Comments on: MGMT: Andreas Nilsson vs. HP Lovecraft http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 00:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: thekinginyellow http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752389 thekinginyellow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752389 where's the lovecraft? this video is too busy and incoherent to be lovecraft. where’s the lovecraft? this video is too busy and incoherent to be lovecraft.

]]> By: i_prefer_yeti http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-771859 i_prefer_yeti Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-771859 no nod to black hole for neck mouth? no nod to black hole for neck mouth?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752917 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752917 ah the video is gone ah the video is gone

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752410 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752410 @AceJohnny: the spread of restrictive copyright, overzealous censorship and mindless DRM is horrible to see, but I'm happy it's not keeping pace with the web's prodigious growth. This might be the Cronenberg-ish video you're looking for: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xschn-sSAj8 @AceJohnny: the spread of restrictive copyright, overzealous censorship and mindless DRM is horrible to see, but I’m happy it’s not keeping pace with the web’s prodigious growth.
This might be the Cronenberg-ish video you’re looking for:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xschn-sSAj8

]]> By: absinthetic http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752421 absinthetic Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752421 A "tentacle" does not make a story/video/painting "Lovecraft" any more than gluing a watch gear to something makes it "steampunk". Now, if the whole FAMILY had also revealed that they had throat-mouths, then yeah, hints of H.P. Lovecraft and the Deep Ones and Innsmouth and all that...but one hipster with an eel in his throat does not make a Lovecraft video. A “tentacle” does not make a story/video/painting “Lovecraft” any more than gluing a watch gear to something makes it “steampunk”. Now, if the whole FAMILY had also revealed that they had throat-mouths, then yeah, hints of H.P. Lovecraft and the Deep Ones and Innsmouth and all that…but one hipster with an eel in his throat does not make a Lovecraft video.

]]> By: Sceadugenga http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752424 Sceadugenga Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752424 I agree - this was a nice imaginative video, but I prefer films with shots that last more than 800 milliseconds on average. The cuts synced up a bit too much with the music cues for my taste too. Thanks wood29 for the youtube link - I could enjoy it even though it's blocked here (Japan) too. Curse you, Vevo, whoever you are. I agree – this was a nice imaginative video, but I prefer films with shots that last more than 800 milliseconds on average. The cuts synced up a bit too much with the music cues for my taste too. Thanks wood29 for the youtube link – I could enjoy it even though it’s blocked here (Japan) too. Curse you, Vevo, whoever you are.

]]> By: PolishQ http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752428 PolishQ Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752428 Perhaps "Cronenbergian" is the proper descriptor. But I liked it! Perhaps “Cronenbergian” is the proper descriptor. But I liked it!

]]> By: kimnbri http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752433 kimnbri Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752433 The music is very reminiscent of The Boomtown Rats. It put me in the mood for some "fine art of surfacing". The music is very reminiscent of The Boomtown Rats. It put me in the mood for some “fine art of surfacing”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752439 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752439 This consumer was previously unaware of "Vevo", but has now added it to his blacklist of brands from whom he will never purchase products/services. This consumer was previously unaware of “Vevo”, but has now added it to his blacklist of brands from whom he will never purchase products/services.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-753990 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-753990 Try this link to watch the video: http://www.furlinedpresentations.com/flashdelirium/qt.htm Try this link to watch the video:

http://www.furlinedpresentations.com/flashdelirium/qt.htm

]]> By: FnordX http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752460 FnordX Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752460 Exactly the term I was trying to find. Maybe with a little bit of Lynch thrown in as well. Exactly the term I was trying to find. Maybe with a little bit of Lynch thrown in as well.

