An excerpt from a beautiful, beautiful short film/book trailer for one of the best books of 2011, by one of my favorite musicians, and a book that was powerful influence on The Drowning Girl:


Paradoxical Undressing - Trailer (edit) from kristin hersh on Vimeo.

And many of our Providence haunts are glimpsed.

Lolly Jane Blue's "Worms":

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Aphex Twin's "Come to Daddy":

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Again with the disabled embedding, so you'll have to follow the link to Depeche Mode's:

"One Caress"

Very Arthur Machen.

Yep, it's Radiohead again (with embedding disabled). This time, a noirish sort of weird:

"Karma Police"

Damien Rice, with Lisa Hannigan, "9 Crimes":

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Bjork's "Oceania":

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Well, that's bloody annoying. I can think of no better example of the Weird in music videos than Radiohead's "Just." But embedding is disabled by request. So, you'll have to follow the link. But truly, this is apocalyptic cosmicism at it's best. No monsters. No tentacles. No ancient cults. Just a whisper.

"Just"

Also, lots of great suggestions ( Read more... )

I started wondering last night, how many people pause to think of music videos as a medium for weird fiction. And I made a list of videos that I think do weird very well. I'm going to post one a night (until I get tired of doing it), starting with Placebo's "Pure Morning":

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Discussion welcome. Suggestions also welcome.

Still loving the new Gorillaz CD. So I thought I'd post some video (with cyborgs...and Bruce Willis!):

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