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"Wow I thought I was the king in the brown nose court.
Thanks for hypeful words" - Killer from the Gun and Doll Show.

What struck me in your Hotel Utah gig was your adherence to the grand tradition of theatre that rock-and-roll has enjoyed since its inception - from Elvis and James Brown to Bowie and Iggy to the CBGB denizens like Talking Heads and the Ramones. It stood in stark contrast to the pretentiousness and self-consciousness of so many bands (and listeners for that matter) throughout the 90's. What I got from that show was everything that has made American music great in the eyes of the world: Truth, euphoria, fury and passion. Wow super old fan remembers a show 10 years ago. "Chris"

San Francisco Party Party:
By now, you know that we love everything Killian does. Right? The whole reason we work so hard to earn a spot in the pantheon of SFPP gods is so we can spend eternity with Killer, doing cool shit like throwing Super 8s off the Golden Gate. We adore that freekin kid! In fact, when JP gets back from Denmark, we're gonna have her break him off a piece!

Video: I Dropped My Super 8 Off The Golden Gate

	Filmmaker and musician Killian MacGeraghty of the San Francisco band The Gun and Doll Show packed his Super 8 camera into a hand-carved Styrofoam "aerodynamic" protective shell, hooked it to a fishing rod, hit record, and tossed it off the Golden Gate Bridge. The result is this excellent video for his group's song The View. see the video

Here are some of the more entertaining comments About "I Dropped My Super 8 Off the Golden Gate."

Umm. I don't know about you but If I saw 2 dudes walking on a bridge with a white object and then tossing it over board, I'd be calling 911 in a heartbeat.

Hmmmm. . . good point. It's a sad commentary on our world when "whimsy" is one of the victims of the "war on terror"-- it's like we're removing colors from the world, taking away the spice of life. (AND the actual "drop" was surprisingly disappointing in this video-- well edited though).

Sigh, another 4 minutes of my life down the drain (5 by the time I read the boingboing story and typed this). This video caused an aneurysm from the stress created when I had to override the urge to strangle someone that this video produced in my soul. Thanks.
Incredibly spectacularly awesomely lame lame lame
This is a scam. I think its doing more damage for your bands reputation then not having a video would do.
Wow, how completely pathetic. I'd strongly recommend they don't quit their day jobs.
//next time, have a 8 year old help you with the "aerodynamic" part.
Is this purely for your own enjoyment and fun? If so, congrats. . Stop reading now. If not. .
A lot of effort unfortunately wasted. Moral? It's good to consult someone who knows the tinyest something about video production before spending time, money and effort on a video that was ultimately a giant disappointment. The music was interesting-- but the video was a sad accompaniment.
Couldn't tell if you really dropped it off the bridge or not. Did you? Looks like you didn't. And why would you drop a camera off a bridge just to make it look like you didn't? You wouldn't! So my money says you didn't. But why would you caulk and float and pad and harness all that crap on there and then not do it? You wouldn't! So my money says "What? What the f**k are you doing?"
What the hell... did the BB people actually WATCH this piece of crap? I came here to watch a camera fall off the Golden Gate bridge, not a shitty attempt to recreate a Kids in the Hall skit interlude.
Disappointing at best. Yet another great idea poorly executed.
Pretty fun idea. Groovy music. I hate jazz but it works here. Fun 1960's look to it. Gripers can show me THIER executions. Big time no money shot however.
yeah hypmrt....f**k those whiners. My god, never pleased with anything, go back to your mommy's basements and play your video games you bunch of f**king retards. No culture at all....the music is great man!! Nice jazz group, good solo by the piano player.

The video is mid-level concept are with bad editing and good music. Why the producers would want to simulate Super 8 is as baffling and incoherent as characterizing the glued-and-packing-taped camera as something requiring TWO "white-coated engineers."
Ultimately, ideas are submerged in this video in the way that a suicide's body would be submerged after jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge.
Brilliant! Don't let anybody tell you different. With 25k plays, nay-sayers just look foolish.
my god that sucked. i kept rewinding, thinking i'd missed something. i want my 4 minutes back.

mediocre video, and mediocre music.
Jazz is an expressionless self satisfactory music style. When seeing a Jazz musician its like seeing someone have a wank on stage in front of you.
I agree this was stupid! Why did they glop the shit all over the camera before putting it in the foam? The music sucks ass! Jazz is gay.
Nice job. Great track. Punchline was a little disappointing but it looked like you had fun, which reflects the music. By the way, I am not astroturfing, I am a genuine hipster digger. ;) And the whiners need to get some f**king perspective. This is youtube for fucks sake. If you think Jazz is "gay" why the fuck did you type "gay" in the search box?
Most of the stuff I find enjoyable on YouTube is of the America's Funniest Home Videos variety. You know, people doing stupid stuff and getting caught on video. But more and more I'm finding DIY videos that are just down right cool. Here's a great example titled "I Dropped My Super 8 Off The Golden Gate."
Cool video? Cool music? Cool concept?
I think a lot of the people who've commented on this at YouTube are completely missing the point. Or maybe they're just myopic jackasses. Either way, it doesn't matter.
I LOVE this. The video. The music. The concept.

I'm not sure how I have missed this one on the web but I guess you can't see everything. "I Dropped My Super 8 Off The Golden Gate" is the latest music video from bay area group Gun and Doll Show. Actually, I had never heard of them before seeing this video which I guess proves that making good videos is worth the effort. If only modern day rap videos would take a cue from groups like this.
The video is shot using a super 8 which, just as the name implies, is dropped off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. The song "The View" for which the video was made is amazing and gives me new hope that there still is good music out there to be found.

9/13

I was rather disappointed by the lack of money shot. But I feel sorry for the jazz haters.

Guys. Really. You're just making yourselves look inadequate with your jazz-hating.