Blood In The Alley
There is something satisfying about seeing lots of blood on the ground, especially when it's not your own. In this case it was actually Ryan's, from his prop supply cupboard. It was all over my catsuit, John's face, and the pavement. Not to put too fine a point on it, John looked like a bad blood bukkake victim from a vampire snuff film. This wasn't about making a mess, it was about making art, leaving our indelible mark on the ages, and shooting a music video for the 7" release, Bad Pussy.
"We need to shoot this again, one more time, and John, I'm sorry."
Ryan, like most directors/editors, is a perfectionist. This meant John had to fall backwards out of the back door and land on his head. There was no way to fake the shot, and as I kicked the door and he tumbled backwards, he had no choice but actually flip backwards ass over teakettle. Multiple times. He was very brave about getting kicked, punched, flipped and stepped on. As far as method acting goes, he's due for his Oscar nomination and he did all his own stunts. We all made sacrifices for the shoot: Brandy will most likely never want to eat another spoonful of Boo-Berry Cereal and James had to drink a lot of beer.
In order to get prepared for my role as one of the two "Bad Pussy" cats (with a definite nod to Tura Satana - pains of love inside) I decided to do some method acting of my own. While John, Brandy and James shot with Ryan the first part of the day, I donned my leopard print onesie, cat eats and collar and went shopping in Minneapolis with Ryan's attractive girlfriend Alisha. Of all the ways to spend a Monday morning, walking around the shopping district of Uptown in a catsuit with a red headed Amazon and my dance partner, Calamity Kate is a pretty good ego boost for me. I'm not sure if they just don't get a lot of people in what we will refer to as "Daytime Drag" in that neck of the woods or not but we were definitely a source of interest.
Back at the location, we got around to kicking John's ass. He sagely observed with blood dribbling down his chin that every ex Voodoo Doll would get a laugh out of this video. I happen to agree. Nothing kicks a man's ass more than Bad Pussy, except for perhaps two. As he would well know.... We're looking forward to dropping that video down during Europe as well as our new 7" release over there to go with it.
As a bonus there will be a video for YouTube as well for a oldie but goodie - Riding Big Rails. It's dark and a a guitar POV of our live show... stay tuned...
Mwuah!
Little Miss Risk