Videos Archives — proxy music

March 27, 2020April 6, 2020

The Music of America: The Residents’ One-Minute Movies have no time for pop’s form and format

October 15, 2019October 17, 2019

Entertainment or Death: How Mötley Crüe’s “Home Sweet Home” lit the way for all power ballads to follow

David Bowie, with Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias, on Saturday Night Live, 1979.

January 4, 2019April 12, 2019

The Man in the Machine: How Oskar Schlemmer’s Triadic Ballet left its mark on David Bowie and New Order

Video for "Borders" by M.I.A., directed by M.I.A.

November 21, 2018November 28, 2018

Catch Me At The Border: M.I.A.’s negotiation between art and politics culminates in her video for “Borders”

October 3, 2018November 14, 2018

I’m Not Going To Be In This Video: George Michael’s video for “Freedom! ‘90” remains an explosive act of pop sabotage

September 14, 2018March 15, 2019

The She-centaur: All the rage and outrage of Grace Jones and Jean-Paul Goude’s images

August 20, 2018March 21, 2019

Roll And Fall In Green: Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” video is still moving

July 31, 2018October 24, 2018

Android Dreams: It’s Janelle Monáe’s Emotion Picture and we just live in it

July 20, 2018October 24, 2018

Cubism on A Pop Song: Animal Collective’s Tangerine Reef and 5 other audio-visual spectacles

July 16, 2018August 8, 2019

A Portrait of the Young Man as a Fan: The obsession at the heart of Morrissey’s “Suedehead” video