12.21.2007
true metal aftermath
we annihilated the place. mixed rihanna with gorgoroth. it has never happed ever. genghis tron, burzum. jesus fucking christ we nuked the place. and akasa premiered, YOMI. oh fucking god. so metal.
12.19.2007
ouroboros . eternal return
ponder this over christmas if you'd like.
The basic premise is that the universe is limited in extent and contains a finite amount of matter, while time is viewed as being infinite. The universe has no starting or ending state, while the matter comprising it is constantly changing its state. The number of possible changes is finite, and so sooner or later the same state will recur.
And in this sense, I say, the world was before the Creation, and at an end before it had a beginning; and thus was I dead before I was alive, though my grave be England, my dying place was Paradise, and Eve miscarried of me before she conceived of Cain. (R.M.Part 1:59)
For time is infinite, but the things in time, the concrete bodies are finite.... Now, however long a time may pass, according to the eternal laws governing the combinations of this eternal play of repetition, all configurations that have previously existed on this earth must yet meet, attract, repulse, kiss, and corrupt each other again.... And thus it will happen one day that a man will be born again, just like me, and a woman will be born, just like Mary.
I was miscarried by eve. I know it.
occam's razor
In the philosophy of religion, Occam's razor is sometimes applied to the existence of God; if the concept of God does not help to explain the universe, it is argued, God is irrelevant and should be cut away (Schmitt 2005). While Occam's razor cannot prove God's nonexistence, it is argued to imply that, in the absence of compelling reasons to believe in God, disbelief should be preferred. However, this is only true if and only if it is demonstrable that belief in God requires more and/or more complex assumptions to explain the universe than non-belief, as it could be argued that the non-existence of God would necessitate other assumptions.
From someone on Wikipedia.
simple, not simpler.
From someone on Wikipedia.
simple, not simpler.
barragan's margarita night
margarita's at barrigan's in echo park tonight, $2.25. i'll be there. are you ready to party.
12.17.2007
vincent gallo costs too much
i was thinking of buying this for my mom, but i don't have the loot this x-mas.
VINCENT GALLO FOR THE WEEKEND
VINCENT GALLO FOR THE WEEKEND
xmas playlist
possibilities for thursday:
king crimson . 21st century schizoid man
electric wizard . barbarian
captain caveman . lightning bolt
don't care . obituary
a seed for suffering . nachmystium
furrows of the gods . drudkh
nascar santa claus . la fun du monde
the last vertabra . akasa
seer . witch
god or satan more like only knows.
king crimson . 21st century schizoid man
electric wizard . barbarian
captain caveman . lightning bolt
don't care . obituary
a seed for suffering . nachmystium
furrows of the gods . drudkh
nascar santa claus . la fun du monde
the last vertabra . akasa
seer . witch
god or satan more like only knows.
night train murders
this is a giallo christmas film for anyone out there in the mood for a disturbing film. it's a masterpiece in it's own right.
12.15.2007
12.13.2007
black christmas . party till you puke egg nog
go to this, i'm sure it's gonna rule. anthony will be there with booze and two turtle doves.
12.12.2007
Dan Dennett on Informed Democracy and Religious Education
This is quite long but very interesting. There is a lot to be learned from our world's religions and Dennett proposes that they be taught in school along side math, science, drama etc. He proposes that only the facts be taught. No dogma. I 100% agree.
DAN DENNETT'S SPEECH
the key to culture is religion. think about that for a few minutes if you will. we are without culture here in california and beyond.
DAN DENNETT'S SPEECH
the key to culture is religion. think about that for a few minutes if you will. we are without culture here in california and beyond.
la fin du monde california tour
go see this band. they are one of california's colossal musical entities.
12.10.2007
his flat materials
I haven't read any of the "His Dark Materials" series, although I've been very interested in it over the past couple years. "The Golden Compass," the first book in the trilogy was just adapted into a feature film starring, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Sam Elliot and Eva Green. All these actors I like a lot, and the story is anti Catholic, my attention, sparked. Armored bears, compasses that tell only the truth, legions of flying witches, evil popes, dust(original sin) binding parallel dimensions and different worlds, all these wonderful things. The film still was drab and magicless somehow. For one thing Chris Weitz is talentless and beyond mediocre, he ghost directed "American Pie". New Line Cinemas is supposedly upset that that movie under performed compared to LORD OF THE RINGS. Wake up New Line, hire a Director with some style and a clue. Not some dude who make movies about flutes on pussy, and dicks on pies, and jocks on webcams. You're idiots. You possibly ruined the series with one fatal decision. CHRIS WEITZ sucks. I'm disappointed. I'll be at Barragan's Wednesday for margarita night. See you there.
12.09.2007
12.07.2007
from tom
P.P.P.S. Camerin is bad news. Seriously, stay away from that guy. He can't be trusted. He steals from his friends and says really mean things then tries to choke me out like he's Homer Simpson and I'm Bart Simpson.
12.03.2007
december
It's December, the end of the year, reset to zero, the light, winter solstice, egg nog, turkey, cold weather. I can't wait to head home in a couple weeks, but in the mean time this is what's been going on here in Los Angeles over the past month.
New roommate Dave Keyes moved in. His Dad wrote for every interesting person's favorite cartoon as a child, Ducktails!
Kyle Burns applied to AFI for Cinematography. Cross your fingers, wish him luck.
Casper and I produced a pilot for a webshow called STALKERAZZI. More on that soon, or go to Hobnox.com
LA FIN DU MONDE is coming to Los Angeles in January. Dates coming soon.
My album with ZAK FORREST came out. Z F . LANTERN BLACK LODGE - "VEILED UNVEILER" Buy here at iTunes.
VEILED UNVEILER
New roommate Dave Keyes moved in. His Dad wrote for every interesting person's favorite cartoon as a child, Ducktails!
Kyle Burns applied to AFI for Cinematography. Cross your fingers, wish him luck.
Casper and I produced a pilot for a webshow called STALKERAZZI. More on that soon, or go to Hobnox.com
LA FIN DU MONDE is coming to Los Angeles in January. Dates coming soon.
My album with ZAK FORREST came out. Z F . LANTERN BLACK LODGE - "VEILED UNVEILER" Buy here at iTunes.
VEILED UNVEILER
11.30.2007
Z F . LANTERN BLACK LODGE - "VEILED UNVEILER" Available Now!
Go to TRADEMARK RECORDINGS and get Z F . LANTERN BLACK LODGE's Debut album "Veiled Unveiler".
The album is available through iTunes and eMusic. Trademark Recordings website has the direct link.
Today it is raining in Los Angeles. You are lonely and depressed. No one is calling you today. No one cares. "Veiled Unveiler" is the bleak dire album of our winter season. Be quiet and get it please.
The album is available through iTunes and eMusic. Trademark Recordings website has the direct link.
Today it is raining in Los Angeles. You are lonely and depressed. No one is calling you today. No one cares. "Veiled Unveiler" is the bleak dire album of our winter season. Be quiet and get it please.
11.27.2007
11.20.2007
los angeles homicide report
someone is blogging every homicide that takes place in los angeles. scary shit. check it out in my links. some cholo got iced at burrito king.
11.13.2007
november nights
don't expect too much from me on here this month. i am working as a cameraman on a show called "stalkerazzi", just started playing world of warcraft again, i'm looking for a new roommate, i'm tired. personally things could be better.
