Thursday, August 13, 2009

Betsy Sharkey on Pop & Hiss Review: 'It Might Get Loud'. When it's nearing midnight and some amazing maniac is shredding through a guitar solo on stage, eyes closed, sweat flying, vibrations rumbling through the house like a northbound freight train, it's easy to forget just how much art and craft and science is involved in creating that sound. Director Davis Guggenheim, who brought us Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," reminds us of this in his very fine documentary about the electric guitar and the men who play it best, "It Might Get Loud." Following three generations of rock virtuosos -- Jimmy Page, the Edge and Jack White -- on a journey through time, the film takes us behind the scenes as these artists talk about their relationship with and philosophies about that curve of electrified sound they have each mastered in distinctive ways. ... --Betsy Sharkey Photo credit: Toronto International Film Festival [Pop & Hiss] 8:07:38 PM

Love this video! Spacetime Shock of Pleasure, Spacetime - Video http://www.contactmusic.com/videos.nsf/stream/shock-of-pleasure-spacetime [Contactmusic Ltd | Latest music streams] 8:04:17 PM

Marisa Swanson, Papierblog Typography and pics on a T-shirt: I say yay. For years I've been snickering with my friends about how fashionably challenged one would have to be in order to make graphic tees part of their rotation.  The grande dame, and perfect example, of such a faux pas is Paris Hilton.  Think hot pink, sequins, and well, her face emblazoned on cotton and topping off a [...] [Papierblog] 6:33:05 PM

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Noisy Decent Graphics Penguin Books. Richard Green - a friend of mine who works for Penguin - has just done some re-jackets of ten classic romance thriller books coming out in January. And rather lovely they are too I think. [Noisy Decent Graphics] 6:08:43 PM