... Portishead is a place? ... wow, 'the more you know'.

don't be so verbalist, CP
repetition and trancelike states are, you know, the same thing. it's chillout, it's meditation, triphop, it's not trying to "express" you a story in words, you have to get past that and think a bit for yourself instead of having it spelled out to you. that's even what the words say.

"just be glad to be here"

i think some of massive attack and portishead's lyrics are overdone and contrived, i wish they'd just repeat the main line

anyway, the legs are beautiful, all of them, and the music is beautiful, and the transformy piano is incredible. Into my "automatic upvotes" playlist with you!

definitely ganked from The Elegant Universe
still, my fave Portishead song

Tags changed from "portishead,seven months,nypo" to "portishead, seven months, nypo,roseland" by gold star member djsunkid.

I upvote anything Portishead.

I upvote anything Portishead.

agree with farhad, on the difficulty, and for the most part on the groups he chose. That's why I tried to go for essentials rather than favourites... as for my desert island picks..

portishead
j.s. bach
astral projection
shpongle
richie hawtin

come to mind right away.... i don't know... more thought required....

If I was to be stranded these are some of the artists I would want to have on my MP3 Player.

Richie Hawtin
Pink Floyd
The Orb
Portishead
Opeth
Mum
Andres Segovia
Erik Satie
Rob The Viking
Air

However this is inherently hard for me since I love alot of music to begin with.

I only have about 500 records, but haven't really been collecting for a few years now. My friend Jesse Dangerously, on the other hand, has over 2000. When we were roommates, we bought a HUGE record shelf from IKEA. I took up two of the twenty units. Jesse has it completely FULL now, although probably a full third of those records are bargain basement classics that he bought for sample digging.

My record collection is probably 1/3rd classic goa trance (astral projection, hallucinogen, infected mushroom, etnica, total eclipse, etc), 1/3rd banging techno, and the rest is a mishmash of ambient, triphop and classics... I've got a few rare gems- a test pressing of the mortal kombat theme music, for example- and some portishead singles, but most of my rare records are really niche psytrance finds.

In reply to your comment:
“meant to ask you djsunkid....how much vinyl do you have???

In reply to your comment:
“Upvote for the Ken Nordine, although I must say the powerpoint animation leaves something to be desired. The audio is from an album he released of radio ads that he made for a paint company back in the 50s. It's one of the most unique albums in my collection.””

Is that a 110 out of 200? because thats not so bad.

In reply to your comment:
“You know how big of a film snob comment that was? The scale is hitting a 110 right now.

In reply to your comment:
“i've never seen this. and despite my love of portishead and my love of film noir,... I didn't like it.

slightly too amateurish, in lighting, in editing, in shot framing,... jeez, when did i become a film snob? crap. i hate film snobs...

a bit more contrast (some blown out whites), a bit more grit, a more 'appropriate' looking apartment/hotel setting, some scene establishing shots, and some camera movement... so bored with no activity in the background and no camera movement... glad i hung in there for the death scene, which is soo bad its almost like they were making fun of film noir.

picking such a good song as background was a savy choice, otherwise nobody would see this.””

hah, yeah, sorry about that. I thought at the end if I constructively pointed out some of the things I thought were lacking then it wouldn't be just some bullshit film snob comment,... but it still was. I'd be willing to bet this video gets >20 votes in the next weeks.

This happens to me more often than I'd like; a song that I really like and that is very visually appealling to me (in the sense that you can close your eyes and imagine all sorts of accompanying visual themes and elements) is mangled on the visual side by someone who's not yet a director. This was especially a let down because the premise is fine (climactic murder film noir), but every details betray the inexperience of the artist. He/she'd make a fine closeup portrait photographer.

In reply to your comment:
“You know how big of a film snob comment that was? The scale is hitting a 110 right now.

In reply to your comment:
“i've never seen this. and despite my love of portishead and my love of film noir,... I didn't like it.

slightly too amateurish, in lighting, in editing, in shot framing,... jeez, when did i become a film snob? crap. i hate film snobs...

a bit more contrast (some blown out whites), a bit more grit, a more 'appropriate' looking apartment/hotel setting, some scene establishing shots, and some camera movement... so bored with no activity in the background and no camera movement... glad i hung in there for the death scene, which is soo bad its almost like they were making fun of film noir.

picking such a good song as background was a savy choice, otherwise nobody would see this.””

i've never seen this. and despite my love of portishead and my love of film noir,... I didn't like it.

slightly too amateurish, in lighting, in editing, in shot framing,... jeez, when did i become a film snob? crap. i hate film snobs...

a bit more contrast (some blown out whites), a bit more grit, a more 'appropriate' looking apartment/hotel setting, some scene establishing shots, and some camera movement... so bored with no activity in the background and no camera movement... glad i hung in there for the death scene, which is soo bad its almost like they were making fun of film noir.

picking such a good song as background was a savy choice, otherwise nobody would see this.

Portishead (IPA: /pɔːtɪsˈhɛd/) is a trip hop band from Bristol, England, named after the small town of Portishead, 12 miles west of Bristol. With their use of live jazz samples and intentionally lo-fi sound, the band has been cited as influential by many modern musicians including underground producer Danger Mouse and videogame musician/producer Akira Yamaoka.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portishead

There's a great example of his work on the Sift: Portishead - Wandering Stars (I've also got a M-Audio FireWire 410 - the most unreliable audio hardware in my collection!)

I used to live in Portishead. It's grim.