the willow house

to the almost-tune of "glory glory hallelujah"

2011-01-17T13:31:00.003-05:00

dogtooth

2011-01-09T23:56:00.001-05:00

i just watched this movie tonight. it's pretty fucked up, but also funny, and it totally reminded me of old willow house antics. highly recommended.

2010-12-29T01:07:00.002-05:00

halo benders...

2010-12-21T23:37:00.002-05:00

hey willows,
long time no see... just wanted to let you know i started this tumblr blog over here: clean forgot

and here's something else:

happy holidays!
love,
erin

2010-10-18T18:07:00.001-05:00

found via holy warbles, which is one of the best music blogs on my radar right now.

this is pretty good

2010-09-30T14:24:00.000-05:00

i also recommend jimmy fallon's "real housewives" parodies.

"fancy lady"

2010-09-14T09:47:00.001-05:00

2010-09-02T12:30:00.001-05:00

you could not escape this song for like a whole year on power 99

joodonknow?

2010-09-02T12:28:00.002-05:00

2010-09-02T12:23:00.001-05:00

Speaking of Cam'ron, this is pretty good:

summer jamz

2010-08-27T23:31:00.002-05:00

1.

... best song of the summer, best record of the summer, best video of the summer, best dancing in recent memory (wait till about :51 or so), best girl-pompadour ever. two things i like about the current zeitgeist:

A. mainstream vs. underground is no longer a way of determining quality. is this a mainstream hip hop song? is a boring ass indie band like MGMT still "underground"? who cares?

B. the return of oxford shoes

2.

... so janet got a car about two weeks back, which means that i've been listening to more power 99 than i have since me and justin used to drive to the suburbs for house painting to the tune of cam'ron's "horse and carriage." me and janet have decided that this track is "our song."

2010-08-22T23:30:00.001-05:00

TILAPIA!

2010-08-02T18:18:00.001-05:00

2010-07-26T15:06:00.001-05:00

chupacabra!

2010-07-14T19:12:00.001-05:00

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

politics

2010-07-08T16:25:00.002-05:00

2010-06-25T00:16:00.001-05:00

trebek's gonna have beef with jay-z if he keeps this shit up.

2010-06-21T01:17:00.002-05:00

I'm not a millionaire, but I play one on TV, which made me a millionaire.

huggy bear: single bullets

2010-06-12T00:33:00.000-05:00

Macario

2010-06-04T14:24:00.002-05:00

This movie is like the Mexican "Seventh Seal." No subtitles, but if you don't speak Spanish, you can read the short story by the same name in B. Traven's collection "The Night Visitor," and you get the gist. Great surreal Day of the Dead-type skeletons in puppet show in part 2.

r.i.p.

2010-05-16T22:55:00.001-05:00

you gotta give it up for this guy.

2010-05-14T22:32:00.000-05:00

this is basically my life until i got to grad school.

2010-04-29T18:42:00.002-05:00

sometimes laid back rockin out is the best kind. if everyone in your band is wearing a fez, even better.

another public service announcement

2010-04-25T19:11:00.000-05:00

pay particular attention at :23 and 1:33...

jean paul sartre experience: i like rain

2010-04-25T11:58:00.001-05:00

i'm djing tonight at bruar falls if any brooklyn willows wanna come out...

wings: some people never know

2010-04-22T11:20:00.001-05:00

R.I.P. Guru

2010-04-20T17:33:00.001-05:00

2010-04-17T23:17:00.001-05:00

victoria jackson thinks obama is a communist and has a song to sing about it

2010-04-15T18:05:00.003-05:00

one of my lesser known obsessions is with right wing celebrities. not sure why. i'll click on anything about right wing celebs. i think i'm addicted to the heartbreak. anyway, victoria jackson is apparently an outspoken teabagger. so is that girl from northern exposure with the short hair that dated dr. fleishman. my 16 year old self was mortified when i heard about that one. i was thinking today about how hot the early 90's take on the mia farrow "pixie" haircut used to be. i wish that would come back in style. i'm rambling.

chandra

2010-04-14T12:00:00.002-05:00

this is dennis oppenheim's daughter in 1980 when she was 12 years old. yes.

tonight in NYC

2010-04-14T11:31:00.001-05:00

late notice, but i'm participating in this thing tonight!!

