Ching Ching - “Not White White” music video, 2012

I’ve wanted to make an animated music video for Ching Ching for a long time now.  They are, simply put, one of the best, weirdest, funnest bands in New York City.  Though the production time on this video was quite short, it was a years-long process regardless, because I was constantly afraid of starting it and then getting discouraged and never finishing (see previous entry). 

By the way, their website is a thing of beauty. 

The Last Great American Whale (Lou Reed cover) feat. Dibson T. Hoffweiler, 2008

Here, as alluded to yesterday, is part two: Dibs’ and my live cover of the song “The Last Great American Whale,” which directly follows “There is No Time” on Lou Reed’s New York album.  Like the last track, instrumental duties are still arbitrarily switched, with me on guitar and him on keyboard .

“The Last Great American Whale” is dumb.  It is a dumb song.  Sorry I can’t articulate it any better than that.  Maybe I’m dumb.  But even if I am dumb, I’m not as dumb as the song “The Last Great American Whale.”  Not that our cover is any big improvement; can’t polish a turd, as they say. 

There Is No Time (Lou Reed cover) feat. Dibson T. Hoffweiler, 2008

Oh boy, here’s an odd one.  My good buddy and frequent collaborator Dibs asked me to perform this with him live at Manhattan’s Sidewalk Café as part of publisher David Kisrchenbaum’s “Welcome To Boog City Fest” in September, 2008.  

This is the fifth song on Lou Reed’s 1989 album New York.  I don’t know that album.  I really don’t know Lou Reed at all outside of The Velvet Underground and Metal Machine Music.  Honestly, I’d like to keep it that way.  Thus, I was going into this cover pretty blindly, as was Dibs.  We flub the lyrics a lot.  We also gave ourselves the surprisingly crippling handicap of switching instruments; Dibs is on keyboard, and I’m on guitar (albeit a three-stringed guitar).

We also performed the sixth song on New York, titled “The Last Great American Whale.”  However, seeing as Tumblr only lets you upload one audio file a day, I’ll have to wait and post it tomorrow.  

In the meantime, for those who aren’t already familiar with Dib’s unique brand of lo-fi math-folk and guitar-based alchemy, why not check out his website (www.dibson.net)?  You can download his first three albums in their entirety for free (personal favorite: Slivers & Bits).