I want shelter like this...

"From the film "Welcome Home" This is a story of a kid, in search for a new apartment rental, who comes across a place that has actually chosen him. When a place speaks to you, you have no other choice but to play along with the tune :)"

Written/Directed/Edited - Daniel "Cloud" Campos

And yes, that is Bboy Cloud.

Who sleeps anymore?

Since I haven't been able to fix my bookshelf lately and gather all my books (nerd alert!), I've been watching a few documentaries. Just this past weekend I watched "Beautiful Losers," documenting the lives of outcast artists who become famous. (FYI: I kinda deem it a hipster film, but more genuine than others I've seen, haha).

Now I've stumbled upon another documentary that I kinda wanna watch. It's titled "A Million In The Morning" following a man in New York who stays awake for 5 days straight. Crazy huh? I recently found out about this documentary through a Jay Electronica track inspired by the film posted somewhere on Tumblr. So I did my research and I literally just watched the YouTube vid and now I'm shaking my head. Awake for 123 hours?! DAMN.

"Filmed by Jason Goldwatch, the movie of the same name chronicles Gavin McInnes and other contestants as they try and beat the standing Guinness World Record of going 123 hours without sleep. Mr. Exhibit C-Note is no where to be found, though. Probably because they didn’t pony up the pennies for his presence." (via TSS)

Video treats

Despite MTV not playing music videos anymore and VH1 Soul being killed off thanks to Comcast *shakes angry fist*, I still watch music videos on a regular basis. In fact sometimes I rather watch music videos than watch regular TV. I find it's AMAZING to see what artists come up with for their songs. The imagination and the instilled visualization each artists dreams up equip audiences with a vision only he or she destined to create with the tune in mind.

But in more simpler terms: I'm a huge fan of aesthetics, but I'm an even bigger fan of storytelling. So if the artist can create a visual narrative to their music, I'm all for it.

Here are just a few (new & one old) videos (in no chronological order) that just came to mind. Enjoy!

Full Crate & Mar - She Was Fly from Full Crate on Vimeo.

Probably one of my all-time favorite videos that was played on VH1 Soul - R.I.P.

"And all that you know goes right outta the window"

After J*DaVeY released this music video yesterday (4/1) I've probably re-blogged, re-tweeted, and re-posted this video several times already.... and I'm bout to do it again.

I could write a crapload of reasons why I like this video (one being I'm a huge fan of their projects), but that would take a while (and i'm thinking of just writing it all out when I get a chance later this evening, ha!). But to sum it all up right now the reason being why I'm feelin this song so much right now is the fact that the lyrics & notion of the song channel self identity in some way. And if ya'll know me right now or have seen the pieces I've been writing lately, I'm all bout THAT right now - it's the tip I'm on. So I'm not surprised that I've been listening to the lyrics so diligently and dissecting the shit out of it. But that's just me. Ya'll might get a different reaction out of it. But either way, I suggest ya'll check out this video. Don't sleep.

J Davey - "Outta The Window."

J*DaVeY "Outta the Window" from SOCKETUMi Iam on Vimeo.

Is it nothing but a game? If it is where are the rules? Cause I'm not sure how to play. Will I watch it all go passing by? Just blowing in the wind. Like everything I thought I knew before. I guess I'll just pretend. Be like everybody else.