OUR MAGNIFICENT EARTH

Loomstate Celebrates The 40th Anniversary Of Earth Day

40 Drummers Ceremony Led By Hisham Akira Bharoocha (SOFT CIRCLE)
Kid Millions (ONEIDA)
Butchy Fuego (PIT ER PAT / ASKA)
Benjamin Vida (SOFT CIRCLE)
Robert AA Lowe (LICHENS)

and...
Adam Autry / Adam Marnie / Alexandra Drewchin / Aron Wahl / Aska Matsumiya / Chris Millstein / Chris Puidokas / Christopher Powell / Daniel D'Errico / David Aron / Erin Weckerle / Greg Fox / Hira Lesea / Ian Vanek / Jim Sykes / John Fahey / John Colpitts / Joseph Parker Noll / Josh Bonati / Julian Bennett Holmes / Kelie Bowman / Matt Marlin / Michael Colin / Michael Evans / Mike Skinner / Mindy Abovitz / Nader Thalji / Parker Kindred / Pete Vogel / Shahin Motia / Sondra Sun-Odeon / Speck Brown / Stuart Argabright / Tim DeWitt / Tom Peyton / Tommy Rouse / Torbitt Schwartz

DJ Chris Taylor (Grizzly Bear)

A 20ft tall pyramid interactive psychedelic installation
Psychic Readings
Face Painting

Wednesday, April 14th
7-10pm

GOOD UNITS AT HUDSON
356 West 58th St (Between 8th + 9th Ave)

/// RSVP@LOOMSTATE.ORG ///

Free Bus Pick-Up On The Bowery Every 30 Minutes From 6:30PM-9:00PM

Pick-Up At: ROGAN STORE, 330 Bowery St (Corner Of Bond)
To: GOOD UNITS AT HUDSON, 356 W 58th ST

a public service announcement

2010-04-13T17:37:00.000-05:00

2010-04-04T23:18:00.001-05:00

2010-04-04T18:37:00.001-05:00

2010-04-01T16:08:00.000-05:00

2010-03-30T18:22:00.001-05:00

Let's just call this post, "On Some Different Shit."

2010-03-29T22:28:00.000-05:00

haven't thought about harmony korine in a while. apparently this is what he's been up to.

2010-03-27T14:12:00.000-05:00

Big Star

2010-03-26T08:58:00.002-05:00

Some last thoughts on Alex Chilton here

Marie Provost - Nick Lowe

2010-03-25T12:10:00.002-05:00

Snake Tits or GTFO!

2010-03-17T18:16:00.000-05:00

The Charmer quotes L. Ron Hubbard

2010-03-16T15:47:00.002-05:00

@ 7:44

more on the subject:
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/02/18/Worldandnation/Scientology_awards_re.shtml

more from phantom of the paradise

2010-03-15T01:29:00.001-05:00

2010-03-13T23:24:00.000-05:00

Haven't seen this but it looks promising:

2010-03-09T20:51:00.002-05:00

this is pretty well done:

also, since i actually watched the entire oscars this year (thanks alcohol!) and was more-pleased-than-usual to see an idiosyncratic director rewarded for a movie that actually is, imo, as good as people say it is (the hurt locker), i thought i'd post the trailer for kathryn bigelow's tragically under-seen semi-debut, the loveless. young willem da foe + old school roger corman vibe + kenneth anger kink + co-directed with a dude who worked on wild at heart. yes:

2010-03-05T03:24:00.001-05:00

2010-02-28T20:58:00.001-05:00

Dan, if you're ever in L.A.:

2010-02-28T11:56:00.000-05:00

ok, i'll knock it off with this shit now...

2010-02-27T14:38:00.001-05:00

2010-02-23T15:57:00.001-05:00

Africa week continues

2010-02-23T02:53:00.005-05:00

William Oneyeabor - Something You'll Never Forget (Nigerian Funk)

Die Antwoord - rapping in Afrikaans

Taxijam presents Die Antwoord from taxijam on Vimeo.

2010-02-22T00:13:00.001-05:00

this song is from a really great psych/afrobeat comp called african scream contest. finding live footage was a pleasant surprise.

Bearforce 1

2010-02-21T20:33:00.005-05:00

It's like Windowlicker without the tits. Willow afficionados may recognize that a certain mixtape from a while back includes and is named after the Amanda Lear original that Bearforce 1 is including in this disco medley. Try to look away if you can. (Thanks to Shannon Schneider for this gem.)

http://thewillowhouse.blogspot.com/search?q=bits+of+mmh

slapp happy

2010-02-21T13:55:00.001-05:00

i love this song. it's sunny today.

2010-02-20T19:06:00.001-05:00

Martin Parr

2010-02-16T05:06:00.002-05:00

Not sure what's going on here. Some French guy made a song about Martin Parr?

