Fashion photography and videos

I have to say this guy is fantastic, and his style is out of this world. I don’t know if you’ll like this clip, but I love it. It’s 6 full minutes of Mark Guiliana going mad playing the drums.

I recently found out about him while listening to the wonderful album Continuo, by Avishai Cohen. That one is a fantastic album (if you like Jazz). Proof: a video

I think I’m getting old. How do I know? Because I don’t like most of today’s music…you know…I dislike the young people with their T-pains and their Justin Timberlakes and their Lilly Allens. I prefer my Tool and my oldschool Pearl Jam.

I do listen to all kinds of music though, and from time to time, there’s a band that rocks my world. The latest example is Company of Thieves, a Chicago trio with a female singer that is absolutely awesome (and cute), two other guys that smile and play some instruments, and a nice folksy rock style. So, they are not entirely rock, but they are cool, and their music is cool, and the singer is cool. In conclussion: they’re a good band.

It looks like they have a lot of fun on their live shows, it’s a shame it’s very unlikely I can see them live (I live in a third world country in South America), so I can only listen to them on my Zune (actually, I listen to music on my N97; my Ipod is gathering dust somewhere).

Back to topic now, what was I talking about? Company of Thieves? Well yes, you might like them as well, check out their latest video of their song “Pressure”

The voice of Genevieve (the lead singer) melts me, it’s so amazing. Also, check out their first video for the song Oscar Wilde, it’s a really nice one.

Finally, if you did like them, go buy their album Ordinary Riches

This is a cool little video with some really cool music. However, it’s strange that this a man sings this song. I mean, check out how it starts: “Some say I got devil, some say I got angel, but I’m just a girl in trouble”. Other parts of the song makes it very clear that a girl should be singing it.

Anyway, it’s a nice rendition of a song by Safka Melanie. Don’t ask me who she is, I never heard of her before until now; the rumors say she’s a singer-songwriter born in New York City in 1947, and is best known for her hits “Brand New Key”, “Lay Down (Candles in the Rain” and “What Have They Done To My Song Ma”.

The video below is a cover of her song Some say (I got devil) (listen to it here), which is on the B side of Brand New Key. Ha, were you born in a time when there use to be B sides?

Ok, enough words, check out the video.

While you were watching the video, I was doing my own research (you lazy bastards), and found out that this specific version of this specific song is is sang by the very specific Bonnie “Prince” Billy (and Tortoise). Go To horse latitudes where you might be able to listen to the same song without the weird fashionably cool video you just watched.

That’s why I love the internet. I didn’t know about this two artists, now I know, and so do you, unless you already knew.

The music of Yann Tiersen is wonderful, emotive, amazing. I love it. La pièce vide is one of his beautiful pieces, and this time it is interpreted by a talented pianist found at youtube: Aleks Nguyen. Enjoy!

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I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve you, and I don’t know what I’ll do without you

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Portishead used to be great. I used to love their songs. I used to love the voice of that singer: Beth Gibbons. It was a long time ago. It took them 10 years to come back, and I’m glad they did, because I love their new album. It’s simply put: magnificent. Portishead’s music still has the same hypnotic feeling I remember from their old songs. Beth Gibbons’ voice is absolutely beautiful.

It took me a while to finally get this album (it’s been there for a while), and I regret I didn’t bought it before. If you still don’t have it, you’re crazy.

Anyway, go read more reviews about this album: at the bbc, at culture bully, at pitchfork. Visit their official site, and their myspace page.

And for the good old times, one great video, Only you

Only you

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Tool is the greatest band in the world. That’s all I need to say. And sober is one of their amazing songs (and one of my favorites). Oh, and the video is freaky, and so cool. Enjoy!

Keeley Hazell isn’t just a good looking girl. She’s now a pop singer. Actually, damn sexy pop singer. Here you have a teaser of Keeley Hazell’s debut single, ‘Voyeur’. The full video will be available on May 2.

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See more of her at the gallery. Enjoy!

Repeat after me:

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“Minnie the Moocher” is a jazz song first recorded in 1930 by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, selling over 1 million copies. “Minnie the Moocher” is most famous for its nonsensical ad libbed (”scat”) lyrics (for example, “Hi De Hi De Hi De Hi”). In performances, Calloway would have the audience participate by repeating each scat phrase in a form of call and response, eventually Calloway’s phrases would become so long and complex that the audience would laugh at their own failed attempts to repeat them.

“Minnie the Moocher” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.