“I was flirting with ideas of making a kind of endless music — not like a record that you’d put on and which would play for a while and finish. I like the idea of a kind of eternal music, but I didn’t want it to be eternally repetitive, either. I wanted it to be eternally changing” – Eggheaded musician/artistan Brian Eno is much more conceptual than you will ever be. His latest art installation is a “generative” series called 77 Million Paintings. [Wired]
“We were barefoot, there’s no chairs, there’s no trailers. There’s no M&Ms, which creates a certain atmosphere. Because you don’t have those comfortable places to hang out and chill, you don’t have this passive high-school grab-ass happening.” – No M&Ms??? Steve Zahn proves that working on the set of Werner Herzog’s “Rescue Dawn” may have been the most difficult acting gig anyone has ever done. [A/V Club]
– Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (say that three times in a row) has rejected a proposal from Oliver Stone to make a movie about him because the Oscar-winning director is part of the “Great Satan” cultural establishment. Gee, that makes us feel better. [AP]
Patricia Clarkson, Kevin Dunn and Chris Messina have joined Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem in Woody Allen’s new film, “Midnight In Barcelona.” Variety says the title is shrouded in secrecy, but uh, we just said it. [Variety]
Download: Brian Eno – “Northern Lights”
Download: Brian En0 – “Melancholy Waltz”
Rodrigo Perez is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Playlist, which he launched in 2008. He has worked in entertainment journalism since 2000, including at MTV, and has written for SPIN, IndieWire, Pitchfork, Complex, Magnet, and various music, film, and entertainment publications over the past two decades.
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