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Mad science is the only science studied here, and outlandish sonic experiments are the rule, not the exception.T.Reed - Nightmare Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12988121804636608789noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012789884215277994.post-32961136696924559202013-01-20T12:36:00.000-08:002013-01-20T12:37:08.973-08:00Comic Logic Challenge of the Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After many months of much work on various projects and development, </div>
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And you know I like em strange so let's get right to it.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Uzumaki</span></b><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42CyeWQzcrWEFpFLQBw3IQMHB_XzJ-1PFSFjoKijcWmVJ83Nd1s6yjwvZ2IqIcCrzqZ3vEV4sAsNsn4b5erW0c_kGnEjqppkuG9ovmG4u_rARL8zpYcKhm4x8GdkmntBLCGhyphenhyphen6ilq-FU/s1600/Uzumakiposter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi42CyeWQzcrWEFpFLQBw3IQMHB_XzJ-1PFSFjoKijcWmVJ83Nd1s6yjwvZ2IqIcCrzqZ3vEV4sAsNsn4b5erW0c_kGnEjqppkuG9ovmG4u_rARL8zpYcKhm4x8GdkmntBLCGhyphenhyphen6ilq-FU/s320/Uzumakiposter.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b>Based on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junji_Ito" title="Junji Ito">Junji Ito</a> Manga, "Uzumaki" is a darkly comedic Alice in Wonderland; only instead of entering through the looking glass into another world, another world seems to be entering the small town of Kurouzu through a growing number of "Spirals" creating bizarre obsessions, Medusa-like hair, and insects crawling into people's ears and settling in the inner cochlea to transmit hallucinations. Yes, all that and more...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/E9DD538jdXo?rel=0" width="425">&lt;p&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;br /&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&lt;/p&gt;</iframe></div><div style="text-align: left;">This is beautifully shot and immensely odd. While not a violent film it does have a certain amount of gore that is fairly original in its delivery as the final results of some of the odd obsessive and eccentric behavior elicited by this inexplicable spiral curse. If you think it is cool in it's own right, I had a cool sync experience watching the film while listening to the first album by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000IKTC/ipecacrecordi-20">Fantomas </a>!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">With or without the audio augmentation, I rate this unique film 5 Skulls!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51O12mH-_5qUAiEjBxRfYekjocHR-VL7xjIONlKac-ZOpLCkQmiDT9F2VP7qI0F1neql7TWFSSAN8jCvOMH8DoZWyg0Er0TIMuTksm04TLYu-YwSs2V6e4_cUulv2O5dyu0PeLy8aAv8/s1600/5StarSkulls5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj51O12mH-_5qUAiEjBxRfYekjocHR-VL7xjIONlKac-ZOpLCkQmiDT9F2VP7qI0F1neql7TWFSSAN8jCvOMH8DoZWyg0Er0TIMuTksm04TLYu-YwSs2V6e4_cUulv2O5dyu0PeLy8aAv8/s1600/5StarSkulls5.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Living Hell</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="title-extra"> <i>aka</i> <b>Iki-jigoku</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes referred to as "Japanese Chainsaw Massacre"!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Only instead of a man in a skin mask with a chainsaw we have a granny who is creepy and enjoys torturing her crippled relative, Yasu (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1042835/">Hirohito Honda</a>) with a taser. The reviews on this film are often mixed, and while it is an obvious homage to the Tobe Hooper classic original "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" it certainly doesn't steal the show from its predecessor. That said, the Japanese have an interesting flair to put on just about anything and this is no exception. The cold cruel Grandmother and Grand daughter team are delightful. And you just gotta wonder when poor Yasu is gonna get a break!<br />
I liked this film, It's got some character, but being a"take-off" of another classic original, I can only give it 3 Skulls.<br />
