Saturday, September 19, 2015
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
Osmani Garcia - Mi Amiguito El Pipi ft. Dayami "La Musa"
What's that infectious reggaeton song Los Hermanos Barreto are using for Zumba?
Monday, September 14, 2015
'Student Shorts' At The 16th Annual Sacramento Film And Music Festival
On Friday - September 11th, I went to see 'Student Shorts' at the 16th Annual Sacramento Film And Music Festival, and to cheer on Nora Unkel with her entry, "The Goblin Song". All the films were technically excellent. Here was the schedule:
I was surprised by the coherent point-of-view of all the films. There were commonalities, such as a grim, dreamy, disturbed paranoia, that all the filmmakers tended to have.
I attribute this common viewpoint to the fact that all the submitters are young - the post 9/11 generation at work - and despite their differences of subject material and stories, they all tend to look at the world from a similar perspective. Since most of the filmmakers were from the Sacramento area, there was also a tendency to use the Sierra Nevada as a filming location.
"Tupilak" was good - the enemy resides within! (or, at least in the Sierras.)
"Causation" annoyed me - I'm not much interested in video gaming and mind-meld technology, and losing the actors altogether in a silicon matrix seemed like a blessing.
"Nothing" puzzled me. It wandered through dark, forbidden, purposeless spaces before finding its message, but that transition seemed forced.
"Bait" was very grim: basically a slasher film. Despite the fact it was well-made, I hated its relentless darkness. (I noticed the striking-looking primary actress was in the audience - she needs better material!)
"Shrinkage" was amusing, but not much more than that.
"Beyond" I liked. A restless young woman feels her destiny lies elsewhere, heads to the Sierras for her purpose, is seized by aliens, and ends up in a galaxy far, far away, in a locale that also looks something like the Sierras, but with three large, gorgeous moons hovering in the sky. "Oh look, they're in Nevada County!" I said. (Zoe laughed at that.)
"A Bum Trip" could have been about Nevada County too. It was a Claymation animated psychedelic short. Very well done!
Nora's "The Goblin Song" (featuring the breathtaking Cody Craven among other excellent actors and actresses) shied away from the Sierra Nevada in favor of the Sacramento River Delta. Like the other films, disturbed dreaminess was there too, but it was literary in nature, based on a 19th-Century Italian poem, with the healthiest-looking sickly lead actress I've ever seen (but better to be healthy in order to please the crowd, since film audiences actually hate to see real, suffering people), and above all, it was a musical! And so well-made! With so many contributions from our Davis crowd! For these reasons, Nora's work was easily the best!
Nora (center) and her posse.
5PM - Sacramento Student SHORTS
Tupilak – Dir. AJ Miller and David Walker - Sacramento State University (17:27)
Causation - Dir. Emonee LaRussa - AI Sacramento (9:07)
Nothing – Dir. Keith E. Curry Jr – Academy of Art Unversity (19:08)
Bait – Dir. Davon Davis – AI Sacramento (12:48)
Shrinkage - Dir. Rahne Keith - AI Sacramento (9:12)
Beyond – Dir. Xang Yang - AI Sacramento (8:51)
A Bum Trip – Dir. Kevin Dustin Pfannkuche and Jason DeBruhl – AI Sacramento (3:04)
Goblin Song – Dir. Nora Unkel - New York University Tisch (20:00)
I was surprised by the coherent point-of-view of all the films. There were commonalities, such as a grim, dreamy, disturbed paranoia, that all the filmmakers tended to have.
I attribute this common viewpoint to the fact that all the submitters are young - the post 9/11 generation at work - and despite their differences of subject material and stories, they all tend to look at the world from a similar perspective. Since most of the filmmakers were from the Sacramento area, there was also a tendency to use the Sierra Nevada as a filming location.
"Tupilak" was good - the enemy resides within! (or, at least in the Sierras.)
"Causation" annoyed me - I'm not much interested in video gaming and mind-meld technology, and losing the actors altogether in a silicon matrix seemed like a blessing.
"Nothing" puzzled me. It wandered through dark, forbidden, purposeless spaces before finding its message, but that transition seemed forced.
"Bait" was very grim: basically a slasher film. Despite the fact it was well-made, I hated its relentless darkness. (I noticed the striking-looking primary actress was in the audience - she needs better material!)
"Shrinkage" was amusing, but not much more than that.
"Beyond" I liked. A restless young woman feels her destiny lies elsewhere, heads to the Sierras for her purpose, is seized by aliens, and ends up in a galaxy far, far away, in a locale that also looks something like the Sierras, but with three large, gorgeous moons hovering in the sky. "Oh look, they're in Nevada County!" I said. (Zoe laughed at that.)
"A Bum Trip" could have been about Nevada County too. It was a Claymation animated psychedelic short. Very well done!