]]> By: Blue http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752471 Blue Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752471 "This video contains content from Vevo, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds." from www.whoismgmt.com : "Hey everybody, the album leaked, and we wanted you to be able to hear it from us. We wanted to offer it as a free download but that didn't make sense to anyone but us." So, the album leaked, the band wanted to release it for free (according to them) and now their label (presumably) is copyright region-locking the PROMOTIONAL video! In the UK we have ther Digital Economy Bill designed to prop up these bat-ass-insane copyright cartels at the expense of everyone else. Madness. Greed will ruin everything, because it doesn't care about the consequences, only that it posesses and accumulates and grows obese in pursuit of its ever-elusive satisfaction.(!) ps. this album reminds me of the Pixies' Bossanova/Trompe le Monde era. “This video contains content from Vevo, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.”

from http://www.whoismgmt.com :

“Hey everybody, the album leaked, and we wanted you to be able to hear it from us. We wanted to offer it as a free download but that didn’t make sense to anyone but us.”

So, the album leaked, the band wanted to release it for free (according to them) and now their label (presumably) is copyright region-locking the PROMOTIONAL video!

In the UK we have ther Digital Economy Bill designed to prop up these bat-ass-insane copyright cartels at the expense of everyone else.

Madness.

Greed will ruin everything, because it doesn’t care about the consequences, only that it posesses and accumulates and grows obese in pursuit of its ever-elusive satisfaction.(!)

ps. this album reminds me of the Pixies’ Bossanova/Trompe le Monde era.

]]> By: lashni http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752477 lashni Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752477 I'd recommend anyone with an interest in Lovecraft and anime check out a strange little series of comedic shorts called Haiyoru! Nyaru-Ani. Cthulhu and Nyarlothotep as you've never seen them before. http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=7316 I’d recommend anyone with an interest in Lovecraft and anime check out a strange little series of comedic shorts called Haiyoru! Nyaru-Ani.

Cthulhu and Nyarlothotep as you’ve never seen them before.

http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=7316

]]> By: OP_TIMUS http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-753506 OP_TIMUS Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-753506 That was absolutely awful. Like, really bad. Hella-lame. That was absolutely awful. Like, really bad. Hella-lame.

]]> By: Nawel http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-753251 Nawel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-753251 You Tube (viewed from Chile at least) sez the user has suppressed the video... ¿? I saw it @ the MGMT site and it made me think of Naked Lunch and David Lynch... About the music, that kind of bands are not my cup of tea these days... tho is not bad. You Tube (viewed from Chile at least) sez the user has suppressed the video… ¿?
I saw it @ the MGMT site and it made me think of Naked Lunch and David Lynch… About the music, that kind of bands are not my cup of tea these days… tho is not bad.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-753254 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-753254 the video is in quick time (high quality) on andreas nilsson's website: http://www.nixonnoxin.com/ the youtube video was removed. the video is in quick time (high quality) on andreas nilsson’s website: http://www.nixonnoxin.com/

the youtube video was removed.

]]> By: JesseH http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752498 JesseH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752498 "This video contains content from Vevo, who has blocked it from display on this website." This time the country I'm in isn't the problem (Canada). It appears Vevo doesn't like Boing Boing. “This video contains content from Vevo, who has blocked it from display on this website.”

This time the country I’m in isn’t the problem (Canada). It appears Vevo doesn’t like Boing Boing.

]]> By: ultranaut http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752508 ultranaut Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752508 The video was weird enough to be engaging and was sort of vaguely Lovecraftian. I think Lynchian or Cronenbergesque would of been more accurate descriptors. I was only vaguely aware of MGMT, their song Kids is unavoidable to anyone who has been inside a hipster bar within the past few years. This song/video inspired me to seek out more from them, I've found they have a few other quirky videos... The video was weird enough to be engaging and was sort of vaguely Lovecraftian. I think Lynchian or Cronenbergesque would of been more accurate descriptors.
I was only vaguely aware of MGMT, their song Kids is unavoidable to anyone who has been inside a hipster bar within the past few years. This song/video inspired me to seek out more from them, I’ve found they have a few other quirky videos…

]]> By: scifijazznik http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752510 scifijazznik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752510 That looked expensive. And the throat eel and iron lung sphincter were positively Cronenbergian. Not so sure about the Boomtown Rats comparison, but I do know that as I tired as I am of bands pillaging the '80s for inspiration, it's way better than the inevitable wave of bands that look to the '90s for their sound. Am I the only one here who thinks Lovecraft was an awful writer? That looked expensive. And the throat eel and iron lung sphincter were positively Cronenbergian. Not so sure about the Boomtown Rats comparison, but I do know that as I tired as I am of bands pillaging the ’80s for inspiration, it’s way better than the inevitable wave of bands that look to the ’90s for their sound.