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All the while he found a way to drift through issues of spirituality and transcendence as seen through the lens of the remnants of the 1960s drug culture. The first thing that comes to mind is probably <b>"Blade Runner"</b>. While that's a fine film, I'm going to go with a few less obvious for this PKD edition of <b>Nightmare Theater</b> recommendations.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">His style became clearly evident in some of the first PKD stories that I read which included <b>"A Scanner Darkly"</b> which was adapted for film in 2006 by <b>Richard Linklater</b>.</span><br />
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</tbody></table>The film was a partially animated endeavor that delivered the drug-like nature and subject matter of the book in a unique way. Featuring Keanu Reeves, Robert Downy, Woody Harrelson and Winona Ryder in both live and in disturbed looking animation form. When I first read the book I wondered how a film adaptation would address the "scramble suits" (clever ever-shifting "human camouflage" suits designed for undercover law enforcement).<br />
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</div><span style="font-size: large;">Next up on the PKD "hit list" is <b>John Carpenter's</b> <b>"They Live"</b> a film that is not generally thought of as a PKD film (because it is not based on one of his stories.) </span><br />
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It's hard to deny the Phillip K. Dick influence at work in this film. The sense of "paranoia that might not be paranoia", Authoritarian Governments obscuring the truth from the masses, and somewhere mixed up in that truth, sure enough, there's aliens ...Sounds like Phillip K. Dick must have been typing in the subconscious of John Carpenter and Ray Nelson to me!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And of course <b>"They Live"</b> left us with classic images like this one below.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Last but not least, the latest Phillip K. Dick adaptation</span> <span style="font-size: large;">is </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">John Alan Simon's <u><b>"Radio Free Albemuth"</b></u> featuring<b>: <i>Shea Whigam </i></b><i>(as Phillip K. Dick), <b>Jonathan Scarfe, Alanis Morrisette, </b>and <b>Katheryn Winnick.</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">While I have yet to see the actual film itself, the trailer looks promising and I have spoken extensively with Producers John Alan Simon and Elizabeth Karr about adapting "Radio Free Albemuth" for the big screen. </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">You can catch </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">- </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Part 1 of that interview -</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>"</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Radio Free Interview - Part 1"</b> at </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Film Courage</b>.</span></span></div><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Keep your eyes peeled for </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Part 2 of "Radio Free Interview" COMING SOON!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>~</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b><span style="font-size: large;">What are YOUR favorite movies </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">adapted from Phillip K. Dick Novels?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">T.Reed - Composer/Sound Designer, Writer and Artist</span> </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/TAOXproductions">@TAOXproductions</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.taoxproductions.com/">TAOXProductions</a></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.filmcourage.com/blog/5">T. Reed at Film Courage</a></span></b> </span><br />
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Oklahoma Ward, Nikki Alonso (U.S.) and David P Baker (Scotland)<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">UPDATE: Project achieved 103% Funding Goal within last 24 hours of deadline!!!</span> <span style="font-size: small;">CONGRATULATIONS & THANK YOU INDIE FILM FRIENDS </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">WHO BACKED AND SUPPORTED HARDCORE INDIE</span></span></div><br />
