December 2006

In Depth On 2007

Writing about music videos every day can get to be a drag (not to mention what it's done to my attention span). So, every now and then I have the directors who make the videos do the work for me. Check out this collection of  interviews, submitted comments and even audio/video commentaries from the past year...

Written commentaries or interviews from 2006:

Christmas Videos That Don't Suck

One last thing... Here, once again, is a list of Christmas videos that will help both "culture warriors" and "secular-progressives" ring in the Holiday.

All links are via YouTube...

End Of Year Shout Outs

Video Static will be wrapping up for what has been a very successful and fun year. Thanks for contributing. Thanks for reading. We'll be in repeat mode from here on out — barring any huge stories, like the Apocalypse — returning on January 2.

Extra special thanks to my advertisers, without whom I wouldn't be able to spend as much time as I'd like on the site. If you're interested in coming on board in 2007, please don't hesitate to get in touch. It's good for you, good for me.

Happy holidays and all that kinda stuff,

Steve

NEW RELEASE: The Format "Dog Problems"

The spirit of Senor Wences lives on in this video for "Dog Problems" by The Format. Simple hand puppets — essentially hands au naturel with maybe one or two props — perform the vocals and bop along to the tune. The video — which is actually inspired by the hand puppet television show Oobi — begins with the hands making simple shadows on the wall, but the set-ups get increasingly intricate and clever as things progress out into the real world and onto various parodies — the highlight of which, for me at least, being a

SHOT: Airpushers - Neon, directors

The Neon directing duo of Nabil Elderkin and John Pina recently oversaw a shoot for Airpushers, the songwriting/production team responsible for hits from Black Eyed Peas, Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera.

artist: Airpushers song: "Hold The Onions"label: Sarathan director(s): Neon production co: Partizan

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