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save yourself. 2007-07-19 07:54:55
.i can see right through you.
mind over time
interpol [our love to admire, 2007]
dancing behind my eyelids
mum [go go smear the poison ivy, 2007]
i saw the bright shinies
the octopus project [tbd, 2007]
dirty little secret [thievery corp remix]
sarah mclachlan [bloom, 2005]
writings on the wall again
the album leaf [into the blue again, 2006]
first date jumble sale
isan [live, draumar um kalt sumar, 2006]
moan
trentemoller [the last resort, 2007]
all we have broken shines
brightblack morning light [self-titled, 2006]
art by david stoupakis
rem :: black session 2007-07-16 10:31:38
r.e.m.
studio 105, la maison de la radio
black session
, paris
may 07, 2001
imitation of life
the great beyond
what’s the frequency
all the way to reno
day sleeper
i’ve been high
electrolite
the lifting
at my most beautiful
i’ll take the rain
the one i love
she just wants to be
walk unafraid
losing my religion
man on the moon
so. central rain
end of the world
artwork by theartgarden
we are standing on the edge. 2007-07-13 08:33:49
kill me again
with love.
lucky [radiohead cover]
my brightest diamond
“My Brightest Diamond votes Radiohead our favorite band of all time. We cannot commodify the value of being able to listen to this record for years and not tire of it, always hearing something new, the tones never wearing on your ears but rather endlessly fascinating with textures and new sound combinations, the songs and voice plumbing the depths of lostness then raising your spirits to a roaring high. Yes, we gush and are unashamed of our love. I chose this particular track because Diamond Girl needed another theme song. -Shara Worden”
stereogum recently compiled a collection of radiohead covers as a tribute to ok computer’s 10th year. please go there to enjoy more.
drawing by a beautiful revolution.
remember… 2007-07-13 08:05:24
jimmy gnecco of ours & i
over seven years ago in providence, rhode island, this picture was taken by my friend erin caruso. at the time, erin and i didn’t even know one another; however like synchronicity, everytime we ran into one another at an ours show, we’d happily smile and say hello like we had known each other for years.
after this one particular show, some fans were hanging outside of ours tour bus and i was lucky enough to enjoy the moment. a boy had asked jimmy if he could play the song meet me in the tower because it wasn’t on that night’s setlist, and we all were able to appreciate a very special impromptu acoustic session.
a few months later, erin kindly surprised me with this black & white picture and to this day, it still takes me back to that exact moment of closing my eyes, feeling completely content and peaceful.
.see ours live.
july 13, 2007 montreal, que @ le gymnase … tickets…
july 15, 2007 boston, ma @ p
i can’t feel you anymore. 2007-07-09 00:42:37
.i like it all that way.
lover’s spit :: broken social scene [bee hives 2004]
welcome home :: radical face [ghost 2007]
boy with a coin :: iron & wine [the shepherd’s dog 2007]
superhero :: ani difranco [dilate 1997]
it aint me babe :: bob dylan [another side 1964]
rugla :: amiina [kurr 2007]
artwork by matt lee
angie mason solo art show 2007-07-05 13:59:46
angie mason
july 13, 2007
strychnin art gallery :: germany
“All of us face many negative forces in life which seem to linger on us like fungal growths constantly emitting spores attaching themselves to our well being and dragging us down as we battle against time which will devour all of us in the end.
It’s a universal truth that we all battle violence and negativity in our lives at times, its part of the life cycle of a slow or fast decomposition depending on how well you can fight this war to live. These Life Sore Spores that pollute our minds and infect our bodies are in a constant battle against our positive energy. Those heart worm menaces and parasitic rot seeping under our skin dividing again and again creating new problems forcing us to battle against them constantly as growths rise up. They are the sickness, sadness and ugliness we face in life. This is the human war we all battle against in life, attacked at every waking and sleeping moment of our existence;
what have you done… 2007-07-05 13:47:10
a few months ago, when i asked visual artist angie mason to kindly share some of her favorite musicians, she mentioned matson jones.
