Magritte flavored Mirrors

Studio work winter 2015.

The Obscurantists

     I was reading a book about libraries, and they made reference to this old guy who had opposed the exploration of the new world. I forgot his name, but they called him an Obscurantist. That word struck me, I was sort of familiar with the concept of someone who would oppose new things, who would embrace obscurity in all its forms. I am that guy, most of the time. Then this record cover came to me almost in one piece in my brain. 

    I sort of imagine them playing retro R&B style music with a saxophone, a xylophone. some drums, and a crackly electric guitar. All their songs would sound uplifting, but are in fact veiled cries for help,  or angry sounding but with very cheerful lyrics. There would have to be that juxtaposition. And they would have lots of secret references to an agreed upon, very boring text. Possibly a history of europe. 

Tracks: {*Most if not all imaginary}

[Side 1]

1. I’m Alright, Alright!
2. Please Stop Calling Me
3. Here We Go, Oh No
4. Glorious Court 
5. Love is for Losers and Us Two Too

[Side 2]

1. You’re Okay By Me
2. Sometimes is not Forever All The Time But it is When it Rains
3. Nothing Can Hurt You if You Don’t Care
4. Let’s be Boring Together
5. We’re All Going to be Okay

Original

Better version of original

Vinyl Design Elements

The Coasters

Noir

The Only Piece of Furniture in the House

Playing Christmas Records in the Office

CWA Mini–sode: Shaking the Presents

Dr. Smith pressed his ear to the gift.
He shook it.
  “You’ll never guess what it is, Zachary.”  Capt. Brown said, smiling.
  “Well you’ll never guess what yours is.”  Dr. Smith replied, trying to pick up any hint of a fragrance.
 “Lets see, if it had been a huge box I would have guessed it was something tiny, but since it’s a small box and you have the technology to put huge things in tiny boxes, I’d guess it’s something huge.”

Dr. Smith glared at him.

Capt. Brown grinned and flipped the record over.

Public Record Player

Black and White

Thanks, Mom.

Hanna and I

Record Player [FCPX]

The obligatory ‘More special effects than actual movie’ movie.
But I think it's really pretty.
[First film with my shiny new FCPX!]
[ProTip: when exporting from FCPX: It asks for your Username, when really you should give it your email. That threw me. For over an hour.]

SHOT WITH: Canon T3i
EDITED WITH: Final Cut Pro X
MUSIC: ‘Stardust’ Artie Shaw

—Jacob

STEREO•PHONIC HIFI PHASE-FOUR SOUND!

During the 1960's records were king.
 And to make them stand out record companies slapped them with gimmicky claims about “Stereo•Phonic” this and “HI–FIdelity” that, honestly they don't sound any different. But the badges are pretty so I thought I'd post some of the better ones of my {Physical, vinyl} collection here.
My favourite part is the words: “Orthophonic” “Spectra Sonic”?
 People make fun of Apple for their “Magical and Revolutionary” products, but RCA Victor was the Apple of 1960's Vinyl.

The Pop Classics Go Latin; c. 1960's