You want to see an interesting video? Radiohead’s new video for House Of Cards from their latest release In Rainbows, was done without the use of cameras. Below is the and more links to how it was done.

No cameras or lights were used. Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar system that uses multiple lasers is used to capture large environments such as landscapes. In this video, 64 lasers rotating and shooting in a 360 degree radius 900 times per minute produced all the exterior scenes.

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Earsucker covered this briefly the other day. I don’t mean to show her up but I’m going to elaborate a bit more on it.

Gigwise.com covered an article yesterday saying:

Simmons said that bands have a responsibility to provide a spectacle for their fans and shouldn’t just stand static with a guitar.

“I admire bands like Radiohead, but the idea of being that serious?
Fuck that, get up on stage and blow shit up,” Simmons said.

Simmons went on to compare live performances to films, saying that they require audio and visual elements.

“If you’re not fulfilling the visual part it’s like watching a movie with your eyes closed,” he told WENN.

“One of the biggest compliments we get is (when people say), ‘I f**king hate their music but that’s the best show I ever saw in my life.’”

So Radiohead got some flack for some bad reviews from saying that the band didn’t put on their best performance during the opening gigs of their European tour. It happens. But to say that bands should blow shit up is over the top. Some fans just want to see and hear their favorite band perform. I’d rather see radiohead stand still and perform their music than to see Paul Stanley in lipstick doing his silly little dance in his spandex tights with his gut hanging out and barely getting a word in the microphone. Or Gene Simmons sticking his tongue out dressing like a “Demon” with sword of fire and dripping blood from his mouth.

Not everyone needs a super dose of visual stimuli to appreciate a rock show. To some people it may be about the “Spectacle” of it all but honestly I think to most it’s about enjoying the music. If I want to see blood and fire I’ll watch a Disney movie. I enjoy the music during a show, if the bands on stage doing acrobatics with out of tune guitars and shitty rhythm then it’s not a show, it a circus…I Psycho Circus (Pun intended). Get over yourself Gene!

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“I don’t care if it hurts, I wanna have control. I want a perfect body, I want a perfect soul.” ~Radiohead - Creep

This song is the ultimate anthem for those guys in high-school or in general that always seem to be after the girl that is wayyy out of their league. Often times they are really nice, good guys but more often than not judgement gets passed upon them for their outward appearance. The girl usually ends up with the jock or prep and gets treated like crap and likewise, she deserves it because she’s a snotty, no good floozy in the first place. So this goes out to all those guys that this video pertains to. The nice girls will come to you, and if your cool you won’t pass judgment upon them for their outward appearance as it’s happened to you.

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