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Friday, January 20, 2012

Comedy / Portland / Music Watch the New, Portland-Shot Video from Cake. No, Really!

Posted by Ned Lannamann on Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:58 AM


Don't worry, we're not getting in the habit of posting Cake videos, but this one is pretty flippin' spectacular. Shot here in P-town by Alicia J. Rose, it stars Jason Rouse and Michael Fetters (whom you may both know from Sweat, and many other humorous endeavors) and a thousands-strong* cast of Portland locals. The video for "Mustache Man (Wasted)," which just premiered on MTV2**, "follows a Napoleon Dynamite Uncle Rico-type character around town as he effortlessly beds hotties left and right," according to MTV2's description—but I see it more as a tale of a lonely un-mustachioed barista, ending in his discovery of self and his assertion of character in a world gone mad.

Whatever. It's a great video, with lots of terrible costumes, girls in bikinis, men in drag, and a magical van—and it climaxes in a dance-off. What more could you ask for? It helps that "Mustache Man" is the best song I have heard from Cake since 1997***, being a wholly palatable example of their lightly funkified, bro-tastic dude rock. (Ugh. I think I just grew a soul patch typing that sentence.)

*math may be slightly inaccurate
**insert preemptive joke about MTV not showing videos anymore
***note: it is the only Cake song I have heard since 1997

 

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NOPE
Posted by cat & beard on January 20, 2012 at 10:12 AM · Report
2
Pitchfork just called, they want your gun and badge.
Posted by Fruit Cup on January 20, 2012 at 10:32 AM · Report
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NED -9000
Posted by # on January 20, 2012 at 10:36 AM · Report
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It turns out there are people constantly coming to Portland from other places and ruining it, but they're not transplants, they're film crews.
Posted by geyser on January 20, 2012 at 11:12 AM · Report
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I FIND THIS BLATANT ANTI-MOUSTACHE-ISM TO BE DEEPLY OFFENSIVE.
Posted by Graham on January 20, 2012 at 12:25 PM · Report
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I know they're not a vegan/feminist cello, drum and saw ensemble paying tribute to Civil War ballads but why wouldn't you get into the habit of posting Cake videos?
Posted by Suburban Porn King on January 20, 2012 at 2:49 PM · Report
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Nailed it, SPK. No real fan of Cake, but they've got their own sound and have gone the distance, ha! I'd love to see how many people are listening to, say, Builders and Butchers, among others, in 5 years.
Posted by jake on January 20, 2012 at 8:11 PM · Report
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Dudes, Cake sucks it, but this actually isn't a bad song from them. It's like they stopped trying so gaddam hard and just played some music they enjoy, and it beats basically everything else they've ever done.
Posted by Zed on January 22, 2012 at 12:26 AM · Report
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HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN REPO MAN?????
Posted by tabarnhart on January 22, 2012 at 3:18 PM · Report

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