Archive for August, 2008

Blame It On My Wild Heart

05 Aug 2008
Motherwell's Elegy to the Spanish Republic

My friend Court hearts Stevie Nicks and sent me this below clip with a note that “…this is one of my faves, watching it I always have this dual elation and sadness.” And now I can’t get the song out of my head. I find this duality true in many songs that I love, be [...]


Hipsters

04 Aug 2008
we real coolWe lurk late

Adbusters claims hipsters to be the Death of Western Civilization. Hyperbole, yes, but also navelgazing BS. Even though they may wear different clothes and sneer across lunch tables, Adbusters and Hipsters are cut from the same cloth. The culturejamming content the mag praises is lauded by the very hipsters they deride. The thesis of the [...]


Blankets

03 Aug 2008
for silence or warmth?

So after wrapping a shoot last night with Project 2050, I fell into a cab with equipment and furniture blankets. The driver was smoking a cigarette, so I asked if I could have one. He said “So, are you a bum or a filmmaker?” Chalk that up as a brand new question. Turns out the [...]