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Over the last few years the nature of the film and entertainment industry has gone from difficult to…well, difficult. For people who truly need to make films and create art, those who are really putting their energy into it, the challenges remain the same…always daunting, but rarely insurmountable to those with the time and perseverance to endure.<br />
While financial constraint and economies have thrown some speed bumps into the process, social media, crowd sourcing and affordable filmmaking technology have thrown out a lifeline. Talk is cheap and money may be hard to find, but what gets films made is ACTION.<br />
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Real people, beyond hype and talk, dedicated to learning and executing a craft with the caliber of storytelling and filmmaking that will make their work stand out in the minds of their audience amidst an ocean of filmmakers trying to do the same. <br />
Amidst this ocean Oklahoma Ward, Nikki Alonso and David Paul Baker and their unique project HARDCORE INDIE has leapt out at my consciousness from the Twitterverse and other social media avenues. The Hardcore Indie project is, in its scope, more than simply a campaign to create a film. <br />
HARDCORE INDIE brings Scottish filmmaker David Paul Baker to Tulsa Oklahoma to embark upon a project of collaboration on two independent horror films {<a href="http://crawlmovie.com/"> CRAWL</a> and <a href="http://www.screen-movie.com/">SCREEN </a>} in the spirit of the Drive-In Cinema double feature experience AND to make a transparent document of the trials and tribulations of the process.<br />
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There is an edge of danger in the mere undertaking, as everything in filmmaking can so often go in unexpected directions and money (or the need for it) is an ever-present spectre looming. I think it was that sheer level of utter transparency that I observed in these filmakers (independently at first) that led me to believe so strongly in this project.<br />
While David was engaged with trying to move his MISSION X project to the next level, we had several brief conversations regarding the movie consistent with everything he says and his video blogs online. The combination of experience and the sheer level of honesty and transparency about his own work was refreshing and is precisely the kind of person you could trust in a filmmaking scenario where there is no room for blowing smoke rings for ego’s sake.<br />
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Meanwhile Oklahoma Ward and Nikki Alonso were posting video logs on the making of the film CRAWL which gradually shifted to an actual <a href="http://crawlmovie.com/?page_id=83">LIVE FEED</a>. Here is where I was sold on Oklahoma Ward as a filmmaker. The way he dealt with vendors on the phone. As unsexy an aspect of filmmaking as that could possibly be, that was what let me know this guy might really have what it takes to get into this truly challenging industry.<br />
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Because filmmaking is so much more than the artificial and glorified perception most people (who don’t actually work in the biz) have. It can be a horribly soul sucking endeavor for those who don’t have what it takes to tackle the business aspect of creation. It can mean seemingly endless hours of very unsexy thankless chores and months if not years of sacrifice and investment. It’s not about fraternizing with actors and walking red carpets and champagne. It’s not about becoming a star or winning awards, and it is definitely NOT about waiting around for someone from Hollywood to come around and give you permission to make your film.<br />
Filmmaking is about taking ACTION, action that moves you toward achieving the creative and financial goals that will allow one’s art to be manifested in the world on a level that is meaningful to the individual artists involved.<br />
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So this month I pay special tribute to HARDCORE INDIE. Please support this project and these filmmakers however you can. If you are tired of waiting and wading through what Hollywood is putting out for some good fun films, then TAKE ACTION and help filmmakers themselves bring it to you directly! Check it out for yourself. If you believe in it too, donate and/or spread the word.<br />
Suffice it to say these filmmakers have been Nightmare Sound Laboratory Approved!<br />