11.05.2007
every day is a gift
went 1-4 in my baseball game, couple rbis. went to orange county to visit my aunt who just got out of the hospital. she is doing well, which is a good for her and our family. home in echo park now, long silent drive, long quiet night, quieter than i deserve.
10.30.2007
before us, radphael
it's not quite winter yet here in los angeles where winter is never quite winter ever. my bank account is emptier than the bright blue sky is empty of clouds again like it always is empty of all things but blue and bright. a friend was checking her credit score, and asked me over and over
"check yours too, don't you want to know, don't you want to know what your credit score is?"
"i don't want to know what my credit score is, i know it's not the worse and it's not the best, and i don't like limbo so i don't want to know, is that alright to not want to know such a thing?"
some people are very interested in their credit score. these kind of people are proud of their credit. i'm not very proud of mine. i'm not proud of my car either, i don't wash it, the same way i don't watch my credit score. i guess i need a car and a credit score to be an adult, but i'm not all that interested in being adult anymore than the los angeles sky is interested in clouds.
"check yours too, don't you want to know, don't you want to know what your credit score is?"
"i don't want to know what my credit score is, i know it's not the worse and it's not the best, and i don't like limbo so i don't want to know, is that alright to not want to know such a thing?"
some people are very interested in their credit score. these kind of people are proud of their credit. i'm not very proud of mine. i'm not proud of my car either, i don't wash it, the same way i don't watch my credit score. i guess i need a car and a credit score to be an adult, but i'm not all that interested in being adult anymore than the los angeles sky is interested in clouds.
torre and dodgers?
from david letterman.
"Maybe Dodgers, maybe Angels?" Letterman asked.
"Well, the Dodgers have a contract, I mean, a manager," Torre replied. "The Angels have a very good manager."
according to the los angeles news joe torre will be the dodgers manager tomorrow.
"Maybe Dodgers, maybe Angels?" Letterman asked.
"Well, the Dodgers have a contract, I mean, a manager," Torre replied. "The Angels have a very good manager."
according to the los angeles news joe torre will be the dodgers manager tomorrow.
10.29.2007
10.28.2007
milton bradley is still pissed
i found this on a blog titled "milton bradley does the most milton bradley thing of all time"
10.25.2007
synthesis magazine review - "the calm"
The Calm at the Edge of the Sea
2007-10-02
Written By: James Barone
The Calm at the Edge of the Sea is truly a family affair. Director/screenwriter Camerin Kelly — a native of the small Northern California town of Magalia — employed a host of friends and family to create this, his latest feature co-written and directed with Brian Zarin. Working with a shoestring budget and limited resourses, Kelly, Zarin and company have nonetheless created an engaging film.
Travis (Gary Douglas Kohn) moves from Los Angeles to rural Northern California after the death of his mother. His uncle Pete (Mervin Gilbert) takes him in, even though the two don’t have much of a history together. A far cry from his work in the film industry in the big city, Travis gets a job helping Billy (Camerin Kelly) with chores around a sheep ranch. Travis seems to find in this remote coastal town the peace he was looking for, but when a relationship forms between he and Billy’s longtime girlfriend Faye (Susan Burke), the place that brought him the respite he yearned for becomes a lot less welcoming.
The action doesn’t always move smoothly. Calm…does have some frustrating moments, with uneven pacing and clunky dialogue, but overall, there is enough here that overcomes its faults. A sense of loneliness and despair looms heavy over the characters and situations. These are people who seem trapped and are either unable, or unwilling, to find a suitable escape, and for the most part, the principle players — Burke, Kelly and Kohn — do a competent job. Though Kohn’s portrayal of Travis can be a bit one dimensional, he does create a sympathetic protagonist. Lighter moments are provided by a group of local fishermen who throw some bawdy humor into the mix, which is a nice change of pace, but it’s Gilbert’s performance as Uncle Pete that really stands out. From his first scene, he establishes his character as instantly relatable, and provides a vital counterpoint — both with his humor and wisdom — to the mid-‘20s angst that permeates the rest of the film. Without him, Calm…may have been a very dour viewing experience.
The film's most striking feature is its sense of place. Director of photography Kyle Burns (Camerin’s brother, who also did an amazing job of location scouting) creates breathtaking shots. Filmed in Fort Bragg, Calm has a great natural backdrop to begin with, but Burns manages to capture both the beauty and desolation of the landscape and makes it a real character in the film. Indoors, the shots become a lot more intimate, and scenes such as a rowdy conversation over dinner and drinks at a crowded Uncle Pete’s house feel almost like a home movie. These strong visual elements are enhanced by a beautiful score composed by Faith Coloccia of Los Angeles-based Everlovely Lightningheart (the band also contributes music for the soundtrack). Coloccia’s sparse piano work punctuates the film’s mournful progression from hope to sorrow.
Calm… is at its best when the filmmakers allow its powerful emotions to speak louder than its words. As the film progresses, it lapses into chilling ambiguity that makes its title seem all the more poignant. It’s not perfect by any means, but for a group of young filmmakers, Calm… certainly shows a world of promise. Kelly is currently looking for a distributor and is also entering Calm… for consideration on the festival circuit (it was already shown at the Mendocino Film Festival in May). For more information, check out the film’s official MySpace page.
2007-10-02
Written By: James Barone
The Calm at the Edge of the Sea is truly a family affair. Director/screenwriter Camerin Kelly — a native of the small Northern California town of Magalia — employed a host of friends and family to create this, his latest feature co-written and directed with Brian Zarin. Working with a shoestring budget and limited resourses, Kelly, Zarin and company have nonetheless created an engaging film.
Travis (Gary Douglas Kohn) moves from Los Angeles to rural Northern California after the death of his mother. His uncle Pete (Mervin Gilbert) takes him in, even though the two don’t have much of a history together. A far cry from his work in the film industry in the big city, Travis gets a job helping Billy (Camerin Kelly) with chores around a sheep ranch. Travis seems to find in this remote coastal town the peace he was looking for, but when a relationship forms between he and Billy’s longtime girlfriend Faye (Susan Burke), the place that brought him the respite he yearned for becomes a lot less welcoming.
The action doesn’t always move smoothly. Calm…does have some frustrating moments, with uneven pacing and clunky dialogue, but overall, there is enough here that overcomes its faults. A sense of loneliness and despair looms heavy over the characters and situations. These are people who seem trapped and are either unable, or unwilling, to find a suitable escape, and for the most part, the principle players — Burke, Kelly and Kohn — do a competent job. Though Kohn’s portrayal of Travis can be a bit one dimensional, he does create a sympathetic protagonist. Lighter moments are provided by a group of local fishermen who throw some bawdy humor into the mix, which is a nice change of pace, but it’s Gilbert’s performance as Uncle Pete that really stands out. From his first scene, he establishes his character as instantly relatable, and provides a vital counterpoint — both with his humor and wisdom — to the mid-‘20s angst that permeates the rest of the film. Without him, Calm…may have been a very dour viewing experience.
