Guitar-wielding hypermusician Marnie Stern takes on the world in the video for “Ruler,” which is part Rocky homage, part absurdist superwoman fantasy, and 100% “clip that is one of the few things that made me smile all day.” Cameos by Upper East Side butchers, flaunting of dogwalking (dog-jogging?) skills, and rubber chickens in peril all add up to a ridiculously fun addition to the pantheon of “taking to the streets of New York City” videos that previously included the Go! Team’s Pac-Mantastic “Junior Kickstart,” the end of Ray Parker Jr.’s video for “Ghostbusters,” and the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion’s “Flavor.” [Pitchfork.TV]
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Marnie Stern Fights For Your Love
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And before you complain: Yes, I know the “Junior Kickstart” video is a ripoff of an Improv Anywhere thing. But the marriage of song and video is what kicks it over into “brilliant” territory.
@Maura Johnston: That Go! Team video still makes me giggle to this day. It really is amazing.
This band is what has got me smiling today
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But only the song “svefnsýkt”.
That was amazing. It literally looks like it cost $90 but it’s kind of exhilerating anyways.
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That’s the Sprockets website.
I like this, but do you think Pitchfork TV would run this if it weren’t for Marnie Stern? I see plenty of videos like this around here in Athens, and they have no chance of making it to the “big-time.”
@Lucas Jensen: hey so why don’t you send me one of those videos? and are the songs as good?