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Cut out the TV stations and Hollywood Studios as middlemen. Be a part of a new way of doing things where you can take direct action in bringing the films you want to see to life. Both filmmakers and fans can find a satisfaction from this approach that goes far beyond waiting around to read what’s playing in the newspaper and TV schedules.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">You can hear more from these filmmakers in the replay of their 4/8/11 interview on<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/i8Wq7t"><b></b></a><b><a href="http://www.rexsikes.com/Rex_Sikes_Movie_Beat/Interviews/Entries/2011/4/7_David_Baker___Oklahoma_Ward___Filmmakers___Collaboration.html">Rex Sikes Movie Beat</a> </b><br />
Big Ups to current supporters of HARDCORE INDIE on Kickstarter<br />
who have provided 61% of the budget as of posting of this blog: </div><div style="text-align: center;">04/08/11 - ONLY 5 DAYS left to reach Budget!!! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Please help if you can!<br />
Many Thanks!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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T. Reed – Composer/Sound Designer/Music Producer @TAOXproductions www.taoxproductions.com<div class="blogger-post-footer">All material © Nightmare Sound Laboratory
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One of the most amazing works of animation I have ever seen also happens to be an incredible interpretation of the Japanese manga by <b>Taiyo Matsumoto</b>.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">TEKKONKINKREET </span></b></div><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHhj8zKSGnnU_ggDDTD38MAJPE1nhxMRvTEwxzAcZ7uwyNmDfRtc_hyUPxAHejhoiuCpRnfF3I1VZDWRtUjPGBAzxfR-VBVj7UDbC6x-o1h4DvKytGIE5IepnUHbIMImpLexmbRKqbnc8/s1600/tekkonkinkreet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHhj8zKSGnnU_ggDDTD38MAJPE1nhxMRvTEwxzAcZ7uwyNmDfRtc_hyUPxAHejhoiuCpRnfF3I1VZDWRtUjPGBAzxfR-VBVj7UDbC6x-o1h4DvKytGIE5IepnUHbIMImpLexmbRKqbnc8/s200/tekkonkinkreet.jpg" width="140" /></a>The 2006 release directed by <b>Michael Arias</b> is the fantastical adventure of <b>Black</b> and <b>White</b>, two street urchins determined to protect <i>their</i> town; <b>Treasure Town</b>, a place run by Yakuza and plagued by rival alien assassins.<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">With an incredible mix of 3D animation and highly sophisticated and rich painted backdrops Treasure Town becomes a real and dimensional world made magical by the original soundtrack/score by <b>Plaid </b>and the compelling personalities of the stories main characters two little boys who know how to navigate the dangerous turf with both ass kicking ability and childlike naivete. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Despite the the fact that inside this tale is a heartwarming story of brotherly love and loyalty between two small boys, this is no kid's stuff. The violence is intense and is perpetrated both by and upon the young children but it is not merely gratuitous splatter. This is truly a triumph of animation (from the team that created <b><i>The Animatrix</i></b>), storytelling and collaboration between great Japanese and American creative minds and hands. Tekkonkinkreet makes it to my list of top 25 films of all time.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlfRovk6XNfr66bSI9VXG9fV6JBhlGRQlF2GiRVwOFGy8YFAuDzrY2U-JhPhBCdWYvCFm0SsRzfZK33XmoYi2HttQGvMacS0Hi3zEtf4XsfbDEVVEt-U9KXprUi3uvq_PidH-qbpW0tWE/s1600/Junk+movie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlfRovk6XNfr66bSI9VXG9fV6JBhlGRQlF2GiRVwOFGy8YFAuDzrY2U-JhPhBCdWYvCFm0SsRzfZK33XmoYi2HttQGvMacS0Hi3zEtf4XsfbDEVVEt-U9KXprUi3uvq_PidH-qbpW0tWE/s320/Junk+movie.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Next it's Zombies vs Yakuza with the 1999 Japanese film <b>"Junk" ("Shiryour Gari")</b>. Writer/Director <b>Atsushi Muroga</b> brings us a well done action packed story of what happens when military experiments, Yakuza and petty criminal ambitions converge. An old military base housing the refuse of dangerous military experiments is probably not he best place for four amateur thieves trying to wrangle their way to the big time </div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ltELF6jeGxGoC74XspBYkAxZI19NsL89ax4eSTXDs9r75tiGURFqts5qiPGh-5y9GPMsJAfZvkbzHil_XoGqQzx4wIaon4mg0Nz7zFGxHqjTktj0OvSLjMrMmHYcFRz1Ry7gpXIH9lE/s1600/kaorishimamuraCrop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ltELF6jeGxGoC74XspBYkAxZI19NsL89ax4eSTXDs9r75tiGURFqts5qiPGh-5y9GPMsJAfZvkbzHil_XoGqQzx4wIaon4mg0Nz7zFGxHqjTktj0OvSLjMrMmHYcFRz1Ry7gpXIH9lE/s320/kaorishimamuraCrop.jpg" width="239" /></a>to arrange a meeting with Yakuza heavyweights. This was a fun fast paced zombie adventure with generally pretty creepy zombies, squirming body bags, blazing gunfights, rich colors and all the traditional Zombie homage and gory bits.<br />
