Today is the release date of the Aa gAame CD/DVD, for which we directed 2 videos and produced the DVD! Now you can buy it at lots of places (Kim’s and Amazon come to mind).

Come celebrate with us Thursday at the Gigantic Music gAame release party!!! Here’s the info:

Thursday April 26th @ STUDIO B

:: LIGHTNING BOLT
:::: xBxRx
:::::: Aa aka BIG A little a —-> Gigantic records release party
:::::::: High Places

:: SPECIAL GUEST
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:: Bug Sized Mind

[ STUDIO B ] -> totally superclub style! now w/ friendlier bouncer dudes!
259 Banker St @ Calyer | Greenpoint/Williamsburg, Bklyn | 718.389.1880
L-Bedford/G-Nassau | -ALL AGES- | $10 | 8PM

Studio B has a lot of smoke machines, so expect to get in trouble…

Announcing the Aa gAame Music Video DVD! (coming Springtime on Gigantic Music)

Death Mask/Best of Seven - STO Cinders
Flag Day - Jason & Cindy SynTofts / John Aa
Good Ship - Sean Aa
Manshake - Lev & Whitney
New Machine - Christoph Steger
Thirteen - Aron Aa
Walk Again - Michael Bell-Smith
Time In - Jon Schwartz
Fingers 2 Fist - Lev & Whitney
Uracle - Dictator 893 Fucking SmearCompetitor
Thumper - Aron Aa
Horse Steak:A - Ropstyle
Horse Steak:a - Billy Pavone
Plus live video

Start buzzing, baby bees!

Man — definitely another bear/not bear day. For example, less than 5 minutes from after this shit (I mean, COME ON!) CheerUupCompetitor sends us this amazing Manshake synopsis and reminds us of what’s really important. Pleeez enjoy thoreauly:

"What are you doing out there?" asked Henry David Thoreau, to which the most enriching answer of which I am privileged to divulge to whom it may connote (by which I mean those for whom the manly virtues by which a man may be measured are, relative to which, underappreciated): the answerers of whom I speak are a devoutly paternalistic splinter sect of the Shakers, the Manshakers, who cultivated the most supreme synergy between two seemingly-countervailing virtues — masculinity and maternalism.  This video recreates the Manshakers’  greatest challenge: to breed some sensitivity into the seemingly-intractable Bavarian Cnidarian Boy, a child who spent the first 28 tragic  years of his life raised by Sea Pansies, and who as a result of which had developed numerous craniofacial inversions and a debilitating addiction to equinatoxin.  The Manshakers use their most sensitive sensitivity-training techniques:

1) If you must shoot the bird, do so with one arm slung to your torso.  Afterwards, draw its corpse.  IN PENCIL!
2) Don’t paint the painting.  Don’t look at the painting.  You must feel the painting.  With your face!  All the important feelings are in the lil man face!
3) WOOF WOOF WOOF WOOF!  Grrrrrrrrr
4) Mr. Holland’s Opus glasses make you look and feel sensitive. 
5) Hugs

Hugs right back, Matt!
L +W

Back in July when we posted the Fingers 2 Fist video to Antville, we got accused of ripping off the concept and it really bugged us.

I mean, of course we did steal the idea, but not from some Random — from Lev’s friend Suz!

So this time we’re letting ya know: We stole Manshake from Truffaut’s Wild Child. Pretty much the whole thing. We also stole these concepts from actual history:

The Woodcraft Indians
Feral Children / Wolf Children
John James Audubon
The Cos Cob School of Painters

And for future reference, 95% of our movies are ripped off from either Stella, Rohmer, or the enormous amount of TV we watch.

Manshake on-location photos courtesy of Aa Aron:

Lookin’ good, memories.

Enjoy our New video for Aa (Big A Little a — pronounced AAAAAYAYAH) — Youtubed & Quicktimed!(right click to download)

The cast: not only actors with great screen presence, also musicians with great internet presence.

Aa Aron, John & Nadav
Nevin Ned
Shot Heard Round the World Tim
Birthday Boyz Judd

Also watch: Our other Aa video
And then buy: The upcoming Aa DVD!

It’s gonna be so good. SOON

And they’re playing tonight for the first time w the new, abridged lineup & for free. We’ll be there, all smiley cuz we’ve made a hot video.