Music Video of the Day: The Golden Path by The Chemical Brothers, featuring Wayne Coyne (2003, dir by Chris Milk)


Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to the Flaming Lips’s Wayne Coyne!  Our music video of the day is for The Golden Path, his classic collaboration with The Chemical Brothers.

That is Fran Kranz, who acted in The Cabin In The Woods and who directed the brilliant Mass, playing the lead character.

Enjoy!

Music Video Of The Day: What’s Good (The Thesis) by Lou Reed (1992, dir by Tarsem Singh)


This song originally appeared in the 1991 Wim Wenders film, Until The End of the World.

Tarsem Singh also directed The Cell, that film in which Jennifer Lopez goes into the mind of a serial killer.  That’s a film that I’ve been meaning to review for a while, even though I don’t remember caring much for it the last time that I watched it.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: I Can’t Drive 55 by Sammy Hagar (1984, dir by Gil Bettman)


52 years ago, on a date that will live in infamy, President Richard Nixon signed into law the national speed limit of 55 Miles Per Hour.  Though the law was later repealed, the scourge of the speed limit continues.

Though this song is just a little before my time, it still feels like it was specifically recorded just for me.  I have always considered traffic laws, not just the laws themselves but the way they are enforced, to be the epitome of everything that can go wrong when people blindly respect authority.

As for the video, it also feels like it was specifically filmed for me.  It’s actually a fun little video with a sense of humor and who hasn’t wanted to tell a traffic judge what he can do with his gavel?

Enjoy!