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in my head (the phone is dead) (a music video)

the c-hills and friends invade joe steal's apartment for six hours to shoot this quick and dirty video. christine plays drums in a bathtub, elbert is stowed in a cluttered corner, and pepito sits on dirty dishes in joe's kitchen sink. meanwhile, a hungover miya osaki faces another day of shaving, eating applejacks cereal soaked in beer, and smashing a phone to smitheerens. come feel the teen angst!

produced by: eugenia chan, david zubkis, and the c-hills
estimated running time: 2:42
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"in my head (the phone is dead)" (quick time: 11.2 mb)

so alone (a music video)

the c-hills and a hastily assembled caravan of their nearest and dearest converged one bright and early saturday morning upon the railroad tracks beneath a west oakland highway underpass. lots of go-go dancing, jumping up and down, skipping rope, and flying playground kickballs ensued, as this video was shot in a mere six hours.

produced by: erin skidmore, antares mekera, and the c-hills
estimated running time: 2:03
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"so alone" (windows media: 16.1 mb)

this is the clarendon hills! (a short mockumentary)

three kids with digital video cameras meet three kids with instruments and cake. having never met previously, and with no script or pre-planned story, the clarendon hills just make noise, while erin, tim, and greg shoot footage of the spectacle. everything was done on the fly, in single takes, and totally spontaneously. produced and edited in less than six hours the following night, the resulting short film is a hit-and-run masterpiece of "revenge of the nerds" meets "spinal tap" meets "VH1's behind the music." (more...)

produced by: erin skidmore, tim adams, greg baker, and antares meketa.
estimated running time: 4:52
view:                                                                                                             * bonus footage * (by eugenia chan):
"this is the clarendon hills!" (real video: 17 mb)                                              more cake fight! (quick time: 1.6 mb)
"this is the clarendon hills!" (windows media: 8 mb)                                       "syrause" (quick time: < 1 mb)
indie schmindie (an animated short)

"indie schmindie" takes an unflinching and hysterical stab at the foibles of "frickin' SF indie scenesters." no punches are pulled and no scenester is spared in hellen's odysessy to escape an indie rock hell of endless namedropping, hipster pretension, and fashion mongering. the c-hills pop up in an unexpected, surprise cameo appearence in this now infamous animated short.


written and animated by: jeri cho and hellen jo
estimated running time: 6:10

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"indie schmindie" (flash animation: 2.3 mb)

throwdown

recorded in the hot and sweaty blackbox theater that is bindlestiff, here is some shaky footage of the clarendon hills at pinoisepop 7. warning: pepito's mom saw this clip, and immediately washed his mouth out with soap.

produced by: ogie gonzales
estimated running time: 1:42
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"throwdown" (quick time: 2.6 mb)
"throwdown" (windows media: 17.5 mb)

just cant talk to you

the c-hills manage to knock into, knock out, and knock over as many things as possible while playing. here the c-hills are up close and personal. maybe a little too close and a little too personal.

produced by: eugenia chan
estimated running time: 1:45sec
view:
"just cant talk to you"
                    (quick time: 3.7 mb )

you and i (crash and burn clip)

the clarendon hills like nothing better than to fuck shit up. better yet, they like to fuck themselves up. in the spirit of self-destruction, pepito takes a flying leap over the drumkit and nearly decapitates christine in the process. elbert doesn't even flinch.

recorded by: ogie gonzales
estimated running time: 50sec
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"you & i" (windows media: 8.7 mb)