Elton Tom & Jeremy Smears — duh!
Myles Cooper - totally!
carol the aphid eater - this photo says it all!
gary fembot — the outfit says it all!
danyol:
deadeye — total ‘mo always touching his face and leaving his mouth open!
these guys too:
But Aarron from The Passionistas?? I never thought so but I can only assume thats what he’s trying to tell me with this video:
In honor of gay pride month and their upcoming 7-inch on World Famous, here’s a fan video of their hit song. Painstakingly assembled from thousands of Funniest Polish Home Videos by Elton Tom & Jeremy Smears. Enjoy!
Aaron from Music stands for Comfort gives us us two cents on what IN and what’s OUT at World Famous In San Francisco.
The Passionistas - Fucking Cold
Thanks Jeremy Smears and Elton Tom for running the blog while I was away. I was in a creative coma for a couple weeks. Expect fun new stuff. I can’t tell you all the exciting news just yet - for now here is a new video I directed for my band, The Passionistas, starring Christopher Owens from Girls.
My fellow Passionista Aaron Mayfield-Sunshine broke the news that Gwen Stefani heard our album “God’s Boat” yesterday on his blog MUSIC STANDS FOR COMFORT. This is amazing for our band, The Passionistas, as we’re always trying to get some love. It’s such a dream come true, Gwen is SO one of our number ones!
I’m so happy that Gwen is showing us love. It’s really funny to me that dudes like Jack White and Thurston Moore haven’t been willing to get behind us - even when we’ve had a dude-approved in. Moral of the story: dudes are lame. I feel much more comfortable with the women in this music business. They’ve been willing to listen, give hugs, sign autographs, call back, and generally be cute and professional.
Aaron’s blog is amazing. His previous post describes in detail why he would like to look like Macaulay Culkin! Check it out!
Chris Crocker @ The Crib SF 10/25/07
As you can see in the video above, Chris Crocker proved his quote all too well on Thursday. The thing is, Chris IS talented. It’s just that his medium is so new that it has not been acknowledged or even noticed yet.
Part of Chris’ old shtick was pretending to be famous in videos posted on his MySpace. Most of his videos took place inside of his grandparent’s rural house when they weren’t around. His audience was the Internet; the wide, abstract and grossly impersonal Internet.
Not participating in human contact with your audience can provide a really interesting environment for an artist to develop. This kind of development has been romanticized in the art world forever. These personalities range from pretentious home-recordists like Jandek, to scared shut-ins like Henry Darger and countless other people probably including your mom. Outsider artists (for lack of a better term) are the one type of artist that goes unquestioned. Their motives seem true and their output feels authentic.
Chris’ videos, for me, felt very much like a outsider artists’ home-recorded album. His videos ranged the span of human emotion, they seemed sometimes… pointless. They felt lonely. They showed that same sort of sexy courage that we only posses when we are alone in our bedroom.
It was interesting to see Chris live at The Crib on Thursday. I realized Chris is now famous. I felt really lucky to see one of Chris’ first performances on stage in front of hundreds of people. I understood his craft wouldn’t translate to stage, but I was very curious to see how he was as an entertainer. His performance felt rehearsed but determined. It was fun and fanatical. It was new and nerdy. I loved it. This new generation is much different than my own. They didn’t have their mind blown by Kurt Cobain or The Chronic. Something else happened that we’re not aware of yet. It may have something to do with the Internet.
I thoroughly enjoyed spending the night locked in the club with my art/business partner Aaron. We didn’t buy any drinks for the nineteen year olds who asked. We leaned around and people-watched just as fathers do when they become overwhelmed by shopping malls. We felt old.