2010-02-10T16:54:00.000-05:00

More Black Metal

2010-02-08T22:52:00.001-05:00

doopee na doopee na doopee na doopee na doopee na doopee na doopee
doopee na doopee na doopee na doopee na doopee na doopee na doopee

Speaking of Black Metal

2010-02-05T17:28:00.008-05:00

This is a strange little non-metal intro to one of the best albums form the original church-burning heyday of norwegian black metal. I found out that the late Euronymous, who seems to have been the driving force of the original scene in Oslo was not only a communist, which is unusual for the apolitical or far right leaning subculture, but also a huge electronic fan long before bands like Burzum were incorporating that kind of thing into their music. anyway, this particular piece was composed by Conrad Schnitzler, an electronic musician who had been recording music since the 60's and was crucial in the early krautrock scene. and, who also wore a kind makeup that almost resembles some more futuristic version of black metal "corpsepaint" at least as early as 1980 (which just barely predates Leigh Bowery beginning to wear his costumes in London.) Apparently Euronymous camped on his doorstep for an entire day until Schnitzler (who was in his early 60's by then) opened the door to tell him to get lost thinking he was a junky or some other type of vagrant who frequently slept on his doorstep. He was taken aback by the satanic church-burning cannibal's pleasant and polite demeanor and appreciation of his music, and so he consented to send him a composition to open Mayhem's album. Having never heard the band, he remarked later that he'd wished he'd made a heavier piece for the occasion, but i don't know, i think it lends 'deathcrush' a nice serious and sort of military calm-before-the-storm mood to set the tone for the rest of what's to come with songs like "chainsaw gutsfuck." you be the judge.

BLACK METAL IST KRIEG!

2010-02-04T16:32:00.003-05:00

This is pretty funny. The singer 'Kanwulf' from the band Nargaroth who sing this song:

was on a German TV show where the theme was "the sight of you makes me sick." His roomate had him on the show to criticize his fashion sense and express his annoyance at his playing loud Black Metal around the apartment. The segment ended with Kanwulf promising to listen to music in his car more often so as not to annoy his flatmates so much.

just finished reading "Lords of Chaos." From the band Mayhem's Allmusic,com entry:

"Formed around 1985 by Necrobutcher and guitarist Euronymous (born Oystein Aarseth), Mayhem was the first death metal band from Norway to make much of an impact in their homeland, which in the early '90s developed a burgeoning underground scene rife with violent, sometimes anti-Christian activity -- as evidenced by Mayhem's non-musical history. Drummer Hellhammer, who at one time worked in a mental hospital, is the only remaining member of the band's prime-period lineup. Lead vocalist Dead committed suicide in 1991 (two years after joining the band) by shooting himself in the head; Hellhammer made a necklace using some of his skull fragments, and Euronymous reportedly cooked and ate pieces of Dead's brain. Euronymous, in turn, was stabbed to death while in his underwear on August 10, 1993, by the band's bass player, Count Grishnackh (born Christian Vikernes). Grishnackh's alleged motive was jealousy over the fact that Euronymous had a more evil reputation; he inflicted 23 separate wounds, it was also rumored, so as to outdo rival band Emperor's drummer, Faust, who was convicted in the stabbing death of a homosexual acquaintance. When police arrested Grishnackh, they found over 150 kg of stolen dynamite in his house, complete with a plan to blow up a large church on a religious holiday. Grishnackh went on to pursue his electronic-influenced project Burzum while in prison; meanwhile, Euronymous' parents requested that his bass tracks be erased from Mayhem's 1994 album, De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, (which featured session vocalist Attila Csihar). Still, thanks to growing worldwide interest in Norwegian death metal, Mayhem product has continued to appear on the shelves into the next century. Hellhammer also put together a new Mayhem lineup, which has toured sporadically. During one such tour in 2003, a concert-goer in Norway received a fractured skull as a sheep head flew from the stage while band member Blasphemer was cutting the head away from the torso."

the kinks: dead end street

2010-01-30T17:05:00.001-05:00

2010-01-27T00:26:00.001-05:00

... thought it'd be fun to follow one good song-where-the-title-is-the-name-of-a-band with another...

2010-01-26T18:48:00.001-05:00

Shonen Knife: Redd Kross

ghosts of American Astronauts - Mekons

2010-01-24T21:25:00.001-05:00

i think i posted this before but this is my fav mekons song and video. i adore sally.

where were you?

