As you can guess from the byline, any reference to Kim Deal of the Pixies is going to win you favor with this particular writer, and Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon is no slouch either. Both women represent a type of rock star that remains elusive, that of the rock-solid genius who can't really be hollowed out to fit mainstream appeal.

"These two women have been major idols of mine since I was twelve years old and I can honestly say there has not ever been a time I thought of them as old, lame or irrelevant," says Polk. "I can't think of too many of my other ageing heroes I could honestly say have stayed completely cool in my eyes. Springsteen is one of my favorite songwriters of all time, but in 2012 I see him more as maybe the uncle you can cuss in front of, but not exactly 'cool.'"

"Kim Deal/Kim Gordon" is a rarity among music videos in that it manages to create a whole lot out of pretty much nothing at all. For some reason, what I would normally decry as lazy and a lack of storytelling ability perfectly captures Polk's frustration with the music scene.

While I'm not sure I share his sentiments about it being rife with jaded addicts who can't be trusted, I've been a part of it myself for too long to out and out denounce him.

Instead, I'll hold his cinemaudio work up as an example of how he is wrong. As long as the city is producing genius pieces of music-video art like the one he has directed, I will know that the scene is viable, even healthy.

Ironically, Polk's own words prove he's full of it. Still, there's something hauntingly familiar about the opening line, "My community has become immune to me." It cuts a little too close to the place I store memories of bad gigs. Check out the video below.