“It all started as a passion project.”
This is “Dick” Thompson speaking here, one-half the wedded duo that is responsible for newest in music video candy: The Wilcox Sessions. “Hard to believe that our first Session was only a year ago, and now here we are about to have a baby on our stage.” The “stage” in this conversation is actually just the living room in their mod condo just a dollar bills throw away from Cheetahs in Hollywood. “I don’t think so,” his partner Menaka counters. “This will be one thing done usual.”
You see, “usual” is not a good term to describe what goes on around these parts. This set is more of a rock ‘n’ roll cocktail party where some serious cinephile short form material just happens to get down. The pro-bono crew has racked focus on nearly 20 musical ensembles who stopped by for a beer, took their shoes off, and hummed a few bars in front of some the nicest looking cameras available. Acts ranging from Dead Henry, featuring Robert Downey Jr’s junior, Indio Downey, on bass. The Growlers stopped by for a special bourbon-fueled psychedelic haunting, captured by the world’s first Goldfish Cam. I just so happened to be in attendance for a recent taping featuring Moby, who, sans laptop, strummed out his hit “Porcelain” on a nylon classical guitar with a violinist accompaniment. Watch Moby’s performance here, then read up on the Sessions after the jump.
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