Video: LCD Soundsystem – New York I Love You, But You’re Bringing Me Down

This meaningful music video is actually a guerrilla no wave viral video which was the first 1 ever produced by the DFA Records video intern. With a $1000 budget, they were able to create an easy meme that invaded some of the world’s most meaningful music & NYC-centric blogs in the entire world. At the end of the video, James Murphy creeps out from behind a rock. U should just skip 2 that part, and then go back 2 bed and keep dreaming of having the opportunity 2 ‘love NYC, but have it bring u down’ when u finally get 2 move there. I think Kermit the Frog is a metaphor and James Murphy being the puppeteer is a metaphor about electro music. (But I didn’t go 2 film skewl).

Video: Metronomy – A Thing For Me

Metronomy extends their concept-core brand with this concepty video. This is the kind of video that could have ‘made a big splash in the 80s/90s’, but since it exists in the 2K0s, it will be ‘just another meme’ to most people since they don’t know the difference between art, design, and memes. But yeah, pretty interesting. I would give it an A+ in my visual media course which I am currently teaching at a Liberal Arts College in the Northeast United States.

Video: Beach House – Used to Be

This video takes place in a motel in ‘the middle of nowhere.’ They man and woman from the band are wearing ‘authentically thrift’ clothing. It kind of reminds me of the video an altbag+altbaguette couple would make if they had to ’show their relationship in a 4 minute video.’ They are standing around, not necessarily being interesting, but looking interesting in a 29 year old alt who is still [powered by his parents] kind of way.

Video: The Guy from Vampire Weekend singing some ‘authentic punk songs’

Does n e 1 who reads this blog ‘get’ punk? Not really sure if it’s meant 2 appeal 2 my ears, or if it was just music that ur supposed 2 like only based on what it represents and the contexts in which it is played, as opposed to actually having any sort of aural attraction to the song.

Video: The Jousteeces – D.A.N.C.E. Y.A.L.L. (Live on Jimmy Kimmel)

Remember 2k7? Remember when this meme/gimmick meant that electro+dance music was gonna go mainstream?

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HAVE YALL SEEN N E CONCEPTUALLY SATISFYING MUSIC VIDEOS LATELY?
ON MTV?
OR ON THE YOUTUBE?
OR ON THE PITCHFORK.TELEVISION?

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“I write all my music in my head, I never demo.”

-James “I Created Authentic Disco” Murphy

Does ur band/electroduo make demos or do yall only make 1 cut that is what u intended 4 it 2 b? Just want to make stuff that lasts forever just like DFA.
//want 2 make music @ a [high production value] that lasts from vans til infiniti ////

///Quote via NME // Pedestrian]

Just want to be some one great.

/// Some blog great ////
/////an HRO story //////

not even sure if i’ll dress up nxt year. this year took a lot out of me. Not evn sure who I am n e m0re. sux. kinda let down. nite didn’t go as I had planned/envision. h8 it when things fall thru.

HIPSTER RUNOFF’s BEST ALTERNATIVE COSTUMES of 2008.

PRESENTED BY CARLES OF THE HIPSTER RANOFFS

The Justices

Girl With a 3rd Nipple on her back

FGGT Indian from the Village People

S0 FUCKING DISC0 BR0

AltWayne and AltGarth

HeartsRevolution PaintedMask Ninja Turtle

JokerAltMainstreamer Pack

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////FOR MORE GREAT////
////HALLOWEEN KOSTUMES!////

“Interesting Looking Guy” who was made to be photographed on alternative media websites

Floating Alt

HeartsRevolutionGirl + Woman whose husband just left her

Edward “Meaningful” Scissorhands

Edward “AZN” Scissorhands

Passed Out Girl Who Got Felt Up like krazie

Girls Who Were Born To Have Objects Enter Their Bodies

Katie Couric

Mexican

Kreepier Bjork

Commentary on the duality of Race Relations in the United States, h8 crimes, the Los Angeles Riots, the O.J. Trial, Rodney King, and Barry Obama (a think-piece costume that makes u unCultured if u don’t ‘get’ it)

Hamburgler Alt eating a Pizza Alt (Pizzaburgler Alt?)

Child Predator French Fry Alt

Mickey Avalon pre/post Heroine addiction

Neil AZNstrong

The guy who works on the highway repairs by my house

AltBros Who Read 2 Many blogs

JokerAlt

Bronques From Last Night’s Party’s Illegitimate Son

Bearded Lady

Authentic Jesus

ElectroWar Soldier

AltBloody Tampon

The ‘Zany Guy’ from The Office

Marc Jacobs’ self-concept

JokerAlt?

Captain American Apparel

iPod fggt circa 1994

The Zeitgeist of Ed Banger

the Knife

Sad Lil Boy George

Girl Who Slept Over at Her Boyfriend’s House

Danny Devito JokerAlt

Tom Cruise Joker Alt

Daft Punk’s Illegitimate Brother

GaspardAlts

Jousteece

Justice’s business model when they decide to franchise their brand

2nd place: Authentic Chili’s AltBro

HIPSTER RUNOFF’S #1 COSTUME OF 2K8
James “Authentic Disco” Murphy as Fred “Authentic Caveman” Flinstone

“Get Innocuous 4 some1 great!”
-Fred Flinstone

WHO WAS YALLS FAVE COSTUME OF 2K8?
WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM 2K8 THAT WILL HELP US IN 2K9?
WILL HALLOWEEN ALWAY BE ‘FUN’ OR IS IT ‘TOO MAINSTREAM’?
WHO WILL BE THE ‘JUSTICE’ OF 2K9?
WHO WILL BE THE JOKERALT OF 2K9?
WHO WILL BE THE FRED FLINSTONE OF 2K9?

[Photos by]
[ Lastnightsparty]

[Thecobrasnake]

[glamcanyon]

[StyleSightings]

Overall, a good song. Probably the only song on that album that I can semi-regularly enjoy on a daily basis.

MP3: LCD Soundsystem – Some One Great
Buy The Sound of Silver.

MP3: Mat Payne – Something for Your WalkMan

Track Listing
Purple Crush – Vacation (Loud Pipes Remix)
Yelle – A Cause Des Garçons (RIOT IN BELGIUM REMIX)
Radioclit – Divine Gosa (Brodinski remix)
The Shoes – America (Brodinski Remix)
Dusty Kid – The Cat
Surkin – Radio Fireworks
Riot in Belgium – La Musique (Ooh Ee & Loot remix)
LCD Soundsystem – Get Innocuous (Soulwax Remix)
Soulwax – Phantom Pt. II (Soulwax Nite Version)

Check out Mat on Myspace.