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Exclusive Interview: Matt Morris On New Video "Live Forever"

  • Posted on: Friday July 9, 2010 at 2:00 PM

Tennman Records artist Matt Morris has released a new music video for the track, "Live Forever." Directed by motion graphics animator/director Matt Stawski, who has worked with bands like Paramore and Fall Out Boy in the past, the video juxtaposes stark American Beaty-esque suburban wasteland with lush, dreamy animation. A must-see:

Better yet? We got the inside scoop from the Tennman Records artist on the video. Details below:

Q & A w. Matt Morris about New Video, Live Forever:

Q: What Was the original inspiration for the song "Live Forever":

A: The inspiration for "Live Forever" was simple: write a song that is memorable, meaningful and honest. And I think some of my own personal experience entered into the process, too. My life has undergone some amazing changes in the past few years, and change can sometimes feel violent or jarring -- like the world is coming apart ("when everything breaking open, everything breaks down"). But love? Love endures. Love makes it through those changes. That's the message of this song.
Q: Where the concept for the video came from?

 A: The original concept for the video came from my husband, Sean, who co-wrote "Live Forever" with me. When the director, Matt Stawski, became involved, that concept changed and was expanded upon. Matt introduced the idea of the neighborhood and the house interiors, and the animation, created by Serge Gay Jr., tied those thing together with Sean's vision of the changing landscapes.
Q: Where was this filmed? how long did it take?

A: The shoot took place in Los Angeles, and we shot the entire video in one day.
Q: The lush animation looks a bit like the film Avatar? Coincidence?

A: Yes - the Live Forever video animation has been compared to "Avatar", as well as "Pushing Daisies"! Those weren't direct inspirations, but I like being in the company of such creative and innovative work!
Q: One funny fact about the video?

A: Hmm... I'm wearing the same pants that I wore on the Hope For Haiti Now Telethon, The David Letterman Show, Lopez Tonight, and almost every show I've played in the last year. Needless to say, I like how they fit!

 
 
 

NBA Free Agency: LeBron Watch Officially Begins

  • Posted on: Wednesday July 7, 2010 at 9:00 AM

It's the Summer that NBA teams have been waiting for. The Knicks and Nets have suffered through some abysmal seasons, trading away whatever big-money [read: good] players they could, in the interest of clearing enough salary cap space in preparati...

Six Degrees of Twitter Separation

  • Posted on: Tuesday July 6, 2010 at 2:00 PM

Today NY Times reported that, due to Twitter, the world is in fact even smaller than we originally thought. You know the common belief that everyone on earth is connected via 6 degrees of separation, i.e. 6 friend connections? Well, according to the analysis of a company Sysomos "Twitter is, in many, ways a network with only five degrees of separation. This means that nearly everyone on Twitter is just five steps away from each other." The company Sysomos had analyzed more than 5.2 billion Twitter friendships to investigate the connectivity of the Twitter network. They also discovered that "After visiting an average of 3.32 people within the friend network, Twitter users can expect to find one of their followers"

The point is...

we are all closer than we think....

 
 
 

Spanish Announcer Thinks David Villa's Goal Is Pretty Great

  • Posted on: Tuesday July 6, 2010 at 7:00 AM

David Villa has scored five goals in this World Cup, making him the tournament's leading scorer. His latest score put tournament favorite Spain in the semifinal for the first time ever, with a 1-0 victory over Paraguay, which pretty much makes Vil...

World Cup: FIFA Prez Apologizes for Poor Refereeing

  • Posted on: Wednesday June 30, 2010 at 10:00 AM

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has apparently softened on his stance that technology has no place in football -- a new, reasonable stance that hopefully marks a new age for an organization that has been notoriously stubborn and unreceptive to the desires of its participating players, coaches, and billions of fans around the world.


Blatter: "Yes our refs have been bad, wanna fight about it?" (Photo: Reuters, via theglobeandmail)

The refereeing has been a point of contention for much of this World Cup -- with disgraceful behavior going unnoticed, and innocent behavior punished harshly, and in some cases changing the course of matches. We all remember the Ghana player who fell on his own and writhed around for 3 minutes to waste time, while the US tried desperately to score a tying goal. Or the Ivory Coast player who bumped into Kaka on Brazil, then went down holding his face, and got Kaka thrown out of the match...

But beyond the [really unwatchable] flopping and diving, the objective black-and-white mechanisms of the game aren't being honored, with legitimate goals being overlooked or disallowed for no reason. Thankfully, it seems goal-line technology, at the very least, will be open for discussion. “It is obvious that after the experiences so far at this World Cup," Blatter said, "it would be nonsense not to reopen the file on goal-line technology.”

It was this goal from England -- in its 4-1 loss to Germany -- that is front and center in this controversy. The mistake is most egregious, given that there was no acceptable reason for [presumably] trained professionals on the sport's biggest stage should miss such a clear goal. It was more than a foot beyond the goal line, and would have tied the match at 2 going into halftime.


If the ball crosses the goal line, and no ref is there to see it... (Photo: via The Mirror)

Unfortunately, Blatter will not budge on anything but goal line technology -- meaning no offsides reviews, no reviews of red cards or any other penalties that occur in the field of play. So his apology to Mexico? Kind of hollow. But baby steps, we guess...

 
 
 

World Cup: USA Eliminated

  • Posted on: Monday June 28, 2010 at 8:00 AM

Heartbreak for the US. I guess the real question is, "Cubs fans: How do you live this way?" (Photo: ALESSANDRO BIANCHI / Reuters) After a thrilling victory that vaulted the US World Cup soccer team to the round of 16, US dreams were dashed by a ...

Exclusive Interview: The Morning Benders

  • Posted on: Friday June 25, 2010 at 2:00 PM

photo by brooke sheridan They're one of the fastest growing bands around: originally from Berkeley, CA, now based in New York, The Morning Benders have spent the last year signing a record deal with Rough Trade Records, making waves at SXSW, and ...

World Cup: USA Advances to Round of 16

  • Posted on: Thursday June 24, 2010 at 3:00 PM

Landon Donovan celebrates his game-winning goal. (AP) With the US on the brink of elimination, Landon Donovan scored the goal of his life on Wednesday, with a rebound shot in stoppage time that propelled Team USA to a 1-0 victory over Algeria. Hi...

World Cup: WHAT THE WHAT?!

  • Posted on: Monday June 21, 2010 at 8:00 AM

Malian referee Koman Coulibaly (left) and a befuddled Landon Donovan... Landon, we don't know either. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno) The United States World Cup team played Slovenia to a most bittersweet 2-2 draw. Sweet because the US fell behind 2-0 at t...

NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers are 2010 Champs

  • Posted on: Friday June 18, 2010 at 3:00 PM

Tip off. The game that followed was Homeric. Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals was a knock-down drag out fight -- a real battle that felt like it should have been played in a back alley than under the bright lights of the Staples Center. Celtics vs....

 

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