life of MANchild

The Air Conditioned Nightmare

2009-09-12T14:56:00.001-07:00

2009-04-24T15:23:00.000-07:00

T. REX x Elton John

2008-08-12T01:03:00.001-07:00

Killing it...

apple

2008-07-22T18:06:00.000-07:00

Apple computers, a company know for its design savvy, user friendly products, have also ran some of the greatest marketing campaigns of all time...below is the evolution of apple marketing, starting with their first commercial to the present day.

Wong Kar-wai

2008-07-22T17:16:00.000-07:00

Wong Kar-wai, visionary Hong Kong director of such movies as "Fallen Angels," "In The Mood For Love," "Days of Being WIld," has transferred his cinematic poesia into short commercials for various products. In these commercials, Wai proves his individual style in cinema lives outside the confines of genre. Here I have compiled several of his commercial works. Enjoy!

Roxy Music

2008-07-20T12:49:00.000-07:00

Sorry, I'm on a Roxy Music kick so I;m just going to post some of my favorites up here. This band is just too underrated. The band consisted of Bryan Ferry (vocals/keyboards), Phil Manzanera (guitars), Andy Mackay (saxophone), Paul Thompson (drums), and Brian Eno (synthesizers/production) was a former member of the band. Even though after his departure, Roxy Music continued to make superb music.

Roxy Music x John Lennon

2008-07-20T12:45:00.001-07:00

Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music killing it doing a cover of John Lennon's Jealous Guy. Why isn't this guy in the rock n roll hall of fame?

O no, it's The Animals

2008-07-20T12:14:00.001-07:00

The Animals rocked...a band which started in the 1960s as part of the British Invasion, these guys killed it. Led by frontman Eric Burdon, The Animals were a pastiche of rock, jazz, blues, and folk, on three hits of yellow sunshine. The Animals gained world wide notoriety after their release of House of the Rising Sun. Members of The Animals overtime included, Chas Chandler on bass (who later went on to discover and become the manager of Jimi Hendrix,) Eric Burdon/vocals (went on to start the band WAR), Alan Price/organ, Hilton Valentine/drums, and even at one point, Andy Summers/guitar (later went on to join The Police.)

If only

2008-07-20T12:08:00.001-07:00

If only America wasn't so uptight, we could have things of this sort taking place in our everyday lives...

America

2008-06-29T23:11:00.001-07:00

The great social commentator of our times.

Steely Dan

2008-06-29T23:04:00.000-07:00

Still ill after all these years....

Eric Burdon and WAR

2008-06-29T22:42:00.000-07:00

Eric Burdon, better know as The Animals' frontman, formed WAR in the early 70's. They were a band that innovated early forms of funk and just all out rocked. Here they cover Paint it Black by The Rolling Stones. It's definitely some funked out shit.

Stevie Wonder x Sesame Street, 1973

2008-06-29T11:27:00.000-07:00

Stevie Wonder not only influenced the whole of music as we know it, but he helped out a couple tripped out furry space monsters as well...

David Lynch x COMMERCIALS?

2008-06-25T01:44:00.000-07:00

The following are a series of filmmaker David Lynch's commercials. These commercials all have a similar style that is synonymous with the filmmakers' name.

The Steve Allen Show

2008-06-23T20:05:00.000-07:00

Steve Allen was a 1950's and 60's grammy award winning talk show host best known for being the first host of THE TONIGHT SHOW. Following THE TONIGHT SHOW, Allen hosted a new show entitled THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW. Many artists made early appearances on this show.

BOB DYLAN

Lenny Bruce

Frank Zappa

Are Birds the sign of genius?

2008-06-23T19:29:00.000-07:00

Recently, a friend of mine made a discovery that geniuses enjoy the company of birds on their shoulder. The following are examples:

Captain Beefheart- Assorted craziness, musical genius

Salvador Dali- Surrealist Artist

Marcel Duchamp- Founder of dadaist movement and artist.

SHAQ FREESTYLE

2008-06-23T19:12:00.000-07:00

The self-proclaimed new B.I.G...this song is absurd. But he does take a couple of stabs at Kobe Bryant and the Lakers losing the finals, and another aimed at former New York Knicks star Patrick Ewing.

Robin Sparkles

2008-06-22T11:29:00.000-07:00

There are no words to describe what goes on in this video. Just wait for the Keytar solo

Quote of the Day

2008-06-22T02:17:00.000-07:00

Naomi Campbell recently was arrested on a plane for attacking two British cops and sentenced to 200 hours of community service.
Her response :"I was called a 'gollywog supermodel'. I don't think that's really fair - do you?"

DUEL

2008-06-22T01:55:00.000-07:00

Steven Spielberg's premiere directorial debut...This film is a great example of Spielberg's mastery of his craft at such a young age. He was 25 as of the release of this film. This film is a tale of businessman who becomes terrorized by a giant truck on the highway. If nothing else, this film shows how Spielberg was innately a master of pacing and editing, and how this went to influence his later work.

MANchild's made up word of the day

2008-06-22T01:28:00.000-07:00

Hip-Hopologist- A person who studies the genre of hip-hop and how it relates to society.

Conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth with the leading hip-hopologist Paul D. Miller (Dj Spooky)

Terry Gilliam

2008-06-20T20:00:00.000-07:00

In 2000, Director Terry Gilliam (Brazil, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) began production on a project entitled "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" starring Johnny Depp. Shooting was shut down after one week on the set. This is the only finished clip of the film.

Tim Burton

2008-06-20T19:55:00.000-07:00

Made in 1982, Tim Burton was merely 24 years old when he made this remarkable short film.

Guy Maddin

2008-06-20T19:45:00.001-07:00

This guy makes great films. Born in Canada, this is the Canadian film maker's psudo auto-biographical fantastical documentary film based on his life.

The Virgins

2008-06-20T19:36:00.000-07:00

The Virgins just released their first self entitled album. Here is their first video. It's like a public access television show.