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Here’s a classic tune from the first Ween show I shot.

Within a week of getting my first digital video camera, I shot this. My friends worked in the IT department and had to get rid of some monitors. Another friend was on the softball team and had a bat handy. Beastie Boys provided a perfect soundtrack for smashing up some monitors and getting our aggression out.

This is dedicated to the folks fighting the union busting teabag governor of Wisconsin. Solidarity Forever!

I shot this one in October of 2002. Billy Bragg was in DC to play the 9:30 Club, and the next day he did a short set in the lobby of the AFL-CIO building which was right around the corner from were I was working. Joining him on stage was Britannia the Cheerleader, a friend of mine and a fixture on the local protest scene, who was kind enough to introduce me to Billy before the set. Also appearing that day (but not in this video) was the president of the Screen Actors Guild at the time, Melissa Gilbert, of Little House on the Prairie fame.

Back in ’94 when this song closed the Chocolate and Cheese album, I wasn’t quite sure what to think. It seemed really long and out of place. Upon further listens, it really grew on me. This song would make a wonderfully bleak movie shot in Italy and set in Mexico. I shot this one myself at the 9:30 Club in DC 11 years ago. Enjoy.

But don’t take their word for it. See the video evidence…