The National

They sum up my day perfectly. I didn't like them at one point, now they are one of my favorites. Like Nick Cave mixed with Tindersticks.

Pat Vamos on Vimeo

Great artist and remixer with a keen eye for nostalgia. Check out more here and below:

SERVE THEM WELL-SWIMMING IN SPEAKERS from PAT VAMOS on Vimeo.

DRIVE-IN TRIP-TYCH from PAT VAMOS on Vimeo.

Sun Was High (So Was This Unauthorized Video) from PAT VAMOS on Vimeo.

No Hope Kids vs The British Railway Council from PAT VAMOS on Vimeo.

RADIO FREE MALE STRIPPERS from PAT VAMOS on Vimeo.

GHOSTY-I WON'T BE STOPPED from PAT VAMOS on Vimeo.

Microscopic Photography

Bradford Cox

Definitely one of my favorite musicians out there. I've seen Deerhunter twice and I am going to see him as Atlas Sound next month (with Memory Tapes) for the second time. He has to be one of the quirkiest, kindest, and gentlest musicians out there today, even when glad in a wedding dress with fake birds dangling from his fingers. Revel in his genius outpouring of music:

New Phone

Stéphane Sednaoui

True beauty and one of my all-time favorite directors. Click here for some commericals he made, featuring music by m83 and Björk.

Matthew Barney

The cremaster muscle is a muscle that covers the testis. Its function is to raise and lower the scrotum in order to regulate the temperature of the testis and promote spermatogenesis. In a cool environment the cremaster draws the testis closer to the body preventing heat loss, while when it is warmer the cremaster relaxes allowing the testis to cool. Clinically, a reflex arc termed the cremasteric reflex can be demonstrated by lightly stroking the skin of the inner thigh downwards from the hip towards the knee. This causes the cremaster muscle on the same side to rapidly contract, raising that testicle. This so called cremasteric reflex is much more pronounced in boys than in men. The cremaster can also be contracted voluntarily, by contracting the pubococcygeus muscle (using Kegels), or by sucking in the abdomen.

Agnes Montgomery

Collage artist/Genius/Blower of Minds. And that is without regard to her friend Panda Bear.

“He liked the idea of collage cut paper for the album art since he was also working in a style of collage musically, cutting up samples.”

Mr. Lucian Freud

He can capture a veneer like no other. Faces are the most difficult things to paint for me. Mine always look dead. And yes, he is the grandson of Sigmund Freud.

"I paint people not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be."

Guilty Pleasures

jj remix video

MBV, you complete me

This post speaks for itself. I am currently working on a project inspired by their iconic Loveless. Here are some clips from their 2008 tour that I missed. I am stupid...