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This makes me want to watch his entire producing/writing/directing catalogue back to back, take notes, and compare. I love this short. Shot beautifully. I would embed the video but I'm having serious issues with the code. So since I don't want to waste the post, here is a link to the Oscar Nominated song "Falling Slowly" from the movie Once . I loved this film. If you're musician/songwriter, you need to watch this film.

The Monk's Kettle has lit a fire under my ass. I should have not to go all the way to the mission to enjoy a tasty beverage of an unusual variety. I have read some interviews with the Moonlight Beer guy, and he has started me off with a couple places to check out: Lanespillter and Mr. Cato's . Now these websites don't tell me much... I mean both have pictures and look kind of slick... I mean website aesthetics don't tell you everything but The Monk's Kettle website says a lot just by the look. Indie chic-ish. I guess Yelp can help me out but only so much. People's opinions only help so much. I check back in later to let you know where I'm at. P.S. I'm not an alcoholic, just enjoy some tasty stuff.

Let me take you all the way back to Tuesday 17th. Why? Because a little something called the hype machine and viral marketing world was in full effect making the American movie consumer wet their pants over what was to be the greatest monster movie debut since the Stay Puft Marsh Mellow man crept across the screen in the mid eighties. All weekend movie blogs were wetting their pants over the box office possibilities 40 million dollar weekend predictions and questions over Cloverfield being the best movie of the year... Welcome to January 27th. In Cloverfield's second weekend in theatres the numbers have come in and what we find is JJ Abrams panicing to get his mom in the multiplex. Cloverfield opened and destroyed the theatres: 41 million dollars. The biggest January weekend pull ever. It's second week? 12.7 million. That is barely 30 percent of its gaudy opening weekend. What happened? I guess people decided an hour and a half of shaky cam wasn't worth 10 bucks a ticket. ...

...I'm voting for Barack Obama. Here's why.

Some may be in the know here, but for Marieta and my wedding, I am writing all the music for the ceremony (minus a couple of catholic mass things). It is something I have always wanted to do. It's pretty challenging, and personally I find it a touch demanding. There are a lot of elements at play. When you play in a band you could care less about what people think about your tunes (well that's not entirely true). The songs you write are the songs you write and if you attract an audience kudos. Basically you may be playing for no one, but if you do have an audience chances are those people want to hear your tunes. That's not the case with this. This is the first time I am writing with an audience in mind, wedding goers. The music needs to fit the mood of the situation and not be off putting to those listening. No one will be attending our wedding with the specific reason of listening to my tunes. It's kind of like when you go see a movie. Tim Burton movies are notorious...

This weekend, better known as "Double Chick Flick Weekend," was pretty sweet. I found out about a pretty sweet documentary this past Thursday; The Business of Being Born . Now this sounds like a scathing look at hospitals and the way healthcare is set up in America. Well partially... but that was all a side bar to the main idea of Midwifery/homebirths vs. hospital births. There was absolutely no way I would have found of about this film if it wasn't for cinematical.com. It's not that cinematical has this far reaching eye for film (yes they're great but some deeply independent stuff seems to slip by) but this movie has no marketing budget. Let me give you the trailer: Now this may be completely off putting to any one who has a y chromosome but dude, you are totally missing the point. Yes you're gonna see my births up close and personal. you're gonna see some goo and bloody babies. But it is really amazing. Especially the first birth they show on camera. No...

Maybe we'll look like international jerks... but don't we already? check this out: Just so you read it I'll put it all here. From Scholars and Rogues , here is "Getting us out of Iraq can Get us Out of Recession" "The American Prospect’s Harold Meyerson has an op-ed in the Washington Post today outlining the nature of the coming recession, and how our economic response is going to have to change if we’re to fix it. “Wait,” you’re thinking, “is he saying we’re in recession? Surely not! I know it’s a worry, but no one’s actually said it’s official yet.” Let’s take a look at the facts, then: Citigroup, America’s largest bank, has been hit with a staggering $10 billion in losses this quarter. Naturally, the company is doing what all companies do as a first response to crisis– cutting thousands of jobs –and is begging foreign investors to pump cash into its reserves to keep it solvent. Countrywide, America’s largest lender, reported spikes in delinquencies and fo...