They’re not making Rock Stars like they used to.
You’re probably wondering what Stocky does with his time when the markets are closed and CNBC is devoid of smoking hot babes like Becky, Trish, Erin, Melissa, Michelle, Mary, etc. etc. etc.
Yesterday, Sunday (sept 17 2007) Stocky found himself in the Peoples Republic of Cambridge. I stumbled across a film crew. Not much filming was going on and only about 20 people were watching but I stopped anyway to ask what was going on.
It was a music video shoot for the band Boys like Girls. Never heard of them? Then you must not be a teenage girl. You can listen to and watch the videos from 2 of their songs here.
Apparently they won Spin magazines new artist of the year award in 2006. They should have a great career. At least until they hit puberty and their voices change.
Nothing blog worthy about all that. What I did find funny was the reason shooting was halted. This part of the video was to be shot with the singer driving a cherry 60’s era Dodge Charger that they had rented for the day. A metallic blue “muscle car” from the late 60’s, no doubt chosen to toughen up the bands image.
Only one problem with that plan. The singer doesn’t know how to drive a standard shift.
You can’t make this shit up.
So, while a severely bored looking Mass State Trooper sat in his car with the small one way side street blocked off, the “braintrust” debated how to make the shoot work with a ”Rock Star” that didn’t know how to drive the car they rented for the day.
Being the important person that Stocky is, he couldn’t hang around long enough to see how they worked this out. At last check, they were debating having the film truck tow the car while “Rock Star Boy” pretended to drive.
Stocky will be checking back with the bands web site to see how this video turned out.