Video Static Viewing Guide

MTV2 Unleased Daily- video premieres December 5 - 9:
Monday: Sean Paul "Temperature"
Tuesday: Daddy Yankee "Rompe"
Wednesday: Bun B: “Draped Up” (remix)
Thursday:  Twista feat. Pitbull "Hit The Floor"
Friday:  Young Jeezy "Trap Star"

Nokia Unwired at Hard Rock Live
with Common
MTV - Wednesday, December 7 @ 8pm EST

Making The Video
with Kanye West
MTV - Thursday, December 8 @ 5pm EST

The Life and Rhymes of Nas
MTV2 - Thursday, December 8 @ 9pm EST

NEWS: MVPA Director's Cuts This Monday

The 8th Annual MVPA Director's Cuts Film Festival will be held at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood this Monday, December 5th. This year's line-up of short films and previously unseen alternate edits of music videos from directors Marc Klasfeld, Chris Milk, Nzingha Stewart, Charles Stone III, P.R. Brown, Tomorrow's Brightest Minds, Cat Solen, Wormseye, Matt Lenski and  many more. Visit the MVPA site for a complete list of directors and films/videos. This year's Director's Cuts fest is the first to be held in Hollywood and is being co-presented by the MVPA and American Cinematheque's Alternative Screening

Tickets are available at the Egyptian Theater box office the night of the event, but tickets can be purchased in advance through this faxable form.

SHOT: The Rolling Stones - Jonas Akerlund, director

Shot on-location in Los Angeles and Atlanta, this video follows several characters throughout a rainy night in the city.

artist: The Rolling Stones
song: "Rain Fell Down"
label: Virgin
director(s): Jonas Akerlund
production co: Black Dog

BOOKED: Skye - Paul Minor, director

Shooting in Montego Bay, Jamaica...

artist: Skye
song: "Love Show"
label: Atlantic UK
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films

BOOKED: Kano - Paul Minor, director

Scheduled to shoot in Kingston, Jamaica...

artist: Kano
song: "Brown Eyes"
label: Warner Bros. UK
director(s): Paul Minor
production co: Streetgang Films

NEW RELEASE: Wolf Parade "Shine A Light"

Wolf Parade "Shine A Light" Sub Pop
Matt Muroz, director
Description: Wolf Parade collaborator Matt Muroz — he's done all of the band's artwork to date — gets a little, well, wacky with the video for "Shine A Light." The clip concerns the scorn faced by a man who has four heads stacked vertically, like a totem pole, atop his shoulders. He's barred from convenience stores, is a source of ridicule at work and even gets mugged. In an added twist, the heads sometimes fly off on their own to have adventures while he sleeps. They also multiply and buzz around the poor man's head when he laughs at a box of pumpkins that strikes him as another sort of multi-headed freak. The effect used to replicate the heads is wonderfully lo-fi and fake looking, which only amplifies the bizarre humor and absurdity of everything.

NEW RELEASE: VHS Or Beta "You Got Me"

VHS Or Beta "You Got Me" Astralwerks
Ryan Rickett, director
Justin Croncite, producer
Refused TV, production co
Description: The storyline of "You Got Me" concerns an unknown man enrolled in some sort of video dating service. Dissatisfied with every date, he decides to cut out his favorite features from each headshot and send them off to the company. In return, he gets a box filled with mannequin parts and various wigs from which he can create the girl of his dreams. The POV style from the conceptual footage extends to the performance, where director Ryan Rickett does an excellent job of making it seem like we're looking out the eyes of each band member. Oh, and in keeping with the  vibe of this new wave tune, there's also some footage of masked men in a romance factory that wouldn't be out of place in a typical video from the 80's. You can watch "You Got Me" courtesy of vhsorbeta.com in either Real or Windows Media.
    Bonus info: One of the dates is Annie Hardy of Giant Drag and the delivery man is played by Ima Robot  frontman Alex Ebert (who is also a Refused TV director).

NEW RELEASE: The Vacancies "Save Yourself"

The Vacancies "Save Yourself" Blackheart
Greg Olliver, director
Ultrameena Films, production co
Description: It's no surprise to learn that The Vacancies were signed to Blackheart Records by owner Joan Jett herself, given that this Cleveland, OH punk band offers the same F-U attitude that marked most of  Jett's best known recordings. This video casts The Vacancies as a group of outlaws who pull into and perform at a warehouse where a pair of women spray paint their van so they can more easily elude the authorities.