The film's most striking feature is its sense of place. Director of photography Kyle Burns (Camerin’s brother, who also did an amazing job of location scouting) creates breathtaking shots. Filmed in Fort Bragg, Calm has a great natural backdrop to begin with, but Burns manages to capture both the beauty and desolation of the landscape and makes it a real character in the film. Indoors, the shots become a lot more intimate, and scenes such as a rowdy conversation over dinner and drinks at a crowded Uncle Pete’s house feel almost like a home movie. These strong visual elements are enhanced by a beautiful score composed by Faith Coloccia of Los Angeles-based Everlovely Lightningheart (the band also contributes music for the soundtrack). Coloccia’s sparse piano work punctuates the film’s mournful progression from hope to sorrow.
Calm… is at its best when the filmmakers allow its powerful emotions to speak louder than its words. As the film progresses, it lapses into chilling ambiguity that makes its title seem all the more poignant. It’s not perfect by any means, but for a group of young filmmakers, Calm… certainly shows a world of promise. Kelly is currently looking for a distributor and is also entering Calm… for consideration on the festival circuit (it was already shown at the Mendocino Film Festival in May). For more information, check out the film’s official MySpace page.
the european beer with lunch in los angeles
in europe almost everyone has either beer or wine with lunch. here people are scared to go for a second glass of ice tea, in fear of inducing a caffeine related anxiety attack in their corporate 12th floor cubicle, whether it be at mtv or some downtown investment banking firm. i say i need a beer with lunch if I actually have to sit down and talk to someone at lunch. i tend to find the person i'm talking to more interesting after a beer, and they will probably find me the same way. water gets us nowhere.
10.24.2007
10.23.2007
blood trails
here is a trailer I cut for Imagination Worldwide's film BLOOD TRAILS. I don't think the trailer was ever used for anything, for I never even fixed the titles, but it's still kind of cool. Thanks Travis Stevens for the work.
10.19.2007
shea burns at his finest!
Framed
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this isn't my brothers best film, but it's his best shot film. the chase scene is fucking bad ass.
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this isn't my brothers best film, but it's his best shot film. the chase scene is fucking bad ass.
10.17.2007
Arizona Charlie's - Clip
Here is a clip from Justin Taines film, ARIZONA CHARLIE's AND THE PORTAL TO HELL, which Quinton Gozza and myself starred in.
10.14.2007
we own the night
I've read mixed reviews on James Gray's new film and really just shrugged off most of what I've come across. I guess a lot of people aren't getting this film. I thought it was really good, not amazing, but really good. If you don't like it, I really don't care, and I might even secretly think less of you as a person, but James Gray and Joaquin Phoenix killed it. Oh and the score was equally beautiful and atmospheric, thank you Wojciech Kilar..
If you don't know who James Gray is, check him his other films.
LITTLE ODESSA
THE YARDS
Both are amazing.
If you don't know who James Gray is, check him his other films.
LITTLE ODESSA
THE YARDS
Both are amazing.
10.11.2007
guy pearce as andy warhol
GUY PEARCE takes the cake as best actor to play ANDY WARHOL in my opinion. Just finished FACTORY GIRL. It wasn't all that great as far as films go, man.. I thought Guy Pearce was really amazing in it. You've got Crispin Glover, David Bowie, and I'm sure there are others out there who've gone platinum and pasty, but this was the best portrayal to date.
10.09.2007
Jeff Kent is racist.
After watching their youth movement crash and burn against a wall of reality last week, the Dodgers are quietly mulling a slight change of direction. The kids are no longer untouchable. At least one of those kids could be the centerpiece in a winter trade that could bring the team a badly needed veteran star. That kid could be Matt Kemp. Insiders say that although management was furious with Jeff Kent for publicly ripping the team's young players last week, it agrees with some of the things he said. There is concern over some of the rookies' attitudes and aptitudes. The kid who would draw the biggest price is Kemp, ironically, the kid who was apparently one of Kent's biggest targets.
Why Milton Bradley went apeshit.
Why Bradley went off on ump
Milton Bradley's loss, his loss of temper and the reasons for it are being examined by Major League Baseball. The Padres' first-base coach, Bobby Meacham, said after the game that Bradley had been baited by umpire Mike Winters, calling Winters's words "the most disconcerting conversation I have heard from an umpire to a player" in Meacham's 26 years in baseball. "There's no possible way a man is going to stand there and take what he said to Milton," Meacham told MLB.com. "The boiling point is when he called Milton a name. Milton did not say anything to him to get him to do that."
Jeff Kent hates african americans. Kent said some racist crap to Bradley, got him kicked off the Dodgers a couple years back. Matt Kemp is on Jeff Kent's anti black crusade next.
Milton Bradley's loss, his loss of temper and the reasons for it are being examined by Major League Baseball. The Padres' first-base coach, Bobby Meacham, said after the game that Bradley had been baited by umpire Mike Winters, calling Winters's words "the most disconcerting conversation I have heard from an umpire to a player" in Meacham's 26 years in baseball. "There's no possible way a man is going to stand there and take what he said to Milton," Meacham told MLB.com. "The boiling point is when he called Milton a name. Milton did not say anything to him to get him to do that."
Jeff Kent hates african americans. Kent said some racist crap to Bradley, got him kicked off the Dodgers a couple years back. Matt Kemp is on Jeff Kent's anti black crusade next.
10.06.2007
10.02.2007
"calm" review - synthesis magazine
here is a review of THE CALM AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA from Synthesis Magazine.
SYNTHESIS REVIEW
SYNTHESIS REVIEW
the apples of big sur - CALM tour
we screened THE CALM AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA september 20th in big sur california at the HENRY MILLER LIBRARY. before the screening i met up with an old friend LEAH FRITTS and her sister CARISSA. leah lives on a beautiful cliff over looking the pacific ocean. i slept that night in a trailer built into the silent darkness of the red wood forest. here are some memories on film.
leah's yard overlooking the sea.
carrisa and her boyfriend.
drinking rum from south america.
henry miller's bathtub.
sports car.
kyle burns loves the ocean of course.
leah's yard overlooking the sea.
carrisa and her boyfriend.
drinking rum from south america.
henry miller's bathtub.
sports car.
kyle burns loves the ocean of course.
tour merchandise
3 FILMS by camerin kelly. art by brooke weller and myself.
ALDOUS HAMMER and THE CALM AT THE EDGE OF THE SEA
go get "chucked"
quinton "chucking" in the front yard of the epl.
get the "chuck" out of his face bitch.
"like a dress" rehearsal.
this photo taken from the casting session at the echo park lodge. director sean meehan and director of photography shiva.
sean going over the script in my bedroom.
"arizona charlie's" wrap party
quinton, alex israel(producer), and myself.
kris(dp) and justin taines
9.28.2007
Z F . LANTERN BLACK LODGE "VEILED UNVEILER" Nov. 13th
Z F . LANTERN BLACK LODGE Debut album "Veiled Unveiler" comes out November 13th on most Digital Music Stores, iTunes, eMusic, etc.. Look for shows in Los Angeles in November. "Veiled Unveiler" will be released through the wonderful label known as:
TRADEMARK RECORDINGS
Z F. LANTERN BLACK LODGE MYSPACE
lantern workshops of havona
You gave me the cosmic blueprints for lantern making, and I try to make lanterns for everyone I know. Lanterns are magic, spirit, love, hope and many other good things. There is no darkness in these lanterns, for they shine too bright. Darkness doesn't need a lantern, but people do in darkness.
