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Ween – Sorry Charlie

Jason — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:18:41 +0000

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

Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun

Jason — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:10:57 +0000

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.

Billy Bragg – There is Power in a Union

Jason — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:13:26 +0000

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.

A Spaghetti Western Epic by Ween

Jason — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:07:18 +0000

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.

Oldie But Goodie – The Writers Room

Jason — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:33:11 +0000

One of the cool things about starting my blog fresh after many years is that I can re-run some of my favorite old content. A few weeks ago I was talking with a video production company about being a second camera at some wedding shoots for her, and I sent some of my favorite videos to check out. While going through some of my stuff, I remembered how much I really liked this one and how much fun it was to shoot, mostly in a single take with lots of great improv.

During the TV writers strike a few years ago, I was inspired to do a short about it under the premise that the producers of The Office would hire some bad fan fiction writers as scabs and I shot this in a couple of hours with some friends. YouTube pulled it due to a copyright complaint from Sony which I cannot for the life of me figure out since there is no music and the characters talk about characters on other shows which is well within any kind of fair use. Corporate types, go figure! I think they didn’t like how they were portrayed.

So, without further ado, The Writers Room…