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Tomorrow. Oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man oh man!

WIDE AWAKE

wanting, needing and liking

This shirt reminded me of when Audrey and I were coming up with T-shirt ideas and we hatched "Show Me Your Werner", our homage to Herzog. I just might break out my never used silkscreening skillz for that one...so pre-order yours now!



Speaking of Danzig, Glenn's reading habits/shirtless library:

da-da-da-day, da-da-da-da-day-ay

Is it possible to see Sharon Jones, Bell Biv Devoe, Tony! Toni! Tone!, and Spike Lee all in one month?? I will ignore the fact that it's humanly impossible for me to stay awake past 8:30 p.m. these days, I'm not twenty years younger, $150 richer, and a total shut in.

Is that granny, Sinbad??

Yep.



I'm really trying to psych myself up here....

Eating the Screen

“The basic ingredient is the image. Let’s call it a diamond. An uncut diamond already gives off light, but improves when polished. Griffith cut facets into the diamond. It has the integrity of one element. The arrival of sound makes two elements. Sound and image. The basic ingredients are easy to grasp. In ceramics you’ve got clay and glaze. You fire it up in a kiln and ceramics emerge. The result is a new integrated element. The crisis in film is that so few have achieved this fusion. The only filmmaker who managed to do it was Vigo.”

-Henri Langlois from Le Fantôme d'Henri Langlois

Vigo's fusion:

A project of mine that's been in the works and plans for almost two years now will hopefully be unveiled on this here blod in the next month. I'll be posting a podcast of a mix of music from film with sometimes either a theme or with an accompanied spoken word history/trivia/connection of the chosen pieces. (This will probably depend on how much time I have at first!) This will be a work in progress, so please bear with me.

You have to wait about 45 seconds to get through the gay host intro, but here's more Vigo:

Take Me the Way I am

It's three weeks into the new year and I've hit my first lull in the blod. The week has been long, full and emotional. I planned to unveil my 'mission statement' to the world for 2008, but It's been all babies babies babies for the last 24+ hours and I'm outta gas. So let these visual and auditory stimulations assist you in drifting off to sleep and turning your headlights out. Tomorrow, Tomorrow............

Like a Jewish Pied Piper

Pret-ty Good. Warning: Major sixth season spoilers.

City Walks I

Last night brought on the reoccurring restless funk where I don't know what to do with myself. Everything I could do isn't enjoyable, and brings me no solace. Reading, watching a film, writing, socializing with anyone, making ANYTHING, or just staring at the wall/ceiling whilst pondering on my life doesn't quite itch the scratch. So, I just get in my car and drive until I get a hunch to scratch my itch. This funk usually occurs when some impending situation is lingering in my life and I keep myself too busy to avoid it or constantly brooding over it, which just won't do anymore. I parked in a lot of a washeteria, got out and started walking. This is no new profound insight, but it reminded me of how the act of movement can "heal" you. Adjoin this with a soundtrack, couple this with solitude, and you've got an edict for rejuvenating your mind and thoughts. I don't think I've ever felt better from doing this besides roller skating to Old School Funk in Brooklyn. And you can come across one of the most expensive dollar stores you've ever been in.



Two notches above the piano necktie for your budding infant musician.



When the fifteen year old you know becomes a woman.



I felt much better.

Grittin' on me

I couldn't decide.











































I decided.

Bext of 2007: Film

It’s that time of year when everyone is sharing their best of 2007’s. So first off, my top ten movies that I saw (not necessarily released) in two thousand seven. As many of you may or may not know, a substantial amount of my time and *little* money go to watching movies. But, I wasn’t able to see everything I’d have like to due to; geographical location, said time, and said money. It’s possible I may have forgotten gems of my early 2007 past, but this will do for now.

My bext Flicks of 2007:

1. There Will Be Blood

2. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

3. No Country For Old Men

4. Mouchette

5. Manufactured Landscapes

6. Maya Deren Short Films

7. Hot Fuzz

8. The Lives of Others

9. I am Curious Yellow/Blue

10. Sunshine

I didn’t get to see these before the clock stroke midnight, but I have a feeling one or more of these would have been on this list. Still looking forward to them in 08’:

Czech Dream-

“CZECH DREAM, a documentary-comedy, had an impact on the real lives of many Czech people. On the last day of May 2003, thousands of people gathered on a field in a Prague quarter called Letnany because an advertising campaign for a hypermarket promised them unbelievably low prices. However, the crowd merely found itself standing in front of a linen faćade, not a real hypermarket. This "friendly hoax" was a part of the project of two film students, Vit Klusak and Filip Remunda. These two filmmakers had ordered a leading advertising company to coordinate a promotional campaign for a nonexistent product: a hypermarket. Their goal was to document how a credible advertising campaign can be effective even if its product is not based on reality. This funny and alarming movie takes a close look at advertising professionals, film directors, psychologists, analysts, Czech celebrities, hypermarket directors, and consumers in the context of the tempting world of consumption that most of us are captured by everyday. More: www.czech-dream.com”

Brand Upon the Brain-

An Unreasonable Man-

The Bridge-



When the Levees Broke-

Blame it on Fidel-



The Tin Drum-

Sit right down and make yourself comfortable

A new year, a new blod. My first blod! Slightly personal/more ethereal. I promise to be a ray of positivity, an honest abe, a reliable opinion, and a Forsythe of my own existence. I am shaking off 2007; the worst year of my life, and the year that yielded the least amount of creativity to date. My first podcast of a project I've been working on for some time will come soon, but I'll explain that later. I’ll probably be hovering in 2007 for the next couple of posts, so sit back and relax then it’s off to the races of 08’!