9.25.2007
Local family gets time on the silver screen
Local family gets time on the silver screen
By Paul Wellersdick Staff Writer
Article Launched: 09/25/2007 01:00:00 AM PDT
A Paradise family and friends wrote, produced and acted in a new independent film that played at the Pageant Theatre in Chico Friday and Saturday. Paradise resident Karin Burns produced the film "Calm at the Edge of the Sea," she said.
"It's fun, exhausting and rewarding," she said. "It's like raising a family, a movie family who now all have a special bond."
Her son Camerin Burns co-wrote the script with Brian Zarin. All of Karin's four children were involved in the film in one way or another, she said. Her son Kyle was the cinematographer, while Kelly did the behind the scenes works and Shea played a small role, she said.
Camerin and Casey Barclay, a co-producer for the film both graduated from Paradise High School in 1999 and have gone on to careers in film in Los Angeles. Kyle graduated from PHS in 2003 and Kelly in 2002. Shea, 14, is still in school in Paradise. All her boys were home schooled up until high school and may have started their film careers doing small plays at home, but Camerin took the most interest, she said.
"He may have kind of dragged them along," she said.
The film is about a young man named Travis who left LA for a better life in Mendocino. While there, Travis lives with his uncle Pete, a retired fisherman, and works on ranch were he meets Billy. Travis and Billy's girlfriend spark an attraction that leads to a twist in the end. The next step is entering the film in independent film festivals, like the Sundance Festival and the
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Mendocino Film Festival, Karin said. The film may also return to the Pageant in December.
Having so much support from the community helped with the low budget film, Karin said. Twenty five people from Paradise and Chico were involved in some aspect. Some quit their jobs or took a month off in the summer of 2005 to shoot the film at the Burns' family ranch in Mendocino. "Although they weren't paid they were fed," Karin said.
During the filming process, everyone got along well, she said.
"They pretty much worked all day," she said. "Sometimes they didn't start shooting until midnight, and would be up until four in the morning. You'd think they'd loose their temper, but they didn't."
Camerin, now a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts, said they got along well because shooting the film happened fast, shooting six days a week for three and a half weeks.
"We didn't have time to not get along," he said.
Camerin's brother Kyle was his only choice for the cinematography, he said.
"For any project I shoot, I want him," he said.
Camerin had some experience making films, but this was a learning process for everyone, he said.
"A lot of people had no experience and I had some, but never directing 20 people that didn't know what they were doing," he said.
His younger brother Shea was 12-years-old when they shot the film, he said.
"He did as much as a 12-year-old could," he said. "He got kicked around a little."
Camerin said working with his mom was great because she organized the Northern California part of the film, Camerin said.
"She was like our ambassador," he said.
Although the film is not for rent or for sale yet, he is working on selling the film between his normal job making music videos and acting in commercials, he said.
"It's the largest production I've done," he said. "Thirty-five months. Now we're trying to get rid of it. That'd be a major burden off my shoulders."
Although the project has been rough, he said after two-and-a-half years he's watched it countless times without getting bored of it.
"I can watch it day to day and not cringe," he said. "By the end of most projects I hate it but not with this one."
By Paul Wellersdick Staff Writer
Article Launched: 09/25/2007 01:00:00 AM PDT
A Paradise family and friends wrote, produced and acted in a new independent film that played at the Pageant Theatre in Chico Friday and Saturday. Paradise resident Karin Burns produced the film "Calm at the Edge of the Sea," she said.
"It's fun, exhausting and rewarding," she said. "It's like raising a family, a movie family who now all have a special bond."
Her son Camerin Burns co-wrote the script with Brian Zarin. All of Karin's four children were involved in the film in one way or another, she said. Her son Kyle was the cinematographer, while Kelly did the behind the scenes works and Shea played a small role, she said.
Camerin and Casey Barclay, a co-producer for the film both graduated from Paradise High School in 1999 and have gone on to careers in film in Los Angeles. Kyle graduated from PHS in 2003 and Kelly in 2002. Shea, 14, is still in school in Paradise. All her boys were home schooled up until high school and may have started their film careers doing small plays at home, but Camerin took the most interest, she said.
"He may have kind of dragged them along," she said.
The film is about a young man named Travis who left LA for a better life in Mendocino. While there, Travis lives with his uncle Pete, a retired fisherman, and works on ranch were he meets Billy. Travis and Billy's girlfriend spark an attraction that leads to a twist in the end. The next step is entering the film in independent film festivals, like the Sundance Festival and the
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Mendocino Film Festival, Karin said. The film may also return to the Pageant in December.
Having so much support from the community helped with the low budget film, Karin said. Twenty five people from Paradise and Chico were involved in some aspect. Some quit their jobs or took a month off in the summer of 2005 to shoot the film at the Burns' family ranch in Mendocino. "Although they weren't paid they were fed," Karin said.
During the filming process, everyone got along well, she said.
"They pretty much worked all day," she said. "Sometimes they didn't start shooting until midnight, and would be up until four in the morning. You'd think they'd loose their temper, but they didn't."
Camerin, now a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts, said they got along well because shooting the film happened fast, shooting six days a week for three and a half weeks.
"We didn't have time to not get along," he said.
Camerin's brother Kyle was his only choice for the cinematography, he said.
"For any project I shoot, I want him," he said.
Camerin had some experience making films, but this was a learning process for everyone, he said.
"A lot of people had no experience and I had some, but never directing 20 people that didn't know what they were doing," he said.
His younger brother Shea was 12-years-old when they shot the film, he said.
"He did as much as a 12-year-old could," he said. "He got kicked around a little."
Camerin said working with his mom was great because she organized the Northern California part of the film, Camerin said.
"She was like our ambassador," he said.
Although the film is not for rent or for sale yet, he is working on selling the film between his normal job making music videos and acting in commercials, he said.
"It's the largest production I've done," he said. "Thirty-five months. Now we're trying to get rid of it. That'd be a major burden off my shoulders."
Although the project has been rough, he said after two-and-a-half years he's watched it countless times without getting bored of it.
"I can watch it day to day and not cringe," he said. "By the end of most projects I hate it but not with this one."
bradley is still insane
Milton Bradley will miss the rest of the year with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. He was injured when his own manager spun him to the ground while trying to keep him from going after umpire Mike Winters during an eighth-inning confrontation in Sunday's 7-3 loss to Colorado at Petco Park.
You will always be Millionaire Milton Bradley to me.
You will always be Millionaire Milton Bradley to me.
9.24.2007
Long silver roads relected in clouds
I've driven the 5 from Paradise to Los Angeles a many time. Legs cramp, kidneys ache, brain waves flatline, del taco pains. Thank god for Celtic Frost, Brian Eno, Xasthur and the Urantia Book, black magick pudding.
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calm tour notes 1.
The tour was a success and we had a great turn out at all screenings. Check back soon for photos and video.
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9.19.2007
9.17.2007
Z F . LANTERN BLACK LODGE - "Veiled Unveiler" EP coming NOVEMBER
Zak Forrest and myself Camerin Kelly have given birth to a new album coming out this November on the label known as Trademark.
Z F . LANTERN BLACK LODGE - "VEILED UNVEILER" A Soundtrack
Coming November to iTunes and other musical sources.
TRADEMARK RECORDINGS
TRADEMARK MYSPACE
ALSO look for AKASA coming this WINTER from TRADEMARK.
