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Our favorite (and fellow) space cadets Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon of the world famous N.A.S.A. crew, strike again with yet another mouth watering music video with “Strange Enough” from their debut album The Spirit of Apollo.

“Strange Enough” features the stylings of three musical geniuses with Wu Tang’s late Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and Fatlip (The Pharcyde) as well as the death defying art of Stephan Doitschinoff brought to life by Lorna T and Studio Giblets and once again guided to completion by creative director Syd Garon and producer by Susan Applegate.

Click here for more from N.A.S.A. ringleader Sam Speigel (Squeak E. Clean) from Boingboing.net’s exclusive coverage.

More from the N.A.S.A. crew:

• The Creators Project is Coming
• SATURDAY (April 10): The Date Farmers at Jonathan Levine
• My Best List of the Best “Best of” Lists of 2009
• N.A.S.A. Shares “Spacious Thoughts” with Kool Keith and Tom Waits
• For the Weekend Warriors, Courtesy of N.A.S.A.
• Be a DJ Hero
• N.A.S.A. Touchdowns at the El Rey
• N.A.S.A. asks “Wachadoin?”

• A Date with the Date Farmers, Logan and N.A.S.A.

• THIS WEEKEND: N.A.S.A. vs. Japan, Milk Photography, 1000 Days, The Red Balloon Scores, To Catch a Dazed and Confused Thief

• Get Lifted With “Gifted” from N.A.S.A.

• More Music Videos From the World of N.A.S.A.

• UPDATE: N.A.S.A. Takes Off

• N.A.S.A. Cover Coverage

• N.A.S.A. Trailer Now Clear to Launch

• Wachadoin? A Victory Lap

• N.A.S.A. Launches “Money”

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Another new mesmerizing music video from my N.A.S.A. homeboys (Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon) as they unleash the Kool Keith/Tom Waits collabo “Spacious Thoughts” from their debut banger, The Spirit of Apollo. One of many original art-meets-animation music videos spawned from the N.A.S.A. project, “Spacious Thoughts” is directed, designed and animated by Fluorescent Hill and once again guided by the steady hands of creative director Syd Garon and producer by Susan Applegate.

More on “the making of” and interview with the artists courtesy of Boingboing.net.

And in other N.A.S.A. related news:

• For the Weekend Warriors, Courtesy of N.A.S.A.
• Be a DJ Hero
• N.A.S.A. Touchdowns at the El Rey
• N.A.S.A. asks “Wachadoin?”

• A Date with the Date Farmers, Logan and N.A.S.A.

• THIS WEEKEND: N.A.S.A. vs. Japan, Milk Photography, 1000 Days, The Red Balloon Scores, To Catch a Dazed and Confused Thief

• Get Lifted With “Gifted” from N.A.S.A.

• More Music Videos From the World of N.A.S.A.

• UPDATE: N.A.S.A. Takes Off

• N.A.S.A. Cover Coverage

• N.A.S.A. Trailer Now Clear to Launch

• Wachadoin? A Victory Lap

• N.A.S.A. Launches “Money”

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In keeping up with the (Spike) Jonzes following yesterday’s Wild Things post, here today is Spike’s younger brother Squeak E. Clean repping the N.A.S.A. crew with their latest music video-“Whachadoin?” featuring Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santigold, and the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Nick Zinner. Following Sam and Syd Garon’s vision of a series of collaborative music videos making up the visual side of their debut album The Spirit of Apollo and inspired by a multitude of talented artists (Shepard Fairey, Marcel Dzama, Sage Vaughn, The Date Farmers with Logan), “Whachadoin?” stays true to form and is wildly animated and directed by Argetinian’s Jorge Jaramillo and Jimena Oddi.

