From british factory workers, to punk band groupies, to goths around the world… Dr. Martens boots have been worn by people from all walks of life over its 50 year history.
To celebrate its landmark tenure in pop history, the brand has launched a cool new site that and paired avant-garde directors with some pretty cool music artists.
Oh, and they’ve launched two limited edition boots, “to boot”.
We’ve seen many recording artists make comebacks. Most recently, Britney Spears has relaunched her image and her music career. And I can remember at least a half dozen incarnations of Madonna.
But now, it seems the most unlikely of comebacks is well underway. Stanley Kirk Burrell, aka MC Hammer, rose to fame in the late 80s with some tight dance moves and some very wide pants. But plagued by overexposure, rampant parodies and ultimately bankruptcy, the hammer fell down hard and has been laying low for almost a decade… until now.
Re-emerging (almost) stronger than ever, Hammer is tearing it up with DanceJam.com — a great site that celebrates all things dance and allows Hammer fans of all ages to share video clips of their own interpretation of the “Hammer Dance”.
You can also find him on Twitter, with over 20,000 followers! And just recently, he appeared in a tv spot for ESPN.
Over 8,500 still photographs and a nifty frame morphing technique come together to form a fluid stop-motion retelling of a couple that’s riding the rails of a rocky romance in this music video for Taproot’s “Wherever I Stand”. Mad props to my buddy, Danny Perez, who served as Director of Photography.
Had the pleasure of being on the set for some of the scenes of this music video. Producer Dell Torres lined up some really talented kids for this shoot. The production design was especially well done. Shooting on the Sony EX3, Director Abazar Khayami got a lot of production value out of a tiny budget, and tells an interesting visual story.