Friday

new medium(s)

since music video channels no longer play music videos,
artists are turning to commercials for air/play time.
this is nothing new, it's more like cutting out the middle man i suppose...
i personally think it can be a great new medium
so long as we don't forget who's pimping who..& for what.

i used to love making paper dolls when i was a kiddie,
so this converse/n.e.r.d/santogold/julian casablancas collabo made me smile :)



s.s.

5 comments:

Ryan Marr said...

excellent!

achali said...

i ono about cutting out the middle man.

that said, pharrell doing converse commercials is less of a disappointment to me than saul williams doing nike ones...

he founded the billionaire boys club so you know he's all the way down with the capitalist ethic.

sophistiphunk said...

yea b,
i am definitely saddened that we don't have stations like muchmusic (back in the day) and mtv (back in the day) for artists to express their tunes visually. i am still hopeful that the crafty ones will say what they have to say via these new mediums...y'know? saul doing nike was shocking though- that really came outta left field..

achali said...

"still hopeful that the crafty ones will say what they have to say via these new mediums"

agreed.

SeleenR said...

I <3 julian casablancas!
..i'm surprised he signed on for this.