Ada Lovelace

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace

Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron, is considered to be the first computer programmer. Women in science and math, hooray!

http://findingada.com

Coachella, Friday April 16th

In anticipation of coachella I'd like to share some videos by bands who will be performing Friday, April 16th.

Girls -





The XX





Vampire Weekend





Fever Ray





LCD Soundsystem


- David

Nostalgic for BMSR

With Coachella slowly coming upon us, I can't help but get put in the spirit of all things psychedelic, youthful, and mischievous. With bands like MGMT making the kaleidoscopic culture quite the trend, sometimes I get a bit discouraged with the extent we interpret psychedelic music, or art, or just the idea in general.

Cut to: Black Moth Super Rainbow

This group has been one of my favorites for a long time now. To put it simply, they are fresh. Their latest album Eating Us is a masterwork in post-rock/electronic music. For some reason they always seem to go under the radar. Maybe that's a good thing... BMSR stays legit album after album.

Eating Us is a 30 mph car ride down a street by the beach with your hand out the window; it is a dark cool night in your best friends' room with smoke in your eyes. It is the epitome of summertime. BMSR is the type of music you just put on and let play, let your mind wander and get really inspired - just what psychedelic music should be.

Under the influence or not, BMSR is a must listen. If you don't own their music just yet, get on this right away. Would be a refreshing addition to those Coachella playlists and mix-tapes we're all working on right now.

Here's a more recent track from Eating Us that has a pretty awesome music video.

-Andi

St. Vincent

This is the video for St. Vincent's "Laughing with a Mouth of Blood."

I discovered this solo female singer watching the Austin City Limits' coverage on PBS (if I wasn't a nerd before that sentence, I am now). She dropped out of Berklee School of Music in her third year to hitch up with Polyphonic Spree. This album "Actor" is so hipster you should really be listening to this on vinyl (psshhh), but the video is fairly strange and (I think) hilariously self-mocking. In fact, Fred Armisen has labeled himself somewhat of an indie-music comic, and often makes cameos in these artsy-fartsy vide0s.

Bringing New Understanding to the Director’s Cut

The eventual pattern of film editing will approach 1/f, a ratio thought to be related to attention and other mental processes

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/science/02angi.html

Spike Jonze collaborates with Absolut Vodka

This month saw the premiere of "I'm Here," a short film written and directed by Spike Jonze for Absolut vodka. Although it was made for Absolut, there are no shots of the product in the film, which I really appreciated. I loved it, but considering I'm part of the company's target audience, this shouldn't come as a surprise. Robots, indie music, British accents, young love, L.A., AND Spike Jonze? Looks like someone did their research. You can watch the entire thing here: http://www.imheremovie.com/.

I'm here is a 30-minute love story about the relationship between two robots living in L.A. The film is written and directed by Spike Jonze. Andrew Garfield and Siena Guillory are in the lead roles, and the soundtrack includes original music by Sam Spiegel and original songs by L.A. based art musician Aska Matsumiya and other emerging musicians.

Here's the trailer:

La Blogotheque

here are some of the greatest blogotheque videos (in my opinion) ever. all directed by vince moon: