05 07 09 11:45 |No comments yet The ways of Italian TV
I feel badly for the New England Patriot's rookie linebacker that tore his ACL during a training mini-camp. I feel badly for those arrested while protesting the Army's use of XBOX 360 video game systems to entice recruits to come into their Army Experience Center ( though there is another discussion to be had about why this works and those it works on). I feel badly that there is no US TV coverage of the Giro d' Italia race that starts on Monday.
I feel great about having gone to Detroit for a few days to play a show with Benjamin Teague and Bradley Rhodes. Brad and I spent an amazing 4 days with John Charnota (who made the videos seen below) and Alison Wong (who will have a new website soon). Good music, good times, good food.We also took in the Graduate show at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Lots of performances and kinetic art this year. There was stuff moving around and people making noise and doing stuff at every turn. I really enjoyed being back on the grounds and saying hello to old friends. Including Elliott Earls who passed on this wonderful still from his latest work "The Saranay Motel", I play the part of record producer Timothy Paul. The film will be released later this year.
This is a great photo:
Our film team "No Right Return" completed our 48 Hour Film Project entry over the weekend. We were given comedy, the artist Dan Crocker, a wallet, and "do you even know what that means?" to use in our 4 to 7 min film. We cam up with 2 news anchors who are forced to report on a pending apocalypse from a TV sales network while selling their products. It's dark and dense, and funny( we think so at least). I'll post it when it is legal to do so. We're hoping to continue our dynasty after winning "Best Film" last year for 'Kitchen Aid" which was one of 18 films from around the world chosen for the 2008 48 Hour Project DVD. It was also shown at Cannes, which is in France, which is nice.
Oh, and I'm playing rhodes and kalimba in a band, Do You Need the Service? With Mark Sconyers, Justin Hallman et al. It's an approachable instrumental project with a lot of potential and good energy. Click here to listen. Stay tuned, and watch those knees!
