Remember Super 8 film? Of course you don't, Generation Xbox. You can't remember a time before iPhones and phonecams. But Atlanta's garage-rock quartet Black Lips does, and it's got the video to prove it.
Long before it was given that we could record every moment of our lives, some lucky families broke out the Super 8 cameras during the holidays and other happy occasions, even the ones that went horribly wrong. It is in this spirit that Black Lips, which is known for its often horribly wrong, sometimes scatalogical live shows, has offered its video for "I'll Be With You," the latest single from its recently released throwback 200 Million Thousand.
Whether it's crying while holding the cat, getting cake-faced by a deranged clown or torching its instruments, Hendrix-style, in the family fireplace, Black Lips' madcap antics are captured in the raw but poetic 8-mm format.
Super 8 isn't just for family holidays from yesteryear. It has been used by indie auteurs like Derek Jarman and Harmony Korine as well as blockbuster peddlers like Oliver Stone. And although it has been replaced by digital video, there still exists a cinematic subculture that swears by the format. That crowd evidently can add the Black Lips to its list.
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