Six Hundred and Forty-One Slates (2012)
My experimental short film, Six Hundred and Forty-One Slates, is going to have it’s world premiere February 9th at the Berlin International Director’s Lounge and it’s US Premiere a few days later at the Strange Beauty Film Festival on February 16th. You can see the full Strange Beauty line-up over at Bad Lit.
Dead Celebrity Magazine (2012)
(aka People Magazine: The Movie)
“Do you notice anything weird about this People Magazine?”
Written & Directed by: Byron Brown & Don Swaynos
Starring
Kirk Johnson http://twitter.com/beefandsage/
John Merriman http://twitter.com/jmerriman
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Sound Station was my favorite record store when I lived in New Jersey. It’s where I bought my first records from Mr. Bungle, Clutch, The Misfits, Sepultura… even some stuff I kind of regret now- like that Fear Factory album and, ugh, my ska phase…
They’ve been in business since 1990(?), surviving competition from Sam Goody’s, Napster, and iTunes… until a fire burned down the entire store yesterday. Now the owners, Bob and Liz, need some help.
I was devastated by the news, and if understand why I’d be upset about a store I haven’t been to since 1996 maybe you’ll want to give Bob and Liz a few bucks to help them get back on their feet and, hopefully, re-open the store and influence a whole new generation…
I just found an e-mail I composed (but apparently never sent) to Representative Joe Wilson following the “you lie!” incident at the State of the Union a few years back. It’s a shame I never sent it because it’s kind of funny and surprisingly well-researched. I know it’s late now, but I figured I’d share it anyway:
Hey dude,
I hope you don’t mind if I call you “dude” but I have a hunch you’re not really into formality. Also, I’m not in your district so I might be speaking out of term here- but, again, I have a hunch you’re cool with that.
Where was I? Oh yeah… yelling at the President during his speech? Dude, he’s the President, you’re not supposed to do that! Also, you’re not supposed to say “lie!” when someone is saying something that is true- because that’s not what “lie” means, you’re using the word wrong…
When that President guy (formality, right?) said this bill doesn’t provide federal payments for undocumented aliens he was referring to the part of the bill that says, and I quote, “NO FEDERAL PAYMENTS FOR UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS.” It’s on page 143, you can go look it up, I’ll wait…
See, it’s right there.
Now maybe you’re worried that he might be using words the way you use words- like, to mean the opposite of what they’re supposed to mean. But don’t worry, he isn’t. Because that would be dumb.
A’ight, man, I’ll talk to you later. Peace!
Mark Potts (writer/director A Splice of Life, S&M Lawn Care) has some great advice for aspiring filmmakers: “Just make shit.”
