Blame Sally - a music video "If You Tell a Lie"

An Election Year, a Beautiful Video entitled "If you Tell a Lie"
Contact info: Maria Halyna Lewytzkyj

415-242-5162 (publicity)
415/863 1558 (Blame Sally hotline, Monica Pasqual)
http://www.blamesally.com/video.html
email: maria [at] westcoastsongwriters.org


It takes courage to put a message behind your art. This is what Blame Sally has. Courage. It's always easier to find the popular vote and surf it. And so many people wait until they can follow. No followers here.

Now have you seen the Anti-Bush Music Video that Internet Video Magazine is running on their "Best Internet Videos of the Week" list? They've been getting messages from all over the country and wanted to share a few of them with you. Make sure to read to the end - they haven't all been positive and we want to give both sides fair play (an almost forgotten tradition in this great country). Some are dissenting voices.

The comments follow:

I finally got a chance to see/hear the video I've heard so much about. It's really great- an artistic marriage of the visual and the aural. And right on!

Take care, Laurie Lewis

Great song and video. A friend of mine in the bay area passed on to me the link to the "if you tell a lie" video/song. I found it really moving ... sad actually but so necessary. thanks, thanks for putting it out there. ,
Catie Curtis

I really enjoyed the video on your site... great song! Thanks for speaking out.

Best of luck ,
Penelope Houston

These are my girlfriends from California.
Incredible video! I LOVE it!! (love you girls)!
Sarah Elizabeth Campbell

That song is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
Rock on, sister!
~Dele

Just caught your new video off my computer screen and had to let you know how much I love it.......even though I've had an absurd fear of clowns, puppets, etc. since seeing "Poltergeist" in 2nd Grade. Given that Bushie is nothing more than a puppet, however, I held my breath and dealt. In fact, I copied and pasted your link to all my friends and hope to have a bit more feedback for you before long. Either way, well done on getting the message even further out there. It's always been one of my favorite of your songs and I dig the new verse. I wish there hadn't been a need for it, but there you go. Great art always stems from suffering.
- Amanda X

Just watched your brilliant video. I wanted to tell you how much I appreciate the message in your lyrics, the poignant melody line, the driving rhythym (thank YOU Pam!) and the amazing harmonies.
Blame Sally is divine.
Thanks for all that you do! Please let the other girls know that someone wrote in with a HUGE compliment of the video, and your band's music, generally. I particularly like the shot of you ladies sauntering down Balmy Alley in the "mish". Very nice.
Cheers. Maei

Amazing, Wonderful, Powerful! This needs to be seen - have you sent it to MoveOn, VH1, MTV, Fox (just kidding!).
You go girls!, Cathie Stettler

Lovely!, Alexis Harte


And with a slightly different opinion:


was it 6 recounts? eight recounts? can't remember. but I do remember he won every one (including the one by the ny times) what will be the excuse this time? I can hardly wait for the whining to start!, John

Thanks for reminding me to go vote in November. I'll be putting my full
support behind Dubya. Keep bad-mouthing him; it only galvanizes the rest
of the country to support him., Michael


"If You Tell a Lie" was produced and directed by Jonathan Halperin, photographed and filmed by Tom Erikson, Jonathan Halperin and David Winton and edited by Stephanie Mechura Challberg.

You are cordially invited to experience the song that Monica Pasqual wrote on Inauguration Day in January 2001.

For more information, contact Maria Halyna at 415.242.5162. END