Results have been posted at the Drafthouse site for the Texas Indie Music Video Festival that took place March 1st. Between events like this and the shows on ME Television, Austin is experiencing a music video renaissance, and Austin media collective SUPER!ALRIGHT! is leading the way. Results below the fold.

JURY PRIZES:

MOST ORIGINAL VIDEO: Single Frame “There’s an Exact Copy of This in the Basement” (Dir: Erik Horn, Gates Bradley)
MOST ROCKIN’ VIDEO: THE KODIAKS “Watch My Soul” (Dir: Rich Cornelisse)
FUNNIEST VIDEO: ARAB LEAGUE “King Frahd”
VIDEO MOST LIKELY TO CHANGE THE WORLD: Aurora Plastics Co. “Psychedelic Perpetrator” (Dir: Lars Nilsen)

AUDIENCE CHOICE:

FIRST PLACE: OKKERVIL RIVER “For Real” (Dir: Zak Margolis)
SECOND PLACE: PETER & THE WOLF “How I Wish” (Dir: Clem Poole)
THIRD PLACE: SINGLE FRAME “There’s an Exact Copy of This in the Basement”
TIED FOR FOURTH PLACE: SALIM NOURALLAH “1978”; ARNIE SYKES “Who’s Ya Daddy?”; THE STORY OF “A Dark Cloud in Scorpius”; & CANOE “C’Mon”

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

John Schooley “Drive You Faster”
Fishboy “A Surprise Return”
Black Angels “Black Grease”
Rachel Goldstar “To Berlin”
Michael Dvorken & His pals “Monster Patrol”

An Open Letter To the party or parties who voted our video “Psychedelic Perpetrator” as Most Likely To Change the World:

I would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude and also congratulate you on your insight and prescience. Well before we began shooting the video we sat down with leaders of several world organizations and charities or figure out how “Psychedelic Perpetrator” could be a force for change. Every frame of every shot was scientifically calculated to create soothing images of world peace in the eyes (and hearts) of all those who watched it. And hidden in the dense cacophony of sound in the song itself is a stirring message from Bono about debt forgiveness for the third world. As we edited the video we kept Bono’s wraparound sunglasses and Kofi Annan’s fruity little hat next to the editing console as reminders that we can make a change with “Psychedelic Perpetrator” and that we are all one, whether we like it or not.

Peace love and justice,

Lars Nilsen
Aurora Plastics Company