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Form follows floatsam

By Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters

April 2nd, 2009 @ 12:17 AM Downtown, Fashion, Fictional LA, History, Rants
A simulacrum of nothing much

A simulacrum of nothing much

“One of the many horrors of L.A. architecture is certainly its over-presentation in movies and television. It is comically clichéd to see stories set in other cities, whose framing shots are the same Los Angeles “skyline” that even non-Angelenos have come to recognize as framing shots of every non-L.A. city that makes it onto filmic representation.”

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    Sam’s Point, NY Huckleberry Pickers’ Shacks

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    Sam’s Point, NY Huckleberry Pickers’ Shacks | The Nature Conservancy in New York - Sam’s Point: The Huckleberry Pickers

    …Beginning in the 1920’s and continuing throughout the 1960’s, New York’s Shawangunk Mountains were home to a thriving industry of huckleberry pickers.

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    AARP Location Scout

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    AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) The Magazine’s Location Scout is not really about location scouting for film / television or photo but rather, finding a suitable place to live, based on a number of of different criteria. So this is yet ANOTHER kind of location scouting ;)

    That said, AARP Magazine’s Location Scout could still be used in some measure by a location scout or producer to help pinpoint some aspects of a geographic location that might lend that themselves toward determining the most suitable place to use as a location for a given production.

    In any case and if nothing else, the AARP Magazine’s Location Scout is a fun read and presents some food for thought regarding one’s own lifestyle preferences.

    For instance, if you…

  • go to the AARP Magazine Location Scout front page and use the “Start Now” link, you are transported to a page with the heading “Climate / Locale” and presented with a number of options to chose from based on Climate preferences.
  • Next you are asked which Area of the United States you would prefer to live in.
  • Next you are asked three questions regarding Housing: (affordability), (price appreciation), (availability of senior housing options - it IS the AARP, after all), (property tax rates), (utility costs) and (housing starts)
  • Work preferences - (low unemployment), (high job growth), (overall income tax rates), (sales tax rates), (cost of living) and (taxes on pensions)
  • Arts, Culture & Lifestyle - availability of… (museums and galleries), (dining options), (performing arts), (libraries), (internet access)
  • Recreation - (presence of professional sports teams), (boating, surfing, sailing), (river or inland lake), (outdoors / national parks), (golf courses)
  • Transportation - (commuting), (mass transit), (airport(s)
  • Health - (affordability of medical and dental care), (quantity of physicians), (air quality), availability of… (nursing homes), (home care options), (meals on wheels), (geriatric medical specialists), (on-demand medical transportation)
  • Education - (level of spending per student), (high graduation rates), (cultural and intellectual opportunities), (range of school options)
  • Then you get your results!
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    Building Burning Man

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    Current | Burning Man | Burning Man Art Build 2008 | via boingboing

    “Every year thousands of people descend onto Black Rock to build a city in the desert from scratch. And for many of the artists and engineers, the period of set-up before the gates actually open has become the most important part of this yearly event. We talk to the founder of Burning Man, Larry Harvey, as well as the masterminds behind the art installations Temple, Elevation, Babylon, Mutopia, and of course, the team behind the building of The Man, as they share their views and show us the art that embodies this year’s theme: The American Dream.”

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  • Burning Man website
  • Burning Man Photo Car Video at Current
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      Official site of Burning Man, an annual experiment in temporary community dedicated to radical self-expression and self-reliance.
    • Burning Man - Wikipedia |
      Overview of the eight day art festival at Black Rock City that culminates in the burning of a large sculpture of a man.
    • Burning Man: What is Burning Man? |
      Burning Man is an annual event and temporary community based on radical self expression and self-reliance in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada.

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    Animal House Movie Lives On

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    The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) | ‘Animal House’ revisited | The 1978 comedy lives on with an inside look during a two-hour documentary tonight | By Mark Baker | Published: August 13, 2008 12:00AM

    “…Thirty years after the release of the classic National Lampoon comedy filmed in Eugene and Cottage Grove, it’s still local legend and most likely always will be.”