after researching angie’s recommendation and listening over and over again to their debut, they too, have become a special favorite of my own. living in ft. collins, colorado, consisting of two cellists/vocalists, one upright bassist and a drummer, this four-piece presents eclectic layers of chaotic intensity that distinctly possesses their own artistic spirit and power. together they have made raw music that certainly proves in the best way possible, insanity does equal creativity.
ive got people to see
and places that i need to burn down
and secrets that i need to burn out of my head
l i s t e n
a bit of arson never hurt anyone
new york city fuck off
sympathy
[mj 2005]
be sure to see this wonderful handmade video
by angie mason featuring the music of matson jones.
song/context/result pt. VI 2007-07-01 10:04:20 “tell me about a moment, a song
and what it meant to you”
Benzaiten Music
Song: Sound and Vision
by David Bowie [Sound & Vision, 1989]
Context: After 4 years of living in Los Angeles, I was in a rut. Feeling stuck, like I wasn’t moving forward, and wasn’t moving backwards. “Pale blinds drawn all day / Nothing to do, nothing to say / Blue, blue” I had just been laid off from what at the time I considered to be a dream job as an executive at a major record label. I needed something to push me forward in the direction I needed to go, but so many of my fears of failure and rejection due to the recent bout with my expendability in my career, kept me from seeing that direction. I had a friend who was an avid skydiver and had been trying to convince me to go, and me being terrified of heights(as well as everything else) laughed at her. A re-occurring nightmare of mine was me falling downwards through the sky.
One night, I was driving home from a weak inter
artist feature :: ray caesar 2007-06-29 23:34:19
[a warm thankyou to ray caesar for taking the time to share how music influences his creative process and for contributing to musicisart. living in toronto, canada, ray creates artwork from past experiences of living through life’s different patterns and working eighteen years at toronto’s hospital for sick children. by pushing boundries of incorporating what he has seen and emotionally felt into his very own catharsis, ray portrays such delicate digital details of gentle imagery. its not difficult at all to realize that these whimsical masterpieces come directly from his soul.]
I actually listen to a lot of Japanese Minyo, ancient country, mountain and wild festival music.
Here is a sample:: The Yoshiwara by Toshinori Kondo
I am English but grew up in a Japanese family since 15 when I met my wife Michiko. Her grandparents who lived until their late 90s and were born during the 19th century, listened to this music and I got addicted to it. I have an old tape the Read more:feature
black moth super rainbow. 2007-06-27 23:57:12
black moth super rainbow
make me feel hypnotized. as soon as those single vintage organ keys ring in against synthesized circles of electric guitars, im taken inside and remain. colorfully colliding inbetween live drums and ambient keyboards, occasional whispers and robotic vocals generate their playful imagination. from pittsburg, pennsylvania, this quintet enjoys to reminisce through memories of their early childhood, casually lamenting complimenting sounds of the psychedelic 60s with an unsettling but mesmorizing vision of today.
and the sun will rise
and the sun will rise
and the sun will rise
l i s t e n
sun lips [dandelion gum 2007]
drippy eye (the octopus project remix)
i think it is beautiful you are 256 colors too [falling 2003]
images. black moth super rainbow
c’mon ladies!… 2007-09-17 07:53:15
there’s gotta be a better way to
communicate
going down :: ani difranco [dilate 1994]
silently :: blonde redhead [23 2007]
promise :: cocorosie [the adventures of ghosthorse & stillborn 2007]
back in your head :: tegan and sara [the con 2007]
sonic sorehead :: souls [bird fish or inbetween 1997]
paint a lady :: susan christie [paint a lady 1970]
come around :: m.i.a. ft timbaland [kala 2007]
pop the glock :: uffie [pop the glock 2007]
black eye :: fluffy [black eye 1997]
rub til it bleeds :: pj harvey [rid of me 1991]
blue skies :: bt ft tori amos [r&r 2001]
the ride :: joan as police woman [real life 2007]
artwork by rebel art grrrls
.the revolution will not be apologized for. Read more:ladies
artist feature:: heiko müller 2007-09-13 12:33:39
heiko müller enjoys to explore the borderline of crossover art. living in hamburg, germany, his style seems to always share a sense of spirituality that maintains a pure reflection beyond emotion. either with drawings of colored pencil on paper or paintings of oil on wood, heiko easily speaks to the darkest part of the human heart with comforting imagination.
a warm thankyou to heiko for taking the time to contribute to musicisart and for writing honestly about how music effects him as a person, and in return, how it silently blends into his art.
