Video I directed for Phil Manley Life Coach [Thrill Jockey, 2011]

A few weeks back when we were sitting around fantasizing who in Los Angeles we’d want to collaborate for our recurring series, Tune in an Afternoon, we pretty quickly came up with Dam-Funk and Nite Jewel. When we contacted them, it turned out they were fans of each other and had been looking for an excuse to collaborate. It was decided that Nite Jewel would produce and that their favorite store, LA’s Future Music, would serve as the afternoon’s launching pad. From there, things just got creepy. Be sure to download their song, “Am I Gonna Make It,” here.

A video I directed for the band Art Museums, based loosely on Quadrophenia, Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp and the yearnings of teenagers. [Woodsist, 2010]

A video I illustrated, directed, etc. for Art Museums. You can play Spot the References. [Woodsist, 2010]

The Glitch Mob is notorious for its live shows— they remix on the fly and seamlessly finish each others’ basslines. Here, the crew takes it up a notch by setting up speakers and a generator renegade-style in the crowded streets of San Francisco for full-scale guerilla beat warfare on the public. What they weren’t expecting was that San Franciscans prove themselves up to the attack—in a way that only San Franciscans can.

A video I did for the duo Lazer Sword. Inspired by the art of the animated gif. [Innovative Leisure, 2009]

In 2008, I produced a twenty minute documentary about John Benson’s communal bus/venue (see the below XLR8R TV episode I directed on the same subject). This documentary was expertly shot & directed by filmmaker Ryan Junell. The Bus was funded by Scion’s Easy Ten Filmmaker Series.

In another spotlight on unusual music venues, XLR8R TV introduces you to John Benson and his Bus. John transformed a former Oakland Policestreet command unit into a veggie-oil/solar powered mobile all ages performance space. Since he bought the Bus, he and his motley crew have put on over 120 shows around the country featuring bands from around the world and have no plans on stopping - despite constant vandalism. This episode includes footage from a Bus show featuring Finnish psych metal genius weirdos, Circle.

Lemonade takes our 40 bucks, gets all Anthony Bourdain on us, and then makes a fish-slapping track that you can download!

In the second installment of our occasional “Tune in an Afternoon” series, Brooklyn bass trio Lemonade takes our money to NYC’s Deluxe Food Market in Chinatown to find musical inspiration among the vats of frogs and bok choy. After sampling garlic chops, kava pops, and fish slaps, the band busts out a tropical track fit for the energy drink-fueled kids’ show of their mind.

At 59, the visionary provocateur finally seems to have found peace.
Just prior to the recent San Francisco show by the re-united Throbbing Gristle , we sat down with Genesis to talk about her very long, very strange and very influential trip.

Steven Ellison, our favorite sculptor of hazy, spacy laptop beats, is no stranger to the comforting bleeps and bloops of the Nintendo generation. He name-checks Mortal Kombat 2 as an influence and credits the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim with giving him his first big break. Here, ‘FlyLo’ shows off his fluid style as he switches with ease between discussing musical legends in the family (great-aunt Alice Coltrane, cousin Ravi Coltrane) and kicking ass on Street Fighter and Galaxian.