C-U Blogfidential

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: We skip the heebies and the jeebies tonight to bring you a touch of bittersweet romantic bliss courtesy of a Timothy Ro-directed music video for the song “Midnight Love” by Mokhov.

Let’s make a little more noise this week about local movie-making new to disc, shall we? You may now rock out to the DVD of Bob Zimmerman’s C-U rock-and-roll documentary OUT OF NOWHERE, released in September 2012!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Your body will move. Your body will groove. In fact, it might just “Jump Back” if The Duke of Uke and His Novelty Orchestra have anything to sing about it.

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: The music keeps on playing as area filmmaker Bob Zimmerman readies what may be the first-ever full-length documentary on Champaign-Urbana rock musicians, OUT OF NOWHERE!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: If we must dance with the Devil, then it might as well be to some mighty rock ‘n’ roll courtesy of The Dirty Feathers and our perpetual man in motion, A-rock!

Please read through the complete line-up for the third annual New Art Film Festival, celebrating locally-made cinema at the Art Theater in downtown Champaign on Friday, April 20, 2012, and then experience the real deal with us tonight!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Putting the “do” in “do it yourself” with interesting results, Chris Eitel of the C-U band Elsinore depicts domestic strife using stop motion in his music video for the group’s song, “Life Inside an Elephant.”

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Stop, drop, and watch the new music video for “Lovesick” by Morgan Orion, produced by Sam Ambler and Matt HarsH, the latter whom we discuss further because he concocts cool musician/projection hybrids in clubs. Of course, we have a clip!

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we earn a new Missouri fan, learn of a Mark Johns plot to impress Roger Ebert, yearn for cool friends doing cool things, and churn the waters to scoop out the movies now playing/renting near you!

From the “Images of the Week” Dept.: Jason Lindsey Photography branches out with a hybrid media venture, Neighborhood Sandbox, and releases its first entertainment production, the music video “Drive” featuring The Trishas of Austin, Texas.

In this edition of C-U Blogfidential’s all-purpose column, “C-U Biz-en-scène,” we give props to CUBlog & CUZine contributors past, wish out loud for future contributors to make themselves known to us, and reveal much movie-related opportunity brewing near you!

Better late than never, Megan Johns pulls into the C-U Blogfidential station with her music video “The Beat was Burnt,” produced by Matt HarsH and Sam Ambler.

Last week, local musical stalwarts Elsinore proudly unveiled the new video for their song, “Chemicals,” directed by Matt HarsH and photographed by Sam Ambler.

It’s not often that one sees such a potluck served here at C-U Blogfidential, but here you go … all nine courses’ worth.

The stars of Mongoose Productions seem to revolve around Morgan Orion and the Constellations. Their new music video is proof positive.