after being told by some lazy good-for-nothing reader that my lebron james video was so last year (which it was, indeed, but still bad-ass all the same) i wanted to do some research about what might be newer and interesting.
but my memory is a little fuzzy, and so i recalled a rap song that used bartok, some music in lost that really blew my mind, little samples that me and jon had tried to figure out.
researching the topic, i came across an initial blog that was pretty rad, dedicated to the preservation, celebration, and restoration of all things vinyl
http://www.libraryofvinyl.org/
yet a random link on their blog pushed me to an even more incredible and endlessly entertaining website, which catalogs and categorizes samples of every kind
http://www.the-breaks.com/
so here’s a few gems from that website that i found….
bartok used by rap artist dr. octagon in “blue flowers”
steve reich used by orb in “little fluffy clouds”
the eclectic homeless blind viking composer moondog used by mr. scruff in “get a move on”
if you’re interested in this kind of stuff, and want to fill a fwe hours, days, or weeks, check out
http://www.xampled.com/xampled/
or
http://jessekriss.com/projects/samplinghistory/
i’ll have more to report from aspen, co, soon, as i’m working on infiltrating the food and wine festival as we speak.
i did experience my first celebrity sighting today, that of the infamous marcel.
a bunch of thuggy-looking slouches were crossing the street in front of my friend’s dave car, quite slowly and with lots of hand motions. and taking their time, not noticing its a green light, treating the whole world like its philadelphia, the bastards! and then i realize, its marcel, so i lean out the window and in my best falsetto, give him a passionate, “marrrrrrceeeeel!”
now as for my other fascination, music in film, and tv
i love that people can sneak any kind of music into the right kind of image, whether its webern on the sopranos, journey on the sopranos, crazy contemporary stuff on lost, bartok in the shining, funk all over the place. there is a long list, and i’d like to start documenting and sharing it….
now.
lebron catches kool and the gang’s “summer madness” perfectly, with each glorious synth attack releasing both adrenaline and endorphins!
