Post Up: HarcoDarko, RadioLasers, Who?

[Checking in from the static haze, Morphizm diehards. I've been hard at work for Wired and more, so let's share, shall we?]

Ed Harcourt Merges Glass and Drone For Donnie Darko Sequel
Ed Harcourt's recently released The Beautiful Lie is a far cry from his early work. Its emotional piano balladry sounds little like the experimental exercises found on Here Be Monsters or Maplewood. But his sonic diversity will come in handy when he tackles the film score for S. Darko, the sequel to the surprisingly successful indie sci-fi classic Donnie Darko.

Video: Radiohead Ditches Cameras, Activates Lasers
"So here we are in our lovely Florida cul-de-sac," Zoo Films director of photography Von Thomas explains. "We are scanning the geometry of [the] houses that we are going to vaporize."

The Who: Less Influential Than Def Leppard?
In a taping for VH1 on Saturday in Los Angeles, everyone from Pearl Jam, Tenacious D and Flaming Lips to X-Files spook David Duchovny, Office nerd Rainn Wilson and more showed up to fete The Who. The occasion was the taping of VH1 Rock Honors, a show that supposedly bows down to the rock icons that shaped music as we know it.