Duck & Cover Drops it With Snoop Dogg

Dakin, former blogger for D&C, gets ready to sip gin and juice with the d-o to the double g

We here at Duck & Cover are fans of using technology to the advantage of musicians and artists, and are excited to experience firsthand Our World Live's HD webcast of Snoop Dogg's private show tonight at the Avalon in Hollywood. The "secret" show is the perfect showcase of how social media and the internet may be exploited to best serve an artist. For instance, a series of cryptic tweets on Snoop's Twitter had us scrambling to Griffith Park Dog park Saturday afternoon for the chance at some free tickets. While the Griffith Park set under represented (2 present, and both bloggers!), we're told by the publicist for the event that 25 showed at Silver Lake, and a whopping 75 at Runyon Canyon in Hollywood. All told, 200 tickets were distributed to the general public, with the message also being broadcast by Snoop on Facebook and Myspace; again, an experiment in utilizing social media to connect fans and publicize an event.

The show itself will be streamed live and in HD on the web via both Snoop's site, and at the Our World Live site. The show is going to be an interesting exercise of what can be accomplished in bringing the live show experience to the at home viewer, as, in addition to OWL broadcasting in high def, there is also the option to choose from 5 different camera angles. While you will be able to watch the event live (beginning at 9:30p pst), Duck and Cover will be onsite to deliver live commentary and a next day recap... So keep your eyes on this space, pour yourself a gin and juice, and off we go! Follow us on Twitter for a full recount of the revelry and super secret surprise guests.

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Lucero Video for "Darken My Door"

Darken My Door from Lucero on Vimeo . It's good to see that a serious band doesn't have to take itself seriously. Even better when a band's fans don't take them too seriously. "Darken My Door" off of Lucero's latest album, 1372 Overton Park , is a song about losing stuff--girlfriend, money, dignity. In fact, a lot of Lucero's songs are like that, but I'm not getting into that now. I'm talking about the video, which has so much to love. Obviously, I love the fact director Alex Mecum has used a puppet as the protagonist. But it's what the puppet does that makes this video so much fun. Puppet eating chili dogs, puppet drinking whiskey, puppet giving blow jobs . . . Hell, there's even puppet vomit! It's ridiculous, yes, but also tragic. By the end of the video, if you don't feel a little sorry for the scruffy faced whore puppet, then you have no soul. Here's a little more about the videos for Lucero's new album: To promot...

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