<br />
<a href="http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/10/i-love-music-videos-that-are-supposed-to-look-indie-for-mtvvh1-audiences.html">http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/10/i-love-music-videos-that-are-supposed-to-look-indie-for-mtvvh1-audiences.html</a></p>
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