April 2010 Archives

We get a lot of music through these parts, and it often comes at a strange angle of flight, much like this collection of will smith ditties filtered through a band of traveling gypsies. Added a little bit of joy in my busy day. Hopefully it brings the same to you. I've been humming bits of this all week since it was beamed onto the island.

Pearl and the Beard - Will Smith Medley from Goddamn Cobras Collective on Vimeo.

From Deadline Hollywood:
"Paramount has extended its business with Mattel, optioning the venerable toy Magic 8 Ball to use as the basis for a live action adventure film."

(photo by bark.)

speculation and mini-rant after the jump.

Don't really have too much to add to this, check the link for more info (via E.D. Kain):

http://trueslant.com/erikkain/2010/03/11/infant-starves-to-death-while-parents-raise-virtual-child-online/

The thing that isn't surprising to me is that virtual worlds, which share with dreams the sense that the things you're doing are compelling, that there is an order to them that makes them meaningful, can take over one's real life. What is surprising to me is the way that this soup of 6 billion beings can give rise, constantly, to situations which possess such symmetry in their narrative.

I have an improved version of the 001: ASTRONAUT sequence, as well as 002: COWBOY in the wings. But I need to find a better way of hosting these than Soundcloud, which has pretty severe limitations in its free version, and Mixcloud, which never got back to me with an activation email (!).  They are here, but will in the meantime...

My man indie filmmaker L. Jeffrey Moore recommends this screening of Bloodwood this Tuesday, April 20 at the Brava Theater in SF.

Check out the link here on Facebook for more info. Summary after the jump.