Rocco Katastrophe and Bryn Kelly performed together at a fundraiser for the Sylvia Rivera Law Project. They borrowed a Lil Wayne beat and a Patsy Cline song to preview the song CRUSH off Katastrophe’s upcoming release Second Hand Emotion.
Second Hand Emotion is due out June 26th, with presales starting May 17th.
Late one night I wrote a ridiculous song about my after midnight eating habits. I asked some friends to join me in talking about how much they loved food. This video is the end result. Video by Amos Mac.
This is Katastrophe’s latest music video. You can now vote for it to stay on LOGO Television by visiting Logo Online and placing a vote. It’s currently in their top ten! http://www.logoonline.com/shows/dyn/the_click_list/video_voting.jhtml It premiered on LOGO Television on June 10th during their series “NewNowNext Music” along with an interview with Rocco Kayiatos.
“Big Deal”, Katastrophe’s music video, is a creative retelling of June 3, 1968, when artist Andy Warhol was shot by the writer Valerie Solanas. In this play on the Warhol Superstar Factory complete with glitter blood, hip-hop artist Katastrophe fills Andy’s shoes and director Hilary Goldberg cameos as Solanas. Shot on Super 8 film with a colorful ensemble cast including Clint Catalyst, Audrey Kitching, and Dirk Mai, Big Deal pays homage to one of the darkest moments in pop culture history. Music by Katastrophe. Directed by Hilary Goldberg. Director of Photography Alison Kelly. (Artist Cameos & Cast listed in tags. Special Thanks to Clint Catalyst, Alison Kelly, BoxEight and Cathy de la Cruz)
Built From Skratch segment on gays and lesbians in hip hop- Part 5. Featuring emcees Deadlee, JB Rap, Camillo Arenivar (Owner of OutHipHop.com), DJ Val, Katastrophe, Eyeris, Jenro, Juba Kalamka, and Deffa Heffa.
Producer: Anthony Garcia
Associate Producer: Peter Songsiri
Production Assistant: Lorna Parial
Lead Editor: Jon Santos
Segment Editors: Patrick Jaochico, Emil Siapno
Cameramen: Joe Perry, Jeremiah Ysip, Leo DeAsis, James Weatherly
this song is about growing up in a small town and feeling alienated from your surroundings, knowing that someday you will leave your small town and be in the world. I think a lot of the time it is hard for queer kids to know that a larger world exists outside of the ignorant small town they are raised in. It took me awhile to know that my life would get better once I moved and met other people like me.