Forge went great, spent the last two weeks working with a great, small crew, on an awesome feature. Now it's back to the real world, and the footage will go on to be edited, effected, treated, and so forth. It should be done by September or October. If you're interested in learning more, seeing a few scenes, etc, check out http://www.theforgeproject.com.
A lot of work coming up in the next couple weeks; Selena's "Toy Maker's Reality" this weekend, Jed's "Trail of Fears," in a couple weeks, and the QO's Yeyo Tequila spots, speaking of which, check out the bottle:
I've been following Rian Johnson, the director of "Brick," and the new film "The Brothers Bloom," on twitter. He posts many interesting articles and such follow him @rcjohnso. Check out the blog for his newest film while you're at it, I'm excited for it: http://brothersbloom.tumblr.com
On another note, though inspired by Johnson, I am intrigued by Lars von Triers new film, "Antichrist," check out the trailer, and a review below.
SO over the weekend I decided to take a little auditory odyssey down the rabbit hole that is myspace music. I began with the intention of finding bands in St. Louis, MO that resembled the type of music made by Breakfast Mountain, White Fang, Bone Arrow, etc. I wanted to find the twenty something indie bands who rock the house parties every weekend. I didn't find quite what I was looking for, but I did find some good stuff. So take a moment and lend me your ears and eyes.
Gentleman Auction House
An orchestral band that reminds me of bands such as Arcade Fire and Architecture in Helsinki. (click image for link)
Throughout my few hours of searching, this was the most interesting band I was able to out of St. Louis. I'm sure there are more hidden in the cracks of myspace, but the trail led me on to Chicago, IL where I was introduced to this group:
YeaBig + KidStatic
A fresh MC/Producer combo relying on sweet electronic beats.
Spring has hit Portland full force, at least for a couple of days, and it couldn't have come at a better time.
The sunshine filtering through the trees makes me want to run and play all day. Luckily I can work all day, and still have a good amount of time to play in the evening.
In other news there are two concerts coming up Thursday, anybody interested in checking one of them out?
My first choice is:
THE THERMALS
Wonder Ballroom Doors @ 8p Show @ 9p $14 Advance and Day Of All Ages
The other show is:
Say Hi To Your Mom
Holocene 8:30p $8 Advance and Day of Show 21 & over
Then check out this myspace with two songs that will never mean anything, and hopefully more to come someday: http://www.myspace.com/cormanoridesagain
Watched the film "Film Geek," the other day. Worth a look, especially if you like to watch things shot in a cool city. And I must say good use of sink masturbating, and shit sex, well played James Westby, well played.
Haven't had much time to find new cool things to tell you about, so this post will be pretty boring, so instead of reading the rest, here are some videos to watch:
I know I am a little late on the new year update. all right really late, but I'm gonna change that. I'm turning over a new leaf, going to try and blog about things that nobody really cares about, because nobody reads this. I write in the hope that maybe someday, somebody will see this and will learn something new. mostly I will update you on things that are good. Things that one may call my "jam" for the moment. So here goes:
I coined a new term yesterday, and have submitted it to the urban dictionary, so in a few days it will be as official as the internet can make it. The term is:
Wooligan
Any young person, generally between 10 and 40 years old, that enjoys wearing clothes in the style of elderly people. Most often found in hipster social groups.
Did you see John's new Cardigan? He's such a wooligan
From the british Hooligan
Feel free to start throwing this term around,get it out there, it'll be the next big thing!
And now, what you've all been waiting for:
IF YOU LIKE THINGS THAT ARE GOOD, YOU MAY LIKE:
film: The Visitor - from the director of The Station Agent Coraline - P-Town Represent!
music: Ida Maria - Better when you're naked The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight Trio - Da Da Da (I Don't Love You, You Don't Love Me)
pop culture: Christian Bale's Freakout on the set of Terminator 4: http://www.aolcdn.com/tmz_audio/020209_christianbale.mp3
and the remix:
which brings to mind a classic freakout from David O'Russel:
internet videos: An awesome stop motion music video:
