Zoe the Beatwoman | Interviews | extra links!

Watch filmmaker, Zoe the Beatwoman, talk about how Skrillex stole her hairstyle, meeting Spike Lee and how she once went to a Gza concert with MF Grimm, right here, on AVideoMagazine.

 

Connect with Zoe online:

zoemap.com

youtube.com/thebeatwoman

twitter: @zoebeatwoman

facebook.com/zoemap

Lana Del Rey vs. Nas - [SOSUPERSAM EDIT]

The homie kills it again with another dope little versus track. Hats off to SoSuperSam! Check out AVideoMagazine's interview with her!

Interview with SoSuperSam | extra links!

We're thrilled to announce our video interview with DJ SoSuperSam has launched! After MONTHS of partying to her mixes, as some of you will remember from our parties in NYC, we got to sit down and talk to her about how it all started, her dream party scenario and her thoughts on NYC vs LA.

I'm a huge fan and through my non-stop talking about her mixes to our close friends, some of you are as well! Go check her out at her official site: SoSuperSam.com. Also, you can follow her on twitter and like her on facebook so go show her some love! Earlier this month I had the amazing chance to watch her spin at the CAMP tour, witness Childish Gambino KILL IT on stage and hang out with both of them for a bit backstage after the show. Much love and much thanks! We're THRILLED!

Check out Sam's photo diary of Coachella on StyleCaster!

AVideoMagazine @ #CAMP

What?! You ain't heard scrapbooking is GANGSTA now?!


Much thanks to @SoSuperSam for the hook up and for our forthcoming video interview on AVideoMagazine. The show was amazing! Donald had the room rattling and after losing my shit and jumping to "UCLA", it was a lot of fun catching up after the show. Check them both out IMMEDIATELY if you haven't already. You should be ashamed of yourself! Links below for their official websites where you can find their blogs, twitter, videos and music. Go, babies, go!

SoSuperSam.com
ChildishGambino.com

...just to give you an idea of how live that shit got. I was off duty, no footage from us, too busy losing my shit. HAHAHA!

Flashback! | The 1st Jon Villoch interview

Some of you will remember Depoe's first interview with us. Be sure to check it out again here: AVideoMagazine.com/interviews/depoe

Gil Cates, Jr. | extra links!

Gil Cates, Jr. directed this dark romantic comedy starring Colin Hanks about a serial killer that wins the lottery and in turn, wins the affection of his life long crush and stops killing. Not intrigued yet?! What are you AN ANDROID?!?!

 A big thank you goes out to Gil for stopping to talk to us and @jessicarobinn for heading out to the Phoenix film fest to secure the interview and her camera man Matthew. Thanks everyone!

Khrys Lawson Interview | extra links!

Our latest interview in the Style section is rapper Khrys Lawson giving his opinion on how we should all have fun and do our own thing with our personal style.

Be sure to connect with Khrys and check out his music here OR check out the one particular song I currently have on repeat. I know I'm personally going to be spinning his tracks at my next party... Yeah, THAT good.

FashionSheSays | style blogger | extra links!

The Uber adorbs Becca over at FashionSheSays met up with us at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a much needed day surrounded by classic beauty. Watch our interview with her featured in our style section. The most wonderful thing is she will be back in the mag later this year showing off some more of her amazing garments and personal style.

Be sure to follow her blog and connect with her!
FashionSheSays.com

She even gave us a mention on her blog here!

Cake Knife | extra links!

Cake Knife is a blogger. Cake Knife is also an alt model. Cake Knife's blog is about the bloopers that go on during an alt modeling shoot. Watch her talk about both of these things in the video interview we did with her.

Be sure to check out her hi-jinks here: ibloopny.blogspot.com
Her modeling portfolio is here: modelmayhem.com/CakeWalkit

The Rise of Boey's Cups | extra links!

It was late last year when I received the first message from Boey. I had no idea who it was until I read then line "Here's my stuff, if you're ever interested in a guy who draws on coffee cups." followed by a link to his website, iamboey.com. My mouth dropped to the floor. I instantly knew who he was from that sentence and all the images I had been seeing around the internet of his work came flooding into mind.

I pounced. I had to get this interview. To put it simply, I was stoked and flattered that after watching the Hyperbole and a Half interview we did, he thought to write me and set the wheels in motion. He's been featured all over the internet with notable stops on Maxim, the official Sharpie blog, and now us! Fast forward a couple of months and here we are. The interview launched last week and the dialog between Boey and the mag has been nothing but positive.

Please visit iamboey.com to follow his day to day blog, view his cups on flickr, and purchase the artworks on etsy.

Please note both AVideoMagazine and Boey himself would like to clarify that the work in progress featured in our video interview was created well before the devastation in Japan and has no connection to the events. The work is neither about nor commentary on the tsunami. Our hearts go out to the people of Japan.

The Italian Street Artist in NYC | extra links!

I met Federico on a crazy outing with a group of rambunctious Italians. After a night of partying we ended up at Federico's Brooklyn studio where we had some great food, some even greater wine and a private viewing of his works for the upcoming exhibition.