9.09.2007
'I'm Not There' - Todd Haynes
'I'm Not There' is Todd Haynes(Far From Heaven, Velvet Goldmine) latest film. The film is about Bob Dylan and different actors playing Bob Dylan. Here's Cate Blanchett as Bob Dylan.
Too cool.
Too cool.
leave me sun summer
notes on the summer coming soon including:
chakra boots
tuscan raiders
alamanor
magalia
trim girls
special appearences
chakra boots
tuscan raiders
alamanor
magalia
trim girls
special appearences
9.07.2007
Upcoming 'Calm' Screenings
The Calm at the Edge of the Sea - Fall 2007 California Tour
DATES
9.20.07 - 6:45PM The Henry Miller Library - Big Sur, CA
9.21.07 - 6:00PM The Pageant Theater - Chico, CA - PRIVATE SCREENING
9.22.07 - 8:45PM The Pageant Theater - Chico, CA
9.24.07 - ? PM ? - Fort Bragg or Mendocino, CA
Check back soon for new dates.
For more info visit:
www.EdgeoftheSea.com
www.myspace.com/calmatheedgeofthesea
INFO: Email Cameronpkelly@gmail.com
9.05.2007
9.04.2007
welcome to vatican city
this is hilarious, justin taines is high on fire.
http://welcometovaticancity.blogspot.com/
http://welcometovaticancity.blogspot.com/
9.03.2007
the calm at the edge of the sea - sept.
Here are the upcoming 'the calm at the edge of the sea' screenings.
9.20.07 - 6:45PM The Henry Miller Library, Big Sur CA
9.21.07 - 6:00PM The Pageant Theater, Chico CA
9.22.07 - 8:45PM The Pageant Theater, Chico CA
We plan to add another screening in Fort Bragg or Mendocino.
9.20.07 - 6:45PM The Henry Miller Library, Big Sur CA
9.21.07 - 6:00PM The Pageant Theater, Chico CA
9.22.07 - 8:45PM The Pageant Theater, Chico CA
We plan to add another screening in Fort Bragg or Mendocino.
8.29.2007
8.11.2007
8.09.2007
Calm screening?
Screening in Chico, this september. More info coming this sunday.
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7.30.2007
there is food in the cafeteria freezer nightmare
i had a dream that the world was ending again last night. everyone was dying, there were fires in the hill, and the sky was perpetual twilight. i was with my family, mother, father, brothers, uncles, aunts, best friends and others. the dead were walking and we watched them high above in some tall building in the woods. below was an elementary school. there was a decision for mass suicide, and i cried as everyone decided it was the best choice, for we were soon to run out of food, and no one wanted to resort to killing each other for the sake of living another day. i watched as my family stood in a circle. the sky was sparkling with fire and it was blurry from tears. they died together but i couldn't go along with them. their bodies disappeared and i was all alone. i decided to climb down from the building and scavenge the school's cafeteria for supples and maybe a meal. below was hell. the dead people walked faster than i expected but they didn't bite or anything like in a movie. they wanted to hold me, grab me, not let me go. i ran, but there were so many in the school that i turned around. up the building i went back, hands grabbing for a living friend, one in need of friendship but a dead one. i found myself back on some high over looking porch, skeletons of my family lie in the circle, above vaporish spirits loitered, communicating with me, understand their fear, but not their actual message. that was the end of the world in the dream i had last night.
kyle burns: Laszlo Kovacs/Ingmar Bergman R.I.P
Laszlo Kovacs/Ingmar Bergman R.I.P
two amazing individuals who did wonders for film recently passed away. Laszlo who was the cinematographer for such films as Easy Rider, Paper Moon, Ghostbusters and Radio Flyer. Ingmar who is responsible for Wild Strawberries, one of my fave's, and The Seventh Seal among many others.
Last year at the Mendocino Film Festival i was fortunate enough to talk to Laszlo, and i asked him a couple questions about his fantastic work on Paper Moon which is shot in B&W, with tremendous deep focus cinematography. What a glorious Hungarian that man is.
I suggest watching a couple of each of their movies, it's the least you can do to appreciate the wonderful art they created.
no bueno
two amazing individuals who did wonders for film recently passed away. Laszlo who was the cinematographer for such films as Easy Rider, Paper Moon, Ghostbusters and Radio Flyer. Ingmar who is responsible for Wild Strawberries, one of my fave's, and The Seventh Seal among many others.
Last year at the Mendocino Film Festival i was fortunate enough to talk to Laszlo, and i asked him a couple questions about his fantastic work on Paper Moon which is shot in B&W, with tremendous deep focus cinematography. What a glorious Hungarian that man is.
I suggest watching a couple of each of their movies, it's the least you can do to appreciate the wonderful art they created.
no bueno
hungarian cinematographer laszlo kovacs has passed on to the next world
laszlo kovacs passed away over the weekend. i met laszlo at the mendocino film festival in the spring of 2006. he was a genuinely nice and extremely knowledgeable man. i feel honored to have had the opportunity to have spent a few minutes with him over the span of the weekend, especially at a festival where my own film was screening. laszlo is one of the golden god's of cinematography, and he will always be remembered for a life's beautiful work.
laszlo shot many great films including:
easy rider
ghostbusters
five easy pieces
paper moon
say anything
laszlo shot many great films including:
easy rider
ghostbusters
five easy pieces
paper moon
say anything
ingmar bergman has joined his muse: death
"No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul."
legendary swedish director ingmar bergman has left the earth. to myself and many, one of the greatest filmakers of all time.
On Godard from imdb
"I've never gotten anything out of his movies. They have felt constructed, faux intellectual and completely dead. Cinematographically uninteresting and infinitely boring. Godard is a fucking bore. He's made his films for the critics. One of the movies, Masculin, féminin, was shot here in Sweden. It was mind-numbingly boring."
select films:
the seventh seal
wild strawberries
hour of the wolf
persona
legendary swedish director ingmar bergman has left the earth. to myself and many, one of the greatest filmakers of all time.
On Godard from imdb
"I've never gotten anything out of his movies. They have felt constructed, faux intellectual and completely dead. Cinematographically uninteresting and infinitely boring. Godard is a fucking bore. He's made his films for the critics. One of the movies, Masculin, féminin, was shot here in Sweden. It was mind-numbingly boring."
select films:
the seventh seal
wild strawberries
hour of the wolf
persona
7.28.2007
stoner rock is bueno for your dna, i guess....
cool documentary coming out based on stoner rockers. dead meadow, nebula, sunn, etc... i don't need to name them.
7.27.2007
dodgers pitching
if dodgers are smart, they will nab salomon torres and shawn chacon from the pirates.
7.25.2007
music videos in los angeles
anyone who has info on either of these town bands should contact me. very interested in directing videos for both.
1. the black pine
2. xu xu fang
hook me up please.
1. the black pine
2. xu xu fang
hook me up please.
7.24.2007
labwaste
coming soon.... subtitle, thavius beck and camerin kelly all meeting up for the grand parade soon.
7.20.2007
7.18.2007
reptilian after all
i guess dave imes was right. george w. is truly reptilian, and under downtown la survives a great race of reptile-men.