    “…Produced for less than $3 million, “Animal House” turned out to be one of the most profitable movies ever made, bringing in $141.6 million at the box office. The U.S. Library of Congress even deemed it a “culturally significant” film in 2001, selecting it for preservation in the National Film Registry. It also made Bravo’s list of the “100 Funniest Movies” ever made, and was No. 36 on the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 best American comedies.”

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  • Animal House at IMDB
  • Animal House at Wikipedia
  • Animal House Film Locations Page
  • Oregon Film Office
  • University of Oregon
  • Eugene, OR
  • Cottage Grove, OR

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    NYCTV

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    NYCTV | NYC Media Group | About NYC Media Group

    “NYC Media Group, formed in early 2005, is the entity responsible for managing and programming the City of New York’s media assets and forms an integral part of New York City’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications. NYC Media Group oversees one broadcast television station reaching approximately 7.3 million households, five New York City cable television networks reaching approximately 1.8 million households each, one full power FM radio station (WNYE 91.5FM), and its Emmy award-winning production company, NYC TV Original Productions.”

    …read more…

    In conjunction with and in addition to NYCTV the NYC Media Group oversees and operates a number of other media assets.

    Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting - Production News | NYC TV - the Station that’s ‘Everything New York’ - Celebrates Fifth Anniversary | August 1, 2008

    “NYC TV just celebrated its fifth anniversary as the official television network of the City of New York. Launched in June 2003, NYC TV expanded its coverage of City history, culture and entertainment by developing a slate of original programs showcasing the vitality of the City, while also continuing coverage of important governmental activities such as City Council hearings and Mayoral events.”

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  • NYCTV has been nominated for and has won a number of prestigious entertainment industry awards including 7 Emmy Awards.

    • NYCTV | Programming

  • Food
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Neighborhoods
  • History and Culture
  • Music
  • Daytime
  • Specials
  • Shorts

    • Media

  • Live Streaming (Channel 25)
  • Video on Demand

    • I couldnt get the Live Streaming to work but there was a generous selection of programming to watch on Video on Demand. I especially liked the Emmy Award-winning Secrets of New York, wherein the show currently explores mysterious and largely unknown areas of the city, including a tour thru the abandoned New York City City Hall Subway Station as well as other locations that simply make a location scout’s mouth water! ;-)

  • Secrets of New York

    • Secrets of New York

    Secrets of New York urban legend manhattan queens staten island bronx brooklyn

    Typhoid Mary Prison 29 Sep 2008, 1:00 pm

    Journey to the remote lockup where Typhoid Mary died

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    Try "Culture" 29 Sep 2008, 12:56 pm

    The rich culture of NYC is just a click away.

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    Tribeca Murder Mystery 29 Sep 2008, 12:53 pm

    The first American legal “dream team” defends a murder suspect in 1799.

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    Train and Water Secrets 29 Sep 2008, 12:52 pm

    Explore abandoned train station and giant water valves.

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    Touching the Sky: GWB 29 Sep 2008, 12:50 pm

    Spanning the Hudson: the amazing secrets of the George Washington Bridge.

    Source: Secrets of New York Secrets of New York |

    Time Keeping Mysteries 29 Sep 2008, 12:40 pm

    The mystery of New York’s oldest clock, as well as a stolen statue.

    Source: Secrets of New York Secrets of New York |

    The Search Button 29 Sep 2008, 12:36 pm

    Can’t find something? Try the search button.

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    The Most Valuable Toy 29 Sep 2008, 12:33 pm

    Mysteries of New York City’s most valuable toy

    Source: Secrets of New York Secrets of New York |

    The Courthouse Pens 29 Sep 2008, 12:29 pm

    Journey into the bowels of the Criminal Courthouse.

    Source: Secrets of New York Secrets of New York |

    The Costliest Painting 29 Sep 2008, 12:28 pm

    A priceless painting stolen by Nazis, but now on view in New York City.

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    Zimbio / Location Scouting

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    Zimbio / Location Scouting | Zimbio / Location Scouting / About

    “location scouting for film photo and video production with a focus on the New York City area”

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    Active member at zimbio.com

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    location scouting for film photo and video production with a focus on the New York City area

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    Culture, Cupcakes and Cocktails at the Chelsea Art Museum 3 Jun 2009, 1:36 am

    Social networking site Yelp.com, together with the Chelsea Cultural Partnership threw a fabulous launch party at the Chelsea Art museum to kick off the Passport to Chelsea campaign.

