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Kavinsky Nightcall vs. Tyga Rack City remix

A dog came to visit. So we turned her into Puppy The Vampire Slayer, naturally.

A dog came to visit. So we turned her into Puppy The Vampire Slayer, naturally.

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If I had ever played another Duckspeak show in Ithaca, this was going to be my closing cover song.

Duckspeak - "My Muse, My Muse EP" Now Available

I recorded a new EP, and here it is:

Companion EP to the forthecoming Duckspeak LP “Odes And Minuets.”

  1. My Muse, My Muse
  2. New Wave
  3. Stay With Me (Spiritualized Cover)
  4. Sutton Dewey - If They See Us, We’re Alive (Duckspeak Cover)

credits

released 06 March 2012 
Giovanni Colantonio - Vocals, Mandolin, Bass, Banjo, Keyboard, Synths, Handclaps, Melodica, Glockenspiel 

Fred Soligan - Additional synths, backing vocals, and production on Track 1. 

Track 3 originally written and performed by Spiritualized. 

Track 4 written by Giovanni Colantonio, performed by Sutton Dewey. 

For Mark Linkous.

Two years ago, Mark Linkous, the man behind Sparklehorse, took his own life. At the time I was working on a film heavily influenced by his music in tone. In the time before I started writing the film, I had been feeling incredibly depressed for a multitude of reasons. Mark became something of a spirit guide for me during this time where I felt incredibly weak. His music spoke to exactly how I felt. It made me believe that someone out there felt the same way as me. The fact that he was able to power through it and create incredibly beautiful sincere art convinced me that I had to do the same. I had to turn my weakness into something passionate and honest. And so I wrote.

The night before the first shoot of the film, the news came out that Mark had passed away. I was devastated beyond words, and spent the night sitting by a pond in silence. But in that time, I decided that now more than ever, I had to keep making art. No matter how bad I thought it was, I just had to pour my heart into something to honor him. The next day, I went out and started shooting my film. And I’ve been writing, filming, and recording music consistently ever since.

I can’t thank Mark Linkous enough for the impact he has had on my life. It is truly unspeakable. In his honor, I have decided to release some piece of art every March 6th in his name. This year, I’ve both recorded a cover of my favorite song of his, as well as released an EP of my own songs. My music is heavily, heavily inspired by his, so it only feels right.

It’s called the “My Muse, My Muse EP” and it’s available for free (or pay what you’d like) at http://duckspeak.bandcamp.com/album/my-muse-my-muse-ep

R.I.P. Mark. You are worth hundreds of sparrows.

Movies Seen [For The First Time] In 2011

[Title - Director - Year - Country]

