{"id":5979,"date":"2014-06-10T06:54:51","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T06:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/?p=5979"},"modified":"2024-02-29T09:17:42","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T09:17:42","slug":"hngs-music-video-debut-lydias-libido-like-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hotnerdgirl.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/10\/hngs-music-video-debut-lydias-libido-like-you\/","title":{"rendered":"HNG\u2019s Music Video Debut \u2013 Lydia\u2019s Libido \u201cLike You\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span id=\"alttext-container\"><img id=\"alttext-image\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" align=\"left\" \/><span id=\"alttext\">hot nerd girl lydias libido<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>One of my male parental figures, Dean Minnerly aka Popi, is in a band called\u00a0Lydia\u2019s Libido\u00a0based out of Ft. Worth, Texas and about a month ago they came to California for their \u201cKiss the Frog\u201d tour. While they were in Los Angeles they decided to film a couple of music videos for the album and asked me if I was interested in being in one of them. Of course I said yes. Of course I had absolutely zero knowledge what the music video was going to be about.<\/div>\n<h1>&#8211;<\/h1>\n<div>Then two days before I\u2019m set to drive up to LA with Mama Jedi I get a call from Dean.<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Dean: \u201cDo you own any vampire fangs?\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Me: \u201cUhhh\u2026no\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Dean: \u201cOk, I\u2019ll pick you up a pair. See you soon!\u201d<\/div>\n<div><em>*click*<\/em><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I probably should have thought that was a strange exchange. But we\u2019re a strange family so I didn\u2019t think much about it. The next day I get an email from guitarist Gary McGrath with the address of the shoot. I emailed him back asking what I should wear\/pack.<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Gary: \u201cDress like a vampire.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Uh oh.<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I packed most of the black\/gothic-esque clothing I own which tends to lean more towards\u00a0Badass Superhero\u00a0than it does Horror and figured I\u2019d let them decide what I was going to wear.<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The next night Mama Jedi and I drove up to a tiny little LA apartment filled with music memorabilia and band gear. I\u2019m introduced to the residents, band promoter and host of\u00a0LA Rocks, Red Beard and his wife, Epiphany.<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At this point I still know nothing about the story line of this music video, just that it involves vampires.<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Me: \u201cSo, what\u2019s this music video about?\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Gary: \u201cYou and Epiphany are going to seduce (lead singer) Olivia in this bed on these satin sheets.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Me: (awkward pause) \u00a0\u201c\u2026\u2026\u2026.Dean did inform you that I\u2019m a tomboy and I\u2019m really, really awful at being sexy\u2026.right?\u201d<\/div>\n<div>Gary: (laughs) \u201cYou\u2019ll do fine!\u201d<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He then proceeded to point to the skin-tight pleather leggings and the black corset in my suitcase and said \u201cwear those.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We spent the next half hour trying to figure out how to get the vampire fangs to mold to our teeth so that we could pop them on and off. I never really did figure it out and if you look closely, the left one is cocked off to the side a bit. Because I\u2019m a huge dork.<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is about the time that I\u2019m told Epiphany is a porn star and a contortionist. I\u2019m officially fascinated. I have never met a porn star before. She turns out to be a little kooky but very, very sweet. And shocker of all shockers, she\u2019s about 100 million billion times better at being sexy than I am and completely fearless. I am NOT completely fearless. I decided to suck it up (hee hee hee) and went for it, being as sexy as I possibly could (which really isn\u2019t saying much). Being the extremely awkward person that I am, I was cracking jokes and making everyone laugh in between takes. Hopefully that was a good thing.<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Aaaaaaand here\u2019s the end result. Pretty much everyone who knows me personally has laughed out loud for real the first time I show up on screen. Because I\u2019m a huge dork.<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Full disclosure: if you work in an uptight office, this is mildly NSFW.\u00a0<em>Very<\/em>\u00a0mildly. Enjoy!<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div>So there you go, my music video debut! I must say,\u00a0the music video turned out ah-mazing. I never would have guessed it would be the end product based on how it was filmed. I\u2019ve never been on a music video set before so the fact that everyone was talking and not being mindful of noise was mind-blowing to me (I was a theatre major and silence during shows or on a film set is paramount). However, I hovered behind the cinematographer while he was filming at times and the shots he was getting were incredible.<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you want to see something completely different and really, really fun (seriously, I LOVE this one), here\u2019s another one of their recent music videos:<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>To check out more of Lydia\u2019s Libido\u2026they just took the tour to Las Vegas\u2026go here:<\/div>\n<div>Interwebs:\u00a0http:\/\/www.lydiaslibido.com\/<\/div>\n<div>Facebook:\u00a0https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lydiaslibidoband<\/div>\n<div>Twitter:\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lydias_Libido<\/div>\n<div>&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thanks to Dean, Gary, Olivia, Andy, and Shawn for letting me dork it up in their music video and to Mama Jedi and everyone else who helped and who made me feel just slightly more comfortable because the gods know I was REALLY uncomfortable. 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