John Carpenter’s Halloween
At Funny Or Die, John Carpenter presents, “John Carpenter’s Halloween!”
“This Land Is Mine”
Animator of Sita Sings The Blues, Nina Paley, has a new short, “This Land Is Mine,” concerning, “a brief history of the land called Israel/Palestine/Canaan/the Levant” set to, “This Land Is Mine” sung by Andy Williams. (Via Cartoon Brew)
Cage + Cage
Nicolas Cage performs John Cage’s, “4’33”.”
“Uncle Pervy’s K-Pop Playlist”
John Seabrook, aka, “Uncle Pervy,” created an overview of K-Pop video for all your booty-shaking, synchronized dance needs. Make sure to click through to his article on Korean pop music for The New Yorker. (via @sammy2lighters)
“Berberian Sound Studio and Cathy Berberian”
At Sparks in Electrical Jelly, Jez Winship writes about Peter Strickland’s Berberian Sound Studio, Peter Cargill and the late Trish Keenan of Broadcast, who provide the film’s soundtrack, and the film’s namesake, the great experimental vocalist and composer, Cathy Berberian. It includes fascinating experimental scores for Berberian’s comic-strip […]
Mad Men + Rick Astley
The cast of Mad Men is never gonna give you up. (Thanks, Mark!)
The Cultural Gutter 