I love the way Placebo’s artistry extends across multiple media. The band has a remarkable number of videos for their songs, far more than is music industry standard. Some seem like the sort of thing a record label would commission. Others, like this one for Nancy Boy, strike me as growing out of a different […]
I know the heyday of Hanoi Rocks was a bit before the time of the video star, but they would have been so perfect in that medium. I can’t even find any videos from Michael Monroe’s solo work. I want someone to make a music video, with use of a time machine, for Dead by […]
Brett Simon, of Assassination of a High School President fame, directed this cannibalistic video for the QOTSA song Sick, Sick, Sick. I think I vaguely thought the song was about living life to the fullest in a risk-taking and sexually-fulfilling way. I love the way it rhymes Problem and Hoodlum. Once I saw this video, […]
Industrial legend and all around trouble maker Al Jourgensen is scheduled to appear on an hour long live broadcast of Alex Jones’ Infowars this coming Friday, July 29th at noon central standard time. Whether you love or hate the provocative and often inflammatory politics, it certainly is likely to be an entertaining festival of tinfoil […]
Shortly before the Nine Inch Nails video for Closer came out, a girl I knew was showing around a photo of Trent Reznor in the black with the ball gag, supposedly as proof that he was her boyfriend. Because Los Angeles is a surreal place, a girl who served me grilled cheese with bacon at […]
Ah, the “Satanic girls gone wild”. Pop quiz: Which rock star has dated more of the lovely beauties of Gothic Sluts than Marilyn Manson? Last time I checked, there is only one. Music video by Marilyn Manson performing Arma-goddamn-motherf**kin-geddon. Interscope Records Lyrics Death to ladies first, then the gentlemen Forcery, taxes, facelifts, abortion, nervous breakdance […]
Am I a dick for feeling like the engineering for this recording involved a Madonna filter autotune on the chorus? Not to mention the concept. Music video by Lady Gaga performing Judas. Lyrics Ohohohoh I’m in love with Judas Ohohohoh I’m in love with Judas Judas! Judas Judas! Judas Judas! Judas Judas! GAGA When he […]
Recently, while traipsing around the web with malice in my heart, I stumbled across a biological weapon of righteous vengeance. Something that struck fear in the deepest darkest recesses of my consciousness…a veritable doomsday device that is both terrible and awesome to behold; Super Crabs. (This product is apparently real. Someone please order this and […]
One of the things I love about Los Angeles is that people take weirdo art seriously here. Tim Burton has a major exhibit running all summer at LACMA, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art. I don’t always feel good about some of the themes in his movie work, but I always adore his aesthetic […]