Brook Pridemore - “Stockholm St. Syndrome” music video, 2012

Jeez Louise, it’s clearly been a weird last few years.  Taking realistic steps in 2012 to be more productive has so far worked out, but the frustrating flipside of that is having to face projects that have been festering for years.  Take this one, the initial production of which began in 2009.  A wide, colorful array of distractions, self-abuse, and self-doubt intervened during that time, keeping me from finishing this, or much of anything else.  But now, Year of the Dragon, blah blah blah, yakkety yakkety [fart sound effect]. 

It’s embarrassing too, because Brook is a guy whose music I’ve always been fond of (anthemic, reference-filled, acoustic punk, with hooks so sharp you could disembowel somebody with ‘em?  Sign me up!), and whose work ethic dwarfs most people’s, mine included.  Whatever.  Just enjoy the fucking thing.  People don’t join Tumblr to read shit. 

Decided to post the Vimeo version.  It’s on YouTube too.  I have both.  Ugh. 

Berth Control - “Blue Ski Mask” music video, 2010

Long time coming; pretty sure we shot the raw footage for this in February or something.  It’s mostly shot directly onto VHS tape, but camera phones were used for the guerrilla-style part on the song’s bridge. 

Berth Control members represented in this video include Cat Rockefeller, Brent “Strictly Beats” Cole, Toby Goodshank, and Doug Cote.  Special guest appearances by Seth Faergolzia of Dufus and Vin Cacchione of Soft Black.  If you dig this song (which hopefully you do, seeing as it is fucking raucous), download all of Berth Control’s albums and EPs from Bandcamp, for Christ’s sake (http://berthcontrol.bandcamp.com/).