Dead Confederate covers Sonic Youth
Flashback: It’s March 20th and I’m in Austin Texas for South By Southwest 2009. I just got done filming a set by Dead Confederate (a hard-working band from Athens, GA) at some venue over on Red River and after dropping off the camera at the Hotel, Dave and I head over to the Compound, an [...]
Read MoreIt Was a Rendezvous: A High Speed Tour of Paris, 1976
I was turned onto this by my boss, a 1976 short filmed titled “C’était un rendez-vous” or “It was a Rendevous”- which follows a car driving at ridiculous speeds through the streets of Paris at 5:30 in the morning. It features a continuous, 9-minute shot from a gyro-stablized bumper-mount. The director, Claude Lelouch was already [...]
Read MoreEpisode 4 of Truckerspeed in 3D
Get prepared for one of the best episodes of TS3D to date. Lots of unusual bits in this one, including a couple of guests, a segment on puppy breath, and some bitchin reprojection footage from a concert we organized in January. The first guest is Matt Huiskamp of the PJ. Featured song: “Pink Sofa” by [...]
Read MoreMy summer at the Cinema: Predisposition
So here’s the thing, last weekend, two movies came out, pretty darned close on my estimate for X-men, though I was totally wrong on Ghost’s. I noticed something, having seen both of them last weekend, going into it, I thought I would probably like X-men, didn’t think it would be anything special though. I was [...]
Read MoreVideobomb Explodes in SouthEast Portland, Births an Experimental Film Festival
My roommates and I stopped by the Ford Building last night for the PDX Fest Video Installation Exhibit, Bum Equipment. The show was the kickoff reception for the Portland Documentary & eXperimental Film Festival that’s happening right now, from May 6 through 10, mostly at the Clinton Street Theater. The Bum Equipment show had video [...]
Read MoreMuppet Muppet + More Muppet
The Northwest Film Center knows what the rest of us don’t. They know that in tumultuous times the masses need a rally cry. A man has to step up and remind us how life should be lived. We as a people need a moral compass. And that man should most assuredly be Jim Henson. Before [...]
Read MoreGauguin: GET SOME
The Portland Art Museum just nabbed a big, fat, juicy Gauguin. A fella named Melvin “Pete” Mark had the funny idea to be generous in these times of woe and he donated the museum an 1884 piece entitled: Vue d’un jardin, Rouen (Garden View, Rouen). It is now sitting pretty in the Impressionism collection on [...]
Read MoreEpisode 3 of Truckerspeed, in 3D
It’s Friday and I still havn’t turned in my TV show this week, which sucks cause it means a weekend full of work. But thankfully that won’t matter for a couple of weeks since TV time is staggered with real time! In the meantime, enjoy episode 3 of Truckerspeed in 3D, our weekly variety show [...]
Read MorePanther, Live from a bookstore display window in downtown Portland
Behold, the long awaited episode 23 the Penny Jam! It’s featuring Panther playing in a window display at Cameron’s Books in downtown Portland. We caught Panther before they took off on an international expedition including some coverage on Russian television and from the looks of their Myspace page they are playing at the Strawberry Music [...]
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