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Vampire Weekend was the HUGE indie winner of the Super Bowl commercial war (6 comments) |
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LANAMANIA hits Los Angeles, frenzied fans begin sobbing in Lana Del Rey's presence (16 comments) |
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"BUZZ BANDS" was a category on Jeopardy. Have BUZZ BANDS crossed over 2 the mnstrm? (11 comments) |
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Pitchfork cyberbullies & slutshames Best Coast, calls her an 'inauthentic two-timing sell out panderer' (10 comments) |
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Introducing PRAYER WATCH 2K12 A CandleLight Vigil 4 Carles #pray4carles (22 comments) |
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Lana Del Rey wears baseball cap, looks TOTALLY EFFING keut (7 comments) |
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Lana Del Rey responds to hateful critics by purchasing major takeover ads on indie websites (9 comments) |
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Lance Armstrong supports Bon Iver against Carles & other anonymous cowards (33 comments) |
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Lana Del Rey sells MAD albums, is officially RICH, FAMOUS, and SUCCESSFUL (11 comments) |
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Bon Iver Vs. Carles: Who stands in solidarity with the Corrupt Indie Machine? (5 comments) |
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Did u see Madonna's wardrobe malfunction pussy lip slip at the Super Bowl? (125 comments) |
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Skrillex spotted bronoodling with nostalgic human meme Mr. Belding in relevant VIP section (3 comments) |
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Was M.I.A.'s Super Bowl flip off the first shameless slutwave marketing act in the post-LDR era? (26 comments) |
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Lana Del Rey Album Sales: 'Born to Die' projected to sell ~60k copies, will land at #2 (12 comments) |
Sometimes I see images that are constructed for mainstreamers that they are probably supposed to think 'looks cool', but since I am so design-aware, I can't help but think it looks tacky and uninspired. So while a person over the age of 35 will think 'whoa--how did they get all of those players on that magazine cover? Totes looks like they are going after 1 ball...' I think it is stupid because they just created a bunch of layers in Adobe Photoshop. Not very impressive, yall. coulda made that cover as the project for my first class at college--Photoshop 101: for design majors and non majors.
I kinda h8 how my design school education makes me enjoy stuff that is 'supposed to look cool' a lot less. Every time I see a flyer, an advertisement, a webpage, or a commercial, I know exactly how it is made since I am skilled at every Adobe Design Suite Program. So while images might 'look interesting', the process behind them seems so EZ 2 replicate that I am just way above it. Sometimes I feel like I need 2 'ditch technology' and only design authentic things by manually cutting and pasting things together, but I am 0% skilled and kraftwerk.
It's like u see a video of a kid AZN who can make all of these 'amazing effects' and then u realize that this standardized technology has gimmicked us 2 think that we are able to better express ourselves' because the bottleneck of creativity has widened just cuz we have more tools, but still kinda just express the same shittie concept/topics + implement lamer aesthetics.
h8 creative azns. Isn't it kinda funnie how teachers in high school are probably making poorly informed decisions to encourage kids who can 'make laser fight videos' to pursue a career in the arts/film, when there is actually a supersaturated market of 'tweens who have an inaccurate self-concept in which they tell themselves that they are unique and creative because their parents bought them a high-end computer'?
(h8 tweens who brand themselves as 'creative' so that they don't have to take Calculus/physics/math/science/etc)
Is Adobe + Apple bad for kids? Should ppl only be allowed to 'make art' after they are done with college because their ideas 'probably suck' b4 then, and u should save them the humiliation of displaying their naivety in a piece of work that will last 4ever?
<3/h8 Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe gives creativity 'a new life.'
Without the Adobe Creative Suite, I would not be able to make art/design/memes.
Without the internet, I wouldn't get the feedback from my 'art' which would give me the positive reinforcement that is necessary to 'keep going.'
Dear Lord,
Thank u 4 Adobe. I will use u. But when I create 'art', I will make sure to not make it so obvious that I utilized ur functionality, and try 2 have my 'art' exist in its own space to be evaluated. I value ur product, but I don't want ppl to evaluate my technical skills in the final product.
Best,
Carles
Parsons / Pratt Class of 2011
In a world where we don't watch music videos on TV any more, we are presented with the question, "what makes a music video worth watching on a lil screen?" Overall, I'm just looking for authenticity kinda like every other aspect of my life. I don't like it when videos are 'too viral' because that means they will go mainstream.
Videos must be a little bit of everything:
Which artist has the most authentic music video aesthetic?
Is it M83 with their 80s video camera music videos?
M83 - "Graveyard Girl"
Or maybe it's Thieves Like Us with their earnest music videos that remind us what it of what it meant to be young & authentically care about things/relationships.
Thieves Like Us - Desire
It's DEFINITELY NOT Ratatat with their College Video Art Project Aesthetic. (If I wuz their professor, I would give them a pity "B-.")
