Last night (April 15th) at the Fox Theatre in Oakland, CA, Thom Yorke and his super-group Atoms For Peace including Red Hot Chili Peppers’ bassist Flea, producer Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco, surprised their audience with a cover of Joy Division’s Love Will Tear Us Apart. Enjoy!

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After the Jump After Hours

This evening Music Is Art will be djing with Jen from The Music Slut at NYC’s Cake Shop, 1am to 4am. Come visit ATJ’s CMJ After Hours! This week we’ll be featuring bands such as Helado Negro, Sure Juror, You, You’re Awesome and many more to come! ♥

L I S T E N

Radiohead – Reckoner (Holden Remix)

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kisses are a better fate
than wisdom.
~e.e. cummings

Videotape (Mojib Remix) by Radiohead

Happy People (Chill Mix) by Static Revenger

Planet Of Breaks (Jazzanova Mix) by Visit Venus

Just Breathe (SirAric Gravity Remix) by Telepopmusik

The Gravy Train (NOW Remix) by Ian Brown

Minutes (Original Mix) by Habersham

Utopia (New Ears Mix) by Goldfrapp

images redco & you’re beautiful

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Music Is Art asked our facebook friends:

What is the one song that you can
listen to over and over again?…

Ryan Lammey said: Worrywort by Radiohead

Laura Schreck said: Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z ft Alicia Keys

Leif Nygaard said: The Trapeze Swinger by Iron and Wine

Benedetta Camarota said: Confianzas by Gotan Project

Jennifer Buckley said: Protection by Massive Attack

Bora Yoon said: Decatur by Sufjan Stevens

Marilu Renteria said: A Case Of You by Joni Mitchell

Deborah Brosseau said: Acid Jazz Singer by The Fratellis

Eric Barnes said: Blue Dress by Depeche Mode

Colin Daly said: Song #2 by Blur

Charles Edward Sullivan II said: Buckskin Stallion Blues by Townes Van Zandt

Julie Holmes said: Brighter than Sunshine by Aqualung

Zoe Cousland said: Lua by Bright Eyes

Lucas Jensen said: It’s Raining Men by Weather Girls

Courtney Parsons said: Running Up That Hill by Placebo

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Everything, everything, everything, everything..
In its right place, In its right place
In its right place, In its right place

Listen :: Radiohead
Everything In Its Right Place (Gigamesh Remix v2.0)

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As I prepare for going back to school and choosing a new focusing major of Graphic Design, studying various forms of fonts used to create typography artwork has become increasingly intriguing.

For the 51st Grammy Awards, the Recording Academy hired TBWA\Chiat\Day to produce a series of typographic illustrations of different musicians to promote the February 8, 2009 event.  The artists that were selected for the Grammy typography were Stevie Wonder, Rihanna, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Coldplay, Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Lenny Kravitz.  Each of them were asked to provide a list of at least 15 songs that inspired their own creativity.  In return, each song title provided was colorfully incorporated into the graphic design, swirling around portraits of the individual musicians’ profiles.

Please enjoy a few favorites from the typography collection below, along with a choice track of each musicians’ originals and one song of inspiration from the personal list that was chosen.

THOM YORKE Original: Radiohead – Down Is the New Up (In Rainbows, 2008) Inspiration: Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony (Urban Hymns, 2005)

RIHANNA Original: Rihanna – Unfaithful (A Girl Like Me, 2006) Inspiration: Destiny’s Child – Survivor (Survivor, 2001)

STEVIE WONDER Original: Stevie Wonder – Superstition (Song Review, 1972) Inspiration: Ray Charles – Georgia on my Mind (Best of, 1960)

LIL WAYNE Original: Lil Wayne – Mrs. Officer (Tha Carter III, 2008) Inspiration: JayZ – Big Pimpin’ (Vol III Life and Times, 1999)

KANYE WEST Original: Kanye West – Homecoming (Graduation, 2007) Inspiration: Thom Yorke – The Eraser (The Eraser, 2006)

