It’s been another whole year writing DAPS posts and doing DAPS stuffs. I know the year isn’t over yet, but I’m guessing this list will more or less stay the same. Like all other bloggers I have a special connection with a select few posts which I’ve written. Here are my favs from this past year in an easy to read countdown form…
Hours before her impressive performance at the VMAs, I decided that I needed to inform the masses that Lady GaGa wasn’t the spectacle that she seemed to be on the surface. I did some research and learned some new information, which i passed on. I really enjoy writing posts where I actually learn something.
At a loss for what to post in my required WWYLS, Carlo pushed me to just write something. That something became my single best opportunity to “stick it to” the arrogant Yankee fans in New York. While the Yanks were in the middle of a World Series run, I knew that the post would have to be good. More important than good, the post would need to be factual. I was able to gather some of the best ammo any Mets fan like myself would ever need… take that Yankee fans.
The IMDB submission for 17 to Midnight went through and I’m official on the database. That’s kind of exciting, check out the screenshot below:
In a much less serious note, after watching The Fifth Element with some friends, I was shocked to find that there was no representation of the “Smoke You” scene on the internets. Being the Film/Internet historian that I am, I decided to contribute this:
Growing up, we’re taught that opportunities only come in quick heroic moments that are obviously important. This is untrue. The sad fact is that most opportunities play out over long periods of time. We miss these chances because we we’re never taught to look out for them.
Was going through my work computer and I came across a couple of photos that I took at this year’s Siren Festival for Dock Street.com and CVParties.com. Because my company was providing the backstage accommodations, DAPS’ FLAM and I we’re given All-Access laminates and roamed the land.
I’m not sure what happened to all of the photos that I took, but here’s a small sample of my work from that day. Most of the photos are of Oliver Ackermann of A Place to Bury Strangers, which was the only band I jumped in the photo pit for. Enjoy… I did!
CVParties.com, is really coming along as something I’m kinda proud of… Check out the progress! Still gotta do some cleanup on the menu system, and get some copy on there… but all in all, i’m pretty happy with it!
Got this email from my friend, director Nick Caccese:
The music video for the Avon Junkies’ “Bullshit”, will be screening at a festival in the city this Friday. Forward to others who were involved and/or would like to possibly attend. Link to the main page is below.
Very exciting to have a video that I produced (for the Avon Junkies track “Bullshit”) screened in a film festival. The fest is being run by the Guild of Italian American actors (so I guess they realized Emilio Sparks had a cameo lol)
We’ll be screened in the block of “All music videos, music-themed movies, plus some darker fiction” on Friday Oct 2nd between 7-10pm. You can check out the entire list of films here, and you can watch the video below.
Being this is only the second day that I’m going to actively updating this blog, I thought I’d go over some stuff I’ve been doing recently so that it makes sense later on.
I’m producing a short film with Gabriella Loutfi, for director Nick Caccese called 17 to Midnight. It’s a 1940s B&W detective story, shot entirely in one take. We wrapped Shooting 2 weeks ago, and have moved on to post production.
Over at CVParties.com we’ve decided to give away a FREE WEDDING which is pretty exciting. Due to that I’ve created a Twitter account and a Facebook fan page for the catering company.
I’m currently a little obsessed with my current project for NB Technologies. We’re under a gag order, so my excitement for the project has to come out as really vague inside jokes like this one:
It’s pretty exciting, you’ll have to stay tuned to learn more (and to get the joke)
Hours before her impressive performance at the VMAs, I decided that I needed to inform the masses that Lady GaGa wasn’t the spectacle that she seemed to be on the surface. I did some research and learned some new information, which i passed on. I really enjoy writing posts where I actually learn something.
