Backseat Beat is a web-based video series highlighting indie musicians and the city by the Bay. Armed with Flip cameras, we interview bands in the back seat of our ’83 Volvo as we spirit them away to unexpected, forgotten corners of San Francisco, where they plug in outdoors to play a few tunes. Each band’s performance transforms these urban spots from their anonymous day-to-day existence into surreal, magical backdrops.

Brad Robertson is our filmmaker extraordinaire. A twenty-year resident of San Francisco, Brad’s plied his trade both on the  film set and on the stage as a member of many a long forgotten local band. Backseat Beat is his brainchild, but it wouldn’t have come to fruition with  a lot of help from these other very talented people.

Dana Goldberg is our resident wordsmith, marketing genius, and cameraperson brought to us all the way from the boogie-down Bronx.  She too is a veteran of the local music scene, performing in too many bands and on too many karaoke stages to recall.

Jaime Lee Currier is our hostess with the mostest, gamely squeezing herself between anyone and everyone we could convince to climb into that back seat.

Jasmine Blocker is a music blogger and was our our original host. She helped us forge our way into the blogosphere before moving on to bigger and better things.

Lulu is the star of the show. This 1983 Volvo 244 sedan’s back seat has been graced by the butts of more rock n’ rollers than she’d probably care to remember. She supplies the power for every amp, keyboard, microphone, or you-name-it that you see in our episodes.  No matter the size of the hill, the curviness of the road, or the screams from the back seat, Lulu always manages to get us home in one piece.