  1. The Magician – Ingmar Bergman – 1958 – Sweden
  2. Black Swan – Darren Aranofsky – 2010 – USA
  3. The King’s Speech – Tom Hooper – 2010 – UK
  4. Blue Valentine - Derek Cianfrance – 2010 – USA
  5. Soul Kitchen – Faith Akin – 2009 – Germany
  6. Exit Through The Gift Shop – Banksy – 2010 – UK/USA
  7. Pippi Longstocking – Olle Hellbom – 1969 – Sweden
  8. Dogtooth - Giorgos Lanthimos – 2009 – Greece
  9. The Fighter – David O. Russell – 2010 – USA
  10.  Get Him To The Greek – Nicholas Stoller – 2010 – USA
  11.  Another Year – Mike Leigh – 2010 – UK
  12.  The White Ribbon – Michael Haneke – 2009 – Germany/Austria
  13.  I Am Love - Luca Guadagnino – 2009 – Italy
  14.  Shopgirl – Anand Tucker – 2005 – USA
  15.  The Illusionist – Sylvain Chomet – 2010 – UK/France
  16.  Cronos - Guillermo del Toro – 1993 – Mexico
  17.  True Grit – Ethan Coen, Joel Coen – 2010 – USA
  18.  A Prophet – Jacques Audiard – 2009 – France/Italy
  19.  Cowards Bend The Knee – Guy Maddin – 2003 – Canada
  20.  Dreams – Akira Kurosawa, Ishiro Honda – 1990 – Japan/USA
  21.  Restrepo - Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger – 2010 – USA
  22.  Barbarella – Roger Vadim – 1968 – France/Italy
  23.  The Piano Teacher – Michael Haneke – 2001 – Austria/Germany/France
  24.  Winter’s Bone – Debra Granik – 2010 – USA
  25.  Rabbit Hole – John Cameron Mitchell – 2010 – USA
  26.  How To Train Your Dragon – Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders – 2010 – USA
  27.  Biutiful - Alejandro González Iñárritu – 2010 – Mexico/Spain
  28.  Happy-Go-Lucky – Mike Leigh – 2008 – UK
  29.  Earth - Aleksandr Dovzhenko – 1930 – USSR
  30.  Stranger Than Fiction – Marc Forster – 2006 – USA
  31. Barney’s Version – Richard J. Lewis – 2010 – Canada/Italy
  32.  The Last Lions – Dereck Joubert – 2011 – USA/Botswana
  33.  Tank Girl – Rachel Talalay – 1995 – USA
  34.  Jane Eyre – Cary Fukunaga – 2011 – UK
  35.  The Atomic Café – Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty – 1982 – USA
  36.  Raw Faith – Wm. Peter Wiedensmith – 2010 – USA
  37.  Win Win – Thomas McCarthy – 2011 – USA
  38.  Certified Copy – Abbas Kiarostami – 2010 – France/Iran/Italy
  39.  Even The Rain - Icíar Bollaín – 2010 – Spain/France/Mexico
  40.  Thor – Kenneth Branagh – 2011 – USA
  41.  Meek’s Cutoff – Kelly Reichardt – 2010 – USA
  42.  The Greatest Movie Ever Sold – Morgan Spurlock – 2011 – USA
  43.  X-Men: First Class – Matthew Vaughn – 2011 – USA
  44.  Midnight In Paris – Woody Allen – 2011 – USA/Spain
  45.  Delgo – Marc F. Adler, Jason Maurer – 2008 – USA
  46.  Green Lantern – Martin Campbell – 2011 – USA
  47.  Before Sunrise – Richard Linklater – 1995 – USA/Austria/Switzerland
  48.  Before Sunset – Richard Linklater – 2004 – USA
  49.  The Tree Of Life – Terrence Malick – 2011 – USA
  50.  Super 8 – J. J. Abrams – 2011 – USA
  51.  Film Socialisme – Jean-Luc Godard – 2010 – France/Switzerland
  52.  Old Joy – Kelly Reichardt – 2006 – USA
  53.  71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance – Michae Haneke – 1994 – Austria/Germany
  54. The Dark Crystal – Jim Henson, Frank Oz – 1982 – USA
  55. The Iron Giant – Brad Bird – 1999 – USA  
  56.  I’m Still Here – Casey Affleck – 2010 – USA 
  57. The Tiger And The Snow – Roberto Benigni – 2005 – Italy
  58. Beginners – Mike Mills – 2010 – USA
  59. A Film Unfinished – Yael Hersonski – 2010 – Germany/Isreal
  60. Food Inc. – Robert Kenner – 2008 – USA
  61. Page One: A Year Inside The New York Times – Andrew Rossi – 2011 – USA
  62. Iron Man 2 – Jon Favreau – 2010 – USA
  63. Captain America: The First Avenger – Joe Johnston – 2011 – USA
  64. The Trip – Michael Winterbottom – 2010 – UK
  65. Submarine – Richard Ayoade – 2010 – UK/USA
  66. The Future – Miranda July – 2011 – USA/Germany
  67. Another Earth – Mike Cahill – 2011 – USA
  68. Drive – Nicolas Winding Refn – 2011 – USA
  69. Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life – Joann Sfar – 2010 – France/USA
  70. Griff The Invisible – Leon Ford – 2010 – Australia
  71. Burke & Hare – John Landis – 2010 – UK
  72. Warrior – Gavin O’Connor – 2011 – USA
  73. Seven Days in Utopia –Matt Russell – 2011 – USA
  74. Mystery Train – Jim Jarmusch – 1989 – USA/Japan
  75. Contagion – Steven Soderbergh – 2011 – USA
  76. Machine Gun Preacher – Marc Forster – 2011 – USA
  77. 50/50 – Johnathan Levine – 2011 – USA
  78. Pariah – Dee Rees – 2011 – USA
  79. The Virgin Suicides – Sofia Coppola – 1999 – USA
  80. The Double – Michael Brandt – 2011 – USA
  81. The Rum Diary – Bruce Robinson – 2011 – USA
  82. Bunraku – Guy Moshe – 2011 – USA
  83. Red State – Kevin Smith – 2011 – USA
  84. Killing Bono – Nick Hamm – 2011 – UK/Ireland
  85. Bellflower – Evan Glodell – 2011 – USA
  86. Magic Trip – Alison Ellwood, Alex Gibney – 2011 – USA
  87. V For Vendetta – James McTeigue – 2005 – USA/Germany/UK
  88. Into The Abyss – Werner Herzog – 2011 – USA
  89. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 – Bill Condon – 2011 – USA
  90. Young Adult – Jason Reitman – 2011 – USA
  91. The Muppets – James Bobin – 2011 – USA
  92. War Horse – Steven Spielberg – 2011 – UK/USA
  93. Shame – Steve McQueen – 2011 – UK
  94. The Help – Tate Taylor – 2011 – USA/India/United Arab Emirates
  95. Cave Of Forgotten Dreams – Werner Herzog – 2010 – France/USA/Germany/Canada/UK
  96. Hugo – Martin Scorcese – 2011 – USA/France
  97. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives – Apichatpong Weerasethakul – 2010 – Germany/Spain/France/UK/Thailland
  98. The Girl With Dragon Tattoo – David Fincher – 2011 – USA/Sweden/UK/Germany
  99. If A Tree Falls: A Story Of The Earth Liberation Front – Marshall Curry/Sam Cullman – 2011 – USA
  100. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – Tomas Alfredson – 2011 – UK/France/Germany
  101. The Descendants – Alexander Payne – 2011 – USA
  102. Senna – Asif Kapadia – 2010 – UK
  103. Poetry – Lee Chang-dong – 2010 – South Korea
  104. Buck – Cindy Meehl – 2011 – USA
  105. Boy Wonder – Michael Morrissey – 2010 – USA
  106. Weekend – Andrew Haigh – 2011 – UK
  107. The Green Hornet – Michel Gondry – 2011 – USA 