The R-complex is named for the most advanced part of the brain higher mammals share with reptiles. It is responsible for rage[1], xenophobia[1], basic survival fight-or-flight responses[1], territoriality[citation needed] and social hierarchy[citation needed], along with the desire to submit to stronger (Alpha Type) members of one's own species[citation needed]. Often, the R-Complex can override the more rational function of the brain and result in unpredictable, primitive behavior in even the most sentient of creatures, humans included. A well developed and healthy neo-cortex can monitor R-Complex activity in sentient beings. The Reptilian complex is the most ancient part of a very successful brain scheme, evolutionarily speaking.
The R-complex is named for the most advanced part of the brain higher mammals share with reptiles. It is responsible for rage[1], xenophobia[1], basic survival fight-or-flight responses[1], territoriality[citation needed] and social hierarchy[citation needed], along with the desire to submit to stronger (Alpha Type) members of one's own species[citation needed]. Often, the R-Complex can override the more rational function of the brain and result in unpredictable, primitive behavior in even the most sentient of creatures, humans included. A well developed and healthy neo-cortex can monitor R-Complex activity in sentient beings. The Reptilian complex is the most ancient part of a very successful brain scheme, evolutionarily speaking.
sidearm pitching
I just won a bet with Tom Mahoney for $100, that DENNIS ECKERSLEY of Oakland A's fame throws sidearm. Tom didn't believe me, and I said over margarita's at el compadre. Bet you $100. Here is proof.
Sidearm is a method of throwing an object in which the arm swings parallel to the ground and the palm of the hand points towards the target. In baseball, sidearm throws are common in the infield because it is easier to throw off balance or while turning, as opposed to overhand throws which require a back leg-to-front leg weight shift. Sidearm pitchers are fairly rare, but many have succeeded in the major leagues, including Randy Johnson, Pat Neshek, Scott Sauerbeck, Dennis Eckersley, Mark Eichhorn, Jake Peavy, and most notably Walter Johnson. Sidearm pitchers are widely popular in Japanese baseball, usually because of the varied release point of the baseball. Different release points often make it more difficult for the batter to get into a rhythm or predict the timing or type of a pitch.
Sidearm is a method of throwing an object in which the arm swings parallel to the ground and the palm of the hand points towards the target. In baseball, sidearm throws are common in the infield because it is easier to throw off balance or while turning, as opposed to overhand throws which require a back leg-to-front leg weight shift. Sidearm pitchers are fairly rare, but many have succeeded in the major leagues, including Randy Johnson, Pat Neshek, Scott Sauerbeck, Dennis Eckersley, Mark Eichhorn, Jake Peavy, and most notably Walter Johnson. Sidearm pitchers are widely popular in Japanese baseball, usually because of the varied release point of the baseball. Different release points often make it more difficult for the batter to get into a rhythm or predict the timing or type of a pitch.
7.17.2007
calm is finished
anyone want to buy it? anyone want to screen it? anyone want to see it? i'm tired oh so very tired.
7.15.2007
i guess i asked for this
it's the middle of summer. the house is empty. two fans are on high. i am sweating. been sweating for two days without a shower. no one to drink a margarita with in sight. no one to watch harry potter. this is a boring day.
7.11.2007
I guess the Bay doesn't like true All Stars. Blow!
From Dodgers.com:
SAN FRANCISCO -- They weren't terribly popular with Giants partisans in the AT&T Park crowd on a cold Tuesday night, but the Dodgers' three representatives didn't seem to mind.
What hurt more was finding themselves on the wrong side of another All-Star Game, the National League's late rally falling short in a 5-4 decision taken by the Americans, who kept their Midsummer Classic magic intact and once again earned home-field advantage for the World Series.
Russell Martin handled himself professionally behind the plate in his All-Star Game debut, while Brad Penny got the best of Vladimir Guerrero one year later and Takashi Saito pitched a perfect seventh inning, keeping the National League one run down.
"I definitely would have loved to get a hit," Martin said, having gone 0-for-3 while missing one big chance when he popped out in the sixth inning against the Tigers' Justin Verlander. "But I tried my best. When I do that and don't succeed, I can't get angry."
The at-bat against Verlander, the man with no-hit stuff, came with the potential tying run at second and two outs, the NL trailing by a run. Martin had lined out in his first at-bat against A's starter Dan Haren in the second, and struck out in the fourth against Boston's Josh Beckett.
"It's a little tougher [than a regular-season game] to have a plan up there, especially when you're facing guys you haven't faced before," Martin said. "You're trying to hit a fastball in the zone; you know guys are going to try to hump up. It's not the same adrenaline you normally have. It's a little different."
Martin, 24, showed his dexterity behind the plate in handling Ken Griffey Jr.'s throw from right field on a tough hop, turning and applying a tag on Alex Rodriguez to end the fourth inning. Ivan Rodriguez had singled to right with A-Rod on second.
"It did get on me quick," Martin said of Griffey's bullet. "But I still got it."
Martin handled the NL pitching staff capably, including one efficient inning by teammate Penny.
"I'm still kind of amped up right now, even though I got taken out," Martin said. "That was a good game, man. Bases loaded, two outs ... I've never seen a better All-Star Game."
Saito, who made his All-Star Game debut a perfect one at 37, sounded sure his catcher would be back many times.
"It's too bad he couldn't come through in that one situation, but he's obviously one of the biggest performers of the Los Angeles Dodgers," Saito said through a translator. "He's been a rock for us. I think he had a good time."
Saito certainly did, thoroughly enjoying dispatching the side in order in the seventh. He retired Brian Roberts, Jorge Posada and Torii Hunter in succession, nine of his 13 pitches in the strike zone.
All-Star Game Coverage
"Down by one run, I was able to go into the game with the same intensity [as a save situation]," Saito said. "With the game on the line, you see the competitive side of guys. To keep it a one-run game, I was pretty satisfied.
"My focus is on helping my team win now, but if I get elected to play in [another] All-Star Game, I would be honored."
Saito has made a remarkably quick rise to the highest level after arriving in the Dodgers' organization as one of the lesser known Japanese imports compared to the likes of All-Star Game MVP Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Penny was impressed the first time he saw Saito in the spring of 2006.
"He was throwing 92 to 95 [mph], and his slider was nasty," Penny said. "He didn't make the club out of Spring Training, but [manager] Grady Little said he'd be back. When he did return, he immediately took up that closer role and he's been perfect the whole time."
After striking out the side in a spectacular first inning in the 2006 All-Star Game, Penny yielded a memorable tomahawk homer in the second frame to Guerrero.
This time, it was Penny in control, putting the Angels slugger behind 0-2 with a pair of fastballs, then bringing another fastball in on the hands that became an out, third to first, with Vlad breaking his bat.
Penny dispatched Magglio Ordonez and Ivan Rodriguez, and the top of the second inning was over quickly on seven pitches, five of them strikes.
"I faced him a lot when he was in Montreal," Penny said of Guerrero. "I wanted to get ahead -- last year I didn't get a chance to. Once I got to 0-2, I wanted to run a fastball in, and that's what I did. He's a great hitter, a Hall of Fame player."
Penny was much more economical than in last year's start at Pittsburgh in making quick work of the AL's 5-6-7 hitters.
"That was great," he said. "That's how I wanted it to be. Last year I struck out the side [in the first], but was 3-2 on everybody. I wanted to throw fewer pitches."
Penny was booed "all the way through" during the parade taking the players to the ballpark from 11 a.m. to noon PT, and he was booed roundly along with Martin and Saito during the pregame introductions.