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Add to that the absolutely stunning <b>Kaori Shinamora</b><br />
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While I have seen reviews that ravage this movie, it is as good as any Zombie movie out there, combining camp, gore and action in a low budget but well shot film that pays tribute to the <b>George Romero</b> Zombie films while tipping it's hat to <b>"Reservoir Dogs"</b> and <b>"The Score"</b>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>SAYUKA - THE SLAYER OF DEMONS</b></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR13eUMTPF0aJezVK15G-u1Dr2tIbpty8plyUVkburnAX-Ol6b5-Ob0LnB133F8seIYuaWC25wRACKNmyvJ35b1UmovPx-lVZEw_O-bN1A8mLEzYxbXrh4cU5ec623uynBpVUEuIobI84/s1600/sakuya_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR13eUMTPF0aJezVK15G-u1Dr2tIbpty8plyUVkburnAX-Ol6b5-Ob0LnB133F8seIYuaWC25wRACKNmyvJ35b1UmovPx-lVZEw_O-bN1A8mLEzYxbXrh4cU5ec623uynBpVUEuIobI84/s320/sakuya_front.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">From the creators of Gamera, veteran creature filmmakers <b>Tomo’o Haraguchi </b>and <b>Shinji Higuchi</b> created this film in the tradition of <b>Yokai Monsters</b>. This sword girl vs monsters fantasy adventure is chock full of bizarre demons, some of whom are friendly and others that are bent on destruction. While Sakuya (<b>Nozomi Ando</b>) is the Star and Hero in the film who wanders the world with her half-demon brother destroying demons with her magic sword, I was left enamored of the Spider Queen and the amazing special effects that made her hands look like living tarantulas!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</script></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sakuya is a fun adventure into the strange world of mythical Japanese Demons that I highly recommend!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEWoOUZgXCv5r27b0tV79MlYL9WhxNoVksZldzJzUZ6-lSQC41-RygCG4VGh4Pl3jIaIhorGymsX7kzfTeytGdTrO7wFaZtplTLMIJyTxq1dkvq6J_XXuzc2QpZtTx-d0aE3i3TCEzb8/s1600/4-skull-rating.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEWoOUZgXCv5r27b0tV79MlYL9WhxNoVksZldzJzUZ6-lSQC41-RygCG4VGh4Pl3jIaIhorGymsX7kzfTeytGdTrO7wFaZtplTLMIJyTxq1dkvq6J_XXuzc2QpZtTx-d0aE3i3TCEzb8/s1600/4-skull-rating.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Till next time, Happy Nightmares!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All material © Nightmare Sound Laboratory
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6c_EavU1nVU76rjFUsqx_cUuEeWHPGTZom5jImlBnPDyeH0DXcP-PHmlAIYfp6MxlAmYgd7MtQsL39fjK6_jhB5Rt3u1JthiVaEnDH9v4TYU2D5e146JoP3t3WW2d2BvxB6CWBfMuGVI/s1600/BTDH-Bloody-Cover_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6c_EavU1nVU76rjFUsqx_cUuEeWHPGTZom5jImlBnPDyeH0DXcP-PHmlAIYfp6MxlAmYgd7MtQsL39fjK6_jhB5Rt3u1JthiVaEnDH9v4TYU2D5e146JoP3t3WW2d2BvxB6CWBfMuGVI/s640/BTDH-Bloody-Cover_web.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Part Two of this interview includes more discussion about Boneyard Press, Hart’s work with Verotik and Glenn Danzig, the infamous Jeffrey Dahmer comic, and his time spent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</i></b><br />
While not everyone knows it, it is fairly common knowledge that between Wisconsin and Illinois there is a sort of “Bermuda Triangle” of three of the most notorious serial killers of all time! Ed Gien, the real life inspiration for Wisconsin author <b>Robert Bloch’s “Psycho”</b> (as made famous by Hitchcock and Anthony Perkins), “<b>Texas Chainsaw Massacre”</b>, “<b>Deranged”</b> and others), Jeffery Dahmer (who tried to make “real” zombies out of his victims through back room lobotomy), and (just to the South) in Chicago, the infamous John Wayne Gacy for whom killing was just a matter of “clowning around”.