A rather lazy post of other people’s videos…

Its good to be busy at work, but it does mean that long involved posts are proving rather challenging to research & write up… So in lieu of a proper post full of opinion and thought, here are some amazing videos that I’ve either come across or been told about over the last few months.

Reulf is a lovely idea, beautifully made and executed, simple as…

The Rough Fields video is by some friends of mine whose music I’m following with great interest. It’s a stylishly lo-fi offering that perfectly fits Jim’s beautiful tune.

The Three Trapped Tigers video is a bonkers thing, and I can’t decide if that’s in spite of, or because of the presence of the ever excellent Matt Berry. Once you’ve got over the visuals, listen to the tune… very nice

Bjork is obviously a few scoops short of the full cornet, but you could never accuse her of resting on her laurels, (painting your chin purple is not most people’s idea of style). This is an unusually low tech Michel Gondry video (Clangers anyone?) which accentuates the brilliant old school “drill and bass” section of the tune at about 3.00 mins in.. The Squarepusher revival (hopefully) starts here…

The other two are Lego based animations. The Eddie Izzard sketch has been making me laugh for many years now and this seems like a good opportunity to attach it to my blog. The other is a short homage to one of the best films ever made…  Fingers crossed that Ridley Scott’s upcoming reboot of Bladerunner (and indeed of Alien) are as excellent as the originals, adding to, rather than detracting from their legacy…

Lego Architecture…

I got all excited this morning when I found out via Arch Daily that Lego have started a new series of kits under the banner Architecture…

There are currently only 5 buildings available, 3 of which are by Frank Lloyd Wright (Falling Water, The Robie House & The Guggenheim Museum) but more are promised, and it looks from website, that Lego are open to suggestions as to which other classic edifices might be produced…

This new series complements the existing Landmarks series of kits (which incidentally includes the lovely Seattle Space Needle) and brings to a total of 11, the number of bits of architecture you can build on your dining room table…. I’m not sure how significant it is that only 2 of these 11 buildings (the Burj Kalifa and the Brandenburg Gate) are not in the US, but lets not get too hung up on that for now..

Anyway, having had a quick look at the kits online, my excitement was dulled slightly when I realised two things… Firstly they are quite small, (look at the size of the Lego lugs on the Guggenheim Museum to see what I mean) and secondly like all purpose built Lego kits, they are fearsomely expensive, The Robie House comes in at a whopping £170…

So whilst you do get 2276 purpose designed and perfectly formed pieces for that, and it has to be said, it does look pretty good, I don’t think I’ll be getting one any time soon…