Pitchfork: Beck Music Video Retrospective to Appear on Big Screen

Beck Music Video Retrospective to Appear on Big Screen

While it may pain some of you aging hipsters to admit it, Beck has been around for a while now. And like most artists who've been around a while and also happen to be worth a damn, he's being given the retrospective treatment. But this isn't your run-of-the-mill career CD or DVD compilation. No sir, Beck likes to do things with a little panache. That's partly why he has been chosen by the Res Media Group to be the subject of the maiden installment of their Artist Retrospective Program. But what does this auspicious honor mean? As part of their annual Resfest, a selection of Beck's videos will be given proper theater screenings at the four first stops on their art and culture tour. The dates and locations are below:

09-17 New York, NY - Tribeca Performing Arts
09-24 San Francisco, CA - Palace of Fine Arts
10-01 Los Angeles, CA - Egyptian Theater
10-08 Chicago, IL - Museum of Contemporary Art

The featured videos come from a veritable murderer's row of directors, including Spike Jonze ("Guess I'm Doing Fine"), Mark Romanek ("Devil's Haircut"), Michel Gondry ("Dead Weight"), and even Mr. Hansen himself ("New Pollution�, �Sexx Laws vers. 2�). We've done some math and determined that you'd have to watch MTV2 non-stop, for 16 consecutive months to see all of these videos on TV, so yeah, this is a pretty sweet deal. The tribute will feature 18 music videos in all, and will go in more or less chronological order:

"Loser"
"Where It's At"
"Devil's Haircut"
"New Pollution"
"Jackass"
"Dead Weight"
"Sexx Laws vers. 2"
"Mixed Bizness"
"Lost Cause"
"Guess I'm Doing Fine"
"Little One"
"Round the Bend"
"Black Tambourine"
"Ghettochip Malfunction"
"E-Pro"
"Gameboy/Homeboy (Guero)"
"Bad Cartridge (e-pro)"
"Girl"

Of course, Beck won't be the only reason to attend Resfest. Plenty of short films and music videos will be on display, and Res will be sponsoring live events and parties each weekend. Oh yeah, and there will be a documentary about sneakers. Not Sneakers the Robert Redford movie, but sneakers like the shoes. Ok, maybe Beck is the only reason to go there. Regardless, if you're interested in procuring tickets, just head over to Resfest's official site.

However, if Beck�s visage projected on screen just isn�t intimate enough for you, here�s a friendly reminder of the opportunities you�ll have to smell his sweat this fall:

09-19 Minneapolis, MN - Wilkins Auditorium
09-20 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
09-21 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
09-22 Detroit, MI - State Theatre
09-24 Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena *
09-25 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
09-26 Toronto, Ontario - Rogers Centre *
09-28 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre
09-29 Boston, MA - FleetBoston Pavilion
10-01 Hershey, PA - Hersheypark Stadium *
10-02 Brooklyn, NY - Across the Narrows Festival, Keyspan Park
10-05 Fairfax, VA - Patriot Center
10-08 Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center
10-27 San Diego, CA - Rimac

* with the Rolling Stones

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