Check out the trailer I cut for the N.A.S.A. homies below and see how the current version of “Whachadoin?” progressed from it’s early stages around the 2:30 mark:

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“A Volta” is the latest music video collaboration from N.A.S.A. spacemen Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon and features the amazing artwork of The Date Farmers brought to life by the ultra talented directing team known simply as Logan. Having already given us several breakthrough videos to go along with their breakthrough album The Spirit of Apollo, the NAStronauts now bring together the musical stylings of Sizzla, Amanda Blank, and Love Foxxx of CSS in this their most obscenly violent and graphic video “chock full of evil bosses, sadistic henchmen, vigilantes, important briefcases, ghetto birds and piles of cash”.

Read more about the “8-bit narco nightmare” in BoingBoing.net’s interview with Logan’s Alexei Tylevich. And be sure to check out Logan’s mockumentary “making of” with The Date Farmers’ characters calling the shots:

Music videos and more from N.A.S.A.:

• “Gifted” featuring Kanye West, Santigold, and Lykke Li the animations of Three Legged Legs

• “Way Down” featuring The RZA, John Frusciante, & Barbie Hatch with the art of Sage Vaughn
• “The People Tree” featuring David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift Of Gab, & Z-Trip with the art of Marcel Dzama
• “Hip Hop” featuring KRS-One, Fatlip, & Slim Kid Tre directed by Splunny

• “Money” featuring Chuck D, David Byrne, Z-Trip, Seu Jorge, and Ras Congo with the art of Shepard Fairey
• N.A.S.A. Cover Coverage
• N.A.S.A. Trailer Now Clear to Launch

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The fine folks of Flux present the Cooper Video Wall at LA’s Cooper Design Space featuring “the work of over 30 filmmakers, photographers and designers from around the world. The programming, curated by Flux, includes an eclectic and unpredictable mix of visual treats from around the globe. Among the many artists whose work is featured are Koichiro Tsujikawa, Michel Gondry, Kosai Sekine, Shepard Fairey, Sage Vaughn, and Syd Garon. Photographers whose work is featured include Margo Silver, Kiino Villand/Mindbomb Films, Jessica Miller, Marla Aufmuth, Mariana Sabido, Carlo Van de Roer and Elkie Vanstiphout.”

More info from the Fluxers:

The Cooper Video Wall will be open to the public weekdays 9AM to 6:30PM and during extended hours for special events throughout the year.

RSVP Essential (flux.net/cooper). Please Note: This invite is Non-Transferable. We look forward to seeing you. Cooper Design Space 860 South Los Angeles St. (at 9th St.) Downtown Los Angeles 90014

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The other day the web almost imploded when the trailer for Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are was released. Now Spike’s younger brother Sam (Squeak E. Clean of N.A.S.A.) continues the owning of the internets with his latest contribution, “Gifted” featuring Kanye West, Santigold, and Lykke Li. Just like the four other tracks released from their debut album The Spirit of Apollo, they’ve released an accompanying music video. This time around it features the animations of Three Legged Legs and is once again guided by the ever steady Syd Garon.

And here’s Sam talking about how he and Ze managed to bring all the talent together to create the year’s most collaborative album:

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The N.A.S.A. kids have unleashed yet another hit, this time in the form of “Way Down” which features the musical stylings of the RZA, John Frusciante, and Barbie Hatch. And just like all the other tracks from “The Spirit of the Apollo” released so far, an accompanying music video has also taken shape (kinda like the Wonder Twins). The clip features the art and bold birds of LA’s Sage Vaughn and is once again directed by the mad master, Syd Garon.

Read more about the video from Syd over at BoingBoing.net.

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By now you full well know I’ve been backing my boys from N.A.S.A. and taking any chance I get to help spread the good word of their collaborative venture and debut album, “The Spirit of Apollo”. And with a whole slate of music videos created for the album and accompanying film which features the work of some of today’s biggest names in the art world, all under the watchful eye of the man known as Syd Garon (Qbert’s legendary “Wave Twisters”), you know you’ll be seeing much more in the near future. Here’s a couple of N.A.S.A.’s latest AV offerings:

• “The People Tree” featuring David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift Of Gab & Z-Trip with art by Marcel Dzama

• “Hip Hop” featuring KRS-One, Fatlip, & Slim Kid Tre directed by Splunny
  

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