The Witzard Premiere: MANIKINETER's Carl Kavorkian-directed "Rockatansky Memoirs (The Big Nothing)" Video [Cult Member Music]

As many of you may well know by now, MANIKINETER is the Noise-Rap side-project of Philly's very own emcee, producer, graphic/web designer, Noise-maker, and frantic one-man band Carl Kavorkian. We here at The Witzard quite honestly, can't get enough of MANIKINETER's beautifully aggressive Punk/Hardcore/Hip-Hop-melding output and luckily for us, Not As They Do EP is Kavorkian's third MANIKINETER release in just two short years. While we're ecstatic to be premiering the music video for "Rockatansky Memoirs (The Big Nothing)" here at The Witzard; however, a few especially tech-savvy fans might have already been able to piece together the clip's URL from a series of cryptic Instagram posts shared by MANIK|NETER (@manikineter) just this past weekend:
"new 4ideo soon.... -," "n3w video soon... hidden," "new v1deo soon. cultmembermusic.com," "new video 5oon..... corridor," "new video 2oon.. /," and lastly, "new vid6o soon...... .html." "Rockatansky Memoirs (The Big Nothing)" is the second Dance-inflected Noise-Rap single lifted from MANIKINETER's recent Not As They Do EP, following quasi-precursory 'title' track, "Do As They Say." MANIKINETER's Not As They Do EP is now available to purchase or stream on Apple Music, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Spotify, and like-minded digital retailers, along with 2017's Mannequin Eater and Missing EP's.

Not entirely unlike Carl Kavorkian's self-directed, written, produced, shot, and edited video for "Do As They Say," "Rockatansky Memoirs" is a rather stark, black-and-white clip arranged and animated together by the seasoned graphic/web designer himself. "Rockatansky Memoirs (The Big Nothing)" appears to be a reference to Max Rockatansky, the title character from the Mad Max series; Rockatansky was notoriously played by Mel Gibson in Mad Max, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome from 1977-85 and mostly recently, by Tom Hardy in 2015's six-time Academy Award-winning Mad Max: Fury Road. "Imagine Max Rokatansky AKA Mad Max with foot mashed on the gas, back pinned to the driver's seat, nearly floating over the dusty, wide open plains in his infamous Interceptor. After staring over the thinly dirt-coated hood and off into the distance for hours, his concentration starts to drift," Kavorkian explained to The Witzard, via email. "For 10 seconds, he loses all awareness of his surroundings—even, forgetting he's driving—and falls deep into thought about the nothingness that is his reality. Now, picture those 10 secs. stretched to 3 minutes and 28 seconds, set to music and paired with an animated collage-style video directed, filmed, and edited by Carl Kavorkian and you have "Rockatansky Memoirs (The Big Nothing)," he enthusiastically continued.

[W]reckless, Topless American Youth: Lana del Rey - "Born 2 Die" (Britney Spears Birthday 30)

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"Let Me Shine for You:" Lindsay Lohan for Playboy (Winter 2011-12 Leak)

Lindsay Lohan essentially embodies exactly "What NOT to Do In Hollywood :" Fame, fortune, success... sex, drugs & Rock "N" Roll . Within a fairly short period of time, Lohan somehow managed to obtain a plentiful helping of POWER @ a very young age. This gradual rise-downfall was captured on film; Between 1998-2010, she portrayed a wide array of roles across the silver screen in movies including: Mean Girls, Bobby , Herbie Fully Loaded , Georgia Rule, Machete , and Freaky Friday . Between rapid-paced film shoots, Lindsay Lohan also found time to record 2 Pop Rock albums for Casablanca , Speak (2004) and A Litter More Personal-Raw (2005). Needless to say, Lindsay Lohan has gotten roped up in a lot of troubles and woes with the law over the last 3-5 years... a vicious cycle of drugs, arrest, court, rehab, "daddy issues," jail time [Repeat]. That's the pure basics of it - But Google that shit for additional info, if necessary. Towards the end of

All-around Breakdown: Sean Martin Discusses Debut Instrumental EP Introducing The Magician As No More Magic (Residual Effects)

Sean Martin is a multi-versed musician, producer, and tattooer hailing from Connecticut. As a guitarist, song-writer, and/or producer he has worked with a variety of well-known artists including Hatebreed, Cold Cave, Wear Your Wounds, Umbra Vitae, Twitching Tongues, Cage, Kid Cudi, House of Blow, Head Automatica, XO Skeletons, Jet Fueled Horses, Handsome Boy Modeling School, and more. His versatility and flexibility within music allows him to blur the lines in-between the confines of Hardcore, Electronic, Metal, and Hip-Hop. Martin is, also, a skilled tattooer at Brass City Tattoo located in Oakville, Connecticut promoting the traditional approach to the craft. Founded by Martin himself between 2020-22, No More Magic combines ominous melodies with downtempo beats to create a dizzying dream-like atmosphere. Paying homage to the golden era of Hip-Hop while forging ahead down its own dark road. For fans of Portishead, Massive Attack, and DJ Shadow. No More Magic's Introducing The

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