Posts Tagged ‘The Union Forever’
The Union Forever | JumboTron
The concept of the super television screen is hardly unfamiliar to anyone. Better known to the populous as a JumboTron, the screen that changed the way we look at live events can be seen everywhere from Times Square to Tokyo. While the word JumboTron is technically a brand name developed... more
The Union Forever | Wetlands Preserved
Yesterday I plugged a documentary airing on the Sundance Channel, Wetlands Preserved. I've been exchanging emails with the producer and director about the film, and he agreed to answer some questions. Dean Budnick is a name all jam fans should know, if they don't already. He created (with he help... more
The Union Forever | Vincent Moon
The last few installments of the The Union Forever dealt with the possibility of a cinema that is purely online. Not a reproduction of the movie industry on the Internet, but an entirely different mode of creation. The medium is so similar to that of the traditional cinema that... more
The Union Forever | Navigating the post-TRL Video World
Carson Daly. He delivered Britney Spears to the world. Thanks. Everyone knows video killed the radio star, but I'm pretty sure video committed suicide with MTV playing the role of Jack Kevorkian. I'll admit I was kind of pathetic when I was in grade school and I enjoyed getting off the... more
The Union Forever | ‘I’m Not There’ DVD
This past Tuesday, Todd Haynes' film inspired by the music and many lives of Bob Dylan, I'm Not There, was released on DVD and I got a chance to relive the excellent experiment in narrative filmmaking. Not to mention a couple of hours of Dylan songs. Most of us know... more
The Union Forever | The Online Cinema
Last week saw the announcement that the National would be releasing a DVD chronicling the making of their most recent album, Boxer. Directed by Vincent Moon, the documentary should bring some of his visual aesthetic to a larger audience by making the leap from online auteur to commercial director. By... more
The Union Forever | A Skin, A Night
Back in April of 2006, the director of La Blogoteque's Take Away Shows, Vincent Moon, announced that he was working on a documentary about The National, recording what would become 2007's year-end list-topping album, Boxer. Well, now there is a trailer and more video clips to come. A Skin, A Night... more
The Union Forever | SXSW Edition: On Set with Music Supervisors
I got off the plane in Austin, Texas and headed directly to meet up with LMB's Justin and Sam, as well Dave from Earvolution.com at a taco place on 2nd street. They had just finished their 11am breakfast and we were headed to the best bar in downtown Austin, the... more
The Union Forever | It’s Beeple!
I went back to Madison for the night last Thursday to see a show at my drawing teacher Kendra’s new venue, the Project Lodge. She opened the venue with her boyfriend and fellow Portland, Oregon transplant, Chris. Both people are outstanding, so it’s no surprise that the venue seems to... more
The Union Forever: The Battle for Ireland
ONCE: Falling Slowly - A Live Performance [video] I recently viewed two types of music-orientated films that were typical of the current approach to the music-film continuum, yet they both attempted to progress beyond the normal boundaries of current cinema. Once, the little Irish film with a big heart, and U23D,... more
The Union Forever
Intrigued by the recent successful collaboration between the Moldy Peaches and the film Juno, I wondered if this was an example of the union of music and film or if this was evil corporate synergy at its deceiving worst. It hit full steam for me when I heard the familiar... more
Introducing…The Union Forever
Movies and Rock & Roll have always been partners in crime, soliciting promiscuity and danger while keeping every American slightly interested in this non-sense world. Both James Dean and Jim Morrison garner the same idolatry, the same cool, but in their own distinctive way given their respective mediums. So it... more
