October 2013

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180° Virvar "We Lost (a friend to religion)" (Valentin Farkasch, dir.)

We lost (a friend to religion) is about former singer of 180° Virvar who used to be part of the "youth house" (Ungdomshuset 69) that was bought by a Christian sect (Faderhuset) who evicted the habitants of the house. She later converted to Islam and left the band.  So there's the irony-of-life theme in the song as well.

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Annie Lennox, Sinead, Miley and Sex on Film and Music Videos

There must be something in the ether overseas with first Sinead O'Connor and now Eurtyhmics singer Annie Lennox taking stands against the sexualized nature of music videos...

First was Sinead, who has now posted several long open letters to Miley Cyrus, asking her to assume control of her image before it overwhelms her music and her life:

Sinead O'Connor: I am extremely concerned for you that those around you have led you to believe, or encouraged you in your own belief, that it is in any way ‘cool’ to be naked and licking sledgehammers in your videos. It is in fact the case that you will obscure your talent by allowing yourself to be pimped, whether its the music business or yourself doing the pimping." 

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Tyler The Creator "Tamale" (Wolf Haley, dir.)

There's a decent chance that Tyler The Creator crosses way too many lines for you to really get with him — most bars feature at least one word that's not considered kosher for polite society — but "Tamale" is him at his random best, pinging back and forth between making serious points and getting silly. Visually, it's a blast, but there' usually a counterbalance: The ass trampoline gets contrasted with a censored bit of presumed violence, and just when you think he's about to take the piss out of a boring indie rock Zombie appregio riff, he uses as a chance to get deep.

Also worth noting: Tyler could probably have a lucrative career as a director — yes, he's Wolf Haley — if he gets tired of rhyming.

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Stose "Misfits" (Ash Innovator, dir.)

Stose is a gay punk artist/rapper.  We collaborated together on this project.  He hit me up with a concept he wanted to execute and we both built on it a bit.  The final product was something we were both really happy with.  Consensus from the Cast and Crew is, this was the most fun shoot we ever had.  It was a party  FOR REAL!!!!

We lucked up and got a feature on New York's Paper Mag.  I'm excited to see what the future holds for this.

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Barely Blind "Golden Child" (Tyler Gorrell, dir.)

We had so much fun making this video, please let us know what you think. Follow me on Twitter (twitter.com/tylergorrell) and on Facebook (facebook.com/tylergorrell)

Special Thanks to Casey Gorrell, Barely Blind, Caitlin Angelle, Evan Austin, Tiffany Wolfford, Torie Shatzmiller Sepah, Ron Chatzy, Sina, Josh Cuccio, James Vaughn and Revolution Cinema Rentals.

"Golden Child" is available on iTunes now for only 99 cents here: smarturl.it/goldenchild // Also available on Spotify and all other digital outlets. Barely Blind is recording a new album this Fall.

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