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Northwest Tour!
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**On Tour with Maple Rabbit May 19-28!**
I'm psyched to be hitting the northwest for ten days with Philly's premiere video band
Maple Rabbit! I'll be screening a collection of my films and they'll be doing what
they do... it involves keyboards, videos, cuteness, and milkshakes in the yard.
 
5/20: Berkeley, CA
Epic Arts Studio, 1923 Ashby Ave
8:30pm $5-10 sliding scale
5/23: Eugene, OR
The World Cafe, 449 Blair Boulevard
8:30pm OUTDOOR SHOW
w/ Sukey Tawdry!
5/24: Portland, OR
The Artistrey 4315 SE Division St.
6:30pm $6.00
5/25: Olympia, WA
@ The Glass House, 1273 Glass Ave
8:00pm (on the eastside)
5/27: Seattle, WA
@ Harvard House, 110 Harvard Ave E
8:00pm w/ Jordan O Jordan & Joshua Powell
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Upcoming screenings
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The SWEATHEART Music Video will be screening at:
THE PHILADELPHIA FILM FESTIVAL
April 13, 14, 15
check: http://www.phillyfests.com for more info
THE 53rd OBERHAUSEN FILM FESTIVAL
May 4, 5, 6, 7 (8-12am)
in the "Commercial for a Concept" program
PULLING TEETH will be playing at:
The Ice Capades in Chicago on Saturday April 28th 9:00pm
check out http://www.theicecapades.com
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PSA
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I got asked to direct a PSA commercial for a local non-profit.
They had a script and actors in place but the day before we were
supposed to shoot one of the actors dissappeared. I called my
pal Jay Purdy from Pyramid Skeem and The Extraordinaires
and changed the script and this is what we got.
Check it out: HERE
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Space 1026 @ The ICA
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I'm in a show with the other members of Space 1026 at the Philadelphia
Institute of Contemporary Art.It's called "Locally Localized Gravity" and
it features a bunch of other collectives including pals LTTR and Black Floor Gallery.
It's running until March 25, 2007. I'm showing an installation version of
"Pulling Teeth", a documentary about Space 1026. There will be a special
screening of it at Space 1026 on Thursday January 25, 2007 at 8:00pm.
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Midwives show
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I'm in a group photo show called "ACTING 101"which is up for the month of October.
It's the first show in a new space opened by the Midwives Collective a rad group of
Philly ladies who make great stuff.
The Midwives Gallery is at 722 Sansom St. 2nd floor
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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
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I spent two weeks on a bike-film tour with my friend, and one of my most favorite
filmmakers, Bill Brown. Bill just finished an amazing new documentary
called "The Other Side" about the US/Mexican border and decided to
bike it around the US with some other movies about the region.
I rode with him from Pittsburgh to Lafayette, Indiana. The first half
of the trip we rode with pals Lori J. Reynolds and Renato Umali.
Check out more pictures: HERE.
 
 
 Check out a trailer for "The Other Side":HERE.
Check out the tour webpage: HERE.
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Frank Nitty
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My friend Laura at the Houston Center in South Philly recently hooked me up
with Frank Nitty, a 13-year old local up-and-coming rapper from south 7th street.
She asked me to come by the center for an afternoon and film two tracks for a rap
DVD Frank wants to put out called "Street Movement."
Check them out: Track 1 Track 2
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Sweatheart Music Video
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I just finished a music video for my pals in the Philly band SWEATHEART.
The song is called "Finger Bangin'".
Check it out: HERE
Big thanks to everyone in the cast and crew especially
Dominique Caron the Director of Photography.
Check out her site: HERE
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PDX Invitational
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The other week I was in Portland Oregon for the PDX Film Fest.
I'm thrilled to say that I was invited to take part in the PDX Invitational
otherwise known as the "World Championship of Experimental Cinema".
Below is a photo of me embarrassing myself and renowned
viewmaster artist, Vladimir, while singing a song from the
"Little Mermaid." Thanks so much to Matt and Gretchen
and all the amazing filmmakers whose work I got to see at
the festival.
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C-SPAN
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Stephen Colbert is beyond amazing!
p.s. But let's not forget Kanye West and Jon Stewart
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"Pen Pals"
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I'm curating this show which opens on Saturday!
PEN PALS
blind "exquisite corpse" drawing collaborations between
artists inside and outside of prison walls
opening reception:
SATURDAY May 6th
8:00pm to 12:00am
@ The Padlock Gallery
1409 Ellsworth St.
www.padlockgallery.com
“Exquisite Corpse” is a drawing game in which two artists collaborate on a
drawing of a figure without being able to see what the other is drawing. A piece of paper is
folded in half and one person draws a head on one side then the other person
draws a body on the other. Afterwards the paper is unfolded and the collaboration is revealed.
In this brand new show from the Padlock Gallery pairs of artists, consisting
of one currently in prison and one currently out of prison, were randomly
teamed up to play the game. No one saw what the other one had drawn.
This same process was done with students at YOUTHBUILD Charter School who
collaborated with ten young people their own age who are currently
incarcerated in Philadelphia. The show wil be up until the month of May
and the artists on the inside will get copies of their work sent to them.
ARTISTS INCLUDE:
Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Beth Nixon, Heather
Morton, James Ulmer, Jesse Moynihan, John
Heron, Juliet Wayne, Karel Mato, Kris Chau,
Liz Rywelski, Mark Price, Randall Sellers, Tadashi Moriyama,
Xavier Schipani, Adan Flaco Martinez, Ana Lucia Gelabert,
Antonio Howard, Bernard Patrick, Dan Fletcher, Danny Rene “Hawk” Smith,
Ed Chaparro, Fabian Flores, James B. Moura,
Scott Servis, Sherry Ann Vincent, Sundiata Acoli, Virgil Barfield
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A-Sides in NYC
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I went with my friends The A-Sides to a show in NY
where a record exec being filmed for a Japanese TV show
was there to "scout" them.
I made this little documentary about it for their website.
Check it out: HERE
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Garrett Scott 1968-2006
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I just found out that Garrett Scott passed away on March 2nd.
He was a gifted and eloquent filmmaker who made very important and intelligent
films - and for as much as I had the priveledge to know him - was an
extremely warm and genuine person without an ounce of pretention.
He was eager to do his part to make a difference in the world and he
succeeded. His films and his memory will always be an inspiration to me.
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March 3rd is my birthday
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!!! I AM 25 TODAY !!! 3/3/madness
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Robot Boy DVD is out!
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You can get the "Robot Boy" DVD from K-Records.
Titles on the DVD are:
"Robot Boy"
"Red Bugs"
"Lullaby for the Taken" (Kimya Dawson music video)
"My Sister's Friends Always Seemed So Old"
"Operation Infinite Christmas"
Click HERE to order
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Charlie Cottone!!!
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CHARLIE COTTONE IS AMAZING!!
he made this website
check his shit out! and give him lots of money to make sites for things that he likes
and send him vegan brownies even though he fell off the wagon
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