Well I’ve done it… I’ve finally done it.  I’ve chosen the winners for my first music video memorabilia giveaway.  It was super difficult to decide the lucky bunch so the process ended up taking a whole lot longer than I had planned.  But alas… I think I found myself a pretty swell bunch of fans I’m stoked on handing over these suckers to.

The rules were simple: Follow me on Twitter… Send a tweet… And then email me why you should win.  I wanted to make sure I was giving these items to fans who would be stoked to own and take care of them so the winners were judged strictly on whether or not I thought you should win.  Unfortunately I don’t think I did a good job promoting this contest to Cage The Elephant and A Day To Remember fans because the submission level was really low and I just wasn’t convinced by what the entries had to say so I am holding onto those items and might include them in another giveaway later on (sorry!).

And no, Susan Boyle has nothing to do with this giveaway but I’m just a big fan of what a big fan she is of giving “thumbs up.”

So yeah… Without further ado… Congrats to the winners!

BRITNEY SPEARS “I WANNA GO”
The Broken Camera goes to Victor from Guadalajara, Mexico
The Storyboard goes to Edgar from Mexico City, Mexico

BRITNEY SPEARS “CRIMINAL”
Vanilla Candle goes to DeWayne from Virginia, USA
Vanilla Candle goes to Daniel from Florida, USA
Storyboard goes to Débora from Portugal

KE$HA “BLOW”
Storyboard goes to Nick from Wisconsin, USA

THE BLACK KEYS “HOWLIN’ FOR YOU”
Robot Arm Jesus Wall Mount goes to Rosco from Colorado, USA
Movie Poster Print goes to Bill from California, USA

YELLOWCARD “HANG YOU UP”
Ex-Girlfriend Photo goes to Alex from the UK

TAKING BACK SUNDAY “FAITH”
Ball of Yarn goes to Chandler from Florida, USA

THE READY SET “LOVE LIKE WOE”
Giant Heart-Shaped Box goes to Andrea from California, USA
Bouquet of Faux Roses goes to Stephanie from California, USA

Take care of the memorabilia!  They mean a lot to me.  Again, on behalf of myself and Susan Boyle (not really)… thumbs up to ya and huge congrats!

To everyone who entered… you are all über awesome.  It was really tough figuring out the winners because so many of you are worthy fans.

The super cool folks over at Entertainment Weekly included Ke$ha’s ‘Blow’ music video as part of their Best Of 2011 list and asked me to write up a little diddy (anecodote about the video, as opposed to a small version of the hip hop mogul) about how the concept came together.  Check out the article HERE…  Heck yeah.

The Viewfinder List is a collection of short films, music videos, and ads that are voted on by “studio executives, producers, and creatives” to highlight filmmakers.  This year my Black Keys video for ‘Howlin’ For You’ is amongst the chosen ones.  Nice.  High five to everyone who worked their asses off on this vid.  Find out more at Slashfilm.

The votes are in and Britney Spears “I Wanna Go” has been chosen as the #1 video on FUSE for 2011.  Heck yeah.  And Ke$ha “Blow” is #9.  Very rad to have two videos in the top 10.  Huge thanks to the cast and crew that worked on both of these suckers.  Check out FUSE’s schedule to watch the countdown on TV (it’s a 2 part special repeating throughout the month).

I’ve kept items from all of my music videos as cool mementos from each one. A little bit into this year I decided I would start holding onto several items in anticipation for a big ol give away for fans to get the opportunity to own one of them.  I woulda loved to own something from one of the videos I grew up watching, so I thought it’d be rad if I gave that chance to you as a way of saying “Thanks for digging the videos… you’re swell.”

From November 13 – November 19 I’m gonna be having multiple contests for you to win exclusive stuff from the music videos that I directed this year for…

YELLOWCARD, TAKING BACK SUNDAY, THE READY SET, A DAY TO REMEMBER, KE$HA, THE BLACK KEYS, CAGE THE ELEPHANT, and BRITNEY SPEARS

All you have to do to be eligible is follow me on TWITTER. So CLICK HERE and get that going.  The rest of the info you need is after the jump…  I’ve updated the rules since the original posting of this contest, so make sure to click the links and read up on how to win the stuff! (more…)

The idea to include Trawick in the video was all Britney’s, but director Chris Marrs Piliero wasn’t sure he was so into it. “When she first hit me up, she had a basic story in mind, and she actually always originally planned to have Jason, her boyfriend, play the role, and I wasn’t super stoked on that idea at first, actually,” he told MTV News. READ MORE HERE

GET THE CRIMINAL MUSIC VIDEO FROM ITUNES HERE