CAPTAIN TONIC TO SHOOT KANGAROOS
IN SAN FRANCISCO
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San Francisco, CA- Captain Tonic has chosen an undisclosed location in San Francisco to shoot its debut music video "Kangaroos." The song "Kangaroos," pulled from the band’s album Waiting on Buffalo, begs a tear from the eye of listeners with an upbeat, yet melancholy melody. In the video, eight apparitions join one trick-or-treater and numerous friends from the animal kingdom to address the song’s theme of failed ambition.
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Captain Tonic has enlisted Bay Area filmmaker Jon Shainker to direct the video. As he has shown in his previous work on films such as Graduation, Flaring Nostrils, and National Geographic’s The Shape of Life, Shainker treats complex subjects with a tender eye, addressing subtlety in an extremely direct manner.
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The apparition costumes have a delicate design fashioned by artists Lissa Soep and Nancy Rubin Kane. Soep and Kane have translated the traditional ghost costume form into a dynamic haunt for the 21st century. |
The band Captain Tonic has been playing in the Bay Area since 1996. Featured at local venues such as Red Devil Lounge, Café du Nord, and Infusion, Captain Tonic has developed a strong local following. The album Waiting on Buffalo was given Four Stars by Hot Wired and described as "an auspicious debut album dwelling on the fringes of popular music."
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The video was shot in Spring 2000 and released in November of the same year. No marsupials were harmed. Click here for pictures of the Kangaroos Release Party. |
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