Saturday, November 29, 2008

Ughbot kill

[#] posted at 3:49 pm (GMT +1200)

Flu is over. Feeling much better these days. Just really hungover is all.

An ad I shot a while ago is now online here with a write up about it in the times here.

Meh, my brains not processing much else right now. So here's a way more awesome ad campaign with a digital Bruce Lee using nunchucks to kick ass at ping pong and light matches in the air. The man is so awesome.



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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Dead Chris Day

[#] posted at 7:55 pm (GMT +1200)

My desk is currently a graveyard of snot covered tissues and empty chicken soup bowls and cups. I love the fucking flu.

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Monday, November 24, 2008

Snot King

[#] posted at 12:18 pm (GMT +1200)

Am sick. Brain isn't functioning well today either. Was gonna do a nice witty post about this and that and how being sick sucks like a hooker at a gangbang, but right now all I've got is this ridiculous throbbing in my skull and my nose is all stuffy and I'm sure there's a reservoir of snot behind it. Awesome imagery eh? I'm going back to bed.

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People I Know Are Having An Audition...

[#] posted at 12:06 pm (GMT +1200)

Moondown Films are holding auditions for our next low budget feature film Kaikahu Road. A coming of age drama set in rural New Zealand.

Hamilton Auditions

Saturday 29th November
New Place theatre (at Waikato Uni)

Auckland Auditions

Saturday 6th Dec
2/29 Hackett St, Herne Bay

If you are interested let us know, also pass this along to anyone else you know who might be keen!
That's edited from an email, I'm not posting up a list of characters here, but if your interested you can send marama a email at marama[dot]killen[at]gmail[dot]com or myself and can let you know more on it.

Also...
Chasing Time Productions are holding open auditions for They no longer sleep alone, a short feature to begin production in early January over a 10 day shooting period. We are seeking one male and two female leads aged between 20 - 30yrs.
I think its an open audition for this on Saturday, 6th December at the Hamilton Boys High School music dept between 1:30pm - 4pm. More info can be found at the chasing times website.

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Why Is Nathan Fillion So Awesome?

[#] posted at 2:21 am (GMT +1200)

As opposed to Fin's rather cruel post, this PG Porn video is awesome. I mean, for one, it's got Nathan Fillion and ain't nothing he does is not worth watching... I'm so tired I can't tell if that last sentence means what I meant it to mean. Christ I need sleep. Watch the goddamn video!

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Friday, November 21, 2008

Straight Up, What the Hell?

[#] posted at 4:30 pm (GMT +1200)

Super Mario Depression

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Well Hungover...

[#] posted at 2:44 pm (GMT +1200)

Can't post anything properly today. Drank too much last night.

A two faced kitten was born in Australia and I immediately thought of Transmetropolitan. Should really send the link to Warren Ellis, reckon he'd dig it.

There's a listing of 40 Exquisite Independent Film Posters and its a pretty good selection. Definitely a couple that I'd have on my list. There's also an ever changing list of 100 Greatest Movie Posters which is also pretty neat-o.

A great New Scientist write up of why the universe most likely is teaming with extra-terrestrial life here.

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Thursday, November 20, 2008

Monty Python Channel on Youtube

[#] posted at 4:06 pm (GMT +1200)

Sweeeeet...

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

The Internet Hates You

[#] posted at 2:59 pm (GMT +1200)

Forgot to mention the second Hamilton screening of It Came From the Swamp was on last night. There will be an Auckland screening tonight at the Wine Cellar, so if anyone isn't up to anything and in the area up there, head on over and check out some quality films.

Alternatively you can check out this new Microsoft Zune ad. We don't have Zunes in New Zealand and its pretty doubtful we ever will, but that doesn't matter. Just watch this video and be amazed... hehehe.


Zune Paint from Sibling Rivalry on Vimeo.