2010-01-21T16:59:00.001-05:00

<3 mekons

2010-01-15T12:49:00.001-05:00

close the door teddy pendergrass live

2010-01-14T15:41:00.001-05:00

rest in peace teddy pendergrass i think of you as an honorary willow house resident. this is great music. much love from philly and beyond.

catharsis

2010-01-12T22:22:00.001-05:00

from the department of awesome dancing...

2010-01-09T23:06:00.000-05:00

it's like "material girl," only bored.

Read-Only-Memory

2010-01-07T12:25:00.002-05:00

yo willows i am headed up to nyc today looking forward to a few days of looking at art, a friend's wedding, and fun. yo aaron carroll i am gonna stop by marlo's show at casey kaplan tonite and if any nyc willow's are free friday i am in this show on west 27th street. hope to see y'all there. here is the info:

Read-Only-Memory
Organized by Stamatina Gregory
January 8 - February 13, 2010
Opens January 8 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Read-Only-Memory brings together works by Anthony Campuzano, Graham Dolphin, and Molly Larkey, all of which incorporate acts of analogue transcription. Characterized by the meticulous, almost devotional labor of recreating found, journalistic, pop, or literary texts, these works stand as extreme acts of obsolete protocol, investigating the lapses of time and information between reading, writing, and reception.

Independent curator Stamatina Gregory recently completed the Whitney Lauder Curatorial Fellowship at the ICA in Philadelphia and curated a large group exhibition of contemporary photography at the FLAG Art Foundation. She is also a doctoral candidate at The Graduate Center at the City University of New York.

The Curatorial Research Lab is a project space within

Winkleman Gallery
621 West 27th Street
New York, NY 10001

Sandra - Everlasting Love

2010-01-06T12:57:00.001-05:00

there are so many great covers of this great song here is one from germany

Shane Macgowan's new teeth

2010-01-05T03:18:00.003-05:00

I guess I missed this story a few months ago, but...
Apparently Shane Macgowan has replaced his bloody nubs with a new set of choppers.
Looks bizarre, but anything is better than what he had going on, for christssake.
The first pic is from the Frank Skinner show in 2004 when he tried on dentures on air for a laugh:

Which inspired him to get permanent ones eventually in 2009. This is supposed to be a pic of the new ones, although it looks somewhat suspicious like it's photoshopped, but there it is.

lost kids

2010-01-04T22:48:00.001-05:00

2010-01-03T21:02:00.001-05:00

i was in ontario for the big event. sorry this is late. i know we're all on facebook now but i still like posting here.

2009-12-30T11:45:00.001-05:00

alizee

2009-12-22T17:53:00.001-05:00

thanks goes to justin to letting me know about alizee. last time i was checking out current french pop i was into yelle and ludivine saginer, dont know how i missed alizee.

Forough Farrokhzad's "The House is Black"

2009-12-20T20:07:00.002-05:00

this is one of the most beautiful short films i've ever seen, and it deserves better viewing than youtube, but i'm glad it's been uploaded regardless. farrokhzad only made one film (she's a poet), based on her trip to a leper colony in iran. expect some startling images in this one...

2009-12-11T15:36:00.000-05:00

Thinking of the Mighty Jack Rose

2009-12-07T15:43:00.001-05:00

The first snowfall of this winter.

I was coming from my studio in kensington on the el towards 69th street and the train exited the tunnel at 46th street. My recently acquired cell phone rang and it was my best friend Chris. He said I have bad news and literally as he told me the snow began to fall. Big, fluffy, beautiful flakes around 3 pm on the 5th of december, the first snowfall this winter and Jack Rose is gone. Chris and I only spoke for a stop or two and then I rode the rest of the way looking out the window thinking of Jack. The snowfall held fast while I transferred to a trolley and even when I walked the few blocks to the house. I was in a trance really absolutely stunned that the mighty Jack Rose was gone.

I often joke that i have the musical taste of a 15 year old girl (from the valley circa 1982, manchester/glasgow 1985-89, or even new jersey circa 1997-2007) yet that is only partially true. I do have a wider fondness for music due in part to my close friends Chris Smith, Jack Sloss, Steve Gunn, Dan Murphy and many others whose own musical obsessions have tipped me to varying corners of sound. That is how I got to know the music of Jack Rose. I went to see him play numerous times, at first because friends were appearing on bills with him, yet quickly realized he was the main draw. I remember fondly sitting on a floor in a bookshop just watching his nimble fingers so effortlessly coaxing the most beautiful music.

