MUFF & Robert Todd

I'm in a class that teaches you how to run a film festival. It's called the Milwaukee Underground Film Festival or MUFF. My duties were to watch submitted films and rate them a Yes, No, or Maybe. There was a lot of Nos out there but it was great to see so many submissions from all over the place like Canada, Germany, Argentina and even Croatia! My other tasks were to find sponsors for the festival. I went around asking for donations in exchange for ad space. Most of the donations were in the form of a gift card because we had a raffle at the festival too. I managed to get River West Film & Video to donate a $50 gift card, Exclusive Co to donate a $25 dollar gift card and Wade's Guitar Shop to donate $100 which we split in half. Half into a gift card and half into our general MUFF fund. Since we are not the most highly funded organization I thought splitting it would be a good idea. I also help put together/run fundraisers like bake sales and rock shows. I got Lord Brain to play for us like I mentioned in my Record Store Day post.

My favorite filmmaker of the festival was Robert Todd who's piece "Cove" screened at our Saturday afternoon program. Here is a clip from "Cove" from his vimeo.

https://vimeo.com/47720198

His style is very beautiful and it kind of reminded me of my own works in progress. His style can even really be pin pointed but I get so engaged with his work and shots that it doesn't really matter. It reminds me of my work because of its seemingly randomness and lack of concentrated characters. It's much more clean though where he is filming. So I may strive to be the dirty Robert Todd. Finding beauty in squaller.

Destruction Coming Soon!

I'm nearing the end of my VHS tape and soon I will be destroying things on camera. The biggest thing I want to break is my old TV. Its a tube television that just doesn't have the brightness it use to. I've watched a lot of good media on that TV but I thought breaking a television and filming it with my VHS camera would look cool. I'm thinking of throwing it off the garage roof if we can get it up there safe. I'll only have one shot to do it so hopefully it turns out to be cool. I'll also have other people filming it digitally so hopefully once we do that (perhaps before Thursday) I can put the digital version up on here. So stay tuned for DESTRUCTION!!

Record Store Day

On 4/20/13 I attended record store day at Exclusive Company near Brady Street. I only purchased one 45 Record which was featured in one of my shoots. It was the green Frank Zappa split vinyl with the tracks "I'm the Slime" and "Montana". On the back it has a quote from Zappa. He says: "Music is the best!" I'm inclined to agree.

There was also live music playing there. My roommate's band Lord Brain played a set as well as one of my other friends band Absolutely played. I took some footage of one of LB's songs and found a song by Absolutely too!

"Cheap Hills" by Lord Brain (2:38)

"Crab" by Absolutely (3:46)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeZg3bwq-yw

Then after listening to all of this loud music, I took a quick road trip to Madison to see another band play. They are called Pissed Jeans and before I post some footage of that show I wanted to post what we saw on the way there.

A upside down cross in the sky! It's like Pissed Jeans knew we were coming to worship them!!

Ok here is one of their songs

"Teenage Adult" by Pissed Jeans (4:09)

This was a long weekend of binging on music and other stuff....Thursday night I saw a show at Quarters in Riverwest, then Friday Lord Brain played a fundraiser show for the Milwaukee Underground Film Festival at Linneman's then it was Record Store Day. Great weekend filled with great music. Rock.

The Rules of Logic

The rules of logic have changed
Who do we trust?
The Mind? Or the Brain?
The rules of logic have changed

Much of what I understood has been shit
I sit n shit and can't get a bit fit
So it's time to get lit?

Perhaps this time around I'll trust my gut
What rut in my butt can't be shut
Time to jump cut?

Follow the heart may be the only way
I stay, she strays with no delays
Fade to grey

I've been arranged to be deranged and now estranged since
The rules of logic have changed
The rules of logic are estranged
The rules of logic have changed
The rules of logic are deranged
The rules of logic have changed
Who do we trust?
The Mind? Or the Brain?