Tuesday, February 19, 2008

THE MISSION: [RE]INTRODUCING PLANNINGTOROCK

FAME IS UNJUSTLY DISTRIBUTED. THIS IS WHY I FEEL COMPELLED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE STORY OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE UNDEREXPOSED, UNDERATED VIDEO ARTIST/ MUSICIAN/ PERFORMERS BY THE NAME OF JANINE ROSTRON -AKA- PLANNINGTOROCK.
HER DEBUT ALBUM "HAVE IT ALL" WAS RELEASED LONG AGO [2006]ON CHICKSONSPEED RECORDS AND REVOLVED AROUND THE CONCEPT OF HER TRANSFORMATION FROM SMALL TOWN ENGLISH GIRL TO BERLINER EX-PAT. SHE MAKES THESE BEAUTIFUL VIDEO PIECES TO ACCOMPANY HER SONGS.







HER VOICE IS LIKE YOKO ONO AND DIAMANDA GALAS PACKAGED UP INTO THIS POP PERFECTION.
SHE IS STILL QUIT MYSTERIOUS TO ME -WHICH I LOVE- BUT I RECENTLY DISCOVERED THIS REVEALING LITTLE PIECE CARE OF XLR8RTV:



AND THIS ONE WHERE SHE INTRODUCES SOME OF HER MANY SELF-CRAFTED STAGE PROPS:



SHE IS CURRENTLY BEING CHAMPIONED BY THE UNLIKELY DFA HIPSTER TYPES, LETS HOPE SHE COMES OUR WAY SOON.

ENJOY!

Monday, February 18, 2008

EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY.

EVERYBODY SHOULD BUY TICKETS TO GO SEE THE MAXIMUM BLACK TOUR COMING TO VIENNA, BERLIN AND LONDON IN THE NEXT COUPLA WEEKS. THE SHOW IS CURATED BY FINAL FANTASY AND STARS DEERHOOF, THE DIRTY PROJECTORS, FROG EYES, SIX ORGANS AND MORE!

SHOULD BE HEAVY DUTY.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

DAMMIT!

GOD DAMMIT! I DIDN'T WANT TO "BLOG" ABOUT THIS. ANYWAYS EARLIER IN THE EVENING I MENTIONED IN A SENTENCE TO A FRIEND "YOU KNOW THAT ROBYN VIDEO WHERE..." AND SHE SAID "NO", SO I FIGURE THERE ARE A FEW OF YOU OUT THERE WHO HAVENT HEARD THIS INSANELY INFECTIOUS JAM OR SEEN THE VIDEO.

IT'S ROBYN AND IT'S A MILLION YEARS OLD IN "BLOG" YEARS. BUT CHECK OUT THAT DUDE! WHO WOULDN'T BE UPSET!@#? NO WONDER SHE IS HAVING SO MUCH TROUBLE GETTING COMFORTABLE ON THAT GIANT BED WITHOUT HIM.


I WANT ONE OF THOSE KID FRIENDS.


AND THIS GREAT REMIX VID FEATURING VARIOUS NORMALS GETTING METAPHORICALLY EMOTIONALLY FUCKED BY A BOXING GLOVE:



AND NOW THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH HER - A LIVE VID FROM HER RECENT NORTH AMERICAN LIVE DEBUT IN NYC WHERE SHE PERFORMS THE TOTALLY OBLITERATING HERATBREAK JAM "WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT" WITH A GIANT SMILE ON HER FACE.



"IT GET'S WORSE WITH EVERY HEARTBEAT" SO DON'T BE FOOLED. OKAY GO GOOGLE THE REST.
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K K

UPDATE! BLAB'S "LONG ONE"!

BLAB HAS A LONG ONE.
SORRY AND ENJOY.