From the monthly archives:

December 2009

Coming Attractions: Candyman

December 24, 2009

In 1976, David Klein had one of the best (or worst depending on your perspective) ideas of his life.  It was that year that the odd-ball idea man came up with the idea for fluorescent colored, unusually expensive jelly beans.  He called his new candy concoction, Jelly Belly Jelly Beans.  And the rest is history. [...]

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Help Fund A Documentary Film: December

December 15, 2009

I’ve run across a great way to help documentary filmmakers complete their documentary film projects.  Kickstarter.com is a website for artists, designers, filmmakers, musicians, journalists, inventors, and explorers to seek and find funding for their projects. Here’s how it works: An artist posts a description of their project on Kickstarter.com.  The description includes the amount [...]

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The Heart Is a Drum Machine

December 12, 2009

Title:              The Heart is a Drum Machine Director:              Christopher Pomerenke Producer:            Chris McDaniel (Exec), Ryan Page, Hans Fjellested, Joe Mundo,                                  Connit Hoy (Co), Christian Castle (Co) Cinema:                Hans Fjellestad Editor:                  Hans Fjellested Music:                   Steven Drozd Year:                     2009 (75 minutes)  Synopsis:  Frank Zappa once said, “Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.”  But what of talking about [...]

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Trimpin: The Sound of Invention

December 1, 2009

Title:              Trimpin: The Sound of Invention Director:              Peter Esmonde Producer:            Peter Esmonde Cinema:                Peter Esmonde Editor:                  Rick Tejada-Flores Music:                   Trimpin, Concon Nancarrow Sound:                  Matthew G. Monroe, Gabriel Miller Year:                     2008 (89 minutes)  Synopsis:  The music of Trimpin has to be seen to be believed – and that’s not a syntactical error because Trimpin doesn’t just make music.  He [...]

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