September 2014

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Tennis Pro John McEnroe Gets Waterboarded in New Music Video

Not only does Tennis legend John McEnroe star in this music video for newcomers Future User, but he actually gets tortured and waterboarded — despite winning his match, I might add. This provocative video peppers in lots of news footage of police and other brutality, while the universally known (and loved, i think) McEnroe serves as the example for thehashtag rallying cry:  #WhatIfThisWasSomeoneYouLove.

File Under: Way more dangerous than his ice bucket challenge. And a nice reminder that the spirit of Negativland lives on...

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Billon "Special" (Roboshobo, dir.)

What if the man of your dreams suddenly appeared outside your bedroom window, cruising on a Waverunner in your swimming pool and looking damned fly with that parka and backwards cap and ready to whisk you away on a romantic day with water guns, french fries and bunny rabbits? In that case, you would likely be a boycrazed teen, like the star of this Billon video. 

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Best Lyric VMA Winner: 5 Seconds Of Summer "Don't Wait" (Sophia Ray, dir.)

This 5 Seconds of Summer lyric video for "Don't Wait" recently won MTV VMA's inaugural Best Lyric Video thanks to over 78 million votes, thus proving that kids like to read and vote. Who knew?

The clip is essentially a Pop comic homage — splitting the difference, maybe, between Lichtenstein and Kirby — created in After Effects.

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