So I've decided to just throw this out there. I want to make a movie. Now. I have an idea and I'm recruiting any interested parties to make this happen. What's the big idea? Well more or less it goes a little something like this:

I have written the opening scene of a film, it was actually the opening scene of a larger script that I wrote a couple of years ago. I'm not a fan of the larger script anymore but I really enjoy the opening sequence. I like it because its kinda funny, it involves very minimal dialogue but explains a lot about the main character and his situation. So I thought that it would be cool to shoot that scene and that scene only and then have the script take off in a completely different direction with different characters. Maybe even into a completely different genre.

One of the movies that has really had a significant impact on how I think about movies recently is Richard Linklater's Slacker. I'd seen it before but it only recently came out on DVD. I like it because of it's complete lack of commitment to any one character or any one plot. Yet the movie never feels disjointed and is united by the uniqueness of the characters all of whom are merely citizens of the late 80s Austin college community. Watching the movie today reminds me of how DC has a very small town feel and how easy it is to go to a couple of different spots and keep seeing the same people (even if you don't actually know them.)

The script I'm proposing would not necessarily be Slacker DC but the floating narrative is something I would like to utilize. As I said the difference is that instead of the stories coming from the mind of the same director I'm talking about several writers and directors contritbuting. So I was just going to volunteer the opening of my old script as the opening of this one. And people can take the script into whatever direction they see fit with or without the characters I've established.

I've kind of settled on the number 12* as far as total stories, writers and directors. There's a little bit more to it though. You see what I was thinking that myself and eleven other writer/directors will each contribute one story/storyline. Then all of us would direct one part just not the part that we actually contributed. So while I wrote the opening scenario I would end up directing a completely different part of the script. 12 people. 12 stories. 1 film. Each person directs somebody else's portion of the script, everyone else acts as crew. (Oh yeah I was thinking each story would be no longer than 10 minutes so that if everyone did the full ten minutes the overalll length of the film would be around 2 hours.)

Why bother? Because it would be fun! Second of all it would be pretty challenging and finally its success lies in the ability of all participants to put their egos in check and just help each other out. What I really would like to see, though, is some serious variety. I don't want to see 12 different versions of Clerks, I want to see Garden State mixed with Evil Dead, Waking Life and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

I figure if DC's film scene is ever going to become worthwhile then we should approach the entire process of filmmaking in a different way. This may or may not have already been done but it's a start. I don't care much if the final film is any good, what matters here is the process more than the product.

So if any of you local heads can make sense of this and find yourself intrigued by the project then holla at your boy. And in the words of the immortal Lloyd Kauffman, "let's make some art!"

Remember the formula is:
12 directors, 12 stories, 1 movie and 0 egos. Each person directs somebody else's script, everyone else acts as crew (maybe even cast.)

I've been listening to Radio Paradise a lot at work lately, because I moved from my hermit's cave to a high-occupancy and high-traffic area. Which means I can no longer listen to all my commie left-wing Bush-bashing talk radio shows. So I'm getting exposed to a lot of songs and artists I'd never heard of. I started jotting down ones that I really liked, and gathered a bunch up to make a mix cd. This collection is 14 songs. I had only heard 2 of the songs before. I'd never heard of nine of the 14 artists. And this CD is in heavy rotation right now. It's all melodic (no anything-core), and about half-and half with uptempo vs. downtempo. And I am purposely not naming the artists or songs, so as to preserve the mystery.

Getting to the point, if'n ya want a copy, email your name and address to my head. Or drop it in comments, if you are so inclined. All heads are welcome, as are the regular non-heads. Lurkers will be taken on a first-come first-served basis, based on demand. If there's a ton of y'all, I may have to restrict it.

And of course, there is the chance that no one will want it. Heh.

The new Weezer single, Beverly Hills, premiered yesterday. Download here or here. I dislike it. Here's what PItchfork had to say about it. Discuss.

So after years of not understanding this whole "web thing" ,here goes.

I just wanted to let anyone who is interested know about some things I have coming up in Richmond from now untill the end of April.

This weekend there is a puppet festival called "Pull the String"
I will be performing two shows on Saturday the 26th.
Including a new musical show about two private detective dogs called "The Case of the 14 Karat Gold Collar Caper" and the old standby "the Pirates and the Vikings"
The fest is from 5 to 8 .and it's FREE.

Also I wanted to invite people to my 25th birthday party on April 22nd.

The next Bizarre Market (a DIY arts and crafts street festival that I organize) is April 30th. The Benefit this time is Vegan Action.

That's all folks.

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Fuck Yourself,
Silly!

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"let me go to an iraqi hospital. that would make a feeding tube feel needed! feeding someone who actually knew that they were hungry!"

except anyone who's had the misfortune of watching someone with one knows that the tube goes in yer stomach. the one down your throat is the respirator.

this poor woman is stuck in metallica's "one" video. ugh.