    The “Passport to Chelsea”  offered guests discounts and special offers to sample the culinary, artistic and athletic specialties all found in the neighborhood.

    The three-level museum housed several art and design exhibits that I enjoyed.  One was “Sustainability” presented by a collective of Italian design brands. It showcased furniture, art, living and functional pieces made from sustainable materials and concepts.  The second was “Dream in a Contemporary Secret Garden”. This was an exhibit of 12 contemporary Asian artists, using mixed media to interpret the concept of “garden” in their own way.

    There was a lovely pianist on the third floor playing for guests of the exhibits, and a DJ in the reception room.  Top restaurants from the Chelsea neighborhood provided the nibbles.  Crema, an upscale modern Mexican restaurant served up a truffled chicken tortila goat cheese tart as well as coconut scallop ceviche.  Late night favorite, Cafeteria, served up delicious red velvet cupcakes.  Elegant Matsuri, could barely keep their spicy shrimp siu mai on the banana leaf for a few seconds before being ravaged by hungry guests.

    Sake2Me, a new company, served up fruit and tea infused sake beverages that were light and flavorful withough knocking you on your butt.  My new favorite liquor brand, Domaine de Canton, a ginger-infused cognac, also spread some cocktail love with their drink of the evening, using lemon and bitters.

    Posted in Culinary Outings, Design Inspiration, Fashionable Events, The Arts - High and Low Brow Tagged: cafeteria, crema, matsuri, sake2me, yelp.com

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    • Zimbio | About Us | Our Mission

    “Our mission is to help you become an influential player in how stories are created, shaped and shared.

    We enable our contributors to build wikizines - interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - with coverage of current events, cultural reference points, and niche areas of interest. We make it simple for people to compile the web’s most relevant and dynamic content into easily-searched topics, so readers can find and react to the full story from multiple perspectives.”

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    Midwest U.S. Resources For Location Scouts / Location Managers

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    Unordered List of Northeast U.S. Links of Interest for Location Scouts / Location Managers:

    These links will likely prove useful to Film / Photo Producers and Production Companies, Film / Video Directors and Photographers as well.


    Chicago / Illinois

  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Chicago
  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Illinois
  • Chicago Film Office
  • Illinois Film Office

    Minneapolis / Minnesota

  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Minneapolis
  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Minnesota
  • Minneapolis Film Office (Mission of Cultural Affairs)
  • Minnesota Film Film and TV Board
  • Minnesota Creative Source

    • Detroit / Michigan

  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Detroit
  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Michigan
  • Detroit Film Office
  • Michigan Film Office

    • Cincinnati / Cleveland / Columbus / Ohio

  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Cincinnati
  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Cleveland
  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Columbus
  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Ohio
  • Ohio Film Office

    • Kansas City / Saint Louis / Missouri

  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Kansas City
  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Saint Louis
  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Missouri
  • Film Commission of Greater Kansas City
  • Saint Louis Film Office
  • Missouri Film Commission

    • Indianapolis / Indiana

  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Indianapolis
  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Indiana
  • Film Indiana

    • Milwaukee / Wisconsin

  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Milwaukee
  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Wisconsin
  • Film Wisconsin

    • Des Moines / Iowa

  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Des Moines
  • Google Search - Location Scouts / Iowa
  • Iowa Film Office

    • Additional Resources

  • Creative Directory - Chicago / Midwest
  • Motion Picture, TV and Theater Directory For Products and Services / Motion Picture Enterprises (MPE)
  • Additional useful link - locationscout.com / Location Scouts
  • Print - Resource Advantage (RASource) / Location Scouts
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    New Hampshire Film and Television Office

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    New Hampshire Film and Television Office | About the New Hampshire Film and Television Office:

    “The New Hampshire Film and Television Office, as part of the New Hampshire Department of Cultural Resources, works to expand business activity and employment throughout the state by acting as a liaison between the film industry and an established network of government agencies, the state’s film industry workforce, and private residential and business property owners.

