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Post #1078 – Big Black Night

// March 6th, 2012 // 1 Comment » // video

I recently had the pleasure of working with an old friend of mine, Chris McNulty, on a music video for his new band, The Big Black Night. Chris and I go way back – we went to college together, played in a band called Hyperchild (more on that another time) and, before Larry joined the band, he filled-in on bass for Nero, playing about half a dozen shows with us.

The video was shot in an old warehouse in North East, Philadelphia, with lighting professionally supplied by Thom Discher, who brought a truck load of equipment with him as a favor to the band. It was a fun (and easy) project to be involved in, as the guys handled everything on a pretty professional level – basically, I shot the footage and gave it to the band, who then edited the whole thing together. Hope you dig it.

And they just released their debut album, which you can preview and purchase here.

Post #1070 – Curly Castro’s “They Call Me Castro” music video

// December 6th, 2011 // 1 Comment » // Curly Castro, music, video

I recently had the pleasure of working with Curly Castro on a video for his latest single, They Call Me Castro.  Produced by Blueprint, the track is from his upcoming Fidel LP, that should be available sometime in Jan. 2012.

When it comes to hip-hop, I grew up on groups like Public Enemy, BDP, LL Cool J and De La Soul, leaning more toward the politically charged (Dead Prez, Nas) and the rough and rugged (Wu-Tang). So I was pretty blown away when I heard Winston’s Appeal, Curly Castro’s full length from earlier this year, which combined all those influences and filtered it through his own effortless yet raw style. Yeah, it was about lyrics and skill, but it was also about content, which I respected. Old school with a reggae influence, slightly militant but not without heart and humor. So I was super excited to work with him on this video, because I think he brings back a lot of the edge that hip-hop originally had.

Much of the video was shot in Oct/Nov at the Occupy Philly site, on three separate occasions, including his live performance there from last November.  The archival black and white footage of the Black Panthers and the march on Selma, Alabama was taken from the National Archive and is listed as public domain. The nighttime performance footage was shot one night in West Philly, guerilla style.

And for those wondering if we’re related – well, we might not have fallen from the same family tree, but we come from common ground.

Anyway, I hope you dig it – I’m pretty proud of this one. And be sure to check out more music on Curly Castro bandcamp page.

Post #1067 – Full Spectrum (the Zilla Rocca/Has-Lo music film)

// October 25th, 2011 // No Comments » // music, super 8, video, zilla rocca

For those who missed it’s official release yesterday, Zilla Rocca dropped a new music vid. for his song, Full Spectrum.  Taken from his excellent Nights and Weekends EP, the track features a guest verse by Has-Lo.  The film was shot and edited by myself and Justin Clowes (aka SlowMotionTrax).

We shot the whole thing on August 29 in Asbury Park, NJ, the day after Hurricane Irene blew through town, leaving a few spots without power and more than a couple of trees knocked down.  Asbury ‘s a cool town – pinball museum, paranormal museum, the Wonder Bar, good pizza – and provided a pretty cool backdrop for a rag-tag group of misfits  running around it’s streets with outdated super 8 film cameras.  The people were friendly and everyone was super nice. Good times, good times. Thanks to everyone involved.

Rhymestreet magazine followed along and did a behind-the-scenes photo feature in  thier Oct-Nov issue.  You can check it out here.

And for all those keeping score and wondering what ever happened to the Weak Stomach video – it’s finished and has just been sitting quietly for the past 9 months waiting for it’s release.  Honestly, I don’t know what the hold-up is, something to do with lawyers and red-tape. Hopefully soon.

And below are some photos from the shoot, taken by Justin Clowes.  Check out his flickr page for more visual goodness.

 

 

Post #1008 – Color Mag and Slingluff interview

// September 28th, 2010 // No Comments » // art shows, events, press, video

The latest issue of Color Magazine (8.4) features a photo of the Vans chukka boots I customized for the Society6/Color Magazine/Vans collaboration.   Peep some images here then hunt down a copy at your local book store or skate shop.  Print’s not quite dead yet so show some support and buy a copy because it really is a great mag.

And, as promised, below’s the short interview I did with the Slingluff Gallery about Automatic Amnesia – hope to see everyone at the opening this Saturday.

Joe Castro at the gallery. from Slingluff Gallery on Vimeo.

Post #956 – Little paper men that skate better than me

// March 30th, 2010 // No Comments » // skateboarding, video

This has been floating around the inter-web the past few days but if you haven’t seen it yet, take a moment and watch because it’s pretty amazing.  It’s a short skate film/animation that was put together using photos from a stack of old skate mags.  I love the all the environments and shaky camera work – so well done and a really great idea.  Enjoy.

Skateboardanimation from Tilles Singer on Vimeo.

Post #943 – The Make-Up!

// March 2nd, 2010 // No Comments » // video

I was sifting through a dusty box of old video tapes recently, and came across some footage of one of my favorite bands from the 90′s, the Make-UP, from their gig with Swingline at Girls Inc. in Newark, DE, July 15, 1998.  I believe this was filmed by Sarah Bryson but I could be wrong.  Anyway, I don’t think this has been seen before by more than a handful of people, so I’m glad to throw it out there.  This is Live in the Rhythm Hive.  I hope to put the rest of the show up on youtube in the next few weeks. Enjoy. And if you don’t know, know you know….