ASH NERVE - LiVE FOR THE FANTASY ASH NERVE 2020-04-07 | Download: ashnerve.bandcamp.comCredits:Music co-written and produced by Ash Nerve, So Drove, and Rand SevillaMastered by Ada RookVideo:Director, Editor, Producer // Alec Robbinshttp://alec.land/Director of Photography // Mark FarneyVisual Effects Artist // Evan Halleck Chief Lighting Technician // Derek Wilds Graphic Design // Sean Muscles Costume Design // Jeremy Franchi3D Animation // Ben GrangerProduction Assistant // Jim BeirdProduction Assistant // Taralyn Thomas Props // Vincent Featuring cameos by:Riley Rossineotenomie.bandcamp.comAda Rook adarook.bandcamp.comultrahappyalarmsoundcloud.com/ultrahappyalarmSo Drove sodrove.bandcamp.comMaryth3r3s-som3th1ng-ab0ut-m4ry.bandcamp.comFilmed at Abso Lutely Productions (special thanks Caroline Bader) & Non Plus Ultra (special thanks Paul McCaffrey, Jon Gombas, & Spooky)Thank you to HLPTVThank you to The OracleThank you to Godlyrics:your face againclick through my friendsmy phone, it ringsyour voice, it stingsin the late nights you know meyour pictures all show mebut i reach out and can't touchwill i ever feel that head rush?you've got me going crazy, babywe live in a society (baby)i can feel myself spiraling againi know that you're not really my friendbut i live for the fantasyand fantasy loves companyon my mind all the timein my pocket, never leave my sidedon't blame me or get angryi'm not changing, it's the same meyou've got me going crazy, babywe live in a society (baby)i can feel myself spiraling againi know that you're not really my friendbut i live for the fantasyand fantasy loves companyeverything i doyeah babe it's all for youbut you don't have a cluei'm nothing to youlooking through the broken glassmy fantasy crackswhen i drop it on the flooryou're not mine anymorei can feel myself spiraling againi know that you're not really my friendbut i live for the fantasyand fantasy loves company
ASH NERVE - toward a melonpilled future (DJ & video mix) ASH NERVE 2021-01-04 | a DJ and video mix made for the "curse mix" series curated by ESPer99 and tttlllrrrTRACKLIST:00:00 - Scooter - FCK 202003:18 - Beep! - Beep Beep Beep (Goes My Ringtone Melody)06:27 - Tiffany Trump - Like a Bird (Nightcore)07:56 - Celtic Woman - Spanish Lady (ASH NERVOUS Club Edit)09:34 - Cookie's Bustle OST - As for Dreams (Acoustic)10:45 - Against Deception - Pernicious Media12:39 - Blue Monster & Bikki - Motorcycle (Nightcore)15:28 - A-Moe - Mom Is Home17:21 - Banaroo - America (ASH NERVOUS Club Edit)ARTIST'S STATEMENT:In an increasingly alienating society, where the average person feels more politically disenfranchised than ever before, it is time to reexamine the work of American comedian Gallagher and elevate his cultural contributions to the realm of high performance art. Known for his trademark “Sledge-O-Matic” routine -- in which a mock infomercial for a new kitchen tool transforms a chaotic orgy of smashed food and playful antagonizing of the audience, Gallagher embodies the “Trickster” folklore archetype with a distinctly American flavor. Among the many food items Gallagher smashes, he is historically most famous for smashing a watermelon, a fruit of comic proportions that becomes the vessel for our dashed hopes and unresolved frustrations. In a shamanic ceremony, Gallagher transfers society’s evil banality onto the watermelon, which he then smashes to provide the catharsis that we all winkingly acknowledge is not possible. The comic futility of the act is obvious, but its magick is powerful.In my mix, I identify the “melonpill” as a state of mind where one has accepted the grossly imbalanced battle between the individual and society, yet still bravely chooses to lash out. I combine music with a “melonpill” mentality, such as “FCK 2020” by legendary German jock jam purveyors Scooter, with found footage from Gallagher TV and laserdisc specials combed from the last decades. In the final scene of the mix, I display my own ballot from the 2020 American presidential election, in which I voted for Gallagher. This vote was my tiny, futile, ultimately useless, but angry piece of personal performance art against a political system that will never represent my values. Combined with scrolling text that presents famous American quotations such as the Preamble to the United States Constitution paired with music by Euro pop group Banaroo singing romantically about the American promise, the contrast between anger and optimism is meant to awaken dormant American pride in the viewer like tapping on a poisonous snake’s glass enclosure.“toward a melonpilled future” pairs the silly, naive directness of happy hardcore and bubblegum music with the unbridled movement of Gallagher’s “Sledge-O-Matic” routine. In the process, it claims that Gallagher is a living American myth in the tradition of Daniel Boone or Molly Pitcher, and he should be recognized as such.- ASH NERVE
