Tuesday, June 3, 2008 – The Pussycat Dolls

So, what's with the three prop hotrods parked on Hollywood Boulevard just west of Vine?

Ah – the Pussycat Dolls are shooting a music video at the Frolic Room, next to Pantages at Hollywood and Vine. The Pussycat Dolls are that hybrid, a dance and burlesque ensemble founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995, then "re-cast" as a music group in 2003. They released their first single in 2004, and have gone to fame from there, cavorting about in lingerie and pin-up outfits – and singing, after a fashion. They were in pretty much in residency down at The Viper Room on Sunset from 1995 to 2001 - former members include Carmen Electra, Christina Aguilera, Christina Applegate and others. They just performed at the MTV Movie Awards, and it seems they dropped by here to shoot a music video.  It’s just another day in Hollywood.

For the technically minded, the remote control boom camera to follow the girls as they sing from the rolling trick cars –

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Technical Note:

Photographs after March 3, 2008, were taken with a Nikon D200 – or a Nikon D70 when noted. All previous photographs were taken with the D70. The lenses used are (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto, or (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. Photography here is modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  The earliest photography in the archives was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

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