Best (And Worst) Films of 2011*

Here are some choices for the best and worst in cinema for 2011! Read on for random superlatives and whatnot; you know the drill. You can check out many of my reviews for these on dailyblam.com. Enjoy, and Happy New Year.
Best Films:
  1. Melancholia
  2. Bellflower
  3. The Tree of Life
  4. Drive
  5. Shame
  6. Into The Abyss
  7. We Need To Talk About Kevin
  8. Submarine
  9. Pariah
  10. Midnight In Paris
  11. Jane Eyre
  12. Beginners
  13. Senna
  14. Meek’s Cutoff
  15. Certified Copy
  16. The Muppets
  17. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
  18. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
  19. The Green Hornet
  20. The Future

Honorable Mentions (In No Particular Order)

  • Poetry
  • Warrior
  • Page One: A Year Inside The New York Times
  • Contagion

Worst: The first 45 minutes of War Horse

(Dis)Honorable Mentions:

  • The Double
  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Best Actor: Michael Fassbender, Shame

Best Actress: Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin

Best Supporting Actor: Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Best Supporting Actress: Shailene Woodley, The Descendants

Acting Honorable Mentions:

  • Nick Nolte, Warrior
  • Yun Jung-hee, Poetry
  • Adepero Oduye, Pariah
  • That Dog, Beginners
  • Those Babies, The Tree of Life

Worst Actor: Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Worst Actress: Kristen Stewart, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

Best Director: Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

Best Original Screenplay:  Midnight In Paris

Best Adapted Screenplay: Jane Eyre

Best Cinematography: The Tree of Life

Best Art Direction: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy

Best Editing: We Need To Talk About Kevin

Best Sound: We Need To Talk About Kevin

Best Original Score: The Future

Best Original Song: “Man Or Muppet”, The Muppets

Best Use Of Music: Liars - “The Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack”, 50/50

[*NOTE: FILMS I HAVE NOT SEEN YET THAT WILL POSSIBLY CHANGE THINGS: Margaret, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Take Shelter, Tyrannosaur, The Skin I Live In, A Separation]

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Merry Christmas from Duckspeak! This year I didn’t record a Christmas song or put out a surprise EP. Been busy working on finishing the new album, and putting together a short EP to accompany it. But this year I wanted to share an old Duckspeak song, that originally began as a Christmas song.

Last year, I wanted to record a Christmas cover. I settled on You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch, but before that I really wanted to do O, Holy Night. But I soon realized that all I really wanted to do was the “Fall to your knees…” verse/line. I didn’t want to record anything religious or anything.

So instead, I wrote this song, and included a rewrite of O, Holy Night in the middle (“Fall to your knees / O, life’s a disease! / And there’s no glory without / the will to succeed”). The song, titled “No Glory,” was written out of my disillusionment at that point in life. I was disillusioned with film, my relationship, and my future. I became worried that I was just going to settle. Throw all of my dreams aside and compromise for whatever I could find. This song is still relevant to me a year later, and still one of my favorite songs I’ve ever recorded. 

Merry Christmas and happy holidays.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18)

  1. Wye Oak (45)
  2. The National (43)
  3. Wavves (41)
  4. Man Man (24)
  5. Colin Stetson (19)

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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11)

  1. The National (22)
  2. Why? (15)
  3. Rilo Kiley (14)
  4. Beach House (13)
  5. Wilco (12)

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