I think the camera is having seizure-like tendencies in its reaction to the bass. Or maybe that’s part of my dance move.

Vincent Moon and his site has already gotten a lot of press and online buzz, but I felt the need to post this here too. Like many other things, I’ve been meaning to check out his site, and just finally got around to it. I’m glad that I did. It’s pretty exciting stuff.

The video below is part of his Take-away shows series, filming bands in long takes in natural settings playing their music. Au naturale, all live. Below is Grizzly Bear singing The Knife accapella in the streets. The Arcade Fire playing Neon Bible in an elevator is pretty awesome too. Other ones include Jens Lekman, Architecture in Helsinki, Tapes n Tapes, Beirut…a lot of great musicians. It’s a great idea and they’re fun to watch. It’s liberating to see these verite videos without the lighting and the effects and all that. These videos are better than like 97% of music videos.

I rotated this before I posted it, but for some reason it ended up sideways. I would try and fix it but I don’t have the time or patience right now. The video takes a little while to load, and it was already my second try. You’re just going to have to tilt your head sideways. I apologize in advance for the neck ache. But this song is awesome and not on the album, so I think it’s worth it.

There’s a hilarious video parody featuring Zach Galifianakis and Will Oldham for the new Kanye West song “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.” Zach also starred in a great video with Fiona Apple for her song “Not About Love.”

I saw him perform awhile back in Ann Arbor with Janeane Garofalo and he was hilarious. Glad to see he’s still got it in him.

I had the good fortune on Sunday night to work on the new Cursive video for their song “Bad Sects” off Happy Hollow. The director is fellow Omahan Nik Fackler who is both really nice and talented. He’s done a bunch of other cool videos for bands like Tilly and the Wall, The Faint, Azure Ray, and more…some of his work can be viewed at his website.

I don’t want to give away any details/plot, but you can create your own story based on the photos I’ve provided here. It’s more imaginative and interactive that way.

It was a fun way to spend an evening. Met some nice, down to earth Omahans who are into film (and music). Many said that they would be interested in working on any projects that I was doing in the area, which was very cool. It’s also fun and interesting to see how other sets/crews/directors work. Though it may be much smaller than L.A.’s, it’s nice to see that there’s a little film community out here.