Peter and I recently shot this narrative with the hopes of turning it into a music video, and in the editing stage we each cut the footage to a different song. We hope you enjoy both versions!
Santogold - I’m A Lady by Roy
Wolf Parade- Modern World by Peter
It’s a beautiful day here in the city which has me looking forward to another summer of great concerts and festivals. That being said, here’s one of my favorite musical moments from last summer.
Here’s a trailer for the Johnny Cash project we’re currently working on.
With the NBA playoffs in full swing I thought I’d share my favorite basketball shoe commercial of all time. The Converse Weapon was a classic. I had the low-top black one’s in 6th grade. Someday I’d like to have the courage to rock the Magic purple and gold’s.
We recently returned from Moline, IL which is one of the four cities that makes up the Quad Cities on the Illinois and Iowa border.
After a night of some drinks with the staff at Montana Jack’s, we decided it was time for us to leave our mark. We set out to invent our own cocktail that would fully represent our time in Moline. At first, certain guidelines jumped out at us. The name was easy - it should be known as THE MOLINI. There would need to be four ingredients, representing the Quad Cities. The local beer should be included, as should some ice. The ice, or rocks as bar folk tend to call them, would represent both Rock Island, IL - another of the Quad Cities, and the water of the Mississippi River which divides the Quad Cities.
Montana Jack’s very own bartender Nicole was the mixologist when it came to our new invention. Here she prepares the twist of lemon.
THE MOLINI consists of the following
2 shots of Bent River Ale - local beer
1 shot of Grand Marnier
1 shot of Jack Daniels
Freshly squeezed lemon juice
Mixed and served over a couple cubes of ice - preferably frozen Mississippi River water.
While I was at Pete’s Candy Store enjoying a concert by Nevada City, CA band Golden Shoulders, with special guest performer Joanna Newsom, I spotted director Michel Gondry. It wasn’t difficult to do, for he emitted an unmatched aura of focus and determination. I’d seen this focus before, though never in creative visionaries. I’m used to it in drunk dudes with popped collars who have invested $100 in boozing up a special lady and are trying to seal the deal. In his own lasciviously romantic (French) way, Gondry demonstrated this focus in his pursuit of Joanna. Presumably, the director, was there to discuss making for her a music video. To me he looked like a dude obsessively trying to get laid. I was a dude obsessively trying to get someone to draw on my sling. I was unable to satisfy his desire, but he satisfied mine.
You stayed up late watching 120 minutes hoping to see something really sweet like this.
The Hollywood Reporter ran this nice feature on Damien where he gives us a little love.
Some of the shortform bits were born from Fahey’s weeklong stint auditioning for “Late Late Show” after Craig Kilborn left in 2004, a time Fahey calls “the greatest week of my life.” Fahey works with production group phearcreative to film and edit the shorts, with MTV only giving final approval of the segments
Episode 3 of Damien’s Other Show is ready for your viewing pleasure here.
In other mobile video news our next series, Tailgate Trivia, was just greenlit and the plan now is to shoot the first run of episodes at Bonnaroo. We’re excited to be going back.
Last night Tokyo Police Club played at Music Hall of Williamsburg in support of their new record Elephant Shell, which was officially released at midnight and is now available on CD, LP and digital download. They put on a great high-energy show, although a few songs lacked some of the tension that they’re so adept at capturing in the studio. Fortunately, the tension was often traded for exuberance, and in “Nature of the Experiment” they were able to combine all their strengths and output my favorite performance of the night.
Also notable was the opening band Smoosh, a group of lovely young girls from Seattle who really won over the hearts of the audience. For an opener this is no easy task, so I was duly impressed. Even more impressive, however, was the technical skill and emotional presence of drummer Chloe, a student of Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie. She added a lot of weight to singer Asya’s vocals and keyboards, which were already very good on their own.
