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Obtusity

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The premier site for music video criticism and interpretation. Featuring in-depth essays on any form of popular culture where film and song collide.

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  • Voltage Spikes: Radiohead "House of Cards"

    Posted on Tuesday July 15th, 2008 at 00:55 in Radiohead, depth of focus, david frost

    An elegiac and important vision of human struggle...[Best New Videos]Radiohead "House of Cards"dir. by James FrostThere is an inherent fragility in "House of Cards" - a simplicity which hints at deeper tones of beauty. A gorgeous, soothing ballad mad...

  • Keep Watchin': Nas "Sly Fox"

    Posted on Thursday July 10th, 2008 at 16:48 in hip hop, nas

    A blogger-friendly rap video...Nas "Sly Fox"dir. by Rik CorderoThis video fits well with Shad's "Brother (Watching)," which we posted earlier today. It continues the theme of corrupt media and poisoned messages reaching our youth, but Nas aims direct...

  • Hand-Me-Down: Death Cab for Cutie "Cath"

    Posted on Thursday July 10th, 2008 at 13:28 in indie rock, death cab for cutie, de wilde

    Speak now, or...MTVMusic VideosMTV ShowsEntertainment NewsDeath Cab for Cutie "Cath"dir. by Autumn De Wilde"...it seems you live in someone else's dream..."That's the line lead singer Ben Gibbard sings half-way through "Cath," just as director Autumn...

  • Into the Light: Shad "Brother (Watching)"

    Posted on Thursday July 10th, 2008 at 12:42 in hip hop, shad

    Look outside, it's a beautiful new day...Shad "Brother (Watching)"dir. by Ed Gass-DonnellyShad is surrounded by black. He is speaking of black people, and thus he is appropriately framed by the color around him. But he is also inundated with images o...

  • The Life-Throb of Ages: Garry Schyman "Praan"

    Posted on Tuesday July 8th, 2008 at 12:13

    The way a music video can remind you of your own humanity, your own beauty..."Praan" by Garry Schyman (vocals by Palbasha Siddique)dir. by Matt Harding and Melissa Nixon"Matt, thanks for the hope you're giving! The world is not as bad as it seems so ...

  • Step Back: The Year in Review

    Posted on Monday December 31st, 2007 at 22:00 in best of, dizzee rascal

    Though Obtusity hasn't been updated in awhile, we never stopped watching music videos. How could we? There were many, many videos to watch this year - more than perhaps any year prior. Yet despite the hundreds of promos we came across each month, the...

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