Three of a perfect pair, King Crimson Vs BTBAM

Hello! I have a pretty simple question for you guys, whose version of "Three of a perfect pair" do you like better? The King Crimson original or progressive metal band, Between the Buried and Me's cover?

King Crimson

BTBAM

And just for fun, the two songs combined

RYAN MCGINLEY - PHOTOGRAPHER

Many of you are probably familiar with the Levi's Jeans Go Forth advertisements which started airing last year. Personally I thought they were awesome, and I'm usually pretty critical of corporate ad campaigns. I was so taken by the ads that I actually decided to look up who was involved in making them, and I am quite glad I did.
Ryan McGinley is the photographer behind the print ads of that campaign as well as numerous others, If you are familiar with the Sigur Ros album "With a Buzz in Our Ears We Play Endlessly" then you've seen his work adorning the front cover.
His photography explores the wild side of humanity, not by way of the grit of vices but instead by capturing jovial romps through the wilderness, youthfulness to its most extreme. There is a mystical quality to his photographs, especially the Moonmilk series which is pure magic.
Marcus brought up the debate of whether or not photography is art in his last post, I think that Ryan McGinley's work reinforces that it is most certainly art.

A little warning: Basically all of his pictures contain nudity.
RYAN MCGINLEY

NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA

It's been a while since I've posted so expect several more posts from me within the week.

Canada has a long tradition of promoting and protecting their arts. The National Film Board of Canada is the Canadian Government's public film producer and distributor (Those Socialists!). Since its beginning in 1939, the films produced by NFB have won over 5000 awards. The films range from Stop Animation to Documentaries and there's really quite a few cool films in every category.
Their website hosts many of these films and I suggest going there and digging around.

Several Films I recommend checking out: The Necktie, This Is a Recorded Message, and Subservience

National Film Board

Peter Funch - Photographer

I don't really have a lot to say about this except for that I think this man has some very interesting work. It has been a long debate on whether or not photography should be considered art, and I think that Peter Funch has made a case defending what photography is capable of expressing. In my humble opinion, his most interesting collection is "Babel Tales". If these photographs were not staged, they have impeccable timing.

DISCLAIMER: The selection "CRASH" has photos of death that could be a bit disturbing, so keep that in mind.

Peter Funch's Website