..please enjoy the following feature
..
I have been asked a number of times… and I always feel slightly embarrassed to answer that music has little influence on my creativity. When I’m painting or drawing I tend to listen to audiobooks. The stories distract me from my pictures, enabling my subconscious to guide the process. However, music is very important to me and there are a couple of pieces that i
i’m only all i see sometimes 2007-09-08 10:33:58
the experimental nyc based animal collective are not for everyone and that’s quite alright with them. full of obscure melodies, the lyrics are simply pushed aside while an inaccessible structure of their actual music expands. inspired by sounds of a jungle, foreign countries and city streets — handclaps, pots and pans, shouting, howls, cat calls turn their work into an evocative experience. each song is handcrafted into a beautiful mess, as for some of the most psychedelic and brilliant sounds are constructed to lose your mind to.
~*~
just a few things are related to the old times
when we did believe in magic
and we didn’t die
peacebone [strawberry jam 2007]
leaf house [sung tongs 2004]
panda bear a.k.a. noah lennox is the drummer of animal collective and has been enjoying to share a different shade of grey in his very own personal side project. while noah’s musical past seems vast and full of idealistic turns, a new level of sincere,
i know more than i knew before 2007-09-04 09:10:40
early this past spring, broken social scene’s feist released her third solo album *the reminder*. after taking a late start for myself to actually relax with a pair of headphones and pay attention to her colorful style, the emotionally effective musical payoff came naturally. inbetween stretches of folk crescendos, upbeat jazz pop vibrancies and bittersweet realizations, this became my album of the summer.
feist honestly attributes songwriting in such a heartfelt and personal way, that she easily brings to mind the exact simplicity of how good music should be. the way of how its become so apparent that there needs to be more open feeling like this. the beauty discovered deep inside of feist’s intensity displays a humble approach to being vulnerable as a woman.. and completely powerful all at the same time.
i love you more
i love you more
i dont know what i knew before
but now i know i want to win the war
i feel it all
jeff soto :: nyc solo art show 2007-09-04 08:59:58
Jeff Soto
Jonathan Levine Gallery
New York City
Sep 8 thru Oct 6, 2007
Opening reception: Saturday, September 8th, 7pm-9pm
For more information: www.jonathanlevinegallery.com
all the time in the world… 2007-09-23 10:38:58
the white flash :: modeselektor ft thom yorke
[from happy birthday, 2007]
~*~
these last few days have felt like my own private screenplay. sleeping hasn’t seemed to come naturally and im exhausted, feeling as if im still in motion, that everything keeps on moving.
my mother woke up last saturday morning to feeling so dizzy that she could barely even move. she thought maybe she was really exhausted and went back to bed until she awoke again to no feeling in her arm, and no ability to even sit up or walk. her soft words were slurred.. and her confused answers didnt make any sense at all.
everything inside of me opened up and brokedown as i watched my mother having a stroke in front of me. rushing to the hospital and having no direction as to where i was, it almost felt impossible to get there. the vibration of the car began to feel like a rollercoaster stuck inside a maze and my mind went thirty thousand times per second. to actually feel so alone and vulnerable at
you can’t hurt me. 2007-10-02 11:27:16
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget.”
