So if you go here, you can click on a link that takes you here.
This will be important in the future, as I’m making more videos.
Posted in cinema, literature, music, tagged A D Jameson, Christopher Nolan, Inception, John Cage, Mecca Normal, music videos, MusiCircus, Oh Alchemy, Xiu Xiu, YouTube on May 30, 2012| 1 Comment »
Posted in cinema, literature, tagged 5 Rue Christine, David McHone-Chase, Jamie Stewart, Katarzyna Jakubiak, La Forêt, Mecca Normal, Mousey Toy, music videos, Robert Allerton, Xiu Xiu on February 3, 2012| Leave a Comment »
After finishing the two Mecca Normal videos, I emailed Jamie Stewart, asking if I could direct a video for his band Xiu Xiu. He said sure, and sent me a copy of “Mousey Toy,” from their then-forthcoming album La Forêt (5 Rue Christine, 2005).
Posted in cinema, music, tagged Bangkok, David Lester, In January, Janis Zeppelin, Jean Smith, Krabi, Mecca Normal, music videos, No Mind's Eye, Pisal Setthawong, Thailand, The Family Swan on February 2, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Happily, Jean and David liked “No Mind’s Eye,” and asked if I’d make a video for their longer song “In January.” (A shorter version had appeared on The Family Swan; the extended version was released on their 2003 album Janis Zeppelin.) I agreed, unsure of what I was getting into.
In April 2003 I moved to Bangkok, Thailand …
Posted in cinema, music, tagged Alexander Hammid, Angry Boy, David Lester, J. Roman, Jean Smith, Kill Rock Stars, Maya Deren, Mecca Normal, music videos, No Mind's Eye, Prelinger Archive, Rick Prelinger, The Family Swan, Tim Feeney on January 31, 2012| 1 Comment »
I don’t talk much about it these days, but I used to direct music videos. Some of them are up at YouTube. Maybe in the coming days I’ll see about putting the others up. In the meantime, here’s the first one I ever made, a collaboration with my pal Elf. We made it for Mecca Normal in January 2003:
The song’s from their album “The Family Swan.”