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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Mobile Stud Unit 1993-2008

[#] posted at 6:31 pm (GMT +1200)

Last night MSU, Hamilton's greatest band ever, played their last gig ever and it was great. So great I woke up with a ringing in my ears that even now, still hasn't gone away. I also woke up with a retarded number of photos on on my camera that has now been uploaded to my facebook, viewable here and here (cause one album just wasn't enough). The photos also helped me remember other things that happened last night, including getting kneed in the balls and getting wacked in the head and twisting my glasses. Both by girls. Both quite, quite painful. What I can't quite remember is if I actually had it coming... hrmmmm...

Anyway, it was the end of an era and the end of Mobile Stud Unit and it was great to see so many familiar faces there to party and help sending them off. Shine on you crazy diamonds. Shine on. Me and my ever sore balls salute you.

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Friday, November 14, 2008

Website V3.0

[#] posted at 5:31 pm (GMT +1200)

Meet the new website. Incorporating elements from previous site designs and a new site code, this is pretty much just a prettier version. Most notable is the return of the random banner, which people missed most with the last redesign and I did too.

So far the code has worked for everywhere except this bloody blog part where the archives sidebar is interfering with the goddamn blog itself and I'm too tired right now to figure out why the hell that's the case. So for now, unfortunately, you'll just have to put up with this really strange gap cause I need to get myself a drink or twelve.

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Ugh... pt2

[#] posted at 5:40 am (GMT +1200)

Still coding in new website design. Still taking ages. I hate coding.

Here's a video of my personal hero Christopher Doyle being Christopher Doyle that's kept me a little happy tonight...



...birds are chirping outside. I'm going the fuck to bed.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Spit-Takes on the Road

[#] posted at 4:20 pm (GMT +1200)

Kick off screening of It Came From the Swamp went very down very well last night with tickets being sold out and a second screening planned for next week to accommodate futher viewers.

I got there late myself and forgot to grab a copy of the DVD, something I'll probably have to pay for, but from what I hear, apart from being on sale during the tour, the DVD will eventually be available in stores like JB Hifi, which is pretty exciting.

Part of last night was also the first time I had sat down with an audience watching Spit-Takes and though I was nervous to begin with, people started laughing from the first gag and kept laughing in almost all the right places which is great. There are still bits and pieces which I wish I had spent a little more time polishing and shortening to really get the laughs across, but ah well.

Just to note about Spit-Takes: the version that's touring is actually the 'clean' version. Where the one on youtube at the moment is full of dirt and film artifacts, the one thats on the DVD is free of all that due to the fact I couldn't complete all the effects in time before it had to be in for the DVD mastering. This I don't mind, I'm still half and half if it should be either clean or dirty, but I must point out that the countdown timer appears to have been cut from the start of the short which is a little miffing as it sets up the whole 'educational film' format, but them's the breaks I suppose.

But anyway, It Came From the Swamp will be playing in Raglan tonight, not that anyone I know from Raglan will be reading this, but I actually wouldn't mind being there right now as the weather for the last few days have been ridiculously hot and I've got a feeling I'm not looking forward to summer this year.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Chris Cunningham

[#] posted at 3:59 pm (GMT +1200)

Been 'listening' to a lot of music videos while I've been web building and figured why the hell not post some of my favourites by Chris Cunningham...

The wonderfully controversial "Come to Daddy" by Aphex Twin

Equally offending, but brilliantly hilarious "Windowlicker" also by Aphex Twin

The Horrors' "Sheena Is A Parasite" with Samantha Morton looking even more crazy.

Cunningham's crazy Playstation ad that I remember seeing years ago on TV and it doing nothing bu freaking the shit out of me and going what the fuck?

Quite possibly my favourite music video of all time, Bjork's "All is Full of Love"

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Ugh...