–Arundhati Roy–
..it takes strength to live this way..
like a stone :: audioslave [audioslave 2002]
dark road :: annie lennox [songs of mass destruction 2007]
2wicky :: hooverphonic [a new stereophonic sound spectacular 1997]
better wise up :: kenna [the black goodbye ep 2007]
whispering wind :: moby [play: the b sides 2004]
may day :: unkle [night temper ep 2007]
side :: travis [the invisible band 2001]
artwork by TANIA EVANGELISTA
in rainbows. 2007-10-10 12:38:38
the fall is my favorite time of year because of the energy i receive from it. the feeling always comes in terms that keep reminding me of another new beginning. on long windy roads amongst scattered trees, its a pleasure to closely stare out the window in hopes of finding those perfect autumn colors, but lately our country’s weather seems to be misleading the october leaves with its hot, humid summer days. much like my mind, this most beautiful season doesnt seem to know when its suppose to begin again. however fortunately for now, all those special jewel tones of reds, oranges, yellows, greens and blues appear on another path through the colorful form of audiotherapy.
radiohead’s seventh studio album, in rainbows, easily delivers the magic and light that should always be craved in a new fall release. fresh to the ear, some of the songs we have come to know and love over these waiting years diversified themselves into interchanging watercolors.
im going to die of loneliness… 2007-10-03 23:03:48
the first time i fell in love with devendra banhart was while living in austin, texas. the year of 2004. running from every place and everyone, it was so easy to breathe into his tone of music as his gypsy sounds captivated my existence.
within devendra’s fifth release, smokey rolls down thunder canyon, he includes an eclectic assortment of genres blending folk, samba, reggae, doo-wop and motown into one entity. colorful and chaotic at times, the album overshadows as an overwhelming but engaging, listening experience. thankfully, devendra’s quiet light appears literally at the end of tunnel, as the last song brightly shares a comforting and familiar depth inside of sadness, hope and sincerity.
my dearest friend
you’ll soon begin
to love
again
artwork by edvard munch Read more:loneliness
a letter from arizona 2007-10-18 00:27:55
Dear Danielle,
Tonight I ‘met’ (online) a young guy by the name of Roland. He lives 2 blocks down the street from me in Manhattan, we’re both avid Dark Tower fans (a stephen king novel that ironically features a main character named Roland) and share about a million other coincidences. We got to talking and he showed me your blog, Music is Art. I have to admit, I’m really not an avid blogger, and I don’t read a lot of blogs (mostly IGuessImFloating) but yours is downright captivating. You write beautifully and at the right moments, your design is beyond elegant and your mission statement calls after my own heart.
It may sound trite to talk about the title of your blog, but I really do believe that many people forget that music is art. Music these days has been so co-opted by every other form of media that people forget that it’s not something you should take for granted or only enjoy when it comes coupled with something else. Music is itself a pheno
song/context/result vii 2007-10-16 08:28:36 “tell me about a moment, a song
and what it meant to you”
Covert Curiosity
Song: The Iraq War
by The Black Angels [Passover, 2006]
Context: I was late in picking up the Black Angels’ latest album Passover, even though they are local and I try to hear any new local production as soon as possible. I listened through most of it in the car on my way home from the record store, and left it in the cd player for a few days to give it a closer inspection as time allowed.
Result: Around the same time I received the horrible news that a close friend had been killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. He was another casualty of the war that had already taken the life of thousands of American soldiers and countless Iraqi citizens. I was angry. I wanted this war to be over, right that second. The Black Angels disc was still in the cd player, but it had gone silent. Not long after I realized this, a hidden track at the end of the album called “The Iraq War” started playing, and it
the only truth is music… 2007-10-21 22:55:26
I like too many things and get all confused and hung-up running from one falling star to another till I drop. This is the night, what it does to you. I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.
jack kerouac was a very intense and prolific voice of the beat generation. celebrating almost fifty years ago, his famed novel *on the road* proved to pave a path along a yearning of discovering, experimenting and challenging oneself to take powerful chances. whether the symbolic lessons learned grew to be absolutely painful or energizing, it was the process of the searching and realization that there wasn’t anything more important to gain than the actual journey itself.
living in lowell, massachusetts, jack grew up very spiritually attracted to nature. by pushing his own boundaries, he was able to create a style of writing that emotionally brought out controversy over art, drugs, music, sex and borderline behaviors. known for a love of being able to write to
i wish i could turn it down. 2007-10-20 12:51:33
.silence speaks louder than words.
