Sunday, December 31, 2017

Addovolt Explorations: Greenery



This latest addition to the Addovolt Explorations quick documentaries series hits you right in the pocket.


The Money Museum inside the Federal Bank building is the place to go when you're feeling Scrooge McDuck-y, needing to be surrounded by wads of cash, and want to learn a thing or two about the American monetary system.


The video is HERE on YouTube and more Addovolt Explorations are listed HERE.

Thursday, December 14, 2017

The Baby Magic's music video, "Don't Mess With Me" press release


Mary Beth Brennan and her ragtag band of no-wave rockers, The Baby Magic, are here to warm up your devices with their dark Christmas music video.  "Don't Mess With Me", off of the Chicago trio's most recent album, Rent a Place in Hell, has dropped and it's 3 minutes of holiday fun to rile up your whole family.

The music video is here:


The Baby Magic is lead vocalist/keyboardist Mary Beth Brennan, guitarist/back up vocalist Patrick Coleman, and drummer Santiago Guerrero.  Their Bandcamp page is here:


The music video was directed by filmmaker Derek Quint (Addovolt Productions) and features actor Michael Massett as a not-so-jolly Santa character.

all pics by Derek Quint

The Baby Magic lead vocalist/keyboardist, Mary Beth Brennan

The Baby Magic guitarist/back up vocalist, Patrick Coleman

The Baby Magic drummer, Santiago Guerrero

actor Michael Massett as Der Belsnickel

Featured Project



Our featured project right now is The Baby Magic's new music video for "Don't Mess With Me".  Get electrified by some darksided yuletide tidings right HERE

The Baby Magic's "Don't Mess With Me" music video




It's a Christmasy music video for a song that doesn't necessarily tie itself in to November/December festivities......but it could.  It does, in an abstract way I guess, but it doesn't have to.

Der Belsnickel's rap/poem/warning sequence was mixed into the song/video last-minute and that, definitely, ties everything up with a nice, red, seasonal bow.



We're having our fruitcake and eating it too.  Michael Massett portrays an antagonistic Belsnickel so that this short journey doesn't get too saccharine-sweet (we can't have any of that).

Are there a couple of nods to "A Christmas Story", "Christmas Vacation", and "Home Alone"?  Well, yeah, of course.  That would be dumb not to.  This mess was shot in Chicago in all of its Midwestern, snowy glory so I'm just being traditional, sentimental.  I also was thinking about John Waters' "Female Trouble" and the old Pee-wee Herman stuff a little bit too.


The music video for The Baby Magic's "Don't Mess With Me" is HERE.  The song is from their album, Rent A Place In Hell (2014).

More music from The Baby Magic in on their Bandcamp page.

Additional stills from this project are below plus an image transcription of Belsnickel's heartwarming message that you can recite to all your family and friends.

This project premiered online December 14th, 2017 and has been featured on Radio One Chicago and in Punk Globe Magazine.


Lead singer, Mary Beth Brennan, contemplates the important things in life

Guitarist, Patrick Coleman, gets more than he bargained for

get your game on:  drummer Santiago Guerrero

Michael Massett as Der Belsnickel


Patrick Coleman takes a break from devious planning to pose alongside the video's director, Derek Quint


delicious:  we got lucky and ended up having the shoot during Chicago's very few snowy days in 2017