    Working in tandem with the New Hampshire Film Commission, a fifteen-member advisory board made up of film industry professionals, government officials, and representatives of state associations, the Film Office is responsible for location research, public relations, literature publication and distribution, and general production support in an effort to broaden the cultural and economic impact of film and television production in the state.”

    …read the rest…

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  • If you have never been to New Hampshire - it is something else - it really is a gorgeous gem in this great big ole USA of ours!



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    360Digest - Location Scout

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    360Digest | About the Site: Seattle Real Estate Blog for those interested in Seattle real estate, popular culture, news and opinion.

    Location Scout | 5/21/2007 | Posted by Marlow Harris under Movies & Film, Real Estate, Popular Culture

    “Every once in a while I’m contacted by location scouts searching for places to film around the Seattle area. They’ve usually seen something on Unusual Life or some artists home on Seattle Dream Homes and they need a house or vacant lot, other times they’re looking for entire streets.”

    …read the rest…

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    Cafe Joe To Go

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    Update 4/29/2008 | Joe’s move to Chicago | map | Joe writes:

    “As you know (?) I’ve bought a home in Deerfield, Illinois and I’m moving soon. I’ll be in Illinois for a few days beginning April 30th and returning to Maplewood (NJ) to complete the move on May 6th. The movers haul it all away on Friday the 9th and then….. My new contact info is as follows:”

    (personal information edited out) - if you need to contact Joe, the best thing to do is visit his:

  • Website: http://pobereskin.com
  • Blog: Eat At Joe’s

    • “My e-mail address, web site, blog and cell phone will all remain the same. Cell phone seems to be the most reliable contact for the next couple of weeks. Hopefully all will go as planned and we’ll be able to stay in-touch seamlessly.

    If you’re going to be in the Chicago area, please let me know.

    Best,
    Joe”

    Original post| January 25, 2008 at 12:05 |
    My friend, photographer Joe Pobereskin has a blog, Eat At Joe’s.

    I cant think of a person the blog platform would be more perfect for… I have known Joe for a number of years and have always known him to be very active in photography-related online discussion groups and the photography community in general. (Joe is currently president of ASMP NJ if that tells you anything!

    Joe Pobereskin loves to write and has aspirations for doing so professionally- he has said as much to me in conversation. If you read Eat at Joe’s, Joe’s prose is succinct and clear and yet allows his gregarious personality to shine through.

    Good work, Joe - keep it up!

    *Also* Joe tells me he just bought himself a Leica D-Lux3 :-)


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    Motion Picture and Television Photo Archive (MPTV)

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  • Motion Picture and Television Photo Archive (MPTV)
  • Motion Picture and Television Photo Archive Blog

    • Motion Picture and Television Photo Archive | About:

    “Problem:
    The Hollywood photograph is part of our cultural history, documenting as it does, the development and growth of a uniquely American industry. Some are significant works of art in their own right. Thoughtless of the future, some film studios and periodicals, even Photographers themselves, discarded old negatives and prints, or stored them haphazardly. We have already lost too many through deterioration and disposal. If these fragile and irreplaceable images are allowed to disappear, they can never be recaptured.

    Solution:
    Fortunately, we have come to realize that these fast disappearing works substantially shaped and influenced the lives of most twentieth century Americans, and will provide an invaluable visual resource for present and future generations. However, as in the case of other endangered species, it is crucial to act now.

    The aim of MPTV is to provide a permanent photography center with a special emphasis on the Hollywood photograph and the creative achievements of the Photographers.”

    …read the rest…

    This organization, founded by late Hollywood celebrity photographer legend Sid Avery, has an amazing collection of entertainment industry photographs online available for browsing (…and of course, buying! ;-)

    check em out…

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    Hudson Valley Blog Party - Human Footprint

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    …via locationtalk… Hudson Valley Blog Party |
    Entertaining ideas about all things pop culture

    ‘Human Footprint’ in the Hudson Valley | Posted by germain - 11 Apr 2008 9:21 am

    “Last night at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, the Hudson Valley Film Commission presented a screening of the National Geographic special called “Human Footprint”.”

    I did some location scouting for Human Footprint last year.