[#] posted at 3:51 pm (GMT +1200)

Have been spending the last few days (and nights) tinkering a slightly new web design that utilises CSS which is something I've been meaning to do for a very long time and now I know why I've been putting it off for so long. Ugly HTML coding is so much easier, but most definitely one ugly bitch. Anyway, be a while before thats fully up and running and also more than enough techno mumbo jumbo bullshit for one post.

Tonight is the Hamilton kick-off of It Came From the Swamp! so if your not up to anything tonight, feel like watching some high caliber short films and want to support the local film making community, come on down to the Victoria Cinemas before 8pm tonight. I'll the be one drunk out front making rude gestures to old ladies and small children.

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Monday, November 10, 2008

Morning Peons

[#] posted at 9:51 am (GMT +1200)

Enjoy the first week of your new government and three years of hell.

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Thursday, November 06, 2008

Pokemon beats politics anyday

[#] posted at 2:57 pm (GMT +1200)

Had written several paragraphs editorialising the election and thoughts on our one as well, but forget all that. This is how politics should really be done...

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Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Bye America

[#] posted at 1:25 pm (GMT +1200)

Good luck with your election. I'd say don't fuck it up for the rest of us, but then again, since when have you listened to the rest of the world?

Just remember, when your in that booth, vote Lando Calrissian.

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

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Tuesday, November 04, 2008

It Came From the Swamp!

[#] posted at 8:48 pm (GMT +1200)

Its also been pointed out to me that the collection of Hamilton Short Films festival entitled "It Came From the Swamp: Short Films From the Waikato" starts its tour of New Zealand next week.

As you can tell from the title, it's a collection of seven locally made films. Among them is Spit-takes, a short film I made (or at least finished) specifically for this festival.

Others included are Betty Banned Sweets which I mentioned earlier today, Meat, which I helped out on, but mostly hung around and smoked cigarettes with the cast and crew. Dawn Tuffery's Swing which is a pretty damn cool animated short. Retribution and Clean As A Whistle are the only ones that I haven't seen. Oh and of course Dark Priest which I still hold high as one of the best student short film to have been made in the Waikato.

So yeah, It Came From the Swamp. Playing next Tuesday 8pm at Victoria Cinemas, the dates for the other areas around New Zealand can be found at http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/user/nadinelee or I could post them here... nah... too lazy and have blogged more than enough today I think.

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Stolen From Warren Ellis' Blog

[#] posted at 6:30 pm (GMT +1200)

INTERVIEWER: So why is there no more rock ’n’ roll, then?

NICK CAVE: Maybe because you’re not allowed to smoke indoors anymore.

More here

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This One is Mostly About My Friends

[#] posted at 4:23 pm (GMT +1200)

Back. Got to see a model over the weekend crying her eyes out. Was a wonderful mixture of gross tears and model hotness. Awesome.

Also figured out a bill payment I made a week ago went into the wrong account, so this week will be the hunting down of the misplaced money and whining a lot about it. Not so awesome.

The short film I worked on "Betty Banned Sweets" just had a really nice write up on it in this weeks edition of The Listener (page 46). It's a really nice write up with lots of praise for the director Micelle and for the main actor, my good friend Matt and thats definitely awesome. I haven't been kept in the loop on the films progress, but according to the article, it's soon to be playing in the Show Me Shorts festival that'll be screening up and down the country from Thrusday through till January. The article can be viewed here, but you need to be a subscriber to read the whole thing unfortunately. And more details on the festival can be seen here.

Speaking of other festivals, my friend Fin's short film "Killing Time" is playing as part of the Manukau film festival this Thursday. So if your in the area and you've got nothing to do, go see it and support awesome. His blog is also something that's become a regular read for me. He does a much better job of updating his and keep up to date with various news and other weird internet stuff he comes across. Bookmark his site here.

And while my friend Dom has recently lost his show on Alt due to management doing what they usually do of fucking up stuff. He's now once again a member of the dangerous group that is motorists in Auckland and no longer has to ride public transport like the hobo he secretly wishes he could be. Just thought I'd point that out for the hell of it.

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