February 17, 2009
November 19, 2008
Radiohead - A Wolf at the Door
November 13, 2008
Kid Cudi
I woke up about an hour and fifteen minutes ago and, for some unknown reason, I had it in my head that I needed to post about Cleveland post-hip-hop artist Kid Cudi. The image above is from his single "Day-N-Nite" which is avail on iTunes. More info @ www.kidcudi.com He's signed to G.O.O.D. music, Kanye's label and makes a couple of appearances on 808's & Heartbreak.
October 22, 2008
"Honey, Honey" | Feist
In earlier drafts of "The Surface" - the ones with music cues - this song played over the gas attack in Chicago, starting at the moment right before Grant and Kate saw the cloud appear over downtown.
September 07, 2008
New 'Ye: "Love Lockdown"
September 02, 2008
Brian Eno + David Byrne
July 08, 2008
Bloc Party, "Mercury"
Bloc Party is one of my favorite bands and this is their new video, which is directed by Ace Norton. Ace makes creatively weird videos (typically). Also, you have to love the line "I'm sitting in SoHo trying to stay drunk."
June 22, 2008
Music from THE SURFACE
If you go to our old blog at www.mikeandtimschneider.blogspot.com you can listen to music that was in our original draft of THE SURFACE. Tim often writes to music, and at times we place music cues within our scripts. We removed them from the draft that went out because we felt like they got in the way of the tension and intensity of the reading experience. The songs, which can be streamed at the old blog, are in the order they appeared in the script - typically they're placed at big moments. For example, "Honey, Honey" by Feist was timed with Grant and Kate first seeing the cloud of gas appear over downtown Chicago.
June 10, 2008
N*E*R*D
In the midst of our team at Benderspink working on selling THE SURFACE, a light-hearted post that also acknowledges one of our influences: Pharrell Williams. After the jump, Pharrell's thank you 'graph from the new N*E*R*D record, Seeing Sounds, in stores today...
June 02, 2008
Chester French @ The Viper Room
Chester French is a couple of white boys who are signed to Star Trak, the Neptunes label at Interscope.
Show is Thursday, June 5th. We may or may not be there.
May 19, 2008
Beck + Dangermouse = Chemtrails
"Chemtrails" by Beck, off the new album produced by Dangermouse
March 20, 2008
The Creative Process
Of course, Tim and I are always intrigued by the creative process of other artists. In this video you can hear Lil' Wayne talk about his (the 2:30 mark). Especially interesting is the part where he talks about the benefits of not going in with a plan and of finding ways to make his music unique by putting himself into his art. After the jump, see it all in action.
March 06, 2008
Ghosts I-IV
This post is somewhat ruined by the fact that I was led to believe NIN frontman Trent Reznor was a fellow Cleveland boy (he isn't). However, GHOSTS I-IV is a new instrumental collection by the man, 36 tracks, available if you go to the NIN website (google search "nine inch nails ghosts" and it'll come right up - today hasn't been a day that's made me feel like providing a direct link).
Today Tim and I were lamenting how we couldn't find the right music to include in our new script...and then I happened to put Ghosts I on the iPod....
See you soon.