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    New Obama Girl

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    LOL must be a “guy” thing? ;-)

    “Hillary! Stop the Attacks!” Love, Obama Girl

  • …or maybe you haven’t seen the original Obama Girl?
  • ….or her Obama Girl website(s)?
  • …she’s Amber Lee…
  • …Barely Political…
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    TheUncoolhunter

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    TheUncoolhunter Manifesto

    “Someone asked Dali: “What is fashionable?” and he answered, “what is out of fashion”.

    Taking into account this postulate, a group of observers intend to glimpse a vanguard in the anti-global no trends.

    Our goal is to observe everyday life and point out the uncool circuits, the anti-hegemonic culture.

    From an objective and sharp look of the no trends, we want to make this “off culture” known because it is left aside by what it seems emergent.”

    …read more…

    I was intrigued by the above manifesto, the TheUncoolhunter website and the work of its correspondents worldwide, so I sent off a request to join the network as a correspondent myself.

    To my surprise and delight, I received an email this morning from TheUncoolhunter Editor and Founder, Javier Lourenco (Buenos Aires, AR):

    “Hi Richard,

    Nice to meet you! How are you? Thank you for contacting us. Of course you are invited to join our uncool family.”

    Javier went on to add that I could contribute “without any deadline, just for fun”, which is GOOD - after I emailed them I started having reservations and preparing my “thanks, yeah do this all the time, its a bad habit of biting off more than I chew… ” script response.

    Anyway, this could be fun and I am looking forward to it.

    Stay tuned, I’ll excerpt any contributions I make here and tag the posts, “TheUncoolhunter”

    TheUncoolhunter About Us:

    “Theuncoolhunter.com is a website/magazine designed for a reader who wants to enrich him or herself with information related to the new trends. In order to stand out from the other, let’s say, conventional websites of coolhunting and trendscouting, The Uncoolhunter wants to go further and show the other face of the trend: the no trend and worship the uncool (the trash, the bizarre, the kitsch, the cheap pretentious, the expensive sold to a lower price, the freak, the badly designed, the surreal, the hyper-real, the incoherent, the under professional, the under scientific and the underdeveloped).
    A group of everyday life observers makes it possible.”

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    NY Times T Magazine

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    As might be expected, but apart from its arguably “dour” nickname, the “Grey Lady“, the New York Times is at the forefront of fashion, style and the arts with its TMagazine, online sister publication to its hardcopy T The New York Times Style Magazine

    About TMagazine:

    “The ultimate destination for all things related to style. The new site combines the visually rich, dynamic content of the award-winning magazine with interactive multimedia: videos, infographics and “The Moment” blog, featuring lively updates throughout the day by T editors, guest bloggers and correspondents from around the world.”

    …read more…

    The fact that the New York Times would pay (and traditionally has paid) as much attention to fashion and style as it has says as much for its legacy as a news journal as it does for its attempting to be a barometer of “fashionable” or “en vogue” - New York City is, of course, well known for setting trends and being an arts / fashion launching pad … - the fashion and arts industries are HUGE factors in New York City’s economy so NY fashion and style / arts trends are of keen interest to many people for a diverse variety of reasons, both locally and worldwide and for business reasons as well as people just wanting to (and / or wanting to see other people ;-) …look good and enjoy the “finer” things in life…

    What caught my eye was the recent publication of a series of online short films, TTakes, shot on location recently at this year’s Sundance Film Festival - what’s ironic and interesting is (so far… at this writing only two of the 19 segments have been released…) the films are not so much journalistic coverage of the festival, (which the Times provided as well…) but rather that these short films are more like mini dramas, little films just shot on location in Utah, in many ways seemingly unrelated to the actual film festival.

    TTakes:

    “In our new episodic film series, Hollywood’s bright young things improvise for the camera.

    Shot by the emerging New York writer and director Brody Baker during the recent Sundance festival, these 12 short films were conceived to be viewed sequentially and feature the likes of Josh Hartnett, Michael Pitt and Lukas Haas. A new installment of ‘Take’ will be posted each weekday at 10:00 a.m. Tune in on March 17 for the first episode, starring Hartnett.”

    Umm, they dont mention her but I kinda liked the little vignette that featured gorgeous Morena Baccarin myself… ;-)

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    “The Moment is a daily blog that spans the T Magazine universe of fashion, design, food and travel.”

