Where the Wild Things Are – Movie Blog

Spike Jonze’s feature film rendition of Maurice Sendak’s classic story Where The Wild Things Are will hit movie theaters worldwide later this year. I am super pumped! The film represents years of work from hundreds of different artists, writers, photographers, musicians, actors, and creators of all degrees. Spike and Co have created the blog We Love You So as a place  to help shed some light on many of the small influences that have converged to make the making of the feature film a reality. Go there now!

Big Wave Surfing Filmed by a Typhoon HD4 Camera

Bali Strickland shot some jaw dropping footage of Dylan Longbottom in a 12 foot monster barrel using a Typhoon HD4 high-speed camera for the BBC – check it:

[via Monster Children]

Grizzly Bear vs The Red Balloon

This clip is just overwhelmingly lovely! Using footage from Albert Lamorisse’s “La Ballon Rouge” (The Red Balloon), and music from Grizzly Bear’s “Veckatimest” J Tyler has crafted a real gem.

Is the Recession Killing Hip Hop Culture?

The Wall Street Journal had an intersting piece last week on how the recession has impacted hip hop culture – specifically the culture of bling:

After years of starring in rap-music lyrics and videos, “bling” is losing its ring…The recession is cramping the style of hip-hop artists and wannabes – many of whom are finding it difficult to afford the diamond-encrusted pendants and heavy gold chains they have long used to project an aura of outsized wealth.

In an attempt to keep up appearances, celebrity jewelers say rappers are asking them to make medallions with less-precious stones and metals. Some even whisper that the artists have begun requesting cubic zirconia, the synthetic diamond stand-in and QVC staple.

Hip-hop luminaries with the cash to keep it real are appalled. Bling aficionados fret that the art of “ice” is being watered down.

Read the full article here.