objects of my affection :: p, b & j [writer’s block, 2007]
real love [john lennon] :: regina spektor [live in san francisco, 2007]
the bomb :: new young pony club [fantastic playroom, 2007]
luscious life :: patrick watson [close to paradise, 2007]
good to sea :: pinback [autumn of the seraphs, 2007]
mouthwash :: kate nash [made of bricks, 2007]
art by julie peppito
brooklyn halloween ball! 2007-10-27 14:05:08
.tonight.
parallel lines :: le concorde
the winter that i missed :: the lisps
always on the telephone :: the ladybug transistor
small towns & invisible people :: the physics of meaning
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joe sorren :: solo art show 2007-10-25 02:17:54
while the trucks
on the highway all howl
joe sorrensaturday, october 27, 2007
billy shire fine arts
culver city, ca
a night with tori amos & yoav 2007-10-19 01:45:29
being able to see tori amos last week at the wallingford theatre was one of those moments that made me feel again like life truly has some magical meaning. feeling like a theatrical show, watching her confidently stroll out onto the stage as a doll with a blonde wig and cigarette that sensually lingered from her lips, through her fingers as she casually smoked and played the piano with her head slightly tilted to one side.
“isabel” the doll, grabbed my attention during the musical connection of the songs tombigbee as it intensely segued into scarlet’s walk. both from the same mystical era, dancing at first to those quick notes, she moved her hips up above her piano bench, smiling proudly upon the stage. for the second half, inbetween switching her right hand from her shiny bosendorfer piano to her left hand on the organ that sat right in back of her, isabel held a black hurricane lantern that grew so bright as she delicately screamed “lea
artist feature :: kelly haigh 2007-11-01 09:30:50
Music has a huge influence on what I paint.
I need to hear music to get me going,
or I cannot manage to pick up a paint brush.
Neko Case’s music is especially visual, and when I listen to her, magical pictures come to me, without having to actually look at anything. Finding, or creating images through the influence of words is a very appealing way to come up with ideas. (Far better than looking at what other’s are doing.) Bob Dylan’s music is the same deal.
It is so visual as well.
I guess that’s it…
the music I choose has strong visual ideas,
but even more…it is fun to sing
and dance to while I am painting.
I manage to lose myself
and before I know it, by the end of the day,
a brand new painting sits before me,
and I have no idea where it came from!
..my favorite songs..
‘Hold On, Hold On’ by Neko Case because I love to sing along really really loud.
‘Deep Red Bells’ by Neko Case because it’s dark and makes me really think Read more:feature
, kelly
rocky horror picture show. 2007-10-29 07:25:44
Science Fiction/Double Feature
at a deadly pace
it came from outer space
and this is how the message ran..
original: rocky horror
picture show
cover: mefirst & gimme gimmes
cover: the dresden dolls
every halloween it seems quite fitting to find the cult classic rocky horror picture show gracing your cable station repeatedly during the countdown towards the haunted holiday. by blending science fiction into sexuality, bewilderment was the kind of word to use when the rocky horror picture show musical world of flamboyant and transsexual fantasies truly came to their provocative reality.
back in 1973, richard o’brien wrote the british storyline and shared the rocky horror picture show as a theatrical broadway experience. however, after a few years of fast success, a movie executive finally purchased the screenplay and created it into the 1975 famous movie that marked the introduction of then new-coming actors tim curry, susan sarandon, meatloaf and barry bostwick.
the beauty of grey 2007-11-04 22:00:59 death is not the greatest loss in life.
the greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
-norman cousins-
.in a faraway land.
rainha :: céu [céu, 2007]
terrapin :: bonobo [animal magic, 2001]
maria jose :: federico aubele [panamericana, 2007]
bubbles :: ellen allien and apparat [orchestra of bubbles, 2006]
amiga [thievery corp remix] :: si*se [brazilectro session, 2007]
to be gone :: anna ternheim [somebody outside, 2004]
koop island blues :: koop [island blues, 2007]
art by vania zouravliov
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