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In 2005 I was depressed. Suicidal. I went to a therapist. I began writing a beautiful revolution. In 2006 an agent approached me – then a publisher (John Murray) and my doodles became the book If You’re Happy And You Know it. It was published during the week of my 40th birthday. I began doodling for BBC Ouch. 2007. I had finally found my place in this world. In 2008 I met my American publishers (Harper Perennial) in Soho. We sat for 2 hours in my favourite place in London Patisserie Valerie and planned how Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now would be. A memoir. A memoir. My love life was still a complete disaster – going from one bad relationship to another. But then I met her. The girl on the internet. She lived in America. I went to see her. If I could write it down, it wouldn’t come close to how she was. She came to England. In 2008 we sat in my bedroom and laid out every doodle, every word I had ever written on the floor and formed the narrative of my book Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now. June 2008 I went back to America with her. We got married. January 2009 my book Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now was published. In America. The place I now call home. I got a new agent. An American agent. Began to doodling for A Way To Garden. 3 months ago my wife and I bought our first home together. We adopted a dog. An unloved pit bull. We named her pickle. Last week my green card came through. In 2007 I found my place in this world. In 2009 I found everything. I used to think you needed to see it, to believe it. But now I realize that to see it, you must first believe it. Everything is possible. Everything is possible.

Art & Words by ♥ Andre Jordan Thank you for the reminder ♥ Ample Sanity

Listening to the single Starlings from Elbow’s 2008 album, the Seldom Seen Kid. An album so beautiful that may take a bit of time to get used to, but translates into a magical experience that’s completely worth it in the long run. Be sure to hear the quality of Elbow’s recent performance from July 24th 2009, inside the Santa Monica, California KCRW Studios.

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From Radiohead’s album Hail to the Thief, the song There, There was the first single from the release and was nominated for a  Grammy award.  Co-produced by Nigel Godrich, when There, There was completed the emotions of the song made lead singer Thom Yorke cry.

There, There was given the alternate subtitle “The Boney King of Nowhere“, as a reference to Yorke and his son’s favorite British children’s television show Bagpuss.  Directed by Chris Hopewell, the luminous music video was created for There, There as a tribute to the memories of the show and shares different human-like eccentricities performed by animals.

Personally, the meaning of Radiohead’s There, There maintains the idea of how songs relay different messages that pertain to one’s life.  It can make one realize how one person feels, may be completely opposite to someone else’s emotions.  As a song meaning, There, There represents the battle of letting something go that’s not real, or to keep holding on because it is.

What does it mean to you?

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my family here means nothing and thinks what i’ve been going through isn’t worth anything. a conversation escalated with my uncle/godfather and aunt yelling at me, how my acknowledging that i’m depressed isn’t something to even mention. i told them that they didn’t have to talk to me like this and that i wanted to leave. my mother was also there and very upset by my aunt’s words towards us both getting help through therapy and medication. we then went to my car and my uncle/godfather followed us out, and started screaming at me to shut-up! he stated, “no wonder why yr father doesn’t want you and by the way, the thing about you being raped, other girls have been raped haven’t they?” i started crying,  telling him to stop and he said “you need to be really hit hard!” he went to the side of my door as my window was open and i was afraid he was going to hit me. as i closed my window quickly, he yelled… “yr a coward, aren’t you?”

listen: radiohead – climbing up the walls (zero 7 mix)

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Music Is Art has created an online store called VIEW ELEGANCE, as a special destination for weddings, parties, showers, gifts and all other occasion accessories. Each handcrafted item was personally selected by MIA and considered an elegant treasure.  New items are always being added, so feel free to visit, peruse and enjoy. Also, if you or a friend designs fashion, artistic or unique accessories and would like to be showcased, please don’t hesitate to be in touch.

~*~

Listen
A Punchup At A Wedding
by Radiohead (Hail to the Thief, 2003)

[Starry Night Brooch, $75]
WWW.VIEWELEGANCE.COM

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