May 16, 2007 | Filed under: Uncategorized
Head on over to the Vlog Deathmatch and vote! Quite a delectable video buffet happening, there. There are retro remakes, visits to far away lands, animated techno, a public display of punk rock, crooning classics, subtle New Wave Bush-bashing, a (very) tall glass of EuroSmooth, artness, and old-skool rappin’. But before you fall prey to her track-suit stylin’, note that trash-talking Irina character has called you OUT! You got served! You, readers and watchers of MMMofM , you! Are you going to let her talk to you like that? Verily I say unto you no, bi-carbonate of soda–no! Protest with your vote (that is to say, vote for me. Duh.)!
Oh, who am I kidding. MC Slutsky is a lock, and deservedly so.
But vote for me anyway. I don’t expect to win, I just don’t want to come in last.
I went the classic ’80s MTV writhing-chick route, the product of some sort of mid-30’s crisis.* Think Samanatha Fox without the back-up dancers. BigB was such a good sport. He was somewhat concerned that neighbors would witness our shooting PG-13 video in our driveway and in the cow pasture next door. It’s a small town, smaller than Mayberry, even, and we don’t want to get a reputation for filming naughty video while trespassing. People might talk. And you can’t imagine how hot the hood of that truck was…
Putting this together was much harder than I expected. I knew I wanted to use the original videos (thanks Tommy and Joan!) and a special guest star, but lining up the guitar riffs and drum beats was a biotch. Never again. I echo BigB’s sentiment (come on, sing it with me!) “Crimson and Clover…Thank God it’s over!”
…until the next deathmatch, anyway…
*What? You know I’m technically not in my mid-30’s anymore? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Nitpicker. Whatever. Shut up.
May 16, 2007
@ 11:00 am
trying being almost 39….wait arn’t you..
Ha!!!!
Nice video, but I was really looking forward to you walking on the hood toward the camera…
you should have seen the looks I got from the neighbors when I was running in the street with scissors!
May 16, 2007
@ 11:32 am
Oh,I’m pretty sure Brian wouldn’t have let me walk on the truck! There was another take of that shot that I didn’t use that had two neighbors walking by. it’s pretty funny, too, because they didn’t even turn to look! Maybe folks around here blare music out of their garages while singing to cameras tied onto ladders all the time!
My kind of town.
Man, did you see Rupert’s Deathmatch entry? On the subway! Now THAT was ballsy.
May 18, 2007
@ 9:59 pm
he he he he . . . I really liked that . .. you know joan actually said my my name a few years ago . .. i was on a Maryland Public TV show about “out there” video and she was the host . . . i should post it, i have it on vhs . . . anyway, swell video, i’m going to go vote . . . by god . . . bye
May 20, 2007
@ 7:27 am
Very nice, very well done.
May 20, 2007
@ 10:13 pm
I don’t care how old you are Miss B. You hot hot hot!h
May 21, 2007
@ 5:28 pm
You’ve got my vote babes!! Heading over there now …
May 22, 2007
@ 7:38 am
You are such a damn rock star. We’re behind you, lady!
May 23, 2007
@ 5:54 am
Lace collars on men (around halfway through). How depressing to have missed that period in fashion history. Okay, maybe not.
Nice job on this. Can’t go wrong with close-ups of lips and lollipops (how did that beautiful word ever get pushed out by “sucker”?). Btw, I floated in via Vimeo, where you have a lock on Musical Deer Carcass of the Year.
May 24, 2007
@ 1:33 pm
No nod to “Dog Police” or “Fish-Heads”?