Poetry in motion: A video weblog

Friday, November 21, 2008

Some company on the dancefloor



A little slice of Swedish backwoods dancefloor heaven. THE KNIFE, famously reclusive in performance, cast Sweden's most public transvestite to act as the artist in their clip for PASS THIS ON. The actual band members, a real-life brother and sister duo, can be spotted in the crowd. (The narrow-eyed dancer is THE KNIFE's OLAF). A masterpiece of setting and mood (and dance moves), this video rewards repeat viewings.

The clip for this song turned out so well, in fact, that they recreated it for a "live" television performance. Everybody dance:

Shame is Coming Back to the Redneck People



Poet and band-leader DAVID BERMAN reads a new poem, care of Pitchfork.tv.