SHOT: The Willowz - Toben Seymour, director

Director Toben Seymour ensnares The Willowz in a clutter of wires for "Cons And Tricks." Photo below shows the director (far left) with singer/guitarist Richie James Follen (center) all tangled up in cords.

artist: The Willowz
song: "Cons And Tricks"
label: Sympathy For the Record Industry
director(s): Toben Seymour
production co: Commondeer

SHOT: Make Believe - B. Driscoll-Luttringer, S. Drypolcher & H. Murai, directors

Performance by indie rockers Make Believe is projected onto a masked man in a white room for this new video.

artist: Make Believe
song: "Small Apartment Party Epiphany"
label: Flameshovel
director(s): Brandon Driscoll-Luttringer, Steve Drypolcher & Hiro Murai
production co: Commondeer

MTV ALERT: Adds for the Weeks of 11/28/05 + 12/05/05

MTV Adds for week of 11/28:
Hawthorne Heights "Niki F.M." (Victory)
Jermaine Dupri Presents Dem Franchise Boyz feat. Bow Wow & Da Brat "I Think They Like Me (remix)" (So So Def/Virgin)
Ludacris feat. Field Mob "Georgia" (DTP/Island Def Jam)
Three 6 Mafia feat. Young Buck, Eightball & MJG "Stay Fly" (Sony Urban/Columbia)

MTV Adds for week of 12/05:
Eminem "When I’m Gone" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
Jamie Foxx "Unpredictable" (J Records)
Juelz Santana "There It Go (The Whistle Song)" (Diplomats/Island Def Jam)
Ray J "One Wish" (Knockout/Sanctuary)
Trina feat. Kelly Rowland "Here We Go" (Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic)
U2 "Original Of The Species" (Interscope)
Weezer "Perfect Situation" (Geffen)

MTV2 Adds for week of 12/05:
Chamillionaire feat. Lil Flip "Turn It Up" (Universal)
Eminem "When I’m Gone" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
Kanye West feat.Adam Levine "Heard 'Em Say" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
The Strokes "Juicebox" (RCA)

No MTV2 adds for week of 11/28

mtvU Adds for week of 11/28:
Chamillionaire feat. Lil Flip "Turn It Up" (Universal)
The Chemical Brothers "Believe" (Astralwerks)
Jermaine Dupri Presents Dem Franchise Boyz feat. Bow Wow & Da Brat "I Think They Like Me (remix)" (So So Def/Virgin)
Straylight Run "Hands In The Sky (Big Shot)" (Victory)

mtvU Adds for week of 12/05:
Eminem "When I’m Gone" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
HIM "Wings Of A Butterfly" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
U2 "Original Of The Species" (Interscope)
Warren G feat. B Real "Get U Down" (Hawino)
We Are Scientists "Inaction" (Virgin)

MTV Jams Adds for week of 11/28:
Bow Wow feat. Jermaine Dupri & J-Kwon "Fresh AZIMIZ" (Sony Urban/Columbia)
David Banner & Jazze Pha "Touching" (SRC/Universal)
Mary J. Blige "Be Without You" (Geffen)
Notorious B.I.G. feat. Bob Marley "Hold Ya Head" (Bad Boy)

MTV Jams Adds for week of 12/5:
Jamie Foxx "Unpredictable" (J Records)

VH1 ALERT: Adds for the Weeks of 11/28/05 + 12/05/05

VH1 Adds for week of 11/28:
The All-American Rejects "Dirty Little Secret" (Doghouse/Interscope)
Santana feat. Steven Tyler "Just Feel Better" (J Records)
System of A Down "Hypnotize" (Columbia)
Kanye West feat.Adam Levine "Heard 'Em Say" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
The White Stripes "The Denial Twist" (V2)

VH1 Adds for week of 12/5:
Mary J. Blige "Be Without You" (Geffen)
Eminem "When I’m Gone" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
Fall Out Boy "Sugar, We’re Going Down" (Island Def Jam)
Jamie Foxx "Unpredictable" (J Records)
Rob Thomas "Ever The Same" (Atlantic)
U2 "Original Of The Species" (Interscope)