This summer I got to hang out with Jack and eat his delicious pizza at a real record head party. Chris set his tube amp system up and everyone gathered around to hear the great sounds. There were alot friends their so even I got to play three songs like everyone else. I started with Marianne Faithfull's 'Easy in the City' and Harmonica Dan remarked that he had bought an autographed copy for super cheap that very morning and I told him I had bought this exact record from record exchange years ago. This was days after Michael Jackson died so I of course went next to 'Billie Jean' (also Thriller is an amazing sounding record) and Jack Rose immediately left the room. He was so mad I played Michael Jackson, but it was funny. It was totally cool, it was just that he had his standards and Thriller was not under consideration. Jack would probably hate for me to be talking about him alongside Michael jackson but I am going to anyway. They both were immensely talented, driven, complex and yes, kind people taken from the Earth far far too soon. Jack Rose was the coolest dude, a tough yet tender comrade. I was able to talk to him about my work and he sought me out at shows to say hi. I saw him last a week or so ago when he was DJing and he seemed so great. It is so terrible that he is gone, he was an inspiration and friend to so many and a dear dear husband to Laurie. I am so shocked and saddened that I won't get to see him again.

Mixtapes: Best of November Downloads.

2009-12-05T00:29:00.004-05:00

download

Part 1. Songs by:

3 1_2 Stempelkissen
Aekie
Alessandro Brugnolini
AZARI & III
Baciotti
Bamboo
Bipolar Bear
David Mitchell
Deckchairs Overboard
DEN HAAN
Dieter Moebius
Dinosaurs With Horns
Ebaahi
Ela Eis
Faltermeyer, Harold
Fleetwood Mac
France Gall

download

Part 2. Songs by:

Frank Chickens
Frederic Mirage
Gabi Delgado
Gee Mr Tracy
Geneva jacuzzi
Greg Hale Jones
Jean-Yves Labat
Joel Van Droogen Broeck
John Cooper Clarke
Kalambo Hit Parade
Kha-Ym
King Kong Ding Dong
Krikor And The Dead Hillbillie
Kulkija
Kunst-Stoff
Library/ Rouge
Lio

download

Part 3. Songs by:

Maxayn
Metsamorfeus
Mincemeat Or Tenspeed
Oneohtrix Point Never
Oronzo De Filippi
Ortolani, Riz
Regulars
Sesame Street
Shadia
Shawnna
Space Art
Squeeze
Strangulated Beatoffs
Sutterlin
The Dead C
The Honeymoon Killers
The Particles
Turzi
Vitamin Wig C
vnc

I haven't put any music up in a while, so this should last for a minute....

thx to favorite blogs:

Mutant Sounds
20 Jazz Funk Greats
Lovefingers
Egg City Radio
Blow-up Doll
Fantasmi Macchina
8 Bit Peoples
Awesome Tapes From Africa
Death Wears White Socks

2009-12-02T09:38:00.001-05:00

who can resist a man with an accent?

2009-11-30T21:35:00.001-05:00

r.i.p. al alberts

2009-11-28T22:04:00.000-05:00

jackson, swayze, alberts... it's official; we're old.

2009-11-26T01:40:00.001-05:00

2009-11-25T01:04:00.001-05:00

2009-11-19T21:12:00.001-05:00

2009-11-18T11:52:00.001-05:00

2009-11-18T11:49:00.001-05:00

2009-11-15T16:55:00.001-05:00

R.I.P. Claude Levi-Strauss

2009-11-12T15:12:00.001-05:00

http://www.france24.com/en/20091103-anthropologist-claude-levi-strauss-dies-aged-100-france-structuralism

best keyboard cat video EVARRR

2009-11-10T21:26:00.002-05:00

this shit totally kicks it up a notch at 1:51.

2009-11-08T04:30:00.001-05:00

THE GOAL: TOTAL MASTERY OF EVERY SKILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-11-06T23:08:00.002-05:00

...And The Native Hipsters - Mr. Magic

2009-11-06T07:12:00.001-05:00

the official song for driving around la with justin circa 2006 and 2009 although this version is missing ms. baird's 'hey you' echo that completes the track.

T.C. by unknown sculptor, Santa Monica Pier, 2009, clay

2009-11-05T23:38:00.000-05:00

2009-11-05T23:33:00.001-05:00

co-written by brian wilson.

2009-11-05T23:09:00.000-05:00

Dream Vacation

2009-11-05T17:28:00.001-05:00

this is my new favorite song i am not kidding, i heard it for the first time over the loud speakers at the santa monca pier just last week.

oh shit this version is even better.

2009-11-05T00:47:00.001-05:00

2009-11-04T23:27:00.001-05:00