Filming Mid Week Notes

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So, filming is happening and i am now 6/8 done with the film....Lene Pederson who plays Sharon was a pleasure to work with.  I have known her for a few years now, as we were training as actors at the Stella Adler years previous, then we lost touch, then a photography friend referred her to me for another role i was casting for last year, and too my surprise, it was the same Lene that i had lost touch with.

Chris Manz who is playing "Chris" is doing his thing.  I will talk about it more as time passes.

And Keaton Shyler who is playing Carla or Karla, well she is a pleasure to work with.

filming tomorrow

in
So, i will be filming "Knock Knock" come tomorrow.  What's it about you might ask, well its about "Chris, a young struggling comedian who finally has found some fame on an internet comedy site.  But during a somewhat disasterious taping session with an actress who thinks she's being exploited, Chris's ex girlfriend Karla shows up to tell him some good news of her own.   With a load of resentment and hard feelings, will this passive aggressive comedian find a way to move forward?
Goddamnit!  Someone get me a good logline writer....Anyways will keep you posted.

In other news, sometimes i rhyme slow sometimes i rhyme quick.

Shanks and the Dreamers

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Yah, i got a band, so what. The album we are releasing is called "A Day Late: Instrumentals for Illegal Aliens" and features 6 tracks. This album was recorded from the summer 05 to summer 06 and was mixed down and mastered and complete on Dec 20th 2006. It will be released soon after my new film "Knock Knock" is done, which if i were to speculate, March 2007.

The artwork design and layout for the CD was co authored by graphic artist Martin Nilchian who also played Marteen in my very first film Dino Adino.

The material on this release is a bit different, well alot different then where Shanks and the Dreamers is now adays. These recordings are more intimate and the album is more conceptual then the newer stuff. "A Day Late" was really a solo instrumental album with help from friends who eventually became Shanks and the Dreamers. But, because it is the birth of an idea, it will retain the same name.

There will be a limited pressing and will be available online, some stores, and here i guess. But i will let you know where you can grab a copy.

For now, here is the fantastic link to the place you spend all day, myspace....

Shanks and the Dreamers

a year in review, that year being 2006

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So, i guess it would be good to list things of importance work wise that occurred in 2006 for personal perspective.  So here goes in a structrualist listing of importance, of which all things lead to the same objective nevertheless.  Things also might be bleeding into this new year as well, so i will mark with an astricks like this *.  Or like this ** of that means anything different in the footnotes of your head.
1.  whale (shot the feature film) * In Post Production, will be finished June 2007
2.  Shanks and the Dreamers (album finished and mastered) *Will be released in March/April 2007

3.  "Astonishing Experience Box Set" installation ran for three months(oct-dec) at The Seed Design Gallery in Santa Ana.

4.  Finished a short film titled "Tracing the Edges" in July.

5.  "My break Ups into a Million Pieces" continued the festival tour.

6.  "Still Lover" continued to play in several theaters

7.  Directed a music video for the band UnFamiliar Occurrence

oh man, i will continue this later, i believe i'm missing stuff.