X is still here. That sort of longevity from the greatest punk band to come out of Los Angeles, that’s cause for celebration. This music video celebrates both the band and their history.
Co-director Gilbert Trejo is the son of the one and only Danny Trejo, whose longevity is also worth celebrating.
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Are we going to sink or swim?
I would be more concerned with all of the random explosions! That can’t be good.
Remember at the height of the COVID lockdowns, when they tried to fill all of the skate parks with sand to keep skaters from spreading COVID, despite the fact that the people most at risk of dying from COVID were also the people least likely to be hanging out at a skate park? Seriously, people have mentally blocked out so much of the weirdness that went on from 2020 to 2022.
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Does everyone remember this blast from the past?
The YouTube video says 2012 but the song, if I remember correctly, was actually written for Ron Paul’s 2008 campaign and Aimee Allen even performed it at Ron Paul events. It wouldn’t surprise me if the song was reused for his 2012 campaign. I’m going to assume this video is from the 2008 campaign but again, I could be wrong.
(Ron Paul was huge amongst my friends in 2008, many of whom had previously been crazy about Dennis Kucinich and who later went equally crazy over Bernie Sanders, Mike Gravel, Marianne Williamson, Tulsi Gabbard, and RKF, Jr. 2008, of course, was before most people really understood what ‘too online’ meant and there was a general belief that having a lot of followers posting on message boards and on social media would translate into getting a lot of votes in a primary. Needless to say, that didn’t quite turn out to be the case.)
Aimee Allen is currently the lead singer for The Interrupters.
Happy Labor Day!
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After three really difficult months, I’m ready to get back to the Shattered Lens. And what better way to start things anew than with this latest music video from Annie Hardy. The video stars some of her friends as well. I love the possum, especially.
(We’ve got quite a few possums that live around here and Erin and I are always happy to see one of them making its way through our backyard at night. The possums will always be safe around here.)
Annie Hardy previously starred in Dashcam, which I still consider to be the best film made about what life was like during the COVID lockdowns. Check it out if you haven’t already.
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In the future, when historians want to know what it was like to be alive in 2024, let us hope they just listen to the music of Annie Hardy.
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There are more hippies in Texas than you might realize.
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This song was written for the soundtrack of the 1995 film, Kids, and not surprisingly, the video if full of scenes from the Larry Clark-directed film (along with another story about astronauts and wind-up toys). Oddly enough, the song itself doesn’t actually appear in the film. The film instead uses a much lesser song called Daddy Didn’t Understand or something like that.
Anyway, this is a good song. I like it and the video definitely works.
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This is a good song. Bruno Mars and Lady Gaga actually compliment each other much more than one might expect. I’m almost looking forward to that second Joker movie now …. almost.
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The Killers are killing it in Vegas!
It’s too bad Eric Roberts isn’t in this video.
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Today’s music video of the day is an effective little mix of Jennifer’s Body and countless Lifetime cheerleader movies.
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Through the Shattered Lens 