Confettisystem Makes Piñatas For Urban Outfitters
- story Chioma Nnadi
Unless you got an invite to Karen O’s birthday this year, then you probably haven’t had the pleasure of demolishing one of Confettisystem’s gorgeous piñatas just yet. Nicholas Anderson and Julie Ho are the Brooklyn-based artists behind the label, a system which according to them, sits in that happy place between the permanent and the ephemeral—in other words fancy party playthings for adults that you can also shatter around the house the morning after. Confetti have designed a special collection of festive items for Urban Outfitters due to drop sometime over the holiday season, with everything from shiny party hats to birthday crowns to okimono ornaments. Luckily the piñatas come in three smashable sizes.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Heads Will Roll” (A-Trak Remix) MP3
- story Sam Hockley-Smith
Feels strange to think of a time when Karen O’s slightly nasal snarl was anything but ubiquitous considering she’s now got her hands in a million different projects at any given moment. FADER blogger/World Famous DJ A-Trak’s remix of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ “Heads Will Roll” (from last March’s It’s Blitz), does its part to keep her in the spotlight (as if the Where the Wild Things Are soundtrack, performing with the YYYs, and just being Karen O aren’t enough), turning the original into a full blast club track. Especially fitting for a band that has moved further away from guitars with each successive album.
Download: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “Heads Will Roll” (A-Trak remix) (via Discobelle)
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posted on Oct 19, 2009 in MP3 / STREAMS tags A-Trak, electronic/dance, Karen O, rock, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Make a Crazy Short Film
“A scientist, a philosopher, and a black widow” are the roles portrayed by the respective YYYs in “SNAKESWEAT,” a fucking sweet short film directed by Karen O co-conspirator Barney Clay. This black-and-white gothy fantasia evokes everyone from Fellini, Jodorowsky, Herzog, Bela Tarr, Kenneth Anger and the Cursed Tape from The Ring with its surrealist images and creepy German narrator, and will make you wish you could spend your life conceiving of and making extremely brooding, dark, conceptual short films about figuring shit out and/ or “losing your mind to recover purity of truth” (which is what this is apparently about). More please.
Video: Tron Legacy Official Trailer + New Daft Punk
- story Peter Macia
When the first Tron came out in 1982, Japanese toy manufacturer TOMY released the action figures and Lightcycles to go along with it, the latter coming with a zip cord that if pulled out hard enough could send the cycles hurtling toward dogs and feet with horrifying velocity. The Tron Legacy official HD trailer, which is almost exclusively focused on the cycles, was released late last week and only the corporate overlords at Disney know what the associated licensing extravaganza will bring to kids (dudes over 30) the world over, but we imagine it will be not quite as lo-fi, probably involving some kind of Wii deprivation suit that immerses kids (dudes) fully into the mainframe. Regardless, the trailer has been on the internet in full blur since last year’s Comic-Con, so Disney had to up their game to excite the attendees at this year’s installment, which wrapped up yesterday in San Diego. They did so by funneling anxious people through a Tron-ish tunnel to a room housing a full-size Lightcycle with, presumably, a song from Daft Punk’s soundtrack blasting. It’s hard to tell if the person in the front row starts freaking out because of the bike or the song, but it is pretty entertaining either way.
With much less fanfare and showmanship, a short behind-the-scenes video for Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are appeared this weekend as well and reveals a bit of that movie’s score composed by Karen O.
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posted on Jul 27, 2009 in ART+CULTURE VIDEO tags Daft Punk, electronic/dance, film, Karen O, Spike Jonze, Tron Legacy, Where the Wild Things Are, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Karen O is Still Awesome
- story Chioma Nnadi
Maybe it was the glare from Lady Gaga’s mirrored ballgown or the pyrotechnics on that boob flamethrower, but somehow Karen O’s stunning outfit at Glastonbury last weekend slipped though our fingers—until now. We’re guessing the costume is the work for her BFF, designer and costume creator Christian Joy, whose spring 2009 lookbook features bandana-wearing doggies, Fourth of July fireworks and dresses splashed with lobster print. Karen’s headdress of all-seeing hands actually makes us us want to spend the rest of the summer in a teepee on the roof.
New-ish Stills from Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are
- story THE FADER
Where the Wild Things Are is going to be the best movie of 2009. Okay we’re making this judgment based on a couple fuzzy pictures, but you know what, no one told your mom to calm down after the ultrasound, pal, so let it be. This most recent still shows young Max (Max Records) standing among the Wild Things (an earlier still is after the jump). Adapted by Jonze and Dave Eggers from Maurice Sendak’s book, with a soundtrack supposedly involving Karen O, Wild Things is now in post-production, so expect more images to leak over the coming months.
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posted on Jan 30, 2008 in ART+CULTURE NEWS tags Dave Eggers, Karen O, Spike Jonze, Where the Wild Things Are
Stylee Fridays: Christian Joy
- story THE FADER
Christian Joy is without question best known for the otherworldly outfits she conjures up for Karen O (peep the archives pic after the jump to refresh your memory), and she launches her first official ready-to-wear collection this spring. Much of the stage-stopping antics have, quite surprisingly, been side-stepped for a very simple but clever collection in black and white. Dresses come accented with sneaky hints of red and seem to work best accessorized with rouged lips, as demonstrated by O who strikes a pose for the lookbook on the website. Joy’s trademark playfulness and sense of fun is still very much in every design—from the mind-trickery of the monochrome palette on the silhouette of a dress, to the 360 degree pockets on a puffy skirt. She’s apparently also responsible for the Klaxons’ recent makeover in which they ditched all their neons.
