Jason AKA: @10thChurchOfTheLivingMuse's amazing 50 Foot Wave videos🖤🩷🖤
My amazing friend Jason
AKA: 10thChurchOfTheLivingMuse AKA: Pinkleton
Who died unexpectedly a year ago, and who I miss more than I can say.
It was Jason who first coined the term Hershverse, and with whom I had many conversations about Hersh, Music, art, ASD, life and really just everything. We "met" in January 2024, he randomly sent me a message on Instagram about this crappy video I'd made to promote my Rorschach shirts, and we really just hit it off immediately, within that first conversation I had already asked him if he wanted to help me out with some promo videos in return for some free shirts, and he had already said yes. Our friendship grew rapidly from there, I found that I could wake up in the morning, tell him all my crazy ideas, and not only would he get them, he made me feel like we could actually do them. We were so similar, and so opposite. Both had ASD, both loved Hersh music, he had hyperphantasia and synaesthesia, and I have Aphantasia and SDAM. We spent a lot of time talking about our inner workings, and he helped me to understand a lot about myself, about ASD, about art and about how our different ways of seeing the world complimented each other. Without him I don't know how I would have got through those first months of running ElRat Designs, everything was such a huge learning curve, and to have him in my corner, was just such a relief and such an honour. He was and will always be an important part of the ElRat Designs family.
It didn't take me long to see what an amazing talent he had for making videos, and he gave all of these things without ever expecting anything in return (he had almost immediately backtracked on getting any freebies from me, but I made sure he had them anyway) When he made a full 50 Foot Wave video and I asked Hersh if she was OK with it, that started a whole new amazing chapter for him, and I was so happy to see him able to make these things, and for her to see them and post them and appreciate what he did, and all the confidence that gave him to do more. He was on the cusp of making a complete "Bath White" video, for the whole EP with a theme running through it, and when he told me how it was going to be I was so excited... unfortunately he never got to make it, and the world lost something beautiful... I lost something beautiful... the world really did become a darker place.
So... The Hershverse was supposed to be a website, where all the Hersh people could come and read about other Hersh peoples things, and post their Hersh inspired things... whatever that was, Art, music, stories, lists... likely things we never even thought of. He said it would be like a "little fucking internet Ewok village of strangels moving the creative forward or something." I don't have the capacity to make a new website right now... but maybe this community blog can be it... or a little bit of it at least... I wanted to hold this idea up as best I could... and I'm sure he would have liked this.
Anyway, this is Jason's page for his Hersh things, so, please go see his instagram and his YouTube and I will put all his Hersh things right here, from the Promo videos he made to the full 50 Foot Wave videos. Everything I can.
This was the first video Jason made for me for my Rorschach shirts. I knew I wanted the Kristin Hersh 10-4 version of Mania. When he asked what I wanted, (I still have the message) I told him... "Manic, obviously... but maybe some b&w freaky asylum stuff? Hospital corridors, people strapped to beds... I mean... That's just off the top of my head." Then he sent me this the next day, almost complete, We just had to tag the review on the end and add the captions.
I feel like I just blathered something, and he just knew what it was I was looking for... and somehow made it happen. So many ideas exchanged in this short space of time... so many things we were gonna make...
Jason's first Hersh video - a promo for the Bywater Fish Tee. He took my original Freddie Mercury drawing (the moustached amputee goldfish from the song) and brought it to life, editing it over live footage of Hersh telling the story. He didn't want to do the captions, so I did those. This video represents the beginning of our combined effort in the Hershverse, and I added those messages because I think they perfectly represent how this felt - and because Pinkle made this to sell shirts, and get Hersh some more studio time, he'd be pissed off if I didn't include the link! 🖤
The very first @10thchurchofthelivingmuse @50footwave video, it was "Your Ghost" because of the "Your Ghost" handwritten lyric shirt, and I didn't want to use the KH version of the song for any promos. In the end this turned into a great choice, because it made him, or us... (I don't know.) realise that these videos were where his heart was. He made the video for the complete song because he really wanted to, had this vision. This worked out great, because he gave me advice & tips on my videos, was the first person to see any of them. So I learned all this stuff and he got to make really amazing things for Fippy and for Hersh. All of the videos I make now, I make because of him, because he gave me what I needed to make them. He had so many amazing ideas for things he was going to do... but it was the beginning... of a really beautiful thing, that was unfortunately cut short.