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    In Defence of “Normal” Working Hours

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    Couple of interesting treatises from Digital Content Producer on the subject of long workdays typical in the production industry:

  • Digital Content Producer | Eight Hours for Hollywood | Sep 1, 1998 12:00 PM | Marsha Scarbrough

    “After veteran line producer Robert Schneider budgeted a $40 million below-the-line studio feature film based on the usual 12-hour shooting day, he decided to try an experiment. He re-budgeted the same film based on an eight-hour day. He was challenging the long-held assumption that movie crews must work a 12-hour minimum day to counter the high daily costs of stage, location, and equipment rentals.

    He extended the 17-week shooting schedule to 20 weeks and refigured the budget based on an eight-hour camera day with one-hour prep time and one-hour wrap time.

    The new budget came in one million dollars cheaper.”

    …read the rest…

  • Extreme Hours - Film Professionals on Hollywood’s Dark Side | Nov 1, 2006 12:02 AM | By Marsha Scarbrough

    “Most film production professionals have stories about working extreme hours. I personally tell tales of a rainy all-nighter in Texas where the crew went into 13 meal penalties. That night, the gaffer ordered two electricians to link arms with me to hold me up because I was falling asleep on my feet between calling out “Rolling” and “Cut.” To this day, I bless Reggie Boatright for saving me the embarrassment of falling face-first into a sea of mud while Burt Reynolds was emoting. Fortunately, I was on a distant location, so a Teamster-driven van took me back to the hotel in the morning. I was lucky I didn’t have to face the danger of driving home.”

    …read the rest

    • RH note: …and I can count the times on one hand when the shoot ran over there wasn’t a crybaby about paying the location owner overtime.

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    AdDictionary

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    AdLand | AdDictionary…

    “There’s a wikibased Ad Dictionary on the web now, where you can add words like photox and Copysloth.”

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    About AdDictionary

    “The Addictionary is a site for word lovers and those who like to see our beloved English language grow in serious or humorous ways. We built the Addictionary to empower word-play and to help lovers of word-play showcase and market their cleverness and creativity to the world. Every feature in the site tries to keep that in mind. Let us know if you have suggestions in that regard.”

    …read more…

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    SXSW 2008

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    South by Southwest Festivals + Conferences (SXSW)

    About SXSW | History of SXSW

    “South by Southwest (SXSW, Inc.) is a private company based in Austin, Texas, with a year-round staff of professionals dedicated to building and delivering conference and festival events for entertainment and related media industry professionals. Since 1987, SXSW has produced the internationally recognized Music and Media Conference & Festival.”

    …read more…

    SXSW 2008 started Friday, March 7th, for anyone that had not noticed ;-) …

    Film | Interactive | Music

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    Dick Cavett at NY Times

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    I am probably dating myself, but when I was a kid ( did I EVER think I would use THAT phrase? ;-) The Dick Cavett Show was THE kewlest talk show to watch on tv.

    Now he writes his own blog for the New York Times.

    NYTimes | Blogs | Dick Cavett | About Dick Cavett

    “The host of “The Dick Cavett Show” — which aired on ABC from 1968 to 1975 and on public television from 1977 to 1982 — Dick Cavett is also the coauthor of two books, “Cavett” (1974) and “Eye on Cavett” (1983). He has appeared on Broadway in “Otherwise Engaged” “Into the Woods” and as narrator in “The Rocky Horror Show,” and has made guest appearances in movies and on TV shows including “Forrest Gump” and “The Simpsons.” Mr. Cavett lives in New York City and Montauk, N.Y.”


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    Mojave Phone Booth

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    The Mojave Phone Booth: The Loneliest Phone Booth in the World | …via Neatorama…

    “The following is reprinted from Uncle John’s Unstoppable Bathroom Reader book.

    In the 1960s, some miners put a phone booth in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Long after they left, the booth remained … waiting for someone to call.”

    …read the rest… (includes photos!)

  • nice photo of the phone booth on flickr by eyetwist - also where I found out the phone booth was removed in 2001 :-(
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    We’re All Out of Polaroid

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    CNN Money | Polaroid shutters the Polaroid | February 8 2008: 5:22 PM EST | …via Engadget | Polaroid no longer does Polaroids

    The photography company long known for its self-developing film cameras moves to focus on printers and digital technology.

