Pictures: Matas Drawings

A few days earlier I've found a stack of my old drawings, I've made them in the art school in 1990-1993. I was 16-18 years old at the time and my idols were Salvador Dalí, William Blake and Rembrandt. I had a dream to become a great artist some day...


Matas Petrikas - Early Artwork (on Picasa Web Albums)

Video: Bogdan Irkük - Curare

Film-noir-esque Bogdan Irkük video 'Curare', produced by Pistachios.

Audio: Minimal and Blow instruments

What's up with minimal artists and blow instruments samples? Ricardo Villalobos filled his 'Fizheuer Zieheuer' last year with gypsy horn samples, and this summer it's a track from Berlin again - Samim 'Heater' (Get Physical) with harmonica sample.

Samim 'Heater'

Direct link via minimaland : Heater



Ricardo Villalobos 'Fizheuer Zieheuer'

Direct link via minimaland: Fizheuer Zieheuer Pt.1

Update: Fizheuer Zieheuer sample comes from Chile's national anthem.

Video: Klaus Kinski in Fitzcarraldo

Kinski flipping out on the set of Fitzcarraldo. With commentary from the director Werner Herzog.

Video: Roberto Benigni in Night on Earth

Roberto - incredible talent...

Video: Midnight Juggernauts - Shadows

Midnight Juggernauts from Melbourne, Australia.
Bit Blondie, bit David Byrne, maybe X-press 2?
Anyway, it's a nice track, I've heard it already a hundred times and just few minutes ago I got the name of the band on Annie Mac's Mash Up.

Video: Exem - Kursiai 97 & Dar Nevelu

I've just found 2 videos of my old band Exem, both of them were made in 1997 (as far, as I can remember) for our album "Stereo". Yep, 10 years have passed and it seems like 20...

Kursiai 1997 Remix


Dar nevelu (It's not too late)

Video: Maps

Wonderful new music from Maps. I've already posted about him/them in May, and now there's a new video for the song called 'You Don't Know Her Name':



and the older one, 'It Will Find You':

Video: Busy P interview

Here's the interview with Pedro Winter aka Busy P, the founder of the Ed Banger record label and the manager of Daft Punk.

Video: Retro TV Logos/Signoffs

Hi all,
I'm back from my vacation, the summer of 2007 is over, and the Grumpy old Raver is grumping again.

This time it's a cool selection of tv production companies logos. Maybe somebody will steal/inspire themselves with retro animation. From the times, when there was no Flash, Photoshop, After Effects or Flame:



via BoingBoing

Video: Portishead vs Cher

Scary as hell:


Funk That Shit Productions, via Idolator

Video: I'm not there

Now, this looks interesting - Todd Haynes is directing a movie based on the life of Bob Dylan. The different aspects of Dylans personality is being played by different actors. In the following excerpt, Cate Blanchet is impersonating him (David Cross plays Alen Ginsberg):



via AICN