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The Wolf Of Wall Street
Chest Thump Mix

The latest video from the Eclectic Method samples Matthew McConaughey “inspirational” chest thump routine that weaves itself throughout the most frattiest moments of The Wolf of Wall Street. Warning: “This video contains NSFW drug abuse to a tribal chest thumping capitalist tribal chant.” And this cultural run-off has the best backstory. It wasn’t even in the script. […]

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The History of Sampling, From James Brown to Jay Z

Sampling has been an integral part of Western music for decades, from the French musique concrète composers of the 1940s, to the introduction of commercially available instruments like the Mellotron and the MPC, to today, with Beyoncé using Star Search intros and snippets of TED Talks in her songs and Jay Z and Kanye lifting from Blades of Glory . In […]

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Schwarzenegger: The Supercut Remix

The latest video remix from the good people of Eclectic Method takes aim at your favorite last action hero-turned-Republican-governor-of-California. I’m not sure if there’s any particular timely reason for taking aim at Arnold, but do you really need an excuse to listen to “I’ll be back” and “It’s not a tumor!” cut and scratched over […]

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This New York Scratch Video Has Five Levels of New York

Eclectic Method recently released a new video, and there’s just one question: Can you handle this much New York invading your senses? You’re going to have to try. Let’s break down how much New York we’re dealing with here. The video consists of panning shots of Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn, with scenic shots of Manhattan, […]

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Bloodlust at SXSW:
Male Model Boxing

SXSW has little bit of something for everyone. Be it music, arts, food, or booze — every day feels like a corporate sponsored party. That being said, after several days of drinking Lone Stars next to seemingly the same dude in fingerless gloves and a cabbie hat, it was time to break the monotony… by […]

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Guns in the Galllery

Superchief Gallery at Culturefix is currently featuring the work of three artists dealing with blackness in the appropriately titled exhibition “BLACK POWER” — an eclectic mix of illustration, graphic design and sculture. They also have guns. As I walked into the Lower East Side space, it seemed quite casual — people hanging out in the […]

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