Bosley – Neon Magazine
2011 · Directed by Matt Riggieri & Bosley
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Best comments
1.“Tom Waits Jr., baby!”
More comments
- 2.“It's criminally unrecognized. I've been a radio host for 5 years, every week looking for new artists with a jazzy-funk-eclectic feel... and Bosley has no competition.”
- 3.“Bosley, I'm 61, and all I can say is you are one cool cat!”
The story
Bosley is a Baltimore showman who used to go by Tommy Tucker, and Neon Magazine was the first single from his album Honey Pig. He wrote the concept himself, and he clearly had Charlie Chaplin and Benny Hill on the brain – slapstick, silliness and a lot of winking sex appeal.
They shot it on February 12, 2011, at Area 405 in Baltimore's Station North arts district, dressed up as a seedy 1920s late-night lounge where the stories run on sex, drugs and jazz. Bosley co-directed with Matt Riggieri, Digital Cave Media produced, and Paco Fish helped cast it from the local scene: dancers Bunny Vicious, Victoria Vox, Stella Sweet and Pati Cake, plus Micah De La Huerta and Sean Beier of The Bellevederes on trombone and tuba. The song itself is a guided tour of an after-hours joint where the circus never packs up and goes home.
The Deli magazine later made Bosley its DC band of the month and summed up the sound as pop rock and R&B rolled into one. Station North, 2011: a warehouse full of Baltimore weirdos dressed up for a speakeasy. The kind of party you'd want an invite to.
