I made my very first journal entry 3 years ago to the day!

In that time I've made new friends, pissed off others, launched LJ series that lasted like 3 or 4 posts and posted some shit that no one commented on.


Thanks all for the memories!
Good times everyone... Good times.

OK. So, I'm at CONvergence Friday night as 1/4 of Possible Oscar at 10:00pm. The rest of the weekend I pack for moving. Do I justify paying 70 bucks for ONLY Friday night party super fun time?

I'm not speaking as an EVIL REPUBLICAN on this matter, but just as a concerned citizen who cannot figure out the silver lining in this situation...

I honestly cant think of a single person who would fully agree with this direction the country is headed. (Note emphasis on "fully")

Free Health Care. Great in theory. In practice, not so much.

And where does government run health care get you?

Them slapping that candy bar/beer/hamburger/smoke right out of your hand.

I GUARANTEE you if Bush told America to shape up this vigorously, America would have said, "Fuck You". Me included.

I can understand how frustrating it is to work and not afford health insurance, but there HAS to be a better way than this steady creep towards Orwellian tyranny.

The ONLY way health care could be affordable to ALL is if Obama creates CAROUSEL Logan's Run style. That's it.

Lady calls me up and says:

"I have a small box ready for Impact"

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IS OBAMA UP TO THE TASK OF TAKING OVER AS GOD TO THE WORLD?

STAY TUNED!

It was nice knowing you South Korea.

Where is this SUPER ASS KICKING OBAMA everyone was cheering about?



Will he do anything about this besides make Russia and China deal with N. Korea?

I would LOVE to see Obama apply some kind of HARSH FORCE to Kim Jong Il and send a message to the world that we still have to be their fucking babysitters because they don't know how to conduct themselves on a global scale...

...but I seriously dont see that happening. Obama is to busy apologizing to the world on our behalf.

Sorry Obama, I dont need you to sacrifice yourself for my sins.



Do your fucking job and protect America first.

I had been trying to convert all my old VHS home movies onto DVD when I came across DEMON DOLL! I called up my daughter who is 19 now and asked her permission to post it on YouTube.

She reluctantly agreed.

She was 8 at the time and probably though her Dad was nuts. I know her Mom did.

I shot the video in sequence and did all the editing in camera as I was filming.
The audio was all done on a 4 track and it took many tries to sync it up with the video.

There was a sequel(it's slightly better) which I might post later.



PART 1:




PART 2:

For some of my friends,

Today's Trailers From Hell is...

VIDEODROME!



So, if this shitty remake surfaces, shouldn't it be called BLUERAYDROME?

Seriously, Hollywood needs to sew its "remake whore" legs shut for like two fucking seconds.

Continuing my "White Dog" kick, I decided to cut a theatrical trailer for the film.
Since the movie was never released theatrically, a trailer was never made.

There was one rough cut B&W dupe that was never finished, but it kind of erased the point of the film and made it more of a straight up "killer animal" flick.

So, here is my attempt to "replicate" an early 80's trailer for Samuel Fuller's WHITE DOG. There are some tweaks left to do and a few audio add-ins, but it's pretty much complete.



Does it work?
Does it make you want to go out and buy the DVD?
Should I keep my day job?

If you thought you knew everything there was to know about Kubrick's The Shining, you have no clue.

This is probably the most insane analysis of any film I have ever read.

Can all this be true? Is this author reading way too much into the film? Is the author nuts?
If HALF of what this guy describes was Kubrick's intent while making this film, then Kubrick wasn't human.



It's a long read, but there are plenty of screen grabs that explain the analysis.

I got to see the Cows quite a bit around 1991/1992. The first show I saw them at was the 400 bar and the crowd freaked me out. The was no demographic whatsoever. Old, young, black, skinhead, punk, country bumkin, EVERYONE. When the Cows took stage it was like the crowd was afraid of the band yet loved them at the same time. I always referred to them as "G.G. Allin lite".

When I saw them at First Ave. the singer Shannon Selberg came out completely nude with shaving cream on his groinal axis. Now, picture a scrawny Willem Defoe(Wild at Heart era) with a drawn on mustache nude as hell screaming away & gyrating like Mick Jagger. It was pretty terrifying.

The Cows were definitely unique and pretty creepy too.