    “BOSTON (AP) — Polaroid is dropping the technology it pioneered long before digital photography rendered instant film obsolete to all but a few nostalgia buffs.”

    The times they are a changin’… when I was a photo assistant we would drag CASES of Polaroid Instant Film all over the country - Shooting Polaroids was a part of the work day - the wait for the photo to develop, the smell… you could make the the little metal case into a picture frame… it all seems so “quaint”, like a typewriter or fax machine - Even the name sort of starts to sound like some over the hill retro b-movie horror flick character or something? LOL!

    Heck I worked on ad shoots for Polaroid! LOL

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    9:55 pm on July 4th, 2009. 5.0 out of 5 stars. I love it! I absolutely love this camera. My Polaroid's flash went out so i wanted a new one so i decided to buy a Kodak and totally disliked it. So from now on i will only buy Polaroid! :D …
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    S.P.A.M. Theater on BoingBoing TV

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    …on BoingBoing TV - is this new? This is the first one I have seen, it’s goofy and hilarious.

    I follow Xeni Jardin on Twitter and caught her post title, piqued my curiosity…

    BBtv today: S.P.A.M. THEATER, dramatic readings of spam… Jesus, boner pills, and “mind controlled hatred.” http://tinyurl.com/22lyqj

    …read more…


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    You’re not looking for them, but I found your two dogs.

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    best of craigslist | s.f. bayarea | You’re not looking for them, but I found your two dogs. | …via StopDesign | Originally Posted: Thu, 16 Aug 10:19 PDT

    “Sigh. No one is looking for these guys. And I see why. They hump everything in sight, try to dominate our old doggies, try to eat our cats and pee on everything and bark at everything. Neurotic, lick constantly. They know no commands, either in English or Spanish. They are aggressive and probably lived in a puppy mill. You dumped them, probably, and we picked them up before they were killed by traffic.”

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    Sharper Image : RIP?

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    Washington Post | The Future Was Then | The Times Have Caught Up With That Erstwhile Icon of Modernity, the Sharper Image | By David Segal | Washington Post Staff Writer | Wednesday, February 27, 2008; Page C01

    “For all of its flaws as a business, nobody can accuse the Sharper Image of over-promising. Then the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announced it would close 90 of its roughly 180 stores “as soon as possible.” …What are we losing? A world of luminescent safety leashes, hideaway gyms, telescoping ladders –”

    …read more…

    A trip to any upscale mall for me always warranted a stop at Sharper Image.

    As intriguing as the store visit always proved, truthfully, as a location scout (or otherwise production professional) I never actually bought much, as amusing as vibrating armchairs and inflatable travel pillows could be… I am sure they must sell GPS’s, compasses, walkies and number of electronic gadgets types like me tend to become obsessed with… the feeling is always, “that’s kewl, but I’ll bet I can it cheaper at another store or buy it online?” - Maybe I am just a bit too practical (?) - paying for the privilege to shop in a “posh” mall as opposed to finding a lower price in a perhaps more utilitarian atmosphere was never an overriding priority for me - maybe much of the buying public in general has grown so as well and maybe this is at least part of Sharper Image’s problem (?)

    As many other “mall magnets” are discovering, there seems to be a trend of potential buyers making the trip to the mall to look - then buying online (Sharper Image does in fact have a web storefront presence) …so then the question would be, “is the expense of maintaining stores in high rent upscale malls worth the sales volume generated by in-store sales and internet sales?” …evidently not - or maybe the Sharper Image corporate pockets are not sufficiently deep to weather a transition?

    Sharper Image’s current solution appears to be to declare bankruptcy in order (I would expect) to reorganize with an alternate business model and / or with the possibility of selling the business in mind. Sharper Image is a well established brand, so I would be very surprised to see it drop off the face of the earth altogether.

    The title of the Washington Post article this post was excerpted from on Digg (and here as well) is titled “Sharper Image : The Future Was Then” - and this rings true for me - when I think of Sharper Image it just seems a little tired and very “80’s”.

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