This video was shot by Beirut.com during Slutterhouse’s album launch concert for ANOTHER LIE. The event was organized by The Basement and was part of the C U NXT SAT parties.

A year and a half ago, film director Pedros Temizian called me up to tell me that he wanted to direct a video for our first album’s bonus track Slutterhouse Blues; in which I will be impersonating a bag snatching zombie running around the streets of Beirut.

Here is the video again if you’ve never seen it:

Today, as I was surfing on the internet, I found this swimsuit collection by Iron Fist Clothing, and it’s only then that I came to realize how much this video played a major role in turning zombies into something sexy; regardless of the bad taste of these swimsuits.

Thanks to Slutterhouse and Pedros Temizian, zombies are now sexy.

PS: auto-derision is a virtue.

He dedicated his life to the sport of boxing and was always full of admiration for fighters. Today, his honorable fight against cancer came to an end.

I grew up watching bouts called by Nick Charles, one of the greatest boxing sportscasters who’ve ever lived. He finally showed the whole world that he too was a great warrior. Rest In Peace brave Sir.

Watch this emotional video shot at Nick’s house only a couple of weeks ago:

When I decided to include some covers in our live set, the first song that came to my mind was Andy McCoy’s “Strung Out”. When I was 18, I used to listen to this song up to 40 times a day, because it made me happy. The challenge was to turn the Finnish rock guitar player’s song into a Slutterhousy thing; you decide if we pulled it off or not!

In any case, we have performed this song 3 times so far with Slutterhouse, and each time we did, I couldn’t help but tearing sometime after the first chorus. That’s how much this song means to me.

Enjoy both versions below: Andy McCoy’s original version, recorded in 1995. And Slutterhouse’s own live version, in Beirut, last December 2010.

Slutterhouse’s first official video release.
Song: Slutterhouse Blues (bonus track)
Album: Made in Dance

Directed by Pedros K. Temizian
Produced by Ringside Production and Pedros K. Temizian

Unhappy with the sound, Rabih Salloum from Slutterhouse throws the microphone down and walks offstage – the Irish Village, Dubai, 06-11-2009.
The electro rock singer got arrested for a couple of hours by Dubai authorities for foul behavior.

Rabih Salloum from Slutterhouse talks about their debut album release in Lebanon on Future TV’s Morning News, September 7th, 2009.

The first trailer from our first trip to Beirut, featuring some of the best local artists and music by Zeid Hamdan / ShiftZ feat Hiba el Mansouri, Scrambled Eggs, DJ Lethal Skillz, LUMI & Fareeq el Utrush.

directed by Farid Eslam
produced by Farid Eslam & Dana Wilson
camera: Prokop Soucek
sound: Ladislav Greiner
editor: Darina Moravcikova & Jakub Vomacka
art director: Ivy E. Morwen

special thanks to Serge Akl from the Lebanese Ministry of Tourism in Paris and Lenka Drnkova from Turkish Airlines in Prague and Hussein M. Dajani.

Also featured:
Rayess Bek
Slutterhouse
Trash Inc.
The Invincible Voice (I-VOICE)
RGB
Katibe 5
Ashekman
Eileen Khatchadourian
Youmna Saba
Charles Makriss
Fish & Rat

special appearances by Ziad Nawfal, Tanya Traboulsi and Kinda Hassan from EKA3.