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TV Party next MONDAY Night...

Videostatic is very pleased to team up with Motionographer for the second in our series of music video screenings in NYC. We will be there. Directors will be there. All sorts of other video/production type people. And it's free.

TV PARTY w/ Motionographer and Videostatic

I've already said all I think I can say about Kanye West "Power" — unless you're interested in a really rudimentary discussion of the Sword Of Damocles and the other classical symbology in this video portrait — so I'll just point out the differences between this director's cut and the official TV version. The big addition is the inclusion of stuff you can't air on TV — nudity, curses — but this version has some more interesting changes, especially when you consider the different intents of a purely artistic piece vs something that had to serve certain commercial interests (as almost all music videos do).

When animals attack indie rock bands? Not quite, since Metric stays safely ensconced in a cage while the animals seem most intent on non-human prey (and if yr sensitive to such things: All the attack footage is stock, so no animals were specifically harmed for this video). --> watch "Stadium Love"

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Please join Videostatic.com and Motionographer.com TOMORROW, Wednesday, May 5 @ Sweet & Vicious in NYC for a music video get-together and screening. Or, as M'grapher puts it: A night of booze, music vids and banter.

Free admission. Cash bar. Compelling and creative videos screening all night. Special guests. Industry weasels.

Everyone seems to be at Coachella...Except for the European bands stranded by the great Volcanic Cloud of 2010. A 1, 2, 3 of videos from particpating bands...

1. Pavement "Shady Lane" — Spike Jonze, director

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Washington Post TV critic Hank Steuver will someday be named a patron saint of music videos. The fact that his article about the prevalence and power of music videos on TV ran on Easter just makes it all the more clear.

Although I'm predisposed to enjoy any article which quotes me and shines a positive light on the industry I work in, Steuver's article is a must-read for anyone sick of the usual narrative about music videos.

Read: The vids are all right: Hank Stuever celebrates vitality of music videos on TV

Video directed by Mills Miller in support of the new Fabolous/DJ Drama There Is No Competition 2 mixtape...

• artist: Fabolous
• song: "Body Ya"
• director(s): Mills Miller
• production co: By Any Means
• producer: Aristotle Torres
• DP: Walu