March 2010

WATCH IT: Scott Ryan "Vanishing

I haven't seen this much pussy in a video since the Ludacris NSFW classic "P' Poppin." [ed: Sorry. I have no self control] Director Justin Dial describes this video for Scott Ryan as, "the cathartic journey of a mysterious loner to a cat sanctuary called The Cat House on the Kings." I just can't decide if this no-kill shelter to hundreds of cats is heaven or hell for our beautiful loser. Seems like purgatory to me, but then again: I'm more a dog guy. --> watch "Vanishing"

WATCH IT: Brick+Mortar "20LBs" (Dan Feeny, dir.)

This video for jazzy/electro/rock act Brick + Mortar might give you seizures. Or nightmares. Unless you're like me, and you get a thrill as director Dan Feeny mixes up flashing performance footage and psychedelic punk situationist animation with little glimpses of what looks to be demons and death. --> watch "20LB"

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Brick+Mortar "20LB" Dan Feeny, director 

WATCH IT: Lady Gaga "Telephone" (Jonas Akerlund, dir.)

Lady Gaga and director Jonas Akerlund  channel the spirit of Quentin Tarantino in this very ambitious video for "Telephone." Some of the homages are absolutely explicit — the Pussy Wagon, or the quirky dialogue, for example — while others are more in spirit, such as the fascination with exploitation films like the Prison Chick inspiration that grounds the video.

PROMO: Nico Vega "Gravity" (Marcus Dunstan, dir.)

The crushing forces of conformity threaten to hold Nico Vega down in this stylish and bloody video directed by Marcus Dunstan. The director's horror background — Dunstan directed the ultraviolent 2009 flick The Collector, and co-wrote several of the Saw sequels — shines through as the three rockers of Nico Vega battle back blood-thirsty ghouls through various twists and surprises. --> watch "Gravity" [full disclosure: Video Static was involved in both the production and promotion of this video.]

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