So true!!!
Hot! Nicole Scherzinger - Wet
This is HAWT! And it's got an even hotter music video to boot. I love this track! Nicole was the voice behind the Pussycat Dolls! Check out the first 2 lines of the chorus:
Well, Imma rip my clothes off.
Take a leap and surf through the crowd
Summer track - Mel C - Think About it (7th Heaven Remix)
Wow, I love love love this track!!!! I haven't heard anything from Mel C since that epic remix by Hex Hector of "I Turn To You." I fell in love with this remix the moment I heard it and have been listening to it non-stop for 3 weeks. "Think About It" is Mel C's latest. I'm not a big fan of the original but this remix is just gives me chills. You know how sometimes a track just grabs a hold of your emotions and senses? Well that's what happened to me with this track. I became a huge fan of the 7th Heaven remix duo after I heard their rework of Tatjana's "Spider Web." You can find more of their work here.
Feel good track: Jennifer Lopez - Papi
Chelley - Took the Night (None of these chicks look better than me)
Love this house track! Such a throwback to the late 90's. Heard it for the first time on Gaydar Radio about 6 months ago. Love the lyrics and attitude of the song. Love the video - simple and loud!
Dev - In the Dark
This song has grown on me the past few weeks. The visuals in the video are stunning. Love the contrast and underlying themes in the video that subliminally flash back to the meaning of the song - masturbation. The music video is very reminiscent of Madonna's Human Nature music video. It's rare to find the hands-over-the-body thing executed correctly, but this time they made it work!
Love the Funk3d remix, especially with that bassline! Check out the Static Revenger remix, it has a very Chuckie feel!
Alex Gaudino - I'm In Love (I Wanna Do It)
I love how genuine this video comes across. The models they used are not your typical MTV body types and I think that adds an element more people are able to relate to. It also makes me feel better about not working out lately.
Redsn0w 0.9.6b4 Mac version
Due to server overload I'm uploading today's Redsn0w release: Redsn0w 0.9.6b4 Mac version on Megaupload.com and Mediafire.com. A big thank you to those responsible for creating this!
I downloaded the original from here: http://mygadgetnews.com/downloads/redsn0w_mac_0.9.6b4.zip
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JG2XAEY7
http://www.mediafire.com/?lrxqcf7iddb9z6r
I downloaded the original from here: http://mygadgetnews.com/downloads/redsn0w_mac_0.9.6b4.zip
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JG2XAEY7
http://www.mediafire.com/?lrxqcf7iddb9z6r
Metropolis - trailer
It's been ages since I watched anime. This anime movie was really awesome! Great plot and setting. Such an emotional ending!
Brooklyn's Finest
Finished watching Brooklyn's Finest yesterday. Very awesome movie! Initially I was skeptical about the movie thinking it would be a clone of The Wire. I was wrong. Like the new wave of crime dramas this motion picture tells several, intertwined stories. Don Cheadle's part was stellar! I love that guy! Perhaps it's due to Cheadle's appearance, but the movie reminded me of Crash (directed by Paul Hagis) and Training Day. The movie's themes seem to revolve around good, bad, and hardened cops. Basically, the movie's about a corrupt cop, a cop that's about to retire, and an undercover cop (Cheadle) struggling with his loyalty's place.
Stonebridge - Close to Heaven
Randomly found this music video on YouTube today. I really like this music video! Black and white. The model. If I had one word to define this video: COOL. I love it when the dance music industry puts out better music videos than its pop and corporate counterparts. This goes to show that good music videos are within everybody's reach!
Timbaland - Carry Out ft. Justin Timberlake
This video, albeit following the usual MTV-esque video formula, isn't bad. I really love the colors and different scenes they filmed. It's not too heavy, nor is it too light. Again, Timbaland's presence doesn't help. I prefer Timbaland as a producer, and not as a performer. Matter-of-factly, I can't stand his presence in any of his videos.
That being said, this video features a nice mix of styling, camera work and editing. What I really loved was that the scene cuts were intermittent and not annoying consistent and every two seconds.
As far as the story line matching the song's concept goes it was the usual run-of-the-mill Hollywood/MTV thing, lol (in other words, it was OK).
Styling: The outfits and accessories really work. I especially loved the retro aspect of the car and Timbaland's sunglasses - HAWT!
Another aspect where this video shines is just the splendid variety of scenes and the accompanying styling. It's not an easy feat to mix different scenes and montages into one video and make it all flow.
I definitely like the song more now that I've seen the video.
Rihanna - Rude Boy
Very cool song and very cool music video concept. The video definitely won't knock you on your ass, but it's definitely an idea I haven't seen anyone do in a while. They went wild with the creativity on this one! The colors, effects, and everything in this video are kitsch, dull, spicy - it's a spectrum encompassing so many "things." I love love love it!
Alexandra Burke - Broken Heels - Official Video
I love love love this song. It's been my lifter upper song since I started traveling. The video... ehhhhh. I don't hate it. What bothered me isn't the reinventing-the-wheel MTV formula approach, but the football theme. I get it, anything he/she can do, she can do it in broken heels. But football, seriously?! I think some football action scenes would have given the video some of the much-needed punch it needed.
Again, I don't proclaim to be a video music director, nor that I can do anything better. But I'm sure that if I was presented with the opportunity... lol
Whitney Houston - Step By Step
This is the general direction which I think would have suited Kristine W's "The Power of Music" music video better than the original!
The Power of Music (Official Video)
I really like the song and concept of Kristine W's latest track: "The Power of Music." The video, however, was disappointing. I heard that Mike Ruiz was directing it and was eager to see what magic he had brought to the video.
The song itself is a very powerful dance floor stomper. It makes you wanna shake your ass! With a title like "The Power of Music," brought by no one else than the fabulous Kristine W I was really hoping for an awesome music video. Unfortunately, throughout the years, dance music's weakest points has been its videos. Nevertheless, Mike Ruiz was directing this, so I was eager to see what the final product would be.
My two biggest disappointments with the video were the lack of choreography and a weak story line.
#1 Choreography: With a title like "The Power of Music," and the fact that this is a dance track choreography is a must! One of the scenes featured throughout the video (with Kristine and 2 dancers) seems to have been the only choreographed scene, but the heavy editing destroyed that.
#2: Story line: This is one of my biggest complaints with many of today's music videos: weak or non-existent story lines. I think it goes without saying that a video needs to tell a story of sorts, whether the approach is direct or abstract is irrelevant, but without a story to accompany a music video you're essentially looking at a song with video without there being an element of congruence.
I really think a concept similar to what was done for Whitney Houston's "Step By Step" would have suited this song extremely well. The song features a great mix of story, choreography, and different montages.
Overall, I really felt like there was too much editing present in this video and it was limited to 6 montages (one of which shows Mike Ruiz and Kristine W walking through what I assume to be NYC). 6 montages/scenes would have been sufficient had there been a stronger story line to accompany them, but unfortunately there wasn't. Instead, I saw what looked like run-of-the-mill effects and plugins for Adobe Premiere/Final Cut.
Now, where the fault lies; I don't know. I'm inclined to say the editing and not the direction is where things went wrong. However, the overall product is what matters the most, regardless of where the fault lies.
I'm only here to voice my opinion on the video, and I'm sure there are many of Mike's fanboys that consider this review blasphemous. Can I do better? I don't know. But surely that doesn't mean that I can't voice my opinion.
So, long story short: next time: more dancing and more story!