Am I the only one here who thinks Lovecraft was an awful writer?

]]> By: wylkyn http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752515 wylkyn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752515 HP Lovecraft may not have liked this song, but I think he would have gotten a kick out of the neck mouth, the eel parasite, and how it held the obviously insane family in thrall. If you don't think so, that's your opinion. But I've read a lot of his stories, as well as much from the genre of Lovecraftian horror, and it's not that much of a stretch to include this video under that label. It's all in how you choose to interpret it. I assumed that the eel parasite was just some sort of spawn of a greater being whose intention remains unknown. The song is boring, and the video is a bit frenetic for my taste, but Lovecraftian? Sure, why not? HP Lovecraft may not have liked this song, but I think he would have gotten a kick out of the neck mouth, the eel parasite, and how it held the obviously insane family in thrall. If you don’t think so, that’s your opinion. But I’ve read a lot of his stories, as well as much from the genre of Lovecraftian horror, and it’s not that much of a stretch to include this video under that label. It’s all in how you choose to interpret it. I assumed that the eel parasite was just some sort of spawn of a greater being whose intention remains unknown. The song is boring, and the video is a bit frenetic for my taste, but Lovecraftian? Sure, why not?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-753542 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-753542 Lame. Nilsson is Swedish, and we can't even view it in his own country. When will distributors learn?! Lame. Nilsson is Swedish, and we can’t even view it in his own country. When will distributors learn?!

]]> By: Zhiva http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-753549 Zhiva Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-753549 This video contains content from Vevo, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds. - Europe, Ukraine This video contains content from Vevo, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.

- Europe, Ukraine

]]> By: IWood http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752544 IWood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752544 "Positively" Lovecraftian? So everyone goes tentacularly mad and does a little happy jig? Are there COOKIES? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. “Positively” Lovecraftian? So everyone goes tentacularly mad and does a little happy jig? Are there COOKIES? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.

]]> By: Felton http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752552 Felton Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752552 Mmmmm, Lovecraftian cookies. Lovingly crafted by the Great Old Ones. Mmmmm, Lovecraftian cookies. Lovingly crafted by the Great Old Ones.

]]> By: halfvenus http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752556 halfvenus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752556 Reminded me of "Naked Lunch" more than Lovecraft. Reminded me of “Naked Lunch” more than Lovecraft.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-753582 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-753582 Eels up inside ya, finding an entrance where they can EELS! Eels up inside ya, finding an entrance where they can
EELS!

]]> By: AceJohnny http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752332 AceJohnny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752332 "This video contains content from Vevo, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.". I'm in Europe/France. I, for one, welcome our new copyright... Aaah fuck it. “This video contains content from Vevo, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds.”. I’m in Europe/France.

I, for one, welcome our new copyright… Aaah fuck it.

]]> By: tmccartney http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752334 tmccartney Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752334 Interesting video, but I should have watched it with the sound turned off. What a tuneless mess that song is. Also: Dude with boobs! Interesting video, but I should have watched it with the sound turned off. What a tuneless mess that song is.

Also: Dude with boobs!

]]> By: kimnbri http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752339 kimnbri Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752339 The music is very reminiscent of The Boomtown Rats. It put me in the mood for some "fine art of surfacing". The music is very reminiscent of The Boomtown Rats. It put me in the mood for some “fine art of surfacing”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/05/mgmt-andreas-nilsson.html#comment-752347 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-752347 It's just a jump to the left, and then a step to the right! It’s just a jump to the left,

and then a step to the right!

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