BET ALERT: Adds for the Weeks of 11/28/05 + 12/05/05

BET Adds for week of 11/28:
Anthony Hamilton "Can't Let Go" (So So Def/ZLG)
Floetry feat. Common "SupaStar" (Geffen)
Jamie Foxx "Unpredictable" (J Records)
Mary J. Blige "Be Without You" (Geffen)

Rap City Adds for week of 11/28:
Black Rob "Star In Da Hood/Ready (Bad Boy)
Remy Ma "Conceited" (SRC/Universal)

BET/Rap City Adds for week of 12/5:
Notorious B.I.G. feat. Diddy, Nelly & Jagged Edge "Nasty Girl" (Bad Boy)
Tony Yayo feat. G-Unit "I Know You Don't Love Me" (G Unit/Interscope)

FUSE ALERT: Adds for the Weeks of 11/28/05 + 12/05/05

Fuse Adds for week of  11/28:
Green Day "Jesus of Suburbia" (Reprise/Warner Bros.)
The Strokes "Juicebox" (RCA)
Beck "Hell Yes" (Geffen/Interscope)
Living Things "Bom Bom Bom" (Jive/ZLG)
Relient K "Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been" (Capitol)

Oven Fresh Adds for week of  11/28:
Kanye West feat.Adam Levine "Heard 'Em Say" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Arcade Fire "Neighborhood #2 (Laika)" (Merge)
Matisyahu "King Without A Crown" (Or/Epic)
The Subways "Rock & Roll Queen" (Sire/Warner Bros.)
Slim Thug feat.Killa Kyleon, Slick Pulla & Young Jeezy "Diamonds (remix)" (Star Trak/Geffen)
Gatsby’s American Dream "Theatre" (Fearless)

Oven Fresh Adds for week of 12/05:
Coldplay "Talk" (Capitol)
U2 "Original Of The Species" (Interscope)
Staind "Falling" (Flip/Atlantic)
Eminem "When I’m Gone" (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
The Sun "Lost At Home" (Warner Bros.)
The Receiving End of Sirens "Planning A Prison Break" (Triple Crown/EastWest)
The Valley Arena "Paint It Red" (Astro Magnetics/Platform Group)

No adds to the main Fuse rotation for the week of 12/05.

Much Music Alert: Adds for the Week of 11/28/05 + 12/05/05

Much Music Adds for week of 11/28:
Britt Black "Speed of Light"
Kanye West feat. Adam Levine "Heard 'Em Say"
Relient K "Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been"

Much Music Adds for week of 12/5:
Foo Fighters "Resolve"
Melissa O’Neil "Let It Go"
Rosette  "Crushed"
Stars "You Ex-Lover is Dead"
Yellowcard "Lights And Sounds"

CMT ALERT: Adds for the Weeks of 11/21/05 + 11/28/05

CMT Adds for week of 11/21:
Bon Jovi feat. Jennifer Nettles "Who Says You Can’t Go Home" (Island Def Jam)
Carrie Underwood "Jesus, Take The Wheel" (Arista Nashville)

CMT Adds for week of 11/28:
Dolly Parton with David Foster "Imagine" (Sugar Hill)
Kenny Chesney "Living In Fast Forward" (BNA)
Ricky Skaggs "Love Came Gently" (Skaggs Family)
SHEdaisy "God Bless The American Housewife" (Lyric Street/Hollywood)

IMF ALERT: Adds for the Weeks of 11/21/5 + 11/28/05

International Music Feed Adds for week of 11/21:
Beck "Hell Yes"
Blink-182 "Not Now"
Damian "Junior Gong" Marley feat. Nas "Road To Zion"
Danko Jones "Lovercall"
Emanuel "The Willing"
Nelly feat. Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp "Grillz"
The Greenhornes "Pattern Skies"
The White Stripes "The Denial Twist"
Udora "Fade Away"
Weezer "Perfect Situation"
Yellowcard "Lights And Sounds"
Yerba Buena "Sugar Daddy"

No adds for week of 11/28

SHOT: Ne-Yo - Martin Linss, director

artist: Ne-Yo
song: "So Sick"
label: Island Def Jam
director(s): Martin Linss
production co: KandoKid Films

Video detail below of Ne-Yo walking down a lonely street...

