The black angels [Band]

The black angels

coming out from the heart of Texas...

By parasitesdontlisten, February 06, 2012

From deep in the heart of Texas, armed with the home-grown mantra “Turn On, Tune In, Drone Out,” The Black Angels ring real and rugged like a crimson full moon-lit night. Formed in May of 2004, the band’s sanctified holy racket was breech-born out of life-long friendships drawn up in blood and sealed with a kiss. Their self proclaimed “Native American Drone ‘N’ Roll” genre has progressed from communal living and the members’ eclectic upbringings. Bassist Ryan was born on a cult compound, guitarist Bland is the real deal son of a Texas preacher man, and drummer Bailey and vocalist Maas believe a little girl in a red linen dress haunts the group’s home.

Taking their name from the classic Velvet Underground tune “The Black Angel’s Death Song,” these Angels are far more than classic revisionists with extensive record collections. This is heavy-duty psychedelic rock with an incessant primitive beat that echoes the spirit of the 13th Floor Elevators and early Stones.


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Pic of the week

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By parasitesdontlisten, February 05, 2012

Best street art 2011 b sides

more and more and more...

By parasitesdontlisten, February 04, 2012

Incredibox.fr

great application to spend your Friday morning..

By parasitesdontlisten, February 03, 2012

A great application that offers you to discover the musical universe of the "Incredible Polo", handling range of "human beat-box" sounds created by the artist and also a great way to welcome this week end.

Click here to start. 

Have fun!

 

Pakistan: Trees cocooned in webs after flood

Trees cocooned in webs after flood

unexplained survival behaviours  ..

By parasitesdontlisten, February 02, 2012

Trees shrouded in ghostly cocoons line the edges of a submerged farm field in the Pakistani village of Sindh, where 2010's massive floods drove millions of spiders an possibly other insects into the trees to spin their webs.

Beginning last July (2011), unprecedented monsoons dropped nearly ten years' worth of rainfall on Pakistan in one week, swelling the country's rivers. The water was slow to recede, creating vast pools of stagnant water across the countryside. (See pictures of the Pakistan flood.)

"It was a very slow-motion kind of disaster," said Russell Watkins, a multimedia editor with the U.K.'s Department for International Development (DFID), the organization tasked with managing Britain's overseas aid programs.

According to Watkins, who photographed the trees during a trip to Pakistan last December, people in Sindh said they'd never seen this phenomenon before the flooding.

As for what exactly had spun the webs, Watkins said: "There wasn't a scientific analysis of this being done. Anecdotally, I think it was pretty much any kind arachnid species, possibly combined with other insects.

"It was largely spiders," he added. "Certainly, when we were there working, if you stood under one of these trees, dozens of small, very, very tiny spiders would just be dropping down onto your head."

Photograph courtesy Russell Watkins, U.K. Department for International Development

Mubi.com

an online cinema and community for people who love film ..

By parasitesdontlisten, February 01, 2012

WATCH

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DISCOVER

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your recommendations and movie watching with friends. Connect to cinephiles the world over, organize your favorite films into lists, and track your film viewing with your filmography.

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Sundance's 2012 official selection

"Beasts of the Southern Wild"

sundance's 2012 selection ..

By parasitesdontlisten, January 31, 2012

Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in “the Bathtub,” a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe; for a time when he’s no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack—temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink’s health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother. 

Hushpuppy is not just the film’s heroine; she’s its soul. Beasts of the Southern Wild exists entirely in its own universe: mythological, anthropological, folkloric, and apocalyptic. Benh Zeitlin’s first feature (a Sundance Institute Feature Film Program project) employs a cast of nonactors—reflecting its grassroots production—to fiercely portray the bond between father and daughter in a world where only the strong survive. Standing defiantly at the end of the world, Hushpuppy affirms the dignity of telling their own story: that they were once there. . .

Award Winner
Grand Jury Prize: US Dramatic
Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Philipp Engelhorn, Paul Mezey, Michael RaislerPRODUCERS Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn CINEMATOGRAPHER Ben Richardson EDITORS Crockett Doob, Affonso Gonçalves PRODUCTION DESIGNERAlex DiGerlando COMPOSERS Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin

CAST Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry