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July 25, 2005

My Friends Roll with Fly Video Hos

On Monday I got a text-message from Leigh. "Josh is styling a video for a band and I'm one of the fly video hos. Come!" I mean, what else can you do, right?

I arrived at the studio over in the West Side and found the set. I was told that the video was for a new band that was going to be released on DFA Records called The Juan Maclean and the name of the song was "Give Me Every Little Thing." I stood around mystified watching two guys in matching American Apparel undies practice syncopated dance routines (I was told they were the guys in the band) and then set off to try to find Leigh and Josh.
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I found Leigh in the back getting her make up finished. The make up was pretty awesome, but it had nothing on...
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...the rest of the outfit that Josh had picked out for her! He admonished Leigh for looking to happy and reminded her that she needed to work on her "fly video ho" face.
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There, much better.
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At this point, we all went back out to the set and I asked Josh to explain to me what the hell the video was about. (In a nutshell, it's about two dudes that are abducted from Earth by aliens and put into a "human habitat" at an Alien Zoo.) No, seriously.
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Leigh and the other girl (who's name I've forgotten, sorry!) play the part of two sexy vixens that are virtually warped into the habitat to pleasure the two men that have been captured. Check out the fly video hos rehearsing their choreography.
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Josh shows them what's up.
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Doing the Tinny Dance!
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And all this gear was going to be used for a scene in which one of the guys that's in captivity dons a helmet and a glove and enters virtual reality.
The director.
The rest of the set was pretty amazing.
This painting pretty much takes the cake, though.
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Oh! And out in the lobby there was a bird (a cockatoo?). While Leigh was practicing her dance moves, we discovered that the bird like to DANCE! Hahaha.
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I shit you not! Check out the vid above to see him dance along!
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Up in the control room or whatever it's called with Josh to check out...
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...the bird's eye view of the shoot.
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And there you have it. Josh Madden: Video Stylist! Leigh Lezark: Fly Video Ho!
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I found the full video posted on YouTube. If you've got four minutes to spare, go for it. It's pretty awesome.
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