Music Video: Lookbook - Over and Over

Saw this video for Lookbook’s new video for “Over and Over”. Made by some great Minneapolis folks. I really love the concept, cinematography and art direction. Awesome Video... Nice job guys:

Directed by Bo Hakala
Art Director and Special Effects Technician -Sarah Jean Kruchowski
Additional help from Ben Krueger and Mike Gunnerson.
Special Thanks to Aaron Landry, Todd Cobery, Andy Awes and Tasty Lighting.

Lookbook is Grant Cutler and Maggie Morrison. Their new album is Wild At Heart.

THE VICIOUS ALIVE

So I've been a fan of this local Minneapolis band for a while called The Vicious Alive. I am definitely a little biased because the band was started a few years ago by my long time friend Thomas Fay and brother Scott Thomas. From the first song they played for me, rough and raw, acoustic in my living room, I was hooked. It was solid, true rock+roll music with hints of references to bands of our past and present like: Led Zeppelin, America, CSNY, The Cure, Audioslave, Alice in Chains, or STP. It was music I love, the stuff I listen too.

And ironically, for the past two years I've been the drummer for TVA. It kind of happened accidentally really. Their previous drummer moved away and I was the only one left standing who knew the songs well enough. But really the needed someone to fill in on 3 days notice to compete in a battle of the bands. We pulled it off. It was a lot of hard work and we didn't win.

The video I am sharing is from THE VICIOUS ALIVE's recent recording session for the album Supermodel Suicide, due out this spring. Scott and Thomas are running down a track from the album called "Sentiment" while Chris Harrington preps the studio.

The finished album will have a lot more going than this, more vocal and guitar layers. This video however captures what got me hooked from day one... solid rock+roll songwriting.

Lonely Dear: I Was Only Going Out [Polyvinyl]

It is always humbling to make new friends and then see them make gorgeous work. This is not surprising from Ron Eyal (Director) and Amy Seimetz (Actress). I love the new video they collaborated on for Lonely Dear.



Ron and his directing partner Eleanor Burke were just honored in Filmmaker Magazine's "25 NEW FACES OF INDEPENDENT FILM" article. Their film Stranger Things is a must for your short list of upcoming films to see.

The Lonely Dear music video features the talented Amy Seimetz, actress and director of City on a Hill.

Great work guys!

COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop)

I posted on BLU before. @KDFindley passed this on. It is incredible to watch these life size stop motion graffiti art animations. Who knows how many hours went into this, gallons of paint. Glad they have the patience to create such amazing work.

Working with the Coen Brothers: The Intolerable Cruelty title sequence

I wrote a story for the Walker Art Center Blog about my experience working with the Coen Brothers on Intolerable Cruelty. Read it here.