You're gonna wanna watch the whole thing. A rumbling journey through the portal of a family vacation hellscape to robot inducer monster love and destruction. The song is Double Barrel by the incredibly and deeply talented @50footwave featuring the wonderfully awesome @kristinhersh from fronting indie pioneer band @throwingmusesofficial. Superlatives aside, these people deserve your support and a great way to do that is through @elratdesigns Kristin (the one ;) ) Hersh inspired and approved merchandise, please go check out her t-shirts because their appearance in this vid is subtle and I want you to check them out!
Buy shirt and directly fund studio time for @kristinhersh!
Hi! & welcome to another @50footwave video! The song is Broke off the EP Power+Light. One could say that the subject matter is serious. In fact one does say that the subject matter can be a bit intense. In hopes of maybe channeling intense feels into good ones I found some old cartoons and movie clips. Yes, the usual but about halfway through to near the end, is this wonderful dancing girl in exuberance and silly fun. I hope it makes you feel good, I hope you find something to heed and something to smile at… if not here than maybe later today. Always always endless creativity to all of you, everywhere… constantly.
If you like this music and these videos please consider supporting them by buying merch that goes straight to the studio fund. Studio funding directly funded by you the listener go check out my friend @elratdesigns who makes wonderful amazing T-shirts/art and a lot of it directly inspired by @kristinhersh, @throwingmuses and @50FootWave. Also! pleeeease check out www.kristinhersh.com to become a strange angel (Strangels forever!) and again support the music you love and care for directly
Hope these vids don't "Bug" you! (Sorry)! Another stunner audio offering from the amazing @50footwave Aka 50ftwv, L'~, 50'~, & Fippy. This is Bug, it has lots of bugs. Not about them though. It's about being bugged. Not by the KGB or something. Though they would have if they could have! Nah this is about exhaustion, here in these lyrics.. I think (maybe?). Almost no imagery thats not "bugging" per se (a moment of respite here & there though for sure ;) ). annoying but funny red frog, dancing scotsmen, toddler icepick, toon spanks, apple, wagon dog. @kristinhersh @throwingmusesofficial music Full of vital aural vitaminology!
Fippy is spinach music for the growing soul.🍃
If you like this music & these videos please consider supporting them by buying merch that goes straight to the studio fund. Studio time directly funded by you, the listener! Go check out my friend @ElRatDesigns who makes wonderful amazing T-shirts/art & a lot of it directly inspired by @KristinHersh, @throwingmuses & @50FootWave. Also! Go check out kristinhersh.com to become a strange angel (Strangels forever!) & again support the music you love & care for directly! 🎁 inspired by Kristin Hersh!
The Lovely Lovely C*NTs - Memorial Band Shirt | Charity Donation | ElRat Designs
The Band that never was, and never will be
🩷In memory of a friend
My friend and I spent a lot of time calling people cunts, ourselves as much as anyone else... and a week or so before he died, he had made a joke about how "The lovely lovely cunts" should be our band name. It was perfect, because who doesn't love a band name that says "We know we're not gonna get played on the radio, and we don't give a fuck"😆
I decided in that moment, that I was gonna make us band shirts. Unfortunately, my friend never got to see it. But I still wanted to make the shirt... because... it felt wrong to just forget about it.
So, in memory of my very good friend, @10thchurchofthelivingmuse, who made the most amazing 50 foot wave videos, I thought I would offer this out to the world instead. I will make a donation to https://emptythetanks.org/ for every one of these I sell. He once told me, that this was a hill he was willing to die on, so it seems appropriate.
I miss you Pinkleton, you really were a lovely lovely cunt!🖤🩷🖤
Welcome to the Hershverse
This is a place for community. The thing that Jason and I talked about was how we could make a place for you to share all the Hersh inspired things in your life... whatever they might be. Where you can come and see the inspirations of other Hersh people, and share the love of this music that we all have. It doesn't have to be anything in particular, it can be your art, writing... stories of how you first heard Hersh, or your collection of tickets, records, whatever Hersh thing it is that you want to share. I would love to see this blog grow into something beautiful.
Please submit your Hershings to Hershverse@elratdesigns.co.uk