I was having burgers with some friends a few nights ago and when the subject of Joy Division and the new movie Control came up, they were talking about how much they loved the cover of Unknown Pleasures and wondered if I knew who the designer was. Of course it was the great Peter Saville, and, in pulling some links together for them, I found some great factoids on Saville’s Wikipedia page, another great bio at the Design Museum’s site, a fantastic write-up about the cover of Unknown Pleasures in Tate ETC by Jon Wozencroft, and, best of all, an essay called “The Dark Prince” by Alice Twemlow.

“‘zZz is playing: Grip,’ is a one-take, top-shot music video with trampoline gymnasts simulating typical video effects.” In case you’re wondering: yes, it’s just that awesome (via Manystuff).

Sigur Rós, movie stars and classical gurus (thx Kevin).

The technique of spelling words with everyday objects is at this point well-travelled, but nevertheless this video by the band Softlightes is a compelling marriage of type, image, and motion (via VSL).

In an encore to his 1984 Tokyo solo concert, Keith Jarrett invokes pure magic.

“A Norwegian art historian who came by my house shockingly remarked that I was looking at the television and listening to rock music at the same time. Then suddenly everything turns still. Movement plays an important role in the way I live and work.” I love this photo and this photo by Tom Sandberg (via Alec Soth). Cinematically speaking, the photos remind me of this still from The Limey and this poster for The Bourne Ultimatum.

Wondering where some of those Daft Punk samples came from? Here’s where.

One of my favorite recent jazz covers is Brad Mehldau’s version of Nick Drake’s “River Man.” NPR has a great segment on how Meldhau decided to cover “River Man,” and what makes it such an intriguing, emotional song.

Behold the brilliant homemadeness of The Go! Team’s video for “Panther Dash” (via VSL).

Khoi Vinh pointed me to this You Tube video for the song “Quicksand Under Carpet” by the band New Radiant Storm King. Reminds me of one of my favorite book designs by the fantastic designer Thomas Buxò.