Bad Dressers Videos

We were sitting around Jake's office at Vimeo, and I asked Ricky how J's abysmal lack of style first began ... Apparently I missed the worst of it. Whew times 10. At one point, not on camera, I told J that his shirt (seen in the video) "made me want to vomit." It was perhaps a bit too harsh, but he's shown remarkable ability to improve lately, and this was no exception. He agreed that it wasn't the most flattering cotton based product he could wear, and he seemed eager to go beyond. But how? I guess it seems that the Edu-ma-cation of Mr. Lodwick's style falls to me, and the bevy of style experts I have at my disposal (one of the perks of my job). So we're going to film it! "Jake Learns How to Dress Himself" will be a multi-part series, as we follow J from a raggedy hipster-esque boy wearing (in his own words) "rat clothes" to a, um ... stylish, confidant, rico-suave business man. (okay, maybe not the "rico-suave" part. but the rest) GQ, watch out. PS. NONE of this, except the teeshirt critique, came from me. I didn't suggest he dress differently, I just nodded in agreement when he said he wanted to ... if he decided to continue to dress the way he does now, I wouldn't put up a fight (not worth it). That said, if I never saw the teeshirt he's wearing now again, I would do a small dance of glee. Cast: Julia Allison, Ricky Van Veen and Jakob Lodwick

We were sitting around Jake's office at Vimeo, and I asked Ricky how J's abysmal lack of style first began ... Apparently I missed the worst of it. Whew times 10. At one point, not on camera, I told J that his shirt (seen in the video) "made me want to vomit." It was perhaps a bit too harsh, but he's shown remarkable ability to improve lately, and this was no exception. He agreed that it wasn't the most flattering cotton based product he could wear, and he seemed eager to go beyond. But how? I guess it seems that the Edu-ma-cation of Mr. Lodwick's style falls to me, and the bevy of style experts I have at my disposal (one of the perks of my job). So we're going to film it! "Jake Learns How to Dress Himself" will be a multi-part series, as we follow J from a raggedy hipster-esque boy wearing (in his own words) "rat clothes" to a, um ... stylish, confidant, rico-suave business man. (okay, maybe not the "rico-suave" part. but the rest) GQ, watch out. PS. NONE of this, except the teeshirt critique, came from me. I didn't suggest he dress differently, I just nodded in agreement when he said he wanted to ... if he decided to continue to dress the way he does now, I wouldn't put up a fight (not worth it). That said, if I never saw the teeshirt he's wearing now again, I would do a small dance of glee. Cast: Julia Allison, Ricky Van Veen and Jakob Lodwick

I haven't done a lip dub in a while, but I had my iPod on shuffle today and I heard Birdhouse in Your Soul (They Might Be Giants - so old school!) I remembered all the lyrics instantly, so I had to dub it. Hmm ... how weird is it that you can remember lyrics from 7th grade, and yet forget the name of the doorman in the building you've lived in for two years? umm ... I mean ... Theoretically. Okay, so my self-critique? I could dance a little less. Or jiggle a little less. I'm more jiggling than dancing, anyway. PS. Aren't these lyrics TRIPPY?? Like, were they on crack when they wrote this? "I'm your only friend/ I'm not your only friend / But I'm a little glowing friend / but really I'm not actually your friend / But I am." WTF?!? IT MAKES NO SENSE. PPS. In case you're wondering if Lilly/Marshmallow enjoys being a party to these videos, the answer is, she keeps begging me to let her lip dub Warren G's "Regulate." So, yes. Cast: Julia Allison

I do not, as a rule, have crushes on television actors or movie stars. I tend to go for brainy nerds. However, I will admit to the following exceptions: Zach Braff (although when I actually hung out with him, that QUICKLY changed. He is no good, times 100), Topher Grace (also heard not so great things about his personality, although I can't personally vouch for that), Jon Stewart (but he's married), and ... yes, George Clooney. I was trying to figure out a way to work "George, call me!" into my commentary, but then I decided that might scream "DESPERATE!" and, well, I'm pretty sure the CNN producers aren't enthusiastic about being used as my own personal matchmaker. Alas. PS. I do not like my hair like this on air. It looks ... I don't know. A little unprofessional. AND I AM NOTHING IF NOT A PROFESSIONAL, DAMNIT! Cast: Julia Allison

This was right before my segment on CNN this morning. I was on remote in the NY bureau at the Time Warner Center (the host was in DC and the other guests were in Chicago). I had to listen to the IFB in my ear, and the show was about to start, so I was paying attention to that ... Cast: Julia Allison, Jakob Lodwick

This was right before my segment on CNN this morning. I was on remote in the NY bureau at the Time Warner Center (the host was in DC and the other guests were in Chicago). I had to listen to the IFB in my ear, and the show was about to start, so I was paying attention to that ... Cast: Julia Allison, Jakob Lodwick

