My friend Phil Putnam is a phenomenal singer/songwriter.  And he’s thisclose to hitting the big time.  I liken his music to Billy Joel meets Jewel meets Coldplay.  There’s a little something for everyone.
Phil launched his first big-boy music video around the first of the year.  It didn’t exactly take off at first, but finally found an audience on MTV’s sister site, Logo.  Once it landed on Logo, it gained a steady gay-friendly following and grew in popularity every month.  After a lot of shameless, blatant self-promotion on Phil’s part, the video finally hit #1.  It ping-pong’d between #1, #2 and #3 for about six weeks.  And it had some healthy competition too — uh, hello?  Lady Gaga, anyone?

About a month ago, Phil’s record company (which consists of Phil) decided it was time to unleash a new video for his second single, “I’m No Prize”.  Phil invited a lot of his friends/pals/compadres to participate in the video.  His friends are attractive … and, more importantly, cheap labor.  From what I can tell — the video consists of Phil writhing around on a bed with other guys and/or playing a toy piano.  It’s the perfect video for Phil (Mr. Putnam, if you’re nasty) to be playful, goofy and mug to the camera.  Neither of us have ever met a mirror we didn’t like.

I got to join Phil on the day of the shoot and ended up having a cameo in the video.  Blink and you miss me.  No, seriously, blink and you miss me.  I’m in the video a TOTAL of six frames.  That’s 1/10th of a second, if you’re counting.

What can I say — you have to start somewhere.  Whoopi Goldberg gets her break in “The Color Purple”.  I get my break in Phil Putnam’s new video.  Yeah, I’m kind of a big deal.  Enjoy!