"They don't like the Dodgers -- and shouldn't," Penny said. "If the All-Star Game was in L.A., it'd be the same [with fans booing Giants players]. But it wasn't bad once I got on the mound. It's a great baseball city."
Martin knew it was still a Giants crowd, NL sentiment notwithstanding, on Monday.
"I took batting practice yesterday, and right away they started booing me," he said. "Fans here are going to boo the Dodgers. I don't take it personally."
He's fast for a catcher, but even Martin is a little amazed by how far he has traveled in such a short period of time.
"It's funny, only two years ago I was in the Futures Game," Martin said. "Now here I am, playing in the All-Star Game.
"I always put high standards for myself, try to push it to the limit. Individually, the ultimate goal is making the All-Star team."
Penny, who said he loves pitching to Martin, has felt right at home in Los Angeles, reaching his full potential as a back-to-back All-Star after helping pitch the Marlins to a 2003 World Series title.
"I like it in L.A. a lot better [than Florida]," Penny said. "The fans, it's more of a playoff atmosphere. It sells out all the time, and that makes it more fun, when the fans are into it. I'm fortunate to be where I'm at."
Even if it means being a villain every time he comes to San Francisco, even as an All-Star.
SAN FRANCISCO -- They weren't terribly popular with Giants partisans in the AT&T Park crowd on a cold Tuesday night, but the Dodgers' three representatives didn't seem to mind.
What hurt more was finding themselves on the wrong side of another All-Star Game, the National League's late rally falling short in a 5-4 decision taken by the Americans, who kept their Midsummer Classic magic intact and once again earned home-field advantage for the World Series.
Russell Martin handled himself professionally behind the plate in his All-Star Game debut, while Brad Penny got the best of Vladimir Guerrero one year later and Takashi Saito pitched a perfect seventh inning, keeping the National League one run down.
"I definitely would have loved to get a hit," Martin said, having gone 0-for-3 while missing one big chance when he popped out in the sixth inning against the Tigers' Justin Verlander. "But I tried my best. When I do that and don't succeed, I can't get angry."
The at-bat against Verlander, the man with no-hit stuff, came with the potential tying run at second and two outs, the NL trailing by a run. Martin had lined out in his first at-bat against A's starter Dan Haren in the second, and struck out in the fourth against Boston's Josh Beckett.
"It's a little tougher [than a regular-season game] to have a plan up there, especially when you're facing guys you haven't faced before," Martin said. "You're trying to hit a fastball in the zone; you know guys are going to try to hump up. It's not the same adrenaline you normally have. It's a little different."
Martin, 24, showed his dexterity behind the plate in handling Ken Griffey Jr.'s throw from right field on a tough hop, turning and applying a tag on Alex Rodriguez to end the fourth inning. Ivan Rodriguez had singled to right with A-Rod on second.
"It did get on me quick," Martin said of Griffey's bullet. "But I still got it."
Martin handled the NL pitching staff capably, including one efficient inning by teammate Penny.
"I'm still kind of amped up right now, even though I got taken out," Martin said. "That was a good game, man. Bases loaded, two outs ... I've never seen a better All-Star Game."
Saito, who made his All-Star Game debut a perfect one at 37, sounded sure his catcher would be back many times.
"It's too bad he couldn't come through in that one situation, but he's obviously one of the biggest performers of the Los Angeles Dodgers," Saito said through a translator. "He's been a rock for us. I think he had a good time."
Saito certainly did, thoroughly enjoying dispatching the side in order in the seventh. He retired Brian Roberts, Jorge Posada and Torii Hunter in succession, nine of his 13 pitches in the strike zone.
All-Star Game Coverage
"Down by one run, I was able to go into the game with the same intensity [as a save situation]," Saito said. "With the game on the line, you see the competitive side of guys. To keep it a one-run game, I was pretty satisfied.
"My focus is on helping my team win now, but if I get elected to play in [another] All-Star Game, I would be honored."
Saito has made a remarkably quick rise to the highest level after arriving in the Dodgers' organization as one of the lesser known Japanese imports compared to the likes of All-Star Game MVP Ichiro Suzuki and Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Penny was impressed the first time he saw Saito in the spring of 2006.
"He was throwing 92 to 95 [mph], and his slider was nasty," Penny said. "He didn't make the club out of Spring Training, but [manager] Grady Little said he'd be back. When he did return, he immediately took up that closer role and he's been perfect the whole time."
After striking out the side in a spectacular first inning in the 2006 All-Star Game, Penny yielded a memorable tomahawk homer in the second frame to Guerrero.
This time, it was Penny in control, putting the Angels slugger behind 0-2 with a pair of fastballs, then bringing another fastball in on the hands that became an out, third to first, with Vlad breaking his bat.
Penny dispatched Magglio Ordonez and Ivan Rodriguez, and the top of the second inning was over quickly on seven pitches, five of them strikes.
"I faced him a lot when he was in Montreal," Penny said of Guerrero. "I wanted to get ahead -- last year I didn't get a chance to. Once I got to 0-2, I wanted to run a fastball in, and that's what I did. He's a great hitter, a Hall of Fame player."
Penny was much more economical than in last year's start at Pittsburgh in making quick work of the AL's 5-6-7 hitters.
"That was great," he said. "That's how I wanted it to be. Last year I struck out the side [in the first], but was 3-2 on everybody. I wanted to throw fewer pitches."
Penny was booed "all the way through" during the parade taking the players to the ballpark from 11 a.m. to noon PT, and he was booed roundly along with Martin and Saito during the pregame introductions.
"They don't like the Dodgers -- and shouldn't," Penny said. "If the All-Star Game was in L.A., it'd be the same [with fans booing Giants players]. But it wasn't bad once I got on the mound. It's a great baseball city."
Martin knew it was still a Giants crowd, NL sentiment notwithstanding, on Monday.
"I took batting practice yesterday, and right away they started booing me," he said. "Fans here are going to boo the Dodgers. I don't take it personally."
He's fast for a catcher, but even Martin is a little amazed by how far he has traveled in such a short period of time.
"It's funny, only two years ago I was in the Futures Game," Martin said. "Now here I am, playing in the All-Star Game.
"I always put high standards for myself, try to push it to the limit. Individually, the ultimate goal is making the All-Star team."
Penny, who said he loves pitching to Martin, has felt right at home in Los Angeles, reaching his full potential as a back-to-back All-Star after helping pitch the Marlins to a 2003 World Series title.
"I like it in L.A. a lot better [than Florida]," Penny said. "The fans, it's more of a playoff atmosphere. It sells out all the time, and that makes it more fun, when the fans are into it. I'm fortunate to be where I'm at."
Even if it means being a villain every time he comes to San Francisco, even as an All-Star.
7.10.2007
rescue dawn
Just finished werner herzog's latest film, RESCUE DAWN. This is first english speaking narrative feature, at least as far as I know, and it is also by far his best narrative since STROSZEK. Like I always say, I don't review films here, but just want to give some props to ol' Herzog. RESCUE fits wonderfully Werner's library of pain. Jungle, starvation, torture, prevalent as AGUIRRE or FITZCARRALDO, only this time instead of Kinski or Bruno S. we have Christian Bale. Bale is great as always, and this is i'm sure is his most powerful performance to date, but I have to say the Steve Zahn was equally impressive. I've only seen a couple movie's with Zahn, and they are usually stupid comedies as far as I can remember. He's shed his stoner shield and stepped up to the plate. Anyone who can equal Bale within a scene has got something going. As far as directing, it's Herzog as usual. Detached, almost unemotional, somehow bleak with green foliage. The only difference between this and his other films, is that the jungle doesn't win. RESCUE DAWN is based on the true story of DIETER DENGLER, whom Herzog made a documentary called LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY. I don't care if you see the film or not, but you're a dummy if you don't.