Ratatat - "Schempi"
Coldplay's "Viva La Vida" utilizes a Photoshop Smoke Effect. Do yall know how to use photoshop to make ur youtube videos look like children's boox?
Coldtug - "Viva La Vida, Yall"
I feel like at this point, it might be Frankmusik. In this video he utilizes the post-pop Tom Hanks in the movie BIG dancing on neon piano keys aesthetic.
Frankmusik - "Three Little Words"
Should I Blog more about Thomas Hanks / dancing on supersized piano keys?
Which post-bloghaus/indierock/meaningfulcore band has the most authentic video aesthetic?
What do yall look for in quality videos?
Should pitchfork.tv merge with youtube or vimeo?
Should vimeo merge with youtube or xtube or porn0t00b?
What makes a music video meaningful 2 u?
Zooey Deschanel was recently involved in a MASSIVE photoshopping scandal after a controversial lip stick ad where her lips looked like Mrs. Potato Head lips [link]. Now she is on the cover of some magazine that I have never heard of called Flare Magazine, looking hella airbrushed/photoshopped. It doesn't even look like her, which is alarming, because much of her appeal is about being a 'natural, indie-wave beauty.' Now she looks just like any other slutwaver who is all 'whored up' [via photoshop magic].
Are we losing Zooey Deschanel?
Is her career 'in trouble'?
Is she trying desperately 2 'go mainstream'?
I sorta miss the old, natural Zooey... I hope Ben Gibbard isn't pushing her to change who she is [via distorted body image pressures].
R u disappointed in Zooey Deschanel?
Are these magazines ruining Zooey's indie personal brand?
Is Zooey Deschanel 'alt' or 'mainstream'?
Will she ever win an Oscar, or will she always just be more of a 'Kirsten Dunst' than a 'Natalie Portman'? [via indie leading ladies scale]
Was it 'worth it' to get photoshopped on 'Flare Magazine'? Should she have done it 4 Vanity Fair/Rolling Stone/US Weekly?
Is new mainstream Zooey 'mad hotter'/do u think mainstream Zooey will get 'massive breast implants'?
Zooey Deschanel is an actress turned indie songstress in the mediocre buzzband She & Him.
I was looking at this .gif of Katy Perry that shows how Rolling Stone had to 'photoshop' her in order to make her look '100% hot.' They took a lil bit off the tummie, popped the breasts so they weren't just 'big and saggy', and added some more colour/shine 2 her skin, and probably a lot more stuff that makes her look 'perfect.' Maybe Rolling Stone thought that it would 'save their magazine' by making Katy Perries breasts look way bigger.
It sorta made me wonder...
Is Lady Gaga the most authentic slutwaver because she is kinda ugly, but she just compensates by starving herself and exposing as much of her body as possible?
Has Katy Perry just used 'Hollywood magic' 2 become a top slutwaver?
Do magazines 'cheat' 2 airbrush + photoshop women 2 look hot?
Is our society 'truly effed up' when a slutwaver can't even show her goodies without the pressure to 'look perfect'?
Shame on Rolling Stone. Shame on Katy Perrier. They are rlly not helping tween body image issues.
For all of our female readers, it's okay 2 show off ur body even if ur 'thick.' Real Women Don't Photoshop.
G-d Blss us, every1.
Alt Has No Size
LOVE HAS NO SIZE.
M.I.A. 'unveiled' her album art in .jpg format for the internet to blog about. The 'album art' release is an important step in the album cycle, because it can give your album an 'extra' newsbit if your band is relevant enough.
Not sure what the concept behind her album art is. Maybe it is some sort of statement about youtube, and how we are connected to the internet. Maybe like 'streaming video: we are just waiting 4 our lives 2 buffer.' Sorta confusing. Like a hyper reality where moments no longer exist for themselves', perhaps they only exist to 'go viral' and rack up millions of views on youtube.
Probably has no concept behind it. Much like M.I.A., her album is probably just supposed to 'get attention' even if the message is hollow. I guess it's chill. Sorta just like some1 getting blazed, then opening up photoshop, google image searching for some pix, and making 'art.' Wonder if vibes like this hurt photoshop as a creative tool, or if there will be a 'revival' of 'tactile art' since photoshop is sorta being used for 'doodling purposes.' Not sure if there is an official word for a 'photoshop doodle.'
Have yall ever 'got blazed' and made some sort of trivial art, then showed it off to people, then sorta saw their faces look at you like you were in 'special ed' and just did some finger painting?
What is the best kind of album art?
Do u like the 'album art' release part of the album cycle?
Do u wish u could collab with M.I.A. and make some internet-themed album art?
Is this album art more authentic than AnCo's performance at the Googleheim?
Can u interpret what this album art 'means'?
M.I.A. is known for thinking that the American government is out 2 get her.
