The GHOSTS has been selected as a finalist in this year’s Vimeo Awards. Vote for it at the link below! Once a day, every day. It’s good for ya!

https://vimeo.com/awards/vote/narrative

Eddie

Nothing about the production of this video went according to plan. Apocalypse Now/Fitzcarraldo-style man vs. nature vs. technology ball-busting. Those marquee lights in the beginning burned out in one take (generator malfunction) and we didn’t compensate for mountains in our estimated time for sundown. That being said, Baby Chuck and I made the best of it and we wound up with what we think is a pretty sweet video anyway.

Check it out, kiddies.

More Baby Chuck, here!

New Baby Chuck video . . . tomorrow. Get your asses ready.

A few weeks ago I had the privilege of directing the debut music video for my buddies (and LA super group), JJAMZ. It features sun, fun, Brie Larson, quasi-lesbionic relationships and some cool cameos. I hope you dig it as much as we do.

More at Rolling Stone.

Eddie O

D  O  W  N  L  O  A  D     H  E  R  E  !

The foundation of this playlist is based on an old cassette tape my dad made in the eighties. He had titled it “Spring Hits” or “Spring, baby” or “Summer Jams.” Something like that. My memory betrays me. I remember it was one of those clear Maxell tapes with the colored plastic gears inside and it had a meticulously written track-list in blue ball-point on the inside label. It sounded like molten gold.

My friends and I spent the majority of our high school summers listening to that tape in my Volvo; cruisin’ the burbs looking for ways to waste the weekend. It was the soundtrack to countless humid cemetery crawls, Slurpee pow-wows and awkward teenage make-out sessions.

Long story short, after I totaled the car the cassette tape was towed off with the wreckage and we never saw it again. Over the years I have tried to recreate it. Song-by-song, jam-by-jam. At some point I decided to add some of my own numbers to the mix and in the process the playlist has grown from twenty-something springtime hits to a hefty sixty-five.

I’m sure you’re all familiar with most of these cuts. None are obscure and some are downright tired radio mainstays. My hope is that a few of those worn out classics — presented within the greater context of the mix — will feel fresh and new again. Like spring. Without further adieu, roll down the windows and turn up the volume. April is here and this is the soundtrack to the season. Hope you dig.

Eddie O’KEEFE

Partial Tracklist:

Sonny & Cher – Baby Don’t Go

Carole King – I Feel the Earth Move

The Free Design – Kites Are Fun

Mercy – Love Can Make You Happy

Eagles – Take It Easy

Alive N Kickin’ – Tighter, Tighter

The Lovin’ Spoonful – Do You Believe In Magic?

Chicago – Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

John Lennon – Hold On

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – Even The Losers

Carole King – So Far Away

Three Dog Night – Easy To Be Hard

Harry Nilsson – Everybody’s Talkin’

Carole King – It’s Too Late

Jose Feliciano – Light My Fire

The Left Banke – Walk Away Renee

The Lovin’ Spoonful – You Didn’t Have To Be So Nice

The Moody Blues – Tuesday Afternoon (Forever Afternoon)

The Rascals – Groovin’

The Ides of March – LA Goodbye

Crosby, Stills & Nash – Marrakesh Express

The Rolling Stones – Emotional Rescue

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – American Girl

Eric Burdon & The Animals – San Franciscan Nights

The Monkees – As We Go Along

The Buckinghams – Hey Baby (They’re Playing Our Song)

The Rolling Stones – Beast Of Burden

Fleetwood Mac – Gypsy

The Association – Never My Love

Tommy James & The Shondells – Crystal Blue Persuasion

Spanky & Our Gang – Lazy Day

Paul McCartney & Wings – Band on the Run

The Velvet Underground – Who Loves the Sun

Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon

The Kinks – Sunny Afternoon

Neil Diamond – Shilo

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – American Girl

The Zombies – Tell Her No

Chicago – Saturday in the Park

Grateful Dead – Box Of Rain

King Harvest – Dancing In the Moonlight

The 5th Dimension – Stoned Soul Picnic

Looking Glass – Brandy

America – Ventura Highway

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers – I Need To Know

And many, many more . . .

Probably my favorite of all the music video’s I’ve ever directed. This is one badass song, sung by one badass little bro. Enjoy and spread the word!

Who is Baby CHUCK?
Bandcamp – whosbabychuck.bandcamp.com
Facebook – facebook.com/pages/Baby-Chuck/295804217132264

Director — Eddie O’KEEFE
Producer and Bass Drum Constructor — Matt MANDARINO
Cinematographer — Lane TEICHLER
Costume/Make-Up — Kaitlin JONGEBLOED
Associate Producer — Terry JUN

Hey kids,

I’m honored to announce that The GHOSTS is now a part of Future Short’s YouTube channel of the web’s best shorts. If you haven’t watched in a while – or haven’t watched at all — it isn’t too late!

Hey bad boiz and gurlz,

In case you aren’t hip to the 411, just a friendly reminder that The GHOSTS is playing at the Chicago International Film Festival multiple times next week. I’d like to extend an invitation to all you Internet dwellers and gremlins; I’d love to see you there. The screening dates/times are below:

Monday, Oct. 10 -- 6:30pm

Friday, Oct. 14 -- 5:00pm*

Sunday, Oct. 16 - 11:45pm*

You can buy tickets here.

In addition to all that brutal excitement — thanks to Dope Records we will be having an official after-party following the Oct. 14th screening @ Exit Bar (which is best known as that dive on North Avenue where you might get your ass kicked if you happened upon it at the wrong time of night). The after-party will feature live performances by The ORWELLS, The COMANCHES and The GHOULS. Come join us in a drunken celebration of leather, Lucky Strikes and out of tune Squires.

Details for that shindig can be found at the Facebook event page here.

Keep kool,

Eddie O’KEEFE

*I will be doing a Q & A after the 14th and 16th screenings along with the other directors whose shorts are featured in the same block as The GHOSTS.

So I woke up to one crazy email this morning.

Guess who’s one of Vimeo’s “Extraordinary Users?” Yes, me. Somehow. According to Vimeo’s Staff Blog I am “responsible for some amazing short films and music videos, all with a unique “rustic” style.”

This is actually a tremendous honor. The staff at Vimeo usually writes about how to keep your lenses clean and how to establish POV in a narrative short and things of that ilk. Their blog posts are usually like a mini-film school. They’re incredible. So for them to take a week where they could have written about important things, like the optimal way to store your DSLR (mild temp, dark, cushioned case), and to instead write about me is too cool for school.

Thanks Vimeo!

Eddie

Check out the music video I directed for “No Escape,” the debut single by Los Angeles make-out music masters, the Chances. Their next show is July 26th at The Satellite — 8:30pm — $8 at the door or $5 if you RSVP at littlerecordcompany.com/

The Chances are…

Julia BARNA
Michael RUNION &
Sara SINCLAIR

MySpace – myspace.com/​thechancesmusic
Twitter – twitter.com/​thechances