Lexicon Devil.

"Lexicon Devil is, pure and simple, the finest volume on punk to have seen the light of print. (Yes, folks: that includes Please Kill Me.) Great book!"—Richard Meltzer

 * Production has started on the documentary feature based on the book.

What Is Bring Your Own Beamer ?

  http://www.byobworldwide.com  

Best DIY film developing lab in NYC at the moment

http://www.negativlandlab.com

'Rainy Window Tree Drop Thing'

A Carpenter Compilation

  

Burt Reynolds calls ACTION!

https://vimeo.com/70922620

Bob Gosse's 'The Shooting Gallery' film company flier

Original copy of a scanned flier used to promote the indie classic 16mm film 'Laws of Gravity' before social media became our new world order of marketing reality. 'Laws of Gravity' was distributed in the 90's at a time that independent cinema was reemerging at theaters everywhere, and before corporate greed and hubris ultimately killed the passion of folks like these who created The Shooting Gallery (self-made DIY film production and distribution company) were forced to go into early retirement.  Bob Gosse and Nick rule and were Purchase Film School alumni !

Spicey's Powerpoint presentation

Sean Spicer is literally running a border wall slideshow now at his daily press briefing to answer a question. Sorry, Spicey rules. Not sure who is more funny & adorable, Melissa McCarthy or Spicey. CNN is becoming the most entertaining network around.  Bye.

       

                'Free shopping spree,' NYC 2017.

http://filmforum.org/series/new-york-in-the-70s-series

Brakhage discussing his 'creative process.'

Shot shortly before Stan's death (of cancer) in his bedroom.

And btw, there is nothing more annoying than having your film reel fall to the ground and get accidently unspooled.

Arts and politics.

http://www.indiewire.com/2017/05/oliver-stone-vladimir-putin-interviews-showtime-documentary-1201811255/

     https://youtu.be/TrHpPCScHeE

Debra is back 'on fleek.'

http://www.11thstworkshop.com/about/

Actress Debra Winger (Urban Cowboy, Terms of Endearment) is getting back in the saddle again (The Ranch).

                                                          

Six o'clock already I was just in the middle of a dream I was kissin' Valentino By a crystal blue Italian stream But I can't be late 'Cause then I guess I just won't get paid These are the days When you wish your bed was already made It's just another manic Monday I wish it was Sunday 'Cause that's my fun day My I don't have to run day It's just another manic Monday Have to catch an early train Got to be to work by nine And if I had an air-o-plane I still couldn't make it on time 'Cause it takes me so long Just to figure out what I'm gonna wear Blame it on the train.  - Manic Monday, The Bangles.

A nationwide re-issue of filmmaker Federico Fellini's La Strada, recently beautifully restored in 2k, over sixty years since it won the first Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. La Strada returns to cinemas in a new digital restoration 19 May, followed by a new DVD/Blu-Ray release! 

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/postscript-vito-acconci-1940-2017

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not here I do not sleep

I am a thousand winds that blow

I am the diamond's glints on snow.

I am the sunlight on ripened grain

I am the autumn's gentle rain

When you awaken in the morning's hush

I am the swift uplifting rush.

Of quiet birds in circled flight

I am the soft stars that shine at night

Do not stand at my grave and cry

I am not here I did not die.

   

Thank you Kevin J. for your kind words about the N. Zedd interview.

bye :)

http://deadline.com/2016/07/landmark-theatres-plans-8-screen-venue-new-york-1201784923/amp/

     

Excellent critical review on this odd, yet not surprising, new NETFLIX sponsored exploitative documentary.

 ReviewLINK: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/movies/casting-jonbenet-review-jonbenet-ramsey.html

p.s. If anything, this film leaves you appreciating just how challenging it is to find a good actor these days. bye.

                             

                 







   'Window Dressing' Brooklyn, NYC 2017

Noooooooo.

Just got the news. Rest In Peace, Vito. You were one of a kind. Forever young. Forever remembered. Only had dinner with you once, but the impact of that meet left a mark on me because you ate all of my calamari!!  Bye Vito, my Bronx brother.  :(

           

http://www.artnews.com/2017/04/28/vito-acconci-dies-at-77/

http://www.vladimirtomic.com/flotel-europa

http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/1497-5-routes-into-the-curious-mind-of-tony-conrad/

 

 'the umbrella broke,' Ellis Island 2017.

The versatility of Jonathan D

"Grief is a demanding companion." - Jane Public

https://www.facebook.com/nytimes/posts/10151153823769999

Damn it.

Rest in peace, Jonathan. You were one of the most warmest of souls that I have met in this creative field. You now have the peace that your body so desperately needed over the past 12 months. Never forgotten. Rest in peace.  always, joey 

#jonathandemme
#killcancerdead
#neverforget

#please_rewind Tom

Blast from the past. A time when 3-4 movies could fit into one half a pound magnetic box. Memories sweet memories. And now here is a memory lane trip inside of the headspace of my dear friend and forever pal Tom speaking about his amazing old school 35mm still photography work (Tom only works on celluloid) ...

Love ya Tom. bye!

              

        

77 balloons (not 99 like the song goes)

Happy 77th birthday to the Bronx's favorite treasure, 
AL PACINO !!!

Barcode.

Kate Ledger on Heath and Matt's homage ...