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Again, Nicholas Klemek finds hot truth on YouTube.  Released in 1996, The Beloved’s video for Deliver Me is one of those “art imitates art” moments.  Whomever directed the above was certainly a mirror of his/her era.  If you read the gallery invite viewed at 1:14, you can see the dates for the exhibition as being March 15 - March 21, 1996, and taking place at London’s Atlantis Gallery, which ironically recently hosted Body Worlds.

Oh, and if you need a little taste of early 90’s rave-influenced, but toned down for radio listeners and people with no appreciation for MDMA, Brit Dance Pop/Rock, The Beloved’s video for Hello may be some kind of textbook example.

Technorati Tags: Jon Marsh, The Beloved, music video, Deliver Me, Atlantis, 1996, YBAs, hello

This is for Nicholas, the only artist to ever exhibit Clarence Boddicker themed work that I know of.  Robocop isn’t just an awesome movie, it’s an important film, possibly the  one film that best carries the spirit of dystopian 1980’s cyberpunk.  I know some people hate Darren Aronofsky, but I can’t wait to see his remake.  The above 10 minute, rap/recap of the entire film is by The Anomalies, UK Hip Hop/Breakbeat/Indie trio out of Hereford, UK.

Seen at Boing Boing Gadgets.

Technorati Tags: science fiction, robocop, hip hop, The Anomalies, rap, recap

Last Friday, I attended Mare Serenitatis at the Aratani Theatre at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, part of the World Festival of Sacred Music. I was working during the performance, but I watched the final rehearsal from the wings of the stage.

Following the performance in the Aratani Theatre, the crowd came outside to see a blue and white striped field of vinyl that we had set up during the performance. Following Hirokazu Kosaka’s symbolic shooting of an arrow into the artificial moon generated by a rented spotlight (not being a full moon, Hirokazu brought his own), Butoh dancer Oguri (above) took a knot of thread, drawn from dozens of spools, into his mouth, and slowly (and I mean slowly) walked across the plaza to the sound of a lone harmonica player.  It was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen, and the overheard comments from the crowd following would easily be mistaken for hyperbole by anyone who wasn’t there.

Here’s the Flickr set for the event.

Technorati Tags: Oguri, Butoh, Hirokazu Kosaka, JACCC, World Festival of Sacred Music, dance, performance

Do yourself and Isaac’s gold-chain clad spirit favour and see Wattstax. He’s with Xenu now, but we still love him.