Studio Smoke Machines
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You’d like to think that’s a smoke machine in the studio…
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Heaven Sounds Like Florence
“I am done with my graceless heart – tonight I’m gonna cut it out, and then restart.”
Heaven probably sounds something like Florence and her heavenly choir.
Dream Theater Doing ‘Octavarium’
We move in circles
Balanced all the while
On a gleaming razor’s edge
Dream Theater doing “Octavarium” live – the band at their absolute 30-minute best. Modern prog at it’s best, too.
‘Dark Side’ by Dream Theater
Set aside 45 minutes, put this on in the background while you work, and enjoy a modern retelling of The Dark Side of the Moon from Dream Theater.
And notice how effortless the “Time” solo is for a (goofy-haired) John Petrucci. Those bends? Ugh. They could never end, as far as I’m concerned.
Make Love to a Stratocaster
You want to know how to make love to a Stratocaster?
Didn’t get much better than Dire Straits.
Pretty great, and visually interesting, video for “Under the Pressure” by The War On Drugs. Lost In The Dream is easily one of my favorite albums of the year so far. Every song is beautiful.
And man, talk about making a good video on the cheap.
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Color Grading No More
Faith No More’s Mike Patton at his most handsome.
Check out the color grading in these shots. Lovely cinematic styling.
I’d love to be able to process my photos like that. Time to play with some curves.
“Ashes to Ashes” brought me back into the Faith No More fold. Glad to see they’re back and making new music.
Big Show
Neon Hitch and Mike Posner, performing at Albion College’s annual Big Show concert.
One of my favorite projects to shoot all year.
Friday Jams
Friday Jams: Sad that my favorite Audioslave song came on the last album. Still, for that short time, this Supergroup™ made some pretty great songs.
But for pure video bombast, you can’t beat the intro.
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