April 2011

WATCH IT: Beastie Boys "Fight For Your Right Revisited" (Adam Yauch, dir.)

The real Beastie Boys aren't to be found in this trailer to their forthcoming short flick Fight For Your Right Revisited — which seems like it will double as the video for "Make Some Noise" — but you get two kickass sets of Beastie stand-ins: Elijah Wood, Danny McBride and Seth Rogen as the "young" Beastie Boys, and Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly and Jack Black as the less young B-Boys. There's lots of other stars to be glimped here — ranging from Will Arnett to Ted Dansen to Susan Sarandon — but the fact that they can revisit a 25 year old video and feel fresher than ever is absurdly amazing.

WATCH IT: Travis Porter "Bring It Back" (Todd Angkasuwan, dir.)

Travis Porter play with a kind of iPad app that would never pass Apple's strict "no smut" rules. They use their fingers to undress, move around and generally manipulate a series of women and scenes. Don't be afraid though: Based on the lyrics, the video's set-ups are more chaste and the overall idea more clever than you might expect. --> watch "Bring It Back"

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