November 2009

WATCH IT: Tegan And Sara "Hell"

Weirdest Motel 6 advertisement ever? Unpacking the meaning of this surreal video for this new Tegan And Sara track called "Hell" is possibly beyond even the most experienced music video traveler. Director Jamie Travis sets the odd action in two adjoining motel rooms, where the sisters Quinn have some sort of subconscious/telekinetic battle that involves doles out pompadours, fortune teller paper foldings, a mummy wrapped in bed linens,

WATCH IT: Jessie James "My Cowboy"

A classroom of cowboy students spring to attention (so to speak) when the cleverly engineered country/rock/pop starlet Jessie James wanders in to give them a lesson on how to ride her like a bronco. So to speak. Director Collin Tilley captures her every curve on camera, making for a kind of inverse of the Britny Fox "Girlschool" video. (And yes, Van Halen "Hot For Teacher" remains untouchable, as it should, in the Hot For Teacher video genre). --> watch "My Cowboy"

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