{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:supercasio","title":"go go casio","subtitle":"The cinema says that my life will be alright","author":{"name":"Supercasio"},"link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/supercasio.livejournal.com\/"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/supercasio.livejournal.com\/data\/atom"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"service.feed","type":"application\/x.atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/supercasio.livejournal.com\/data\/atom","title":"go go casio"}}],"updated":"2010-09-08T07:26:42Z","entry":{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:supercasio:148629","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/supercasio.livejournal.com\/148629.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/supercasio.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=148629"}}],"title":"Turn around and take a look at the crowd (an open letter to all my friends)","published":"2010-09-08T07:26:42Z","updated":"2010-09-08T07:26:42Z","content":"I didn't really sleep last night (an even split insomnia\/excitment for the video that was about to drop in the morning) and I was thinking about how nervous I was about moving to London 3 years ago. Manchester is what made me and I was so lucky to be part of an amazing group of friends and the most awesome queer feminist underground and I do miss it so much. I thought that I wouldn't be part of anything like that again, I thought London was where I was gonna grow up and get boring. I was so wrong.



My incredibly talented friends made a video.




My incredibly talented friends organised the coolest Ladyfest benefit ever. I had very little to do with it, but I attended and had fun and had all kinds of epiphanies about why London was the right move. The video that was made sums everything up. This sounds like shit but I'm writing this at 4am and I don't care.



Last week Unskinny Bop and helpers held a radical feminist karaoke dance party, screened the Le Tigre documentary, and we had the bestest day of our lives. And this documents it all. It documents more than the day though, it documents the awesome lo-fi queer community that I belong to in London. It documents my friends and their incredible talent and mad skillz. Being a part of this video was the most fun ever, watching this video on repeat at the wrap party on Monday was possibly even more fun, and watching it now on my computer screen makes my heart hurt with pure awesomeness. I\u2019ve been saying it a lot this week but I am really in love with all my friends.



I\u2019m still in shock at just how damned good this looks and sounds.



Things I love about this video:

All my friends being rad

The beautiful karaoke booth (you need to see this up close to take it all in, it\u2019s just incredible)

The rollerderby rivalry (notice the Suffrajets t-shirt and an Ultra Violent Femmes t-shirt. Fight! Fight! Fight!)

The way that Tamsin jumps up and down on Ruth\u2019s shoulders as she sings \u2018disproportionate reaction just won\u2019t fade\u2019

The Dr making my heart ache on the \u2018these are your arms that is your heart\u2019 bit

John falling to his knees

Alex and his super sexy voice

All the bits where people are just dancing and bouncing. This captures everything I love about The Bop.

Nick\u2019s tiger hat

Kate Dansette

All the bits where people make mistakes and laugh or look embarrassed or just jump up and down and don\u2019t care. Love Love Love it.

The way the camera shakes and then speeds up during the \u2018This is your time this is your life bit\u2019. My heart beats so fast when I watch that bit and I just want to punch the air and scream \u2018YES!\u2019

Camilla and Tamsin\u2019s choreography

All the groups bouncing and shouting away.

Shouting in Nick\u2019s face and jumping up and down with my BFF

Ladyfesters dancing like absolute superstars. Yes, I mean you Naz.

Bunches and Tim\u2019s competition to bounce the highest while Eva completely owns the mic.

People singing in their own accents and not adopting fake American.

The sense of pure adoration for everyone on screen. Dear all my friends, I am your biggest fan.



If I\u2019ve forgotten anything it\u2019s because it was too amazing to put into words.









I will never get bored of watching this video ever. And I\u2019m sure the comedown after this week will be horrible and I will just feel blue. So I don\u2019t plan on coming down, I will just keep up the fun levels so that my life is like this all the time.



I\u2019m proud to be associated with you



xxx"}}