Google Image Search: Word & Picture #99

Today's Word:
"Getting Married"

Today's Picture:


This is the year of the wedding for me. I have 2 weddings in the next 2 weeks: one in Seattle and one in Tucson. It is going to be fun, but busy. I have made arrangements for PugPuggy to stay with the-one-and-only Erin. PugPuggy is stoked, she told me.

Jen & Darrell - I am getting pumped for the trip to Tucson. I can not wait. If I remember this time before my wedding, I was going nuts. I have no advice, just get through it and have fun. I will see you in about 9 days!

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Google Image Search: Word & Picture #98

Today's Word:
"ACL Fest"

Today's Picture:


Austin City Limits Festival started on Friday. ACL is a 3 day music festival in Austin each September. For those who were at my wedding, ACL Fest was the reason hotels were so hard to find. :)

Megan & I had 3 day passes to ACL Fest this year. Megan's brother Freddie and his friend Heather came in from the concerts. We saw Robert Earl Keen, Dan Foggerty, the Foo Fighters, Beck, Gnarls Barkley, Patty Griffin, Jakob Dylan, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Vampire Weekend and a bunch of other people. It was a good group of shows. We had a blast.

This year was a return-to-the-dust year. When it is dry in Austin during ACL Fest, the dust becomes a problem. This year was dusty. But it was not as bad as my first year at ACL Fest... I think that was 2003 or 2005... holy-dust-storm, it was horrible & hot. But the weather cooperated nicely. It was a cool 90 degrees with a nice breeze.

Freddie, Heather, Megan & I had a good time. Both Megan and I were recovering from colds, so I did not see as many shows or stay as long as I would have liked. But it was still a blast. It was a good party, but I am tired today.

I will get some sleep and post more later.

Google Image Search: Word & Picture #97

Today's Word:
"Role Model"

Today's Picture:


Last night, I saw my personal favorite movie of Fantastic Fest: Role Model. This movie is right-up my alley. It is super-funny. I will never look at a bagel dog the same way. Also, I now have added "whispering eye" to my vocabulary. Thank you, Role Model. The best part of the night was the Q&A with director David Wain and Paul Rudd. The audience had a blast. Today at FF, everyone was still talking about how much fun it was today. The movie made me laugh my ass off.

Right before Superbad & The Ten were shown at SXSW, I met David Wain. Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill and Martin Starr ended up in the backseat of my Tahoe after a night of karaoke. Megan and I gave them a ride back to their hotel. Now I can not see any of them on a movie screen without saying, "they were in the backseat of my car". It is annoying for everyone but me.

It was fun to see Meg Hartig last night. Meg is the coolest. She gave me a kick-in-the-pants about starting a film class with Kat Candler. Thank you so much, Meg.

When it comes out, go see Role Model. It rocked.

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Fantastic Fest - Best Short According to Ben

Yesterday was an awesome day at Fantastic Fest. I saw several movies:
The Animated Shorts
Zombie Girl: THE MOVIE
JCVD
Short Fuse: Live-Action Shorts
The Wildman of Navidad

I will have entirely separate blog entries about JCVD & The Wildman of Navidad (both of which I loved). But this blog entry is about a short I saw yesterday.

The name of this short: MUTO.

Holy crap. This short is a stop-motion form of street art. The filmmaker transforms urban landscape into a moving palette of crazy-ass art. This is by far the most ambitious animation project I have ever seen.

I have never been more amazed by a short in my life. Seriously, watch this short and think about the time & talent it took to make this. I am totally floored.


MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Thank you, Fantastic Fest.

Google Image Search: Word & Picture #96

Today's Word:
"Zombie Girl"

Today's Picture:


Yikes! That was a bad date.

So I saw "Zombie Girl: THE MOVIE!" last night. It has nothing to do with the picture above. The story was about a 12-year-old girl who made a feature-length zombie movie. This movie was the documentary about the making of that movie. It was awesome. I loved this movie.

The documentary followed Emily Hagins as she created her first feature length movie. The documentary's strong central theme was the relationship between Emily and her mom. Her mother should get a mother-of-the-year award. Seriously, her mom was holding the boom mic, picking-up supplies, driving to Target for props, swinging-by the costume shop to pick-up fake blood, etc. It was fun to watch... and made me tired just thinking about the level of energy that goes into a making a feature length movie.

You can check-out this documentary by clicking here.

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Google Image Search: Word & Picture #95

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Today's Word:
"Fantastic Fest update"

Today's Picture:


Fantastic Fest is rocking. I am having a blast. I just saw "I Think We're Alone Now". This documentary covers two uber-fans (maybe stalkers) of Tiffany. Yes, Tiffany has fans. The movie made me uncomfortable, yet it was really great & endearing. The Q&A afterwards was even more interesting as the director fielded very direct questions about whether or not he felt like he was exploiting the two main characters. The director really handled the questions well.

I also saw Terra this morning. As the it was described by the producer, "this is the anti-Independence Day cartoon". That is a perfect description. It is a great story and the producer talked about making it a 3-D cartoon... which would rock.

This evening, I am going to check-out:
Let The Right One In
Seventh Moon

Hooray, Fantastic Fest. This is a blast... I tried to buy a VIP badge for next year, but they sold out in 2 hours (before my first movie let out). Bummer. Next year, I will get a regular badge.

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Google Image Search: Word & Picture #94

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Today's Word:
"no posts since Tuesday"

Today's Picture:


Weird, eh?

I don't know what the movie "The Human Experience" is about. I don't know what it has to do with "no posts since Tuesday". But that is what came back.

So I have been out of blogging-action since Tuesday. My bad. I got busy. Then yesterday was my 4 year wedding anniversary. Hooray. Megan & I got married on the same day as Britney Spears and Kevin Federline. Using the "Federline\Spears Scale of Marriage Longevity", Megan & I's marriage has been a raging success. (Sorry K-Fed)

Megan and I went out for wine & appetizers last night. It was really nice. We talked and drank and had fun... all at the same time. Crazy.

I heard some good news from my friend Mark today. He told me that they premiered my "Ken Grows A Pen(...is)" bumper at Fantastic Fest. This is a direct quote from Mark "I saw your trailer last night before my midnight screening and the audience LOVED it, I mean L O V E D it!" Sweet. Nice to know there are other sick people in the world like me. Brian Satterwhite's music kicks-ass.

I start watching Fantastic Fest movies tonight. Here is my line-up:
7:30 Eagle Eye
10 PM Your Name Here
11:45 Tokyo Gore Police 11:55 PM

I am stoked. This is my first Fantastic Fest.

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Google Image Search: Word & Picture #93

Today's Word:
"Tuesday"

Today's Picture:


Tuesdays, I love 'em.

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