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Posted on March 11, 2011 - by writerman
Video of the week
As I watch this little video for the 8th time today, I wonder if I love it so much because I’m both a Star Wars geek and a dog owner, or just because it fucking rules.
Patrick says:
“When I was a kid, there are two things I wanted badly and never got…
A real dog and a Kenner AT-AT Walker.”
AT-AT day afternoon from Patrick Boivin on Vimeo.
Music by Blithe Field
myspace.com/swallowoceans
Some day, I hope to meet Patrick and give him the high five he so richly deserves.
Posted on May 1, 2010 - by writerman
flying to africa to make a film
Today two friends from Vancouver are jumping on a plane, headed for the tiny West African nation of Liberia to take pictures, make a film and try to rediscover a place that has radically transformed since they grew up there in the 70′s.
I’m stoked, proud, nervous and excited.
Also a little jealous. Partly because they are going to Africa, a place I have an almost-unhealthy obsession with. But mostly because in a previous life, I used to go places and shoot little movies and spend endless hours in editing bays and attend film festival screenings and Q&A sessions and their adventure makes me miss those times.1 But enough about me. This is about Jeff & Andrew:
The film is called Liberia ’77.
The caption below is copy / pasted from the website. I strongly recommend you check it out, follow their exploits or even throw a couple of bucks their way if you dig what they’re doing.
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Thirty years after a bloody coup and two brutal civil wars devastated the country, Canadian writer and photographer Jeff Topham returns to the place he grew up, to rediscover the tiny West African nation that so profoundly impacted his life — and to make a documentary. In a journey to reconcile gaps between what he remembers, what he knows from his father’s photographs, and the true history of the country, Liberia ’77 is an adventure for us all — an exploration of the importance of history, environment, art, and family in defining our lives. Also there will be chimpanzees and maybe some surfing…
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Good luck boys!
- Although, not the times when the bank called because you funded post-production with your Visa and the licensing fee you got from that little station in Australia was just barely enough to make the minimum payment… [↩]
Posted on August 5, 2009 - by writerman
Brand new look for your friendly neighborhood Writerman
Finally picked up my new business cards from the printer. Check it out:
la front
le back
Now, you too can get your very own limited-edition WM business card. And all you have to do is call the Writerman Hotline here in Los Angeles and make an appointment to take a meeting, do lunch, or hit the taco truck with your friendly neighborhood Writerman. What are you waiting for?
Also – mad props and undying gratitude to the fabulous Sara Bailey for making me look so good (on paper at least). thanks Bailey!
Posted on April 1, 2009 - by writerman
More Shameless Self-Promotion
Sometimes, when I’m not busy typing, I play the trumpet in a rock band.
This clip is from an interview 40% of the Amateurs did with LoudVine the week before we put out our new record. Which, technically, makes this post a shameless promotion for a shameless promotion.
Still: rock in the park!
Posted on November 25, 2008 - by writerman
I’m on my way, I don’t know where I’m going
Behold:
One minute and fifty two seconds of the purest joy music can buy. I dare you not to smile.
Thank you Mr. Paul Simon and Sesame Street.
Posted on October 1, 2008 - by writerman
The most delicious donut in the universe
This morning, I ate the most delicious donut in the universe, courtesy of my man Bob:
Bob also supplies the hottest coffee in Los Angeles. Seriously. I stopped by Bob’s on my way back from an early morning surf. The next 30 minutes transpired as follows…
9:15 am: Purchase one small coffee & one raised glazed.
9:16 am: Eat donut.
9:17 am: Joy.
9:18 am: Pull out of the Farmer’s Market parking lot. Drive East.
9:24 am: Park Falcon at home.
9:32 am: Drag board and wetsuit up stairs into apartment.
9:36 am: Return to car and grab coffee.
9:38 am: Sit at desk.
9:39 am: Burn the shit out of tongue on first sip of coffee.
Will I never learn?
How do you do it, Bob, you deliciously evil genius?
Posted on September 25, 2008 - by writerman
Writerman on MTV
OK, I’m not actually on MTV yet, but once those bitches get a look at this, it’ll happen. Wait, do they even play music on MTV anymore?
The Amateurs finally finished our new video! I had second thoughts about posting it here, but then I remembered:
If you’re not using the Internet for porn, gambling or shameless self-promotion, then you really aren’t using it at all.
Plus, the video looks great.
- Kevin the director really knows his shit.
- I’m in it for, like, almost 10 seconds.
- And, most importantly: my car is the star!
Sorry Keith, you might be the front man of this band, but I think we both know our little video is all about the Falcon.
Posted on August 30, 2008 - by writerman
now, where did I put those wild things?
woohoo!
I can’t hardly wait til this one hits the theatres. Not sure about the hipster soundtrack, though. Which begs the question:
What is more lame?
a. That they set the entire trailer to an Arcade Fire song?
b. Or, that I instantly recognized it?
you decide.
Posted on August 3, 2008 - by writerman
call me “futureman”
Just got off a Skype call about a new project. The team is me in Los Angeles, Rich in Vancouver, and Kelly in the Philippines. It’s crazy to think – at no point during the course of the project will the three of us ever meet in person, or even be in the same country at the same time. And it totally doesn’t matter.
When i was a kid, I always imagined (OK – hoped) the Future would mean robots and jetpacks and space stations and teleportation devices, but being able to make a living from just about anywhere, working with and for people in all corners of the world is pretty sweet.
Even weirder was this other project last year, where I checked in on the shoot by video-skyping the Producer’s laptop. She then walked around the studio with Virtual-Writerman on her screen and introduced me to everyone. The whole thing was a little trippy, but definitely made me feel like a citizen of the 21st Century.
Seriously, though – if this is the future, where’s my jetpack?
Posted on February 27, 2008 - by writerman
I’m so bored with the USA
Ok, actually i’m not. Not one bit. But these guys sure were.
Honestly, some days living in LA is ass, but today was all radness. Why?
1. Because I hit the hollywood farmer’s market and treated myself to a burrito the size of my head, a first-rate cup of coffee and the world’s biggest $5.00 bag of oranges. And, I learned a thing or two about how to hook it up with the ladies from my main man Cash. Seriously, the girls could not keep their hands off the Cashman. Dig his sweet moves:
2. Next, with a belly full of carne asada and veins full of caffeine, we hit up Amoeba Records across the street and walked out with a bag stuffed with new cds and vinyl, including an amazing reprinting of The Clash’s first record, with the album art pressed right on to the vinyl. It wobbles like a Weeble when you play it, but the cover art is so awesome I might just frame it and hang it on the wall. OK, to be fair my sugarpop will probably do the framing, but I’ll help her hang it, I promise. Check it out:
Sorry, my scanner isn’t big enough to fit the whole record.
yay LA!
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