PODCAST: The Sun's Music Video DVD Album

Band manager Brian Klein and video director Alex Nam discussThe Sun's DVD album Blame It On The Youth and the breakout video for "Romantic Death."

Blame It On The Youth is an appropriate title for The Sun's new  album. Young music fans have essentially abandoned the CD, treating it as nothing more than a piece of disposable media containing music they rip into iTunes. So, rather than releasing the album on CD, The Sun decided to make it available as a DVD, with music videos for each song plus unprotected WAV files that users can import into their computers and portable players, or burn to CDs. Band Manager and DVD Executive Producer Brian Klein and "Romantic Death" video director Alex Nam of Aisle Five Studios joined Video Static for this special Podcast. Lsten or download the MP3 or follow our instructions on how to subscribe via iTunes.

Blame It On The Youth includes 14 music videos that could all stand on their own outside of the collection. Receiving the most attention is Alex Nam's video for the track "Romantic Death." This clever video utilizes footage from  a website called Beautiful Agony, which lets users submit video clips of the facial expressions they make while orgasming.

For more on all parties involved:
The Sun on MySpace: with links to several of the DVD's videos
The Sun homepage
Aisle Five Studios
Beautiful Agony

Video Static Viewing Guide

Advance Warning
with Augustana, I Wayne,  James Blunt and Me Without You
MTV - Sunday, October 23 @ midnight EST

Video Premiere
Thrice "Image Of The Invisible"
MTVU - Monday, October 24 @ 7am EST and every hour, on the hour

Video Premiere
Green Day  "St Jimmy"
MTV2 - Tuesday, October 25 throughout the day

Nokia Unwired at Hard Rock Live
with Gavin DeGraw
MTV - Wednesday, October 26 @ 8pm EST

NEW RELEASE: Chad VanGaalen "Clinically Dead"

Chad VanGaalen "Clinically Dead" Sub Pop
Chad VanGaalen, director
Description: Chad VanGaalen's "Clinically Dead" is an example of music video as a personal, dreamlike interpretation of  melody and words. Animated by the singer/songwriter himself, the video is a conitnuous swirl of drawings that reflects a fasination with biological processes and owls. What does it all mean? I have no idea, but it's very beautiful and interesting. Watch "Clinically Dead" (media hosted by Sub Pop).

NEW RELEASE: Death Cab For Cutie "Soul Meets Body"

Death Cab For Cutie "Soul Meets Body" Atlantic
Jon Watts, director
Dave Robertson, producer
Smuggler, production co
Labuda Management, rep
Description: Although this video has been airing for a little bit, the onset of fall marks a fine occasion to revisit Death Cab For Cutie's first video off their major label debut, Plans.The lyrical jumping off point for the "Soul Meets Body" video is the line, "A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere." Organic, plant-like musical notes emerge from the ground and float along through the air as singer Benjamin Gibbard makes his way through a forest to join his band mates for a recording session in a remote shack.

SHOT: Sizzla - Dale Resteghini, director

artist: Sizzla
song: "Ultimate Hustler"
label: Damon Dash Music Group/Island Def Jam
director(s): Dale Resteghini
production co: Raging Nation Films

Dale Resteghini with Damon Dash on the Brooklyn set of Sizzla's "Ultimate Hustler" video.

BOOKED: Hollywood Undead - Pax Franchot, director

Mysterious masked band Hollywood Undead will be shooting a video on the streets of Hollywood that calls for their fans to show up with the same "Undead" masks that the band members wear. Hollywood Undead has parlayed a massive MySpace profile into a joint deal with the site's new label and Interscope Records.

artist: Hollywood Undead
song: "No. 5"
label: My Space/Interscope
director(s): Pax Franchot
production co: The Lodge Pictures

SHOT: Lil' Flip - Gil Green, director

artist: Lil' Flip
song: "What It Do"
label: Columbia
director(s): Gil Green
production co: Partizan
rep: Milk & Honey

NEWS: Partizan Signs Niki Roberton

Director Niki Roberton has joined Partizan, where  she will be represented by the company's Danielle Hinde.

Roberton has worked with No Address and The Strays, samples of which can be found at nikiroberton.com.

SHOT: Jamiroquai - Alex & Martin, directors

artist: Jamiroquai
song: "(Don't) Give Hate A Chance"
label: Epic
director(s): Alex & Martin
production co: Partizan

SHOT: Jesse McCartney - Philip Andelman, director

This live video was shot on-location in Australia.

artist: Jesse McCartney
song: "Because Of You"
label: Hollywood
director(s): Philip Andelman
production co: Partizan