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Yacht Rock, Episode 2

The Idea of Progress — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:22:00 +0000

One of the great contributions to our culture…I present to you: Yacht Rock!

This is episode 2, which is my favorite. There’s 10 episodes, nine of which are fantastic (the Jethro Tull one is a little weak).

This is it! Stand up and fight for this!

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SLC: Vice!

The Idea of Progress — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:44:00 +0000

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I know, I know.

The Idea of Progress — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 07:15:00 +0000

In theory, this thing would be updated every day. Well, it isn’t. What a surprise. Things get in the way. Movies, for instance. I’ve made a few, and all of them are posted here, I think. If not, I’m going to add them. The’re mostly being made for something called Channel 101, or Acceptable Tv. I’ll explain them later, but the sites are all worth checking out.

As is the new home of Chris and my production company, Stranger in the Alps. The site already looks pretty groovy, thanks to the l337 Haxxor Cieslak, and there’s more to come. Right now there’s some prduction stills from our last shoot, titled “Krunk Ninjas in the Year Funky, A.D.,” the title of which will make more sense if a)you’re a Channel 101 fan and b)you see it. More on that later.

So the movie thing is keeping me busy. I’ve been thinking up a new script, too, called SLC Vice!, a show about Mormon cops. We’ll see how that one goes.

Until then.

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Slow News Day, Plus Movies!

The Idea of Progress — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 18:20:00 +0000

It seems to be a slow news day out there. I’ve been trolling around the murky depths of the interenets, and yet can’t find too much to discuss. Other than Jerry Falwell inviting Newt Gingrich to speak at his college. Huh? That reminds me of the press seeking Mel Gibson’s opinion after Michael Richards disgraced himself onstage. Or asking O.J. how he would have done it, if he’d done it.

So, it’s finally out there. Acceptable TV finally got their sit up, which allowed Chris and myself to post our latest masterpiece, “The Most Dangerous Man Alive.” That was sort of frustrating, because we finished this one rather quickly, in about a week, vs. the last one Atomic Man, which took ages and ages. This one is far better, we both feel. If enough people watch it, it’ll get on the Acceptable TV show on VH1, too, which would be great.

I’m working on another short next week, tenatively titled “Spaceship Adventures.” We’ll see how that goes. Since we have access to all of these nifty special effects that Chris is able to do, I figured, why not a space show?

I should be working on my script. I’m going to work on my script now.

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The Most Dangerous Man in the World

The Idea of Progress — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:27:00 +0000

So Atomic Man is finished. You can see a crappy low-resolution version in the post below, or you can go to YouTube and type in Atomic Man. Either way. Did it come out exactly the way I wanted it to? Nah. Am I happy with it? Mostly.

Hot on the heels of Atomic Man comes “The Most Dangerous Man in the World.” Who is a woman. And she’s really nice. We shot for about seven or eight hours today, and got the entire thing filmed. All two and a half minutes of it. The important thing is that it is done. I had assistance from the lovely Kate in securing talent, and the filming went pretty smoothly.

Really. The actors I worked with took things seriously, and if you could see what we were doing, you’d know that was a feat. It makes me want to make movies, if I can have the good fortune to work with talent like this.

Stay tuned. I’m editing tomorrow, and it should be finished in a few days.

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