For the detailed exhibition info, opening reception info, directions to the gallery and Federico's artist statement please visit Graphite.

Battlehooch | extra links!

Before I could wrangle them all into one shot they were climbing the structures on my roof. Definitely check out this band! I ran into them on the street twice when they were in NYC and both times I had told them I wanted to interview them. I've been jamming their songs for months now. All the info you need about their tour, music and itunes is at battlehooch.com. For their video blog and tour videos go to youtube.com/battlehooch.

Best Worst Movie is on DVD TODAY!!!

You bet your ass we're excited about the Best Worst Movie DVD release. Go Amazon! Go now! And check out their website for the trailer here. Supposedly it's packed with a bunch of extras and footage not in the theatrical version! Trust me, you're gonna want to see those bonuses I'm sure.

I've touched most of the people involved in this film - I know you're jealous and NO, I'm not telling where. KIDDING!

Check out the interview we did last year with Katie Graham, the DP and co-editor of Best Worst Movie!

An Evening with Travis Betz | extra links!

If you ever doubted the badassery that is Travis Betz then click the close button because we don't want you at our blog. It's as simple as that. Death to the dissenters.

If you're like the staff over at AVideoMagazine then you friggin' love Travie-Trav because you relate with how busy/creative you gotta be to make anything independent happen. You just gotta respect dedication, you know? Anyway, enjoy the Halloween special and please visit Travis' links below as well as watch the trailer to Betz' latest film.

TravisBetz.com
The Receptionist on youtube
@travisbetz on twitter
DrexelBox.com

Digby & Iona | extra links!

Besides being engulfed by premier week like everyone else, (IKR?! Did your fav show come back on?! OMG, how was it?!) we sat down with an old friend of mine whose jewelry line has graced the pages of Nylon (now ours too!) and adorned the necks of rising indie celebs. Check out Digby and Iona. Their wares are amazing! Also, check out this very cool stop motion promo video the company released early this year.

Molls, she writes all her own lyrics.

Molls, Molls, Molls. We can sit here and say we love you because we're into everything you do ...and that you're funny and witty and we never miss a post of your blog ...and that your twitter is consistently outrageous ...and that your dog is a star and that you're the queen of Tumblr but... it's really all because your nail game is bananas. ...like the kind of bananas that gets you punched in the arm by your girlfriend because you've made her look at pictures of some internet chick's nails so that, you know, she could finally get a clue. Lol. (True shit and no, we're no longer together, duh.) Readers, check her blog out and check out our video interview with Molls below!

We're happy ...like very! [please enjoy both videos!]

We're happy to say that last week was a great week for AVideoMagazine in the numbers game. We just recently broke 2500 subscribers and 2 of our recent videos are KILLING IT!

The gorgeous Cynthia and her head shaving video just passed 5000 views.

and the lovely and HILARIOUS Allie Brosh of "Hyperbole and a Half" made a huge jump in views after Reddit and Digg got wind of the video. She just broke 11,000 views adding about half of those in just a few short days.

Half my job is picking the winning ponies; I'm just glad it's the people I'm most fond of getting the attention through promotion on their end and retweets/promotion from you lovely readers. I've been blessed to say that I've had some wonderful interactions with some of the internet's newest and brightest movers and shakers. You're all so talented and geeky and everything I've ever wanted. Hahaha. Thank you all so much.

T-Minus 1 Week!!!

I'm flipping out. I totally am. In a good way of course. I have all content ready all the way through Mayish, sorta. And by the end of April I'll be about 3 months ahead of myself. Yay! Ok that's all boring stuff though. Umm... did you hear I might be on L.A. Ink?? They just emailed me yesterday saying they had received it. Fingers crossed.
Hmm, This is not much of a blog is it? I have pictures to show you but I don't have them with me so I'll tell you about my outing with my NY style correspondent Emma J. I met up with her at Balenciaga in Chelsea then we went to go interview the owner of one of NYC leading (true) vintage shops called Vintedge. Everyone from Posh to the Olsen twins shop there. It's a hidden little spot for those in the know... you, my lovelies, get the first ever interview with the owner himself. More on that in a bit when I have the photos ready. There's a style section teaser going up tomorrow... worked my ass off on it and it looks like candy. Can't wait for you gorgeous people to have at it. Good and bad. ;)
Later!
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Michel Gondry @ Strand Books NYC

This footage was shot almost a year ago now and was cut much longer when I was going to included it in my line up of videos last fall but for some reason or another never posted it. I wanted to now be cause I still very much enjoyed what Michel Gondry said about digital effects in film. This was definitely the focus point of his talk as he showed a lot of clips of music videos he'd done in the past and explained a bit about how the effects were done in camera.

The other interesting point he made, that is now on the cutting room floor, was when he spoke about his dislike for website like youtube.com. He mentioned it took away from the shared experience of making something and then inviting your friends over to watch it together. He felt it was cold and impersonal when uploaded and that view counts and ratings were distracting from the point of making that video to begin with. He said it was a hindering experience to create things solely for aggregated numbers and that we should all just be making things to enjoy them, not to promote them. Interesting.