Daily Archives: July 17, 2011

Fish by Bambu

Fish by Bambu

Rapper Bambu along with Soul Assassins dropped a new music video, Fish. Here’s more about the song and music video:

The newest video from Bambu finds him in front of Los Angeles’ infamous photographer Estevan Oriol! Fish was originally recorded and released in conjunction with Frank 151’s Chapter 45 on the Philippines (fish being one of the countries main sources of food), in which Estevan and Bambu collaborated for and has now transformed into a larger visual piece. Taking place on Venice Beach’s pier, we watch the journey of the fish from its contaminated habitat in Los Angeles, to a Pilipino seafood market in Historic Filipinotown and finally to the table of Bambu’s family. Fish.

See previous Bambu x Soul Assassins collaborative works like Grenade , Smoke Smarterm and Pow Wow Drums off the Los Angeles, Philippines Mixtape.

Fish by Bambu

Big Blue Ball Machine with Freddie Wong

Big Blue Ball Machine with Freddie Wong

Freddie Wong’s latest video has him in a Big Blue Ball Machine. The video is a tribute to this classic animated GIF of a bygone internet era that you can see here. It’s like a giant puzzle tapestry. See Freddie Wong and a bunch of blue balls in the infinitely looping monstrosity that is the Blue Ball Machine. Ryan Higa should do this with his giant green ball. Then they both will be kung fooled with competing ball machines.

Big Blue Ball Machine with Freddie Wong

Behind the scenes inside the Big Blue Ball Machine with Freddie Wong

What happened to the Indonesian smoking baby?

What happened to the Indonesian smoking baby?

Last year, a viral video was circulating with a Indonesian baby smoking about 2 packs a day. The toddler on Sumatra was apparently hooked on nicotine after being introduced to cigarettes. The show “Vanguard” located the infamous “Smoking Baby” Aldi. With the help of the Indonesian government, the kid is now a 2-year-old ex-smoker. He now says ‘Don’t smoke’. In a tiny village with no internet access, Aldi’s mother explains how she craved cigarettes while she was pregnant. A hundred yards away from the family’s home, a small shop sells cigarettes – including Sampoerna Mild, Aldi’s brand of choice, made by Philip Morris. The company that brought you the Malboro man also helped create the image of a kid smoking cigarettes.

Look for the full episode of “Sex, Lies & Cigarettes” on Current TV. The episode charts Big Tobacco’s attempt to expand its reach into Indonesia, which by all accounts has become the “Wild West” of cigarette marketing and promotion.

Vanguard finds the Indonesian smoking baby

The viral video with the smoking baby

Lonely Hearts by Vision

Lonely Hearts by Vision

It’s been a minute since we heard from rapper Vision, but he’s back with a new music video “Lonely Hearts” off his “Chaos and Clarity” album. His newest release tells a tale of broken relationships with domestic violence. The storyline is along similar lines as Hold by Lindsey Yung and Someday by May Ling.

Listen to more Vision on these tracks:Never Leave and Louder

Lonely Hearts by Vision