...a deathly serenade...

wisdom found in places a person would never
expect. And as we venture into the future is it too
much to ask but for musicians to do something
strange?"
Speaking of Esteban Aurelio, Franz
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directed the award winning video, 'A Conversation
With God, After Vincent Gallo's Buffalo 66', which
of course infamously has Esteban Aurelio, who
performs as The Monk Spirit, simply in an empty
room that just has a chair and a T.V,
predominantly sat in the middle of the room
facing the camera, with two women behind him
— in each corner; one wearing white spandex
with angel wings, and the other, red spandex with
horns. In the three minute video the women are
sensually dancing whilst The Monk Spirit seems
to be having a break down in one minute, and a
euphoric time the next — crying and dancing
towards the camera wearing round framed Ray-
Bans (which were, funnily enough, increasingly
popularised by Franz, who was often seen
wearing a pair — Alright magazine). This video
ends with The Monk Spirit, whom infamously
only performs wearing black balaclava's, is seen,
before cavorting amorously with the female
dancer wearing the red spandex, turning of the
light before gun shot is heard and the now
famous words, "We, I or you? If I'm guilty so are
You!" appear on the screen with bold red
iconography before it ends with the words, "Just
let me sit next to Cocteau." The video was
instantly banned and taken off all the music
channels, due to being rendered dark and
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