BLUE SCHOLARS AND JON JON PRESENT “SEIJUN SUZUKI” THE MUSIC VIDEO

This video was filmed in Los Angeles on October 15 and 16 during the Southern California leg of the Cinemetropolis tour. We had been talking with our guy Jon Jon Augustavo for over a year about collaborating on a music video sometime before he finishes film school and blows the f up. I had become a fan of his prolific and experimental work with Seattle rappers and impressed with the quick turnaround on his projects that still never seemed rushed when you saw the final product. I like that he refuses to call music videos “visuals.” We thought that Seijun Suzuki, the most “random” of the Cinemetropolis songs, would fit the improvised production style and clean shots of a Jon Jon video. Like a trailer for a movie that doesn’t exist. We bounced around many ideas that all eventually morphed into “let’s wear some suits, get some guns and see what happens.”  You ever seen a Seijun Suzuki flick? I swear that’s how he made his films too. But wielding guns around L.A. didn’t seem like a good idea. So we used the homie and tour manager C-Knowledge’s samurai swords instead. Timing was perfect w/ The Physics on this leg of the tour with us, which meant that we could get Thig’s hook cameo and then all rock out at the show afterward. So everybody in L.A., that’s the real reason why we were wearing suits that night and that night only of the entire tour. Enjoy the video.

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elteodoro:

On stage at the Bowery Ballroom for the Cinemetropolis Tour dancing with Blue Scholars, Bambu, Grynch, Sol, Physics, and other people to “Slick Watts.”

Fun Fact: Donald Earl “Slick” Watts was a former NBA player for the Seattle Supersonics from 1974-78, and was my P.E. teacher at Brighton Elemetary School while I was growing up. He was one of the reasons I became interested in basketball.

Onstage footage of “Slick Watts” performed at Bowery Ballroom in NYC featuring a bunch of townfolk and The Physics fam

Blue Scholars and The Physics live in Bellingham (innations.com) - hit the link for more photos & video)

thignat:

untitled on Flickr.

Showbox, Seattle, Sept. 14, 2011

bambudepistola:

Portland. Wonder Ballroom. The Physics. Bambu. Blue Scholars.

Portland, Wonder Ballroom - Sept 22, 2011. Video by Kai Hayashi

last night in Eugene

The Physics “These Moments”

Catch ‘em live on select dates of our fall tour and go get their new album, Love is a Business.

bluescholars:

Blue Scholars and Bambu Fall Tour. Click your city’s tour date for tickets and info.

Tickets on sale NOW!

09/14 – Vancouver, BC – 560 Nightclub
09/17 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Market #
09/20 – Eugene, OR – Wow Hall #
09/21 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom #
09/22 – Olympia, WA – The Royal Lounge
09/23 – Bellingham, WA – Wild Buffalo
09/24 – Belllingham, WA – Wild Buffalo #
10/12 – San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
10/13 – Santa Cruz, CA – Atrium @ Catalyst
10/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Key Club #
10/16 – San Diego, CA – Casbah #
10/18 – Scottsdale, AZ – Chasers
10/19 – Albuquerque, NM – Launchpad
10/20 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre @
10/21 – Denver, CO – Cervantes @
10/22 – Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep @
10/23 – Ft. Collins, CO – Aggie Theatre @
10/24 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court (early) @ & Urban Lounge (late) @
10/26 – Boise, ID – Reef @
10/27 – Missoula, MT – Top Hat @
10/28 – Spokane, WA – A Club @
11/03 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
11/04 – Madison, WI – Frequency
11/05 – Chicago, IL – Schuba’s
11/06 – Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig
11/07 – Toronto, ON – WrongBar
11/08 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
11/10 – Boston, MA – Paradise
11/11 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom

FALL TOUR UPDATE: Select dates now featuring The Physics or Grynch

# w/ The Physics
@ w/ Grynch