Together with
her partner, Paz, Aliah Selah has done
exceptional Public Acess Television in Austin Texas.
{F.Y.I. Austin
Access has been voted #1 Public Access station in the country for it's professional
level programming and has helped to birth early works of several known top
notch film-makers such as Robert Rodriguez (Spykids) and Richard Linkletter
(Dazed and Confused).}
"Wake
Up & Smell The Incense" the couples first show,
was an ambient montage of their own flowing psychedelic music & videos.
The image of Host/VJ Fana the Iguana (1990-2002)
would smoke in & out, as wise quotes appeared over her head
that somehow poetically aplied to the next video.
"P.E.A.C.E."
(Planet Earth Alignment for Creative Evolution)
is the couples ongoing non-profit organization & public advocacy show.
And the one that their most known for....
Over the
2 years that "Trippin' in Austin" was on the
air weekly
"Moondays
at Midnight"...
Aliah
became notorious as the 'mystical female Pauley Shore-like' VJ host of the
popular local Austin access show that blended a unique layered “trippy”
visual style with live footage of various musicians, poets, actors, special
events,
and activists from around Austin and nationally.
Gaining the sponsorship of one of the biggest Texas promoters-
Pace Concerts, gave back stage access at Dave Matthews Band,
Phish, Lollapalooza, H.O.R.D.E. Tour, Lilith Fair, Alanis Morrissette,
Lenny Kravitz, and many others.
Among TRIPPIN’' highlights are:
Sandra Bernhardt's "Exscuses For Bad Behavior" Interview
Dave
Mathews doing a never been released love song
&
Interview with Patrice Pike (Lead vocalist of Little Sister/Sister7)
Covering
events like: H.O.R.D.E. Tour, Lalapalooza, Midem (France),
Mother Earth Festivals along with covering the Austin's Local Scene.
Some
of the featured local acts included: Abra Moore, Little Sister/Sister 7,
Uglie Americans, Vallejo, Dahveed
Garza, Billy White Trio, & many more...
We love you all... Thanks for the memories!
They next did a special called:
GirlGroove...
a celebration of women in music
The line-up for
this one time edit includes:
An interview & video by Sandra Bernhard,
& live musical performances by Joan Osborn, Ricky Lee Jones, Abra Moore,
Patrice Pike (Little Sister/Sister 7), Kris McKay, Aliah Selah
Quatropaw (featuring Beth
Richards), Techiya Amet (Doggone Sirius),
Marci
Winters, & Inkululeko.
SOTV
is their latest video show
featuring all kinds of performers
around Austin & beyond...
coming in & out of a
stream of consciousness
collage of images.
The line-up so far includes: Liquid Soul, Applied Culture, Big Breakfast,
Quatropaw, Laura Scarborough, Marcie Winters, JP Allen, The Hoglegs, Max 217
& Aliah Selah's title cut video from her recently released CD "Shades
Of Images",
as well as several live cuts & videos of & by SPIRAL.
SOTV
includes acts gratefully filmed by the SOTV Kung
Fu Camera Crew at:
The Mercury, Cafe Mundi, & Movements Gallery.
As the show
evolves, and we, (the band SPIRAL) begin our travels,
would like to be able to showcase performers
from all over on SOTV, who want to inspire
the calm from the choas through their art.
SOTV
will work in conjunction to feature Artists as part of a show
that
is currently in pre-production:
Also stay tuned
as visions continue to spiral on...
with this feature
film concept:
(click on sphere for treatment & other feature concepts)
Graphics by Aliah Selah