Monday, July 16, 2007

Stagefraught - Where are our Heros?

We all miss them- but would we have fucked them to keep them around? No one knows for sure what happened to Stagefright- it's been speculated they collapsed under the weight of their own greatness, their ideas to expansive and expensive for today's proletarian tastes. As the great Crazy Jesse might say "they were just too future for you."

I remember clearly the day we staged this promo-pic for a band that existed largely (entirely) in our imaginations. Chris had set his camera up on an overturned trashcan behind our trailer. Any time we ended up back there it could only be for the artistic merit of the place-there was no way we'd spend time there otherwise, as it was filled with trash and bugs. I seem to remember the light was good back there, plus the trashcan was there and we NEEDED something to set the camera on. All that thought on the atmosphere and the backdrop, only to photoshop it into oblivion. I do feel that the members of Stagefright would have probably preferred the cool wash of static to bugs and trash. Of course, I can't speak for everyone.
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1 comment:

Danger Duck said...

The sun was always shining on that side of the trailer.
Which paints a picture alot prettier than the truth.
Not really a choice place for the refuse of rubes.
Steamy and swampy garbage.
Eww.