"JUST A PHASE" VIDEO

I made a glitchy video for our song, "Just a Phase," using Ben Sklar's photos of our west coast tour this last December. The photos show our tour chronologically... goes through two weeks in two minutes.

I think at some point somebody smokes spliff for the camera. Well... hi, Mom.

What else ?

I see us packing the van, hot springs in New Mexico, an empty club in Phoenix, the room we rented, cooking breakfast, ventura beach, griffith park, rehearsing vocal harmonies in the van, playing at the sea and space art gallery, sans souci open mike night, marfa public radio, me getting told by a club manager that we weren't getting paid that night, playing at the echo with the faraway places, setting up video screens, backstage craziness, and a general sense of joy and exuberence, probably cuz gas was way cheaper just those few months ago.

"NEW YORK LOVE," "ZOMBIES" VIDEO RE-UPLOADED

"NEW YORK LOVE" VIDEO:


&"Zombies" video, looking much better than before:

"DIAMOND STUDDED CASKETS" VIDEO

In the spirit of Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" and "Bill and Ted Go To Hell," we now present a video wherein our hero hangs out with Mr. Death for awhile. But does he really die?

Directed and conceived by Bill. Shot and edited by Elizabeth Abrams, with some editing assistance and illustration by Bill. Casket built by Gabe Pearlman (who also plays me in a former life).

CHRIS SCHLARB SHOW

Chris Schlarb, in conjunction with his awesome new album "Twilight and Ghost Stories," has put together an ensemble in San Francisco and Austin to perform his album. I (bill) am fortunate to be part of that ensemble and I think it'll be innaresting...

here's the flyer:



more info at chris schlarb's website

"DEAR BROKEN FRIEND" & "OLD SANDY BULL LEE" & "GULF OF MEXICO" VIDEOS

"BRIGHT BLUE DREAM" VIDEOS // "i love my job" video

I have been working off and on towards the goal of a "video website" supplement to the album, "Bright Blue Dream." I realized that, while the idea is worthwhile, the videos violate the spirit of the album in certain ways; the videos use playfulness and humor, whereas "Bright Blue Dream" as an album doesn't really go that route.

For months, I really resisted the idea of putting the videos in any kind of embeddable format, because that would "cheapen" them somehow; I held out for a better idea.

But after awhile I realized maybe I was being a bit too precious about the whole thing; maybe I should release the stuff. In my head I've already moved on twenty times since making these vids, so why all the fuss?

Ironically, all the delay has been good... the videos didn't affect initial reactions to the album. Funny, off-the-cuff videos for dark songs might've caused some serious cognitive dissonance. This time lapse allows the videos to be seen as not extending directly from the songs, but more a way to blow off some creative steam, have fun, and experiment in a new medium.

For now, here is the video for "I Love My Job," starring Sam Sanford as my boss Ron. His acting "chops" prove explosive, flammable, and any other adjective used to describe dangerous materials... his portrayal of Ron made me laugh the first 20 times I saw it.

"ETERNALLY DEAD" IS NOW ALIVE

The cassette is mostly live performances... in some cases, i prefer these to the final versions... there is a real spirit to the tape... much of it seems like stand-up comedy...

In addition, there is a phone call track called "sausage" and a monologue called "self-help heckling" and a few other songs available nowhere else, like the elusive "Civil War."

There are only 100 and there will definitely never again be another printing.

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