http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2010/07/30/13-most-beautiful-songs-for-andy-warhols-screen-tests/ Interestingness, curated – picking culture's collective brain for innovation, inspiration & brilliant ideas Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2010/07/30/13-most-beautiful-songs-for-andy-warhols-screen-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-127207 Brain Pickings Redux 2010 | Brain Pickings Fri, 31 Dec 2010 22:29:20 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=6510#comment-127207 [...] were swept away by a spellbinding original soundtrack for Andy Warhol’s little-known silent films and chuckled at some quirky art inspired by Law & Order one-line episode summaries. We loved [...] [...] were swept away by a spellbinding original soundtrack for Andy Warhol’s little-known silent films and chuckled at some quirky art inspired by Law & Order one-line episode summaries. We loved [...]

]]> http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2010/07/30/13-most-beautiful-songs-for-andy-warhols-screen-tests/comment-page-1/#comment-126875 The Best Albums of 2010 | Brain Pickings Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:17:55 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=6510#comment-126875 [...] Commissioned by the Andy Warhol Museum, singer-songwriter duo Dean & Britta wrote and recorded 13 original scores and classic covers for Warhol’s little-known silent films — black-and-white portraits of cultural icons like Nico, Lou Reed, Edie Sedgwick, Ann Buchannan, Freddy Herko and Dennis Hopper, shot between 1964 and 1966. The result was the two-CD gem 13 Most Beautiful: Songs For Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests — a deluge of rich guitar strums and dreamsome, melodic honey-vocals, with a kick of head-bobbing beats in just the right places. We reviewed in full here. [...] [...] Commissioned by the Andy Warhol Museum, singer-songwriter duo Dean & Britta wrote and recorded 13 original scores and classic covers for Warhol’s little-known silent films — black-and-white portraits of cultural icons like Nico, Lou Reed, Edie Sedgwick, Ann Buchannan, Freddy Herko and Dennis Hopper, shot between 1964 and 1966. The result was the two-CD gem 13 Most Beautiful: Songs For Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests — a deluge of rich guitar strums and dreamsome, melodic honey-vocals, with a kick of head-bobbing beats in just the right places. We reviewed in full here. [...]

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