An animated film starring Tom Waits. Performed for us live (at the La Brea stage in Hollywood, 1978), and rotoscoped — a process that traces back the live action frame by frame and turns it into animation. The original live action was shot with 5 cameras — 2 high, 2 low and one hand held. The music from “The One That Got Away” blared in the background as Tom sang karaoke style different lyrics on each take. Two strippers, 6 takes and 13 hours of video footage were edited to make a 5 1/2 minute live action short which we […]
THE EARLY WORD: Meet The Phawker
For reasons that continue to elude us, the folks hosting this event asked us to be one of the so-called celebrity judges. And for reasons that, again, continue to elude us, we said yes.
LIVE FROM THE MILTON MAN MARCH
When you’re laughing, the whole world laughs with you.
HOT DOC: Peeps Of The United Internets Vs. The RIAA
BY ADAM FRUCCI/GIZIMODO In case you missed it, last Friday we declared the month of March Boycott the RIAA Month. We’ve gotten sick and tired of always seeing the RIAA pulling deplorable moves and decided it was time for us to do something about it. We’re kicking the month off with this, our manifesto. We want to be absolutely clear about what this fight is about and why it’s so important. This is an overview of what the RIAA does, why it’s damaging, and what we need to do to stop it. Consider this our planted flag. Who We’re Up […]
THE EARLY WORD: Fate Up Against Your Will
Got an event that needs some luv? Well, you better have a badass flyer or ain’t nobody goin’ no how. Seriously. And send it to FEED@PHAWKER.COM. Like, early and shit. We’ll let you know if it sux or not. Because, really, you should know.
THE YARDBIRDS: Train Kept A Rollin’
From Blow-Up.
We Know It’s Only Rock N’ Roll But We Like It
SWEATLOAF: Plastic Little/Sweatheart, ICA, Last Night FROM: Eva Liao TO: Me RE: “sex = babies = poverty” says Sweatheart 11:24 pm (23 minutes ago) yo boss. pictures are up! the show was dry as a desert. had there been booze involved a show at the ICA would have been off the hook (i know… i say that about everything). but after a while the crowd filtered out, along with their attention spans. Either way, P. Little was more boring than meh… but SWEAT HEART is where its it’s at! They’re the shirtless, striped tights, wig wearing, prom dress group shown […]
SLO-MO: Cuidado
WARNING: F-bombs. Also, this is fucking excellent! Muy bien!
THE BUTTHOLE SURFERS: Pepper
Some will die in hot pursuit in fiery auto crashes. Some will die in hot pursuit while sifting through my ashes. Some will fall in love with life and drink it from a fountain that is pouring like an avalanche coming down the mountain. –Gibby Haynes
REVIEW: The Good, The Bad & The Queen
BY SARA SHERR For a critic, the hardest thing to review is something that’s just sort of “eh,” instead of moving you towards joy or repulsion. I didn’t think I’d have a blah attack from The Good, The Bad & The Queen, the latest project for Blur/Gorillaz man Damon Albarn. It certainly sounds good on paper, a gaggle of (mostly) white punks on dope: Clash bassist Paul Simonon, Verve guitarist Simon Tong, and Africa ’70s drummer/musical director Tony Allen, who’s the real star here. Albarn uses reggae rhythms and thick dub soundscapes to explore life during wartime in London when […]