SHOT: P.O.D. - Meiert Avis, director

artist: P.O.D.
song: "Goodbye For Now"
label: Atlantic
director(s): Meiert Avis
production co: Pusher Media
rep: RW Media

NEW RELEASE: Mike Jones "Flossin"

Mike Jones "Flossin" Swishahouse/Asylum/Warner Bros.
Mike Jones & Dr. Teeth, directors
Nik Dace & Kareem Johnson, producers
Filming Company, production co
Pat Darrin & Bliss Bussant, DPs
Rikardo Handy/Master Cylinder, editors
Description: Mike Jones lives large at his babe-filled mansion in the video. When not hanging with the song's  guest singer Big Moe, the  rapper sits with his friends in a plush screening room where he watches this video and a snippet of himself performing another cut.

NEW RELEASE: Eric Benet "I Wanna Be Loved"

Eric Benet "I Wanna Be Loved" Friday/Reprise
Sanaa Hamri, director
Nicole Acacio producer
Anonymous Content, production co
Robin Frank Management, rep
Martin Coppen, DP
Description: A chance meeting with a woman at a coffee shop leads to a sultry relationship in this beautifully filmed new video from r&b balladeer Eric Benet.

NEW RELEASE: D4L "Laffy Taffy"

D4L "Laffy Taffy" Dee Money/Asylum/Atlantic
President Thomas Forbes, director
CNite, producer
Focus Films, production co
Description: I don't think this song is actually about candy. D4L rap about girls shaking that "Laffy  Taffy" and the delights of those who know how to suck a lollipop. The D4L guys hang at a club where women exhibit both talents in addition to participating in a pillow fight and getting all wet from playing with Super Soakers.

SHOT: Ashlee Simpson - Diane Martel, director

"L.O.V.E" was shot on-loation in NYC, documenting a night on the town with Ashlee Simpson and friends.

artist: Ashlee Simpson
song: "L.O.V.E."
label: Geffen
director(s): Diane Martel
production co: DNA

NEWS: Refused TV Gets Picked For Ripe TV

Los Angeles music video show Refused TV  bids farewell to LATV channel KJLA and traditional broadcast television with tonight's episode. Refused TV is moving to Ripe TV, a Video On Demand entity on Comcast Digital carriers and the web, where it will be available 24/7 as part of the "Ripe Rocks" programming.

Refused TV is executive produced by Cathy Pellow, who also runs the production company of the same name.

SHOT: Ashanti feat. Paul Wall & Method Man - Fat Cats, directors

Directing team Fat Cats set Ashanti in the middle of a modern, urban film noir for her Paul Wall/Method Man collaboration, "Still On It."  The largely b&w video was shot on-location in Hollywood.

artist: Ashanti feat. Paul Wall & Method Man
song: "Still On It"
label: The Inc./Island Def Jam
director(s): Fat Cats
production co: F.M. Rocks

NEW RELEASE: Jason Forrest "War Photographer"

Jason Forrest "War Photographer" Sonig
Joel Trussell, director
Description: Animator/illustrator Joel Trussell deserves his own "awesomest" award for this ludicrously fun and creative video for DJ Jason Forrest. "War Photographer" spotlights a battle between two boatloads of Vikings who use music as a weapon. Although it would seem that the Vikings who favor heavy metal axes and accoutrements would reign supreme, it's actually the marching band faction that proves to be the deciding factor in this battle for ultimate awesomeness. Go watch "War Photographer," now.

NEW RELEASE: The Click Five "Catch A Wave"

The Click Five "Catch A Wave" Lava/Atlantic
Vem, director
Michael J. Katz, producer
DNA, production co
Description: This throwback to director Richard Lester's madcap Beatles films stars the boys of Click Five trying to avoid the hordes of rabid fans in their hotel so they can make it to their beachfront performance. After running around and hiding throughout the hotel — drawing the brief attention of former Brady Bunch star/reality show roadkill Christopher Knight — the Click Fivers hire some lookalikes to allow them to get away, hitch a plane and then skydive to their gig.

NEW RELEASE: O.A.R. "Love And Memories

O.A.R. "Love And Memories" Lava/Atlantic
Vem, director
Marcienne Friesland, producer
DNA, production co
Description: A record caught in a groove causes a couple to keep replaying the moments leading up to a break up. The same actions happen again and again until O.A.R. singer/guitarist Marc Roberge takes a rest from performing to reset the needle and allow the couple to finally part ways.