Ever since I saw them on the Voodoo Fest live feed, I've been checking out Innerpartysystem. (MySpace page, or cut and paste http://www.myspace.com/innerpartysystem) No surprise, I am liking them more and more. They sound like the love children of the Killers and Nine Inch Nails - well, except there was that one time when Trent Reznor was out of town, and Duran Duran and U2 came over to party, but, you know, the Killers just kept that a secret and never told Trent about that.
I am all over this band's sound. They have a brand-new album that came out on September 30th, and they are currently touring. I plan to see them in Baltimore next month. I can tell you from seeing the Voodoo feed, these guys are very good live. Their videos are interesting, but seizure-inducing. I can't embed the official video for the first single, "Don't Stop," but I can provide you a YouTube link to its creepy, flickery weirdness. Address if you prefer to cut and paste into your browser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh2y_BgTn5Q".
I can provide an embedded video for another song by Innerpartysystem called "This Empty Love," which has already gotten over 100,000 hits on YouTube in the last month. This video is tagged as "may not be suitable for minors," and it's kind of NSFW due to see-through clothing/drug use/extreme expression of enjoyment by the girl in it. It's unclear whether she is enjoying the effects of whatever she just smoked, or whether there is someone out of frame who is causing her enjoyment in a more direct way. I could definitely see this video going viral. Hell, I posted it, didn't I?
Remember, I warned you. Not really safe for work. Probably not good for your kids to see. But compelling viewing.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Magnetic Fields = no go
I didn't make it to the Magnetic Fields concert tonight. I know that my cool factor has taken a hit as a result, but I have to be out of the office tomorrow and I really needed to get some work done this afternoon/evening. What can you do?
I came home late and watched three episodes of Mad Men on DVD instead. We are just starting on Season One because our cable company decided that AMC should be on the premium lineup, so we stopped getting it shortly before Mad Men premiered. I may not be able to keep watching the series, just because every time the guys at the ad agency belittle/sexually harass the women YET AGAIN, it makes me want to punch the television set. The series is well-written, well-acted and beautifully filmed, but it is getting to me. On the other hand, Betty Draper and Ken Cosgrove are now following me on Twitter and vice versa, so that's pretty cool.
The art director of Nine Inch Nails needs to stop Twittering pictures of New Orleans. It's really starting to piss me off. Yeah, Rob, you're there, I'm not. I GET IT. Quit rubbing it in.
I came home late and watched three episodes of Mad Men on DVD instead. We are just starting on Season One because our cable company decided that AMC should be on the premium lineup, so we stopped getting it shortly before Mad Men premiered. I may not be able to keep watching the series, just because every time the guys at the ad agency belittle/sexually harass the women YET AGAIN, it makes me want to punch the television set. The series is well-written, well-acted and beautifully filmed, but it is getting to me. On the other hand, Betty Draper and Ken Cosgrove are now following me on Twitter and vice versa, so that's pretty cool.
The art director of Nine Inch Nails needs to stop Twittering pictures of New Orleans. It's really starting to piss me off. Yeah, Rob, you're there, I'm not. I GET IT. Quit rubbing it in.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
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