Nora's "The Goblin Song" (featuring the breathtaking Cody Craven among other excellent actors and actresses) shied away from the Sierra Nevada in favor of the Sacramento River Delta. Like the other films, disturbed dreaminess was there too, but it was literary in nature, based on a 19th-Century Italian poem, with the healthiest-looking sickly lead actress I've ever seen (but better to be healthy in order to please the crowd, since film audiences actually hate to see real, suffering people), and above all, it was a musical! And so well-made! With so many contributions from our Davis crowd! For these reasons, Nora's work was easily the best!
Nora (center) and her posse.Nora Unkel Screens "The Goblin Song" In 'Student Shorts' At The 16th Annual Sacramento Film Festival
"The Goblin Song" Teaser Trailers
She did so well! Head and shoulders above the other films!
The Goblin Song- Teaser Trailer from Nora Unkel on Vimeo.
She did so well! Head and shoulders above the other films!
What An Absurd Economy We Have!
At Home Depot, astonished they sell beach pebble from India. That can't be the low-cost alternative, can it?Ash Beach Pebble. $12.97 for 40 lb. bag. Better be the best pebble on the planet to be worth the freight.
Summer Officially Over as First Goth of Winter Spotted
California is hard on Goths, and never harder than during this drought, but like salmon, I hope they return to their native streams for their birthright rituals.
The BBC has announced Chris Packham as presenter of Gothwatch, an up-close nightly series watching goths as they emerge blinking from their slumber and head out hunting for cider and black.
“It was a wonderful experience presenting Gothwatch last year,” he told us.
“One newly fledged goth wanted to go out because it was raining and blowing, but she couldn’t go out as her roots were showing. Our viewers loved watching the dilemma.”
Conspiracy Theory Rock
"This was actually shown on Saturday Night Live in 1998 — just one time. It was then pulled from future syndication of SNL. Wonder why? Hmmm ..."
Courteous Addict
I was sweeping up dead leaves, and reaching into the flower boxes by the front sidewalk, and grabbed a syringe. Fortunately, whoever had left it there had the courtesy of putting the cap back on the needle. Good thing, too. Last thing I need is some inscrutable disease.
The Apocalypse Ravages The Hills All Around Sacramento
At first, I didn't understand the color of the sky. The sun was shining through an overcast, and there appeared to be little smoke in the air. Still, the ambient sunlight was colored what I'd call California Apocalyptic Orange.
Later, you could smell the fragrant smoke of incinerated pine.
Just so strange these days in Sacramento, with the city positioned squarely between two major forest fires, with smoky air, orange sunlight, skies filled with unfamiliar disaster aircraft - even the dog's water turned orange from the depositing crud. The Drought's Punishment is nigh. The Drought's Punishment is here....
Later, you could smell the fragrant smoke of incinerated pine.
Just so strange these days in Sacramento, with the city positioned squarely between two major forest fires, with smoky air, orange sunlight, skies filled with unfamiliar disaster aircraft - even the dog's water turned orange from the depositing crud. The Drought's Punishment is nigh. The Drought's Punishment is here....
Crazy Hype Teaches Jamaican Dancehall Workshop In Sacramento!
Crazy Hype Jamaican Dancehall WorkshopIt's Everything Orwell Warned Us About
George Orwell at his most acidic couldn't say it better than Michele Bachmann:
"There is only one tried and true method that stops a rogue nation from getting a nuclear bomb, and it's this: It is for a country like the United States to take our military superiority and to go into that country and to drop bombs on their nuclear hardware and destroy it. ... That's called peace. That's not called war."Actually there are SEVERAL examples of nations deciding not to advance further on their nuclear arms programs, but they weren't bombed into that stance (no, not even Libya). And there are NO examples of a bombing approach working. (With Nazi Germany, a full-scale invasion - not just bombing - was required.) No, a process of persuasion, not threats, is what works. We need to do what works.
Don't Send Food Back To The Kitchen
Maybe it's a cultural thing. I've always been surprised by the readiness of restaurant guests to send food back to the kitchen for a do-over if they don't like it. In Albuquerque, you'll get your ass handed to you for such effrontery:
According to a police report, witnesses saw one of the workers, Takisha Archuleta, chase after Coakley-Vargas and attack her just outside the store. The report and Coakley-Vargas’ account differ slightly on whether a second employee tried to “pull Coakley-Vargas away” or join in the attack.
“That was the first thing I screamed, ‘I’m pregnant! I’m pregnant!’” Coakley-Vargas said. “They were just punching and punching and punching. It was bad.”
Was Donald Trump's Dad In The Klan?
Hmmm... I wonder what that was all about?:
In an article subtitled "Klan assails policeman", Fred Trump is named in among those taken in during a late May "battle" in which "1,000 Klansmen and 100 policemen staged a free-for-all." At least two officers were hurt during the event, after which the Klan's activities were denounced by the city's Police Commissioner, Joseph A. Warren.
Start Cola Earlier!
(Via Remember In ABQ When..)Never too late for the diabetic lifestyle!
(Don't worry, it's a well-done hoax.)
Wednesday, September 09, 2015
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