New Modest Mouse Video - "King Rat" (Directed By Heath Ledger)

There's been much talk and speculation regarding the Heath Ledger-directed video for No One's First, And You're Next's "King Rat." The EP's out today, and so is Ledger's clip. As the seemingly playful fish-on-fish animation opens, those hoping (knowingly or... CONTINUE READING NEW MODEST MOUSE VIDEO - "KING RAT" (DIRECTED BY HEATH LEDGER)»

Posted on August 4, 2009 in Video (31 comments)
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Modest Mouse Shed "Satellite Skin" On Letterman

Modest Mouse has been performing this song since last summer -- we heard it again in Hollywood last month -- though this Letterman clip is probably the best indication of how it will sound on record. Said record is an... Letterman'">CONTINUE READING MODEST MOUSE SHED "SATELLITE SKIN" ON LETTERMAN»

Forthcoming Nick Drake Tribute Features Vedder, Ledger, Grohl

According to Billboard.com, Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records is set to release a tribute to the posthumously adored British singer-songwriter, with turns from Eddie Vedder, Norah Jones, Dave Grohl, and laid back Jack. It'll also feature that Heath Ledger version of... CONTINUE READING FORTHCOMING NICK DRAKE TRIBUTE FEATURES VEDDER, LEDGER, GROHL»

Heath Ledger's Nick Drake Video

As we had mentioned when the sad news broke, Heath Ledger had directed a relatively unseen video for Nick Drake's "Black Eyed Dog," a song titled after Winston Churchill's term for depression. Ledger created the video for an exhibition paying tribute to Drake's work (and his life, which was cut short by an antidepressant overdose). In the time since, Heath's self-described "obsession" and unfortunate similarities with the singer-songwriter have been drawn out and explored, as has most every other detail speculative or otherwise of Ledger's life. Bits of the video are now available, bundled into this newscast circulating on YouTube. In it, Ledger directs himself spinning in a field and drowning in a tub. Naturally, it makes for emotional and powerful viewing.

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Posted on February 28, 2008 in VIDEO (7 comments)

R.I.P. Heath Ledger

The Australian-born actor, who made his way into our little tag cloud recently via his portrayal of Bob Dylan in Todd Haynes's I'm Not There, was found dead in a SoHo apartment at 3:35PM today. Pills were near his body, police suspect no foul play. The Dylan biopic wasn't Heath's only music-related project: Ledger had directed videos for Ben Harper ("Morning Yearning") and Australian artist N'Fa ("Seduction Is Evil"), and apparently teamed with Harper to start a record label. Also and more eerily, MTV reports Heath "recently shot and edited a music video for a Drake song called "Black Dog," so titled because of a Winston Churchill quote describing depression as such. It is also reportedly the last song Drake recorded before overdosing on antidepression medication in 1974 at the age of 26." We last saw him at the I'm Not There concert (pictured) at Beacon Theater in November, introducing acts and paying homage to Todd Haynes and Robert Zimmerman. Ledger, who plays the Joker in the forthcoming Batman sequel The Dark Knight, is survived by his two-year-old daughter Matilda Rose (whom he had with actress and ex-fiancee Michelle Williams). Heath was 28. Condolences all around.

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Posted on January 22, 2008 (63 comments)

Everybody Covers Dylan: I'm Not There In Concert @ Beacon Theater, NYC 11/8/07

Jim James of My Morning Jacket Just a few weeks until the six-Dylan flick I'm Not There starts showing at a theater near you, but last night's event at Beacon was organized by filmmaker Todd Haynes (hovering above the... CONTINUE READING EVERYBODY COVERS DYLAN: I'M NOT THERE IN CONCERT @ BEACON THEATER, NYC 11/8/07»