Flashdance Reloaded

A good friend of mine, Faint Paulse, has recently begun producing some SL machinima. Not one to do anything halfway, she has turned out two of the cooler short machinima clips I've seen from SL. Her latest is her own take on the 80's classic Flashdance.

Once you've seen that, check out her other clip - a really cool SL-ification of the Brady Bunch intro.

Chouchou!

Ok, I know I am lame and perpetually behind the times, but better late than never. I have just discovered Chouchou, and am so fucking happy I did!!! My new favorite song in the world is "Coma"....I have no words to describe how beautiful it is. Check it out.

Wow....the video is simply stunning...a visual massage. But the music is speaking directly to my soul. It is meloncholy, hopeful, dreamy and etherial yet at times hits me right in the chest and leaves me with chills, almost tearful. For the first time in soooo very long I feel inspired to create; to write some music, fiction, paint....anything.

I really don't think this hyperbole, I think this is genuinely transcendent music, enhanced additionally with the artist's aesthetic visions via Second Life and video. It is a very very cool thing indeed.

-River

Happy Birthday to Me.