Music, musings and miscellanea

Welcome to a special edition of “CanRock 90s” taking a look at the video for Rusty’s “Misogyny.” What makes this edition special? Well, “Misongyny” copped most of it’s footage from the movie Hustler White, which screened at the Royal this weekend as part of their Bruce LaBruce retrospective. LaBruce, a leading light in the early 90s Queer Cinema movement, also has a new movie out called Otto; or, Up With Dead People, a gay zombie porn film screening at the Royal until Thursday. Why did Rusty decide to use this footage? I have no idea. But I seem to remember that he also directed the band’s video for “Empty Cell” though I can’t seem to find it on the Internet anywhere. Anyway, Rusty were a Toronto band who scored some big hits on MuchMusic with singles from the records Fluke (“Wake Me“) and Sophomoric (“Oh No Joe”) but kind of fizzled after their third album Out of their Heads (with it’s very cool “Soul For Sale” vid). It’s a shame because this was a rare case where the CanRock 90s group deserved their success (I think so at least).