May 2012

Don't be scared by the practically (clearly?) NSFW screen image under the fold below — unless you have a fear of hairy nipples that bite back, in which case you should indeed be afraid — since it doesn't really represent the bulk of the video. Directing duo Ghost+Cow (aka Brandon LaGanke & John Carlucci) posted a somewhat bogus casting call on Craigslist and the resulting video is basically a series of screen tests that have been tweaked and prodded into gently/roughly surreal territory.

Seeing as how Quentin Tarantino's use of "Misirlou" in his 1994 breakthrough Pulp Fiction is still the most prominent mainstream blast for surf rock in the past two decades, it's only right for Italian revivalists The Surfadelics to pay homage to the filmmaker in this video.

• artist: RAC f/ Penguin Prison

• artist: The Ghost Inside
• song: "Engine 45"
• label: Epitaph
• director(s): Drew Russ
• production co: RSM
• producer: Robby Starbuck, Morna Ciraki 
• DP: Raul Gonzo
• commissioner: Matt McGreevey