Five Channels, Infinite Possibilities

Set to release their 'Crude Futures' LP on Transgressive Records, frenetic genre contortionists So So Modern played the first Rockfeeback club night of 2010, and set the bar pretty high. A fearless amalgamation of spurting synths, jagged guitars, shuffling dance steps, and strange animal costumes, the New Zealand troupe explain their way through their particularly idiosyncratic, DIY attitude, and have a crowd eating out of their hands.

A mockumentary between 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'The Office', 'What the Funny' is the story of 'Max', long-suffering owner of a struggling comedy-theatre in Seattle. The theatre company struggles through the final weeks of preparation for their next show, and the only thing standing in their way is money, talent, ego, and the occasional murder. This collaboration of some of the best of Seattle's Independent Film, Fringe Theatre and music scenes is part of a new wave of independent film. Designed to take advantage of Internet distribution and the growing influence of social networks, it was made as a series of ten-minute episodes. Each is a complete story in itself; each contributes to the eleven-episode narrative arc. It is a tightly woven story that shifts fluidly amongst an ensemble of the attention-starved, needy, neurotic characters that live to make strangers laugh.

Legendary graffiti photographer Martha Cooper tells RJ how she started, what she loves about it and where she thinks it's going.

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The NCAA will investigate the Kentucky program for major recruiting violations including improper gifts of milk bones and rope tug toys.

Surfer Blood are four young lads from West Palm Beach Florida making surf-rock with a twang of post punk, and more than a heavy dose of catchiness (though none do actually surf... but nor did most of The Beach Boys, or Nada Surf, so... get over it). Their debut album Astro Coast is hotly tipped to be the Vampire Weekend success story of 2010, so Rockfeedback collared the chaps for their first ever U.K. gig. Oh, and we filmed it. Good, aren't we?

From cicadas who hibernate for 17 years to checkerboard-camouflaged cuttlefish, some animals have powers that border on the super. Artists Kenichi Okada and Chris Woebken have created three devices designed to give children a chance to experience heightened animal senses. For example, their Bird Device consists of a GPS that vibrates when oriented towards home, simulating the instincts of migratory fowl. Personally, we're hoping the adult models will be on the market by year's end. LEARN MORE Chris Woebken; Kenichi Okada

Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes (no Photoshop edit). I knew it wasn't the most original idea in the universe. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating. I sent the music to the photographer, Paulo Pinto, who I Googled on the internet. He told his editor, who told a reporter and the story ended up as an interview in the very same newspaper. Soon after that, it was a huge hit over the internet, with thousands of view all over the world. I then posted a short video made with the photo, the music and the score (composed by the birds). It became a huge hit on the internet, with thousands of view all over the world. Music made with Logic. Video made with After Effects. The newspaper story about my work (proof that I didn't photoshoped the photo: tinyurl.com/l4qdbg

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They are the self-proclaimed toughest moped gang ever to come out of Richmond, VA. They are artists, would-be novelists, bike messengers, stylists, a mortician and the intermittently employed; these big beardy burly men have turned riding and restoring vintage 1970s mopeds into a lifestyle. Not the usual Harley fans that one might expect from a biker gang!

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From Pete Bishop, the animator behind the acclaimed Discovery series How to Destroy the World, comes this quick animated history of humans' insatiable lust for oil! Oil Story is a supporting feature to Dirty Oil, Babelgum's first original feature film production, and has been nominated in the Educational, Scientific and Industrial category of the Annecy International Animation Festival 2010, the world's largest animation event.

COMING SOON: Dirty Oil - Babelgum's first original feature film production. Narrated by Canadian actress and environmentalist Neve Campbell, this much anticipated feature documentary from Academy Award®-Nominated director Leslie Iwerks goes deep behind-the-scenes into the strip-mined world of Northern Alberta, Canada.

To learn more, visit the Dirty Oil page.

Hand gives Dood a metall detector and you would not believe the "treasures" he finds, not to mention the trouble he finds himself in.