MVM: Short Skirt Long Jacket

Somehow, amid the grunge and Marilyn Manson of my late high school years, a band named Cake was briefly popular. It’s an alternative-pop-rock band with brass-mariachi influences and usually with spoken word lyrics. Odd, you might say, but also pretty cool. They definitely didn’t hit total mainstream, and haven’t put out a new album since 2004. There’s not many official Cake music videos out there, but I thought this one was interesting: it’s just footage of people listening to Short Skirt Long Jacket, offering their opinions of what they hear. In film class you’d probably call this subversive.