Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Creamtastic All Access: Sophia's Hay Bale Fail and Public Access at Large
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:24 AM
The above clip is taken from the equal-parts informative and entertaining public access show Cashville Live, which airs Tuesdays at 10:30 p.m., Wednesdays at 1:30 a.m. and Thursdays at 8:30 p.m., on Nashville Public Access Channel 19. The band--improperly labeled on YouTube as "Sofia"--is Sophia, whose untimely demise you may recall from our post a few months back. The performance features a keytar-slingin' joker, a blonde, curly-mulleted man with the voice of a kitty cat angel and the lyrics "Grab the skeleton key." Now, the whole clip is solid, but if you aren't interested in seeing all of it, I beg you to at least watch at 2:10, when one of the most serendipitous examples of epic failure in public access history transpires.
Since its inception, public access television has been a powerful resource for musicians seeking exposure within their community. Sometimes the results are awesome, sometimes they're painful; but they're nearly always hilarious. Search YouTube hard enough and you'll find weird old public access interviews with Weezer and Husker Du and performances from Ween and Dan Deacon. (OK, that last one isn't public access, but it's still completely awesome.)
Now I watch a relatively large amount of Cashville Live, and while I've seen a handful of extremely impressive rappers, I've seen nary a performance from a band that wasn't...well, basically a joke. Another show on Channel 19 that actually broadcasts some pretty sweet bands is Optic Audio, which we've mentioned before. What I'd really like to see, however, is a lot more big-name bands (or at least bands capable of playing their instruments) in Cashville's rough little studio, utilizing shaky camera shots and cross-fades that last far, far too long.
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