NEWS: Music Video Panel at CMJ Moderated By Video Static

Mark your calendars. Video Static will be moderating a Music Video panel discussion at this year's CMJ Music Marathon in NYC. The topic? Basically, it'll be about the state of the business/art in light of the on-demand/online revolution.

Pre-registration for CMJ Music Marathon is still open. Full details at cmj.com. Your badge will get you admission (on a first-come, first-served basis) to all the panels and performances. Acts confirmed for CMJ include Spoon, M.I.A., Justice, Band Of Horses and hundreds more.

Here are the full details. Hope to see you there.

MUSIC VIDEOS: BACK IN EFFECT
The proliferation of on-demand services and sites such as YouTube have induced a major music video come-back. This panel includes video directors, artists and video industry professionals.

MODERATOR:
Steven J Gottlieb, Video Static

PANELISTS:
Courtney Smith — MTV/MTV2/mtvU/MTV.com, Manager of Label Relations
Damon Williams — Music Choice, Vice President of Programming
Hannes Hayha    —  lyricist/bassist/animator for the band Lodger
Michele Flannery — YouTube, Music Manager
Travis Kopach — Refused TV/Dignity & Shame, music video director

DATE/TIME:
Tuesday, October 16 @ 2:15 – 3:15pm

WHERE:
Frederick Loewe Theater: Room 300 (map)
35 W. 4th St
New York, NY 10012

REFRESHMENTS:
Sorry. Bring your own.

NEW RELEASE: Queens Of The Stone Age "3's & 7's"

One of the complaints about the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez B-movie double feature Grindhouse was that its emphasis of style over substance grew tiresome rather quickly. If you're gonna go full bore into the realm of schlocky '70s sexploitation flicks and bombard the viewer with purposely roughed-up footage and ridiculous plot points, you better be as concise as possible. And, I think that even the biggest fan of the flick will concede that Grindhouse — with an over three hour running time — was anything but concise. Thankfully, the concept works way better as a three minute music video and that's exactly what you get with the new Queens Of The Stone Age clip "3's & 7's." Video director Paul Minor follows the sexploits of a band of gun-toting chicks who equally enjoy killing and stripping. Yes, we're talking boobs and blood, so use your usual NSFW discrection. --> watch "3's & 7's"

Queens Of The Stone Age "3's & 7's" (Interscope)
Paul Minor, director | Jonathan Lia, producer | Streetgang Films, production co | Lanette Phillips, rep | Shawn Kim, DP | Curtis Schmidt, editor | Marshall Plante @ The Syndicate, telecine

BOOKED: The White Stripes - Diane Martel, director

Make up your own joke about acute anxiety and that fake video making the rounds... The White Stripes are set to shoot a music video for "Conquest" with Diane Martel (The Killers, Editors, The Bravery, Franz Ferdinand).

artist: The White Stripes
song: "Conquest"
label: Third Man/Warner Bros.
director(s): Diane Martel
production co: HSI

BOOKED: Josephine Collective - Silas Howard, director

artist: Josephine Collective
song: "Living"
label: Warner Bros.
director(s): Silas Howard
production co: Draw Pictures

Director Silas Howard is best known for her film By Hook Or By Crook — which she co-directed, co-wrote and starred in.

NEW RELEASE: Alicia Keys "No One"

At Mexican restaurants you can usually get a condiment caddy that comes on a rotating lazy-susan with four different sections – one red salsa, one green, sour cream and guacamole. The latest video for Alicia Keys "No One" is just like that, except that the side-dish Zoetrope is the inner-mechanism of a musicbox that spins between various performance set-ups and styling looks rather than delicious chip accouterments.
    Director Justin Francis, most often associated with Saline Project, lets Ms Keys look four kinds of beautiful while the four way division also allows the video to show off four different kinds of product placement watches. The video ends with a block party in an alley with rain coming down and an upbeat, celebratory feel that matches the energy of the track. Also, getting Alicia wet actually gives the video a fifth hairstyle. Yahtzee! (review by Doug Stern)--> watch "No One" via YouTube and SonyBMG Musicbox

Alicia Keys "No One" (J Records)
Justin Francis, director | Alison Foster, producer | HSI, production co | Robin Frank Management, rep | Pascal Lebeque, DP | Jarrett Fijal, editor | Paula Good, production designer

PHOTO: Chris Brown and Erik White With You

Chris Brown and director Erik White represent on the streets of downtown Los Angeles while shooting the video for the forthcoming single "With You."

SHOT: Kylie Minogue - Dawn Shadforth, director

artist: Kylie Minogue
song: "2 Hearts" 
label: Capitol
director(s): Dawn Shadforth
production co: Little Minx @ Black Dog Films

BOOKED: Paul Van Dyk - Shane Drake, director

artist: Paul Van Dyk f/ Rea
song: "Let Go"
label: Mute
director(s): Shane Drake
production co: Merge @ Crossroads
rep: Labuda Management

SHOT: Ringworm - Don Tyler, director

Jeez, talk about being two-faced... Also, note the Kiss tattoo.

artist: Ringworm
song: "The Ninth Circle"
label: Victory
director(s): Don Tyler
production co: Red 40 

NEW RELEASE: Vanessa Carlton "Nolita Fairytale"

Nope, it's not deja vu."Nolita Fairlytale" indeed begins exacly like director Marc Klasfeld's breakthrough clip for Vanessa Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" in which the singer and her piano go traveling far and wide. But, Ms. Carlton isn't looking to replicate the past; She's looking to shatter it , which is exactly what happens to the paino when she jumps out and lets it get smashed by a taxi. Once on foot, Carlton takes the viewer on a tour in and around the Nolita neighborhood which, as any New Yorker knows, has gone from shoddy to stylish over the past decade. This depiction gores beyond that, however, depicting the hood as a true fantasy land filled with giant magic mushrooms, living chess pieces and even mounted police on Unicorns. --> watch "Nolita Fairytale"

Vanessa Carlton "Nolita Fairytale" (The Inc./Universal Motown)
Marc Klasfeld, director | Meredith Welsch, producer | Rockhard Films, production co | Robin Frank Management, rep | Max Goldman, DP | Richard Alarcon, editor