MASCOTES

Ladies and Gentlemen, Fràncois And The Atlas Mountains

2012-01-27T18:16:00.000+01:00

Nothing is stranger to man than his own image.

In the video Fràncois & The Atlas Mountains performing Slow Love.
In the photo Rosario Dawson hotographed by Michael Benabib.
Photo caption by Karel Capek (1890-1938). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Foster The People

2012-01-26T17:52:00.000+01:00

As if everyone, all over the world, had his daily visually artistic task: the task of being an image for others.

In the video Foster The People performing Pumped Up Kicks.
In the photo Jessica Miller hotographed by Miles Aldridge.
Photo caption by Peter Handke. Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Nas

2012-01-25T18:34:00.000+01:00

American dreams are strongest in the hearts of those who have seen America only in their dreams.

In the video Nas performing Nasty. In the photo Michelle Williams hotographed by Michael Thompson. Photo caption by Pico Iyer. Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Beastie Boys

2012-01-24T17:52:00.001+01:00

Erotica is using a feather, pornography is using the whole chicken.

In the video Beastie Boys performing Don't Play Game That I Can't Win. In the photo Mike Tyson hotographed by Michel Comte. Photo caption by Isabel Allende. Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Charles Bradley

2012-01-23T17:44:00.000+01:00

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

In the video Charles Bradley performing No Time For Dreaming. In the photo Jamie Dornan hotographed by Richard Burbridge. Photo caption by St. Jerome (347-420). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Tupac Shakur

2012-01-20T17:53:00.000+01:00

Now is the age of anxiety.

In the video Tupac Shakur performing Hail Mary from his posthumous album The Don Killuminati. In the photo Vincent Gallo hotographed by Michel Comte. Photo caption by W.H. Auden (1907-1973). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Little Dragon

2012-01-19T18:04:00.000+01:00

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.

In the video Little Dragon performing Ritual Union. In the photo Zachary Quinto hotographed by Chiun-Kai Shih. Photo caption by Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Kills

2012-01-18T18:35:00.000+01:00

The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less.

In the video The Kills performing Satellite. In the photo Kellan Lutz hotographed by Yu Tsai. Photo caption by Vaclav Havel. Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Kurt Vile

2012-01-17T18:49:00.000+01:00

There is no more unfortunate creature under the sun than a fetishist who yearns for a woman's shoe and has to settle for the whole woman.

In the video Kurt Vile performing Baby's Arms.
In the photo Bridget Hall hotographed by Sol Sanchez.
Photo caption by Karl Kraus (1874-1936). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Smith Westerns

2012-01-16T18:28:00.000+01:00

One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.

In the video Smith Westerns performing Weekend. In the photo Meryl Streep hotographed by Annie Leibovitz. Photo caption by John Ruskin (1819-1900). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Lady Gaga

2012-01-16T00:04:00.000+01:00

Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.

In the video Lady Gaga performing The Edge Of Glory.
In the photo Faye Dunaway hotographed by Charles W Bush.
Photo caption by Lord Byron (1788-1824). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Lloyd

2012-01-05T17:56:00.000+01:00

The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment.

In the video Lloyd feat. Andre 3000 and Lil Wayne performing Dedication To My Ex (Miss That).
In the photo Michael Fassbender hotographed by Philip Sinden.
Photo caption by Herbert Marcuse (1898-1979) . Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Tom Waits

2012-01-04T18:17:00.000+01:00

If a person loves only one other person and is indifferent to all others, his love is not love but a symbiotic attachment, or an enlarged egotism.

In the video Tom Waits performing Private Listening Party.
In the photo Clive Owen hotographed by Jason Bell.
Photo caption by Erich Fromm (1900-1980). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Drake

2012-01-03T18:05:00.000+01:00

The society based on production is only productive, not creative.

In the video Drake performing Marvin's Room.
In the photo Eva Mendes hotographed by Anthony Mandler.
Photo caption by Albert Camus (1913-1960). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire

2012-01-02T18:09:00.002+01:00

If you are lonely when you're alone, you are in bad company.

In the video Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire feat. Despot, Dar Racist, Danny Brown and El-P performing The Last Huzzah. In the photo Maria Bello hotographed by Robert Erdmann. Photo caption by Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) . Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Tony Bennett and Christina Aguilera

2012-01-01T17:57:00.001+01:00

If you are afraid of loneliness, do not marry.

In the video Tony Bennett and Christina Aguilera performing Stepping Out With My Baby. In the photo Hayden Christensen hotographed by Mark Seliger. Photo caption by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mark Morris Dance Group

2012-01-01T14:39:00.000+01:00

Punctuality is the thief of time.

In the video Mark Morris Dance Group performing The Waltz Of The Snowflakes.
In the photo Drew Barrymore hotographed by Inez van Lamsveerde and Vinoodh Matadin.
Photo caption by Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, TV On The Radio

2011-12-31T17:59:00.000+01:00

The butterfly counts not months but moments, And has time enough.

In the video TV On The Radio performing Nine Types of Light.
In the photo Penelope Cruz hotographed by Emanuele Scorcelletti.
Photo caption by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Das Racist

2011-12-30T18:17:00.001+01:00

No one is happy all his life long.

In the video Das Racist performing Michael Jackson. In the photo Amy Adams hotographed by Matthias Vriens. Photo caption by Euripides (480 BC - 406 BC). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Adele

2011-12-29T18:05:00.000+01:00

We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.

In the video Adele performing Someone Like You. In the photo Christian Bale hotographed by Ellen von Unwerth. Photo caption by Milton Friedman (1912-2006). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, She & Him

2011-12-28T18:04:00.000+01:00

The joke of our time is the suicide of intention.

In the video She&Him (Zooey Deschanel and M Ward) performing In the Sun. In the photo Jack Black hotographed by Jake Chessum. Photo caption by Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Creator and Ocean

2011-12-27T18:22:00.000+01:00

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

In the video Tyler the Creator and Frank Ocean performing She. In the photo Jude Law as Hamlet directed by Michael Grandage and hotographed by Alastair Muir. Photo caption by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Jay-Z and Kanye West

2011-12-26T17:45:00.000+01:00

To say "I love you" one must first be able to say the "I."

In the video Jay-Z and Kanye West performing Niggas In Paris.
In the photo Javier Bardem hotographed by Richard Burbridge.
The photo caption by Ayn Rand (1905-1982). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Tune-Yards

2011-12-25T18:05:00.001+01:00

Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honoured by posterity because he was the last to discover America.

In the video Tune-Yards performing Bizness.
In the photo Bette Midler hotographed by Greg Gorman.
Photo caption by James Joyce (1882-1941). Title by Mascotes.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Beastie Boys

2011-12-24T17:42:00.000+01:00

The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.

In the video Beastie Boys performing Fight For Your Right. The short film premiered at Sundance Festival 2011 with Elijah Wood, Chloe Sevigny, Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Susan Sarandon, Jason Schwartzman and Will Arnett as the cast.
In the photo Chris Colfer hotographed by Autumn de Wilde.
Photo caption by Joan Collins. Title by Mascotes.