Flight Facilities

inspired by a shared interest in crapping at altitude, two unknown, super-cool, super-mysterious djs came together to form Flight Facilities. they're so unknown that only me and anyone else willing to look past the first hit on google can tell you who they are: Jimmy2sox and Jordan Lightyear, from Sydney.

or maybe that's just what they want us to think?

either way, you've probably seen their video for Crave You. fresher than morning dew and newly mown grass. whitney brown's legs extending upwards indefinitely as she nails a headstand. woodland ambling. inexplicable, slow-mo smoke machine. pretty stirring stuff, i'm sure you'll agree.

well they haven't dropped the ball with the video for their latest track, Foreign Language. so dope Colin Farrell probably busted they ass trying to smuggle it in.

what a joy. if only there was a whole series.

Model 500

Model 500, father of techno. so says wikipedia. certainly very cool whatever.

these tracks have been carrying me through a lot of screen-hugging over the last few days. i feel like i should share them. i don't even much like techno, but they're so 80s it doesn't matter

d'you wan' em'?  take em'. go on kid.. they're yours

Model 500 | No UFOs

Model 500 | Night Drive (Thru Babylon)

Jim Jarmusch

nothing is original. steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. if you do this your work (and theft) will be authentic. authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. and don't bother conceiling your thievery - celebrate it if you feel like it. in any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: "its not where you take things from - it's where you take them to. - Jim Jarmusch

great take on plagarism.

happy birthday to Mr. Jarmusch. coming a bit late in the day, but as ever its the though that counts.

above are some of my favourite images from his films.

word is he's taking on a new vampire flick, and if anyone can break the current, stilted mould, he can. with Fassbender, Mia Wasikowska and John Hurt on board things are looking up for cinematic bloodsuckers.

cannee wait.

strictly cum dancing

this is probably a little late on the uptake, but i thought it deserved a mention nonetheless. just in case there's anyone out there that hasn't seen Argentina's response to Jason Donovan..

when The Sun gets to censoring, you know something's up.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/video/tv-biz/3854870/Strictly-too-sexy-in-Argentina.html

that routine would put Michael Fassbender to shame. him and his Best Supporting Actor.

not JUST fun and games

the 90s was all about positivity. the zeitgeist was clear, from Ultra Nate to Rozalla, Sonique to A Tribe Called Quest: we're all free to express ourselves, to do what we want to do, to feel good, and generally love ourselves and each other. how nice. just throw pills into the mix and you've got a generation of people wearing waistcoats and fisherman hats, tie-dye and spandex; telling strangers how much they love them and generally doing some seriously sweet dancing.

alas, it wasn't all like that. on the otherside of the spectrum we have fear. OH so much fear. 

who knows, maybe the Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles are teaching your kids black magic? maybe that shifty kid with the ripped jeans and long hair's been selling little Jimmy psychedelic heroin? after all, its the 90s - anything's possible, isn't it? 

so, a brief celebration of 90s FEAR videos. remember, it's not just fun and games.

strange, though. so much fear, and no-one found these bearded suits hanging around toyshops worrying?

its all pretty Swayze from Donnie Darko. i mean, the guy with the tash and mullet's not suspicious at all. though he did remind me of someone.

the powerglove

they say the Roman's brought flush loos and underfloor heating to England in the 1st century AD. then they bunked off, and quality of life 'til the late 19th century was having enough hay to cover your mud floor. it just goes to show, you gotta look back if you want to move forward.

videogame designers must have been slapping them themselves for forgetting about this guy... its only a fookin' POWERGLOVE!! its Minority Report meets tetris. boom.

wii can take a dick. give me NES technology any day.

in fact, gaming in the '90s was so cool, Nintendo were even making elderly apes dj. thas wassup.

you said it, Derek.

if any Nintendo execs out there are listening, bring back the powerglove and use it to wedgie yourselves until you start thinking straight.

a shadowy character...

mushrooming without fear? it would be nice.

but don't be fooled by the cherubic face, the twinkling eye, the beguiling smile. beneath the innocent exterior lies a goblin, cold and calculating, waiting to get out.

if you want proof, just look at his shadow...

oh my Gondry

Michel Gondry: filmmaker, animator, installation artist, all round big dog. muh fuggin GREAT DANE. he's the guy that made Eternal Sunshine, but he's done oh so much more. his music videos for Bjork, Radiohead and Chemical Brothers are all well worth a look.

here are two of his ads: they've got to rank among the best commercials ever made.

for this smirnoff advert, he freakin' pioneered bullet time, that's all.

his shit makes the matrix look low concept. serious G

here's a link to his latest thang, a book/film.. sounds wierd - it is
http://www.michelgondry.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=BK-9780984589203

namesake...

when i was surfing the net to see if this name was taken by any other enterprising website, i came across this.

it reassured me i was on the right track..