Jmo gets seriously pwned in the office by Kevin. Cast: Zach 'Iowa' Hoeken, Kevin Corrigan, Josh Mohrer and Jakob Lodwick

Kristian LaLiberte, Leven Rambin, Devorah Rose and me ... At the Beverly Feldman shoe party thrown by Social Life Magazine. Can you tell I'm trying very carefully not to comment on anything controversial they say? Sigh. Cast: Julia Allison

I just pointed the camera at the screen tonight while the 24 hour webcam thing (xanga.com/thecoeds) was going on. I decided to text him after he said he was tired and wanted to go sleep, telling him everyone was bummed they weren't going to get to see the party. He was conflicted. Cast: Alex McCollister, Jakob Lodwick and Noah K.

today was zach's (and also duplo's) last day at vimeo. good luck, zach! good luck, jessica! http://www.zachklein.com/2007/09/going-solo.html Cast: soxiam, Zach Klein, duplo, Jakob Lodwick, Zach 'Iowa' Hoeken, Patrick Moberg, Kevin Sheurs, Ted Roden, Peter McArthur, Justin Ouellette, Casey Pugh, jzerby, Jake Oliver, neil epstein, John Zanussi, Adam Gotterer, Nick Dunkman, Andrew Pile, Pheasant Plucker, streeter seidell, Amir Cohen, Ricky Van Veen, Jeff Rubin, kunal shah, Trawin, sarah schneider, amandalynferri, Kevin Corrigan and kriztofer

Rough cut of intro to "Disinformation" live show. See it in person Sept 7-9 in Portland at Someday Lounge. goto: pica.org/tba/tba07/default.aspx Cast: Tommy Smith, Jakob Lodwick, Reggie Watts and DumbFilms

We were at breakfast and I thought that after I ordered pancakes and eggs, it would be funny to ask for two tequila shots. I was, obviously, joking. It was 10:48 am on a Sunday morning!! Of course I didn't really want two tequila shots. Jakob, on the other hand, thought it was a marvelous idea, most likely because the average person would never do that. The waitress thought we were crazy. I thought it was hysterical. Jakob was thinking about buying curtains at Home Depot directly thereafter. It was a great morning. Cast: Julia Allison, Jakob Lodwick

We were at breakfast and I thought that after I ordered pancakes and eggs, it would be funny to ask for two tequila shots. I was, obviously, joking. It was 10:48 am on a Sunday morning!! Of course I didn't really want two tequila shots. Jakob, on the other hand, thought it was a marvelous idea, most likely because the average person would never do that. The waitress thought we were crazy. I thought it was hysterical. Jakob was thinking about buying curtains at Home Depot directly thereafter. It was a great morning. Cast: Julia Allison, Jakob Lodwick

I wanted to do a video of Lilly getting a bath, because she's so freaking funny looking when she's wet. If I did it over, I would have just run the camera, then increased the speed so it played super fast (what's that called, technically? Double speed?) ... I might try that for next time, or whenever I finally get Final Cut Pro, because I cannot STAND editing in iMovie. It manages to be both simplistic AND tedious, which is truly an accomplishment. Of some sort. IN any case, my favorite part about this particular movie is the Crazy 8s. To explain - after every bath when Lilly's dried off, she runs in circles (technically, figure 8s) like she's lost her mind. I'm not exactly sure WHY she does this - maybe it feels so good to be clean?? but it's HYSTERICAL, and definitely worth watching (1:03, if you're wondering). Cast: Julia Allison

Reggie improvised this song a few weeks ago. It was his first video with his electro-harmonix 2880, a looping machine with more flexibility than his normal Line6 DL4. We shot it at Noah's place; he did the lighting. William helped with the sound. I hope we do more work as a group, just getting together and experimenting. A production photo: http://obeastiality.com/post/6396442 Oh, also, Reggie is going to start working on a new solo album soon. Keep in mind that his Vimeo clips are usually recorded straight into Garage Band and are improvised. Think about what he'll produce when he's in an actual studio and can write out his songs and evolve them. Cast: Jakob Lodwick, Reggie Watts, Noah K. and williamcotton

She walked too fast!!! :) Cast: Julia Allison

My parents talking about the secrets to a happy marriage ... Dad: "Energy!" Mom: "Forgetfulness!" Cast: Julia Allison

Driving in Adam's car to breakfast in the Hamptons on Sunday. Jakob believes that real lyrics are overrated. (And those are my sunglasses.) Cast: Julia Allison, Jakob Lodwick

Rjyan and I made this in 2004 for his album Maryland Mansions. You can get the album on iTunes, it's good. Cast: Jakob Lodwick, robyan, Eric Lodwick and andrea

I went into Vimeo today to talk with Jakob and meet some of the staff before I start work there in September. We experimented with shooting video through Justin's medium format Hasselblad. Cool effects. Cast: Blake Whitman, Jakob Lodwick and Justin Ouellette