Writers Block certainly sucks, but rarely does it cause the kind of damage seen in this video for Thursday. Lead singer Geoff Rickly is dutifully pecking at an antique typewriter when a knock at the door unleashes a distraction that involves a dead bride and some murderous cockroaches. Chaos and destruction ensues, thereby answering the question of what Metamorphosis would have been like if written by William S. Burroughs after a massive insecticide binge. Or more accurately, it's a straight homage to Naked Lunch — the film version, at least — in terms of drugs, bugs, and dead wives. Speaking of which, here's a tip for all you newlyweds out there: Don't play William Tell with your wife unless you're in Mexico.--> watch "Ladies & Gentlemen, My Brother, The Failure"
Thursday "Ladies & Gentlemen: My Brother, The Failure" (Victory)
Travis Kopach, director | Jeremy Sullivan, producer | Dignity & Shame/Refused TV, production co | Jon Fordham, DP | Travis Kopach & Steve Pedulla, editors