7.09.2007
long forgotten 4th
well what's new? on july 4th we all went to the standard and somehow i managed to crack my head open while playing in the pool, giving myself a concussion and bleeding down my face in front of hollywood's finest. risa took my home and i slept for 6 straight hours. 2PM - 7PM. Felt fine that night upon waking, but the next day I was dizzy and everyone said I should go to the hospital for I could be dying of internal bleeding in the brain. This just about gave me a pure aggressive panic attack, but I somehow held it of. Doctor said I'm probably fine, but they did a catscan of my cerebral area just to make sure. I'm cool. Nothing wrong up there. So now we can all laugh this off. Slept through the fireworks. Heard the echo park cholos partying hard though. Giovani aka Subtitle came over and we did some freestyling over brian zarin's beats. I not rapping of course, but singing soulful choruses. We might do an ep in the future. We'll see. Also went and saw Transformers earlier tonight in downtown la, to my delight the climax of the film takes place about 6 blocks from the theater I went to. That was thrilling, except for the fact that when I walked out I was disappointed to find downtown intact and DECEPTICON-LESS. Shia LaBeouf es no bueno.
Gotta see this week:
Rescue Dawn - Herzog's new film starring Christian Bale
Joshue - Looks interesting.
Gotta see this week:
Rescue Dawn - Herzog's new film starring Christian Bale
Joshue - Looks interesting.
7.06.2007
4th of july
i spent the 4th swimming at the standard, riddled with narcotics, with a concussion and gio aka subtitle. more soon
7.04.2007
7.02.2007
new drug deletes bad memories
i can't wait to get sweet memories implanted like trips to mars. in the meantime i'll erase every weekend for the past 3 years.
Do you have a really bad memory, or past heartache, that you would prefer to forget?
Researchers at Harvard and McGill University (in Montreal) are working on an amnesia drug that blocks or deletes bad memories. The technique seems to allow psychiatrists to disrupt the biochemical pathways that allow a memory to be recalled.
In a new study, published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, the drug propranolol is used along with therapy to "dampen" memories of trauma victims. They treated 19 accident or rape victims for ten days, during which the patients were asked to describe their memories of the traumatic event that had happened 10 years earlier. Some patients were given the drug, which is also used to treat amnesia, while others were given a placebo.
A week later, they found that patients given the drug showed fewer signs of stress when recalling their trauma.
Similar research led by Professor Joseph LeDoux has been carried out at New York University on rats; scientists were able to remove a specific memory from the brains of rats while leaving the rest of the animals' memories intact. An amnesia drug called U0126 was administered.
The rats were trained to associate two musical tones with a mild electrical shock so that when they heard either of the tones they would brace themselves for a shock. The researchers then gave half the rats the drug when playing one of the musical tones.
After the treatment, the rats that had been given the drug no longer associated that particular tone with an imminent shock but still braced themselves upon hearing the second tone, demonstrating only one memory had been deleted.
Science fiction fans have a number of associations with the idea of banishing unwanted memories. In the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey play lovers who have a falling out. Winslet's character goes to a company called Lacuna, Inc. to have her memories of the relationship removed; Carrey's character also has the procedure performed (see photo).
In the film, the process involves showing the person a memento of the relationship and then encouraging them to bring up specific memories while an electric shock is given. Not to give away the film, but this technique does not work as planned.
Here's a memory you might have repressed. In the classic Star Trek episode Requiem for Methuselah, Jim Kirk becomes enamored of Rayna, a beautiful woman who turns out to be an android created by a five thousand year old man who calls himself Flint, who was also Leonardo DaVinci and Shakespeare (among many others) during the course of his long life. Flint wants Rayna for himself, Kirk wants her, she loves them both, her circuits overload resulting in her death, and Kirk is devastated.
Finally, Spock saves the day by applying a little-known property of the Vulcan mind-meld, which is that he can make Kirk forget about his sorrows and return to duty (see touching photo).
In related stories, see how researchers have developed a technique that Detects False Memories; also, read about how you can Hack Your Own Reality - The Virtual Way to have better memories than the ones you actually have.
Do you have a really bad memory, or past heartache, that you would prefer to forget?
Researchers at Harvard and McGill University (in Montreal) are working on an amnesia drug that blocks or deletes bad memories. The technique seems to allow psychiatrists to disrupt the biochemical pathways that allow a memory to be recalled.
In a new study, published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research, the drug propranolol is used along with therapy to "dampen" memories of trauma victims. They treated 19 accident or rape victims for ten days, during which the patients were asked to describe their memories of the traumatic event that had happened 10 years earlier. Some patients were given the drug, which is also used to treat amnesia, while others were given a placebo.
A week later, they found that patients given the drug showed fewer signs of stress when recalling their trauma.
Similar research led by Professor Joseph LeDoux has been carried out at New York University on rats; scientists were able to remove a specific memory from the brains of rats while leaving the rest of the animals' memories intact. An amnesia drug called U0126 was administered.
The rats were trained to associate two musical tones with a mild electrical shock so that when they heard either of the tones they would brace themselves for a shock. The researchers then gave half the rats the drug when playing one of the musical tones.
After the treatment, the rats that had been given the drug no longer associated that particular tone with an imminent shock but still braced themselves upon hearing the second tone, demonstrating only one memory had been deleted.
Science fiction fans have a number of associations with the idea of banishing unwanted memories. In the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey play lovers who have a falling out. Winslet's character goes to a company called Lacuna, Inc. to have her memories of the relationship removed; Carrey's character also has the procedure performed (see photo).
In the film, the process involves showing the person a memento of the relationship and then encouraging them to bring up specific memories while an electric shock is given. Not to give away the film, but this technique does not work as planned.
Here's a memory you might have repressed. In the classic Star Trek episode Requiem for Methuselah, Jim Kirk becomes enamored of Rayna, a beautiful woman who turns out to be an android created by a five thousand year old man who calls himself Flint, who was also Leonardo DaVinci and Shakespeare (among many others) during the course of his long life. Flint wants Rayna for himself, Kirk wants her, she loves them both, her circuits overload resulting in her death, and Kirk is devastated.
Finally, Spock saves the day by applying a little-known property of the Vulcan mind-meld, which is that he can make Kirk forget about his sorrows and return to duty (see touching photo).
In related stories, see how researchers have developed a technique that Detects False Memories; also, read about how you can Hack Your Own Reality - The Virtual Way to have better memories than the ones you actually have.
7.01.2007
mlb all stars - 2007
glad to have just read that our hometown dodgers own russell martin, brad penny, and takashi saito all made the national league all star team. the game will take place in san francisco this year. viva los dodgers.
6.26.2007
era vulgaris - queens of the stone age
era vulgaris is another bad ass queens album. and josh homme is still cooler than you or anyone you know or will ever know.
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