(Originally Published on The Huffington Post on 6/27/2012)

This week while I was in New York City I had the chance to catch up with the mastermind behind the freaky pop genius of SSION, Cody Critcheloe. We talked about new videos, the trials of growing up queer in small towns, what it’s like working with bands like Gossip, Fischerspooner, and Peaches, what it means to “make it” in the music industry in this day and age, and more.

Watch SSION’s “Earthquake” video now, then check out our conversation (and behind the scenes photos from the “Earthquake” shoot by Megan Mantia) below!

LL: Hi Cody! Thanks for chatting with me today. Your new video premiered this past week and the response seems to be really great so far. Congratulations! You and I have both spent a great deal of time in Kansas City. How was the experience of growing up in that part of the country for you? Read the rest of this entry »

During the past few months of rehearsing at The Dandy Warhols’ “Odditorium” the folks at my label shot some behind-the-scenes footage of me messing around on instruments with no wires.

Here I am doing my traditional singer-songwriter impersonation with an older song of mine, titled “Monday Morning” on The Dandys’ grand piano.

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Tom (Cars & Trains) and I have been shooting some footage of our rehearsals at The Dandy Warhols’ “Odditorium” over the past few months…Here’s a little unplugged rendition of “Feed Me To The Wolves” for ya. There are also some oldies in the video player as well.

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Stay tuned, everybody…many more of these to come!