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Update 3: Here’s a higher-quality version on Crackle.com
Update 2: Hey I won! Wow! Incredible. A big thank-you to Laura and the band for choosing my video. Thanks to all of you readers for the generous comments and kind words. Having never really done anything like this before, it’s very rewarding to me that it was a success – in the contest, and with all of you. Thanks! And be sure to visit Laura’s site to check out the 2nd, 3rd and 4th place videos!
Update: Fun facts about the making of the video.
The chickens make their animation debut today! This is my entry for the Laura Veirs music video contest. It’s for the song “Phantom Mountain” from the Saltbreakers album – a great album – go get yourself a copy!
Just click the video to start playing it. If you can’t see it for some reason, you can watch it on YouTube.
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Here’s a bunch of Savage Chickens icons you can download. To save an image to your machine, right-click it and choose Save Picture As.
100 x 100 pixels:
468 x 60 banner:
80 x 15 pixels:
88 x 31 pixels:
88 x 33 pixels:
117 x 30 pixels:
60 x 60 pixels:
And hey – thanks to Bob Milsom for sending in his 80×15 button, and thanks to the folks at The Mana Chronicles for the 88×33 image.
I’m happy to introduce the Savage Chickens theme song, created by Songs To Wear Pants To!
To download your very own copy, right-click and Save As: Savage Chickens Theme (1.5 MB MP3) (Please don’t run it off my server!)
Here are the lyrics:
Chickens and speech bubbles, the main components,
With solid gold lines like “SMELL THE MOMENT!”
What came first, two chickens or a pair of eggs?
Post-its and a pen breaking down barricades.
Original or extra crispy, with marinades!
Check out these other chicken wits that I paraphrase…
I’m gonna wish I never told you I have regrets,
Keeping my fear of plaid in check with stuff Kafka said.
Wait, it was really a Barbra minute.
The glass is half full, but I bet there’s arsenic in it.
Chicken one’s apathetic, two’s mouthing surprise,
And then Willie Nelson’s shooting lasers out of his eyes.
Why did the chicken cross the road? He was supposed to, yo –
That’s where he could read about himself on a post-it note.
[Adlib] Savage Chickens! Say what? Say what? They cluck!
Doug Savage would only have to spend like one coin,
But no, he’s making me write sonnets at gunpoint.
It’s TERMINATOR THEATRE, bionic legs a good goal,
And so’s drawing thousands of chickens with no control.
But in the whole, one line’s got mad longevity,
It’s “BREVITY: WIT’S SOUL.”
The world is beautiful except for the evil,
And if you believe in me, what else are you believing in?
UFOs! Just let go of the high strain
Of your life’s suffering, except the migraine.
Can’t stop drawing and the clock’s ticking.
Been at it so long, plots have to thicken.
New toons almost daily, there’s lavish pickings,
So when life hands you lemons, read Savage Chickens!
[Adlib] Savage Chickens! Say what? Say what? They cluck!
Savage Chickens say the best things ever.
Buy my new book!