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left;"><b><i><u>TR:</u></i></b><i> <b>As a Milwaukee native I am of course interested in how you came to the creation of the controversial “Jeffrey Dahmer”comic biography and what your interactions in Milwaukee were like. You also “did time” at Milwaukee’s Metal Fest and had a legal conflict with Miller Brewing Company.</b> <b>Could you tell us briefly about your experiences (The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin?</b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><u><b>HDF </b></u>One of my old childhood friends, Dan Madsen, had just recently sold off his comic book company, Northstar (the original home of splatter classic Faust), but he still had the publishing itch. Since Dan knew I had just started up Boneyard Press, and we’d known each other since grade school, he called me up and suggested that I do something similar to the Nancy Reagan/Kitty Kelly bio book, only with serial killers and in comic book format. It was Dan who suggested I check out Jeffrey Dahmer.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;">By this point in my life, I was pretty bored with serial killers. I’d been reading about them, researching them since I was a tween. Hell, I even took some abnormal psyche classes in school, both my parents had degrees in psyche so I grew up around psycho babble, doing a piece on just another serial killer didn’t really appeal to me. So when I did get around to checking into the Dahmer case I was absolutely appalled at the distortions going on and the relentless marketing of this scumbag pedophile as some kind of handsome intriguing dark heartthrob. It was sickening. I decided I would do a very dry “just the facts, Ma’am” kind of a book and I hired a newspaper illustrator to draw the book. I did the best I could to handle a distasteful subject and handle it as tastefully as possible, while being true to the facts of the crimes.</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;">When the book came out, a reporter in Milwaukee bought copies and then ambush-interviewed the victims’ families at their homes. I mean, this is exactly the kind of wreckless shitty behavior by the television media I was criticizing in the book. The families were very upset about my comic book. In their minds, comics were for kids. Then the “local community leaders” got into the act and started using the victims’ cache for their own political gains and to get on television. It was an awful thing to watch, let alone be in the middle of.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/K_xrEXKes-I?rel=0" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hart Fisher On Sally Jesse Raphael Show 1993 - This round goes to Mr. Fisher!</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;">I tried to have fun with this media bad guy thing but it got real ugly real fast. Death threats, vandalism, businesses refused to work with me anymore like my local copy shop. My house was robbed because the assholes in the local news broadcasted to the town that I’d left town to do a Fangoria Horror Convention. At the convention I found out that my house was robbed and now that too was on the news, in fact, it was a CBS news team that found my place busted into.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_1kNPNZ0JzxyyOp0NFcGKnqkBJd2udPYaCJX0OIyhihuSXPcyOxVZgxoirI8OuFWioK-k49v0ygXkDatxj5oe7xYT-Pj-F_ccjaYVSnCbIYhdkI3OZTqt0b5JzvXvP3DZxX2Z9FU9Z4/s1600/Dahmer-bio-2nd-printa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH_1kNPNZ0JzxyyOp0NFcGKnqkBJd2udPYaCJX0OIyhihuSXPcyOxVZgxoirI8OuFWioK-k49v0ygXkDatxj5oe7xYT-Pj-F_ccjaYVSnCbIYhdkI3OZTqt0b5JzvXvP3DZxX2Z9FU9Z4/s320/Dahmer-bio-2nd-printa.jpg" width="212" /></a>I’d been to Milwaukee plenty for conventions and promotions and always had a good time there, except for the court dates, those were humiliating. This included time at the Milwaukee Metal Fest, I mean, metal fans rule, man; they’ve always supported me all the way. That’s why I’m down with the fucking metal. When I needed them, the metal heads were there for me. They scooped me up off the ground, put a fistful of booze in my hand, and sent me back out into the fight. That means the world to me. </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;">It’s just the last time I was at MMF that was brutal. The longer the Dahmer controversy went on, the more I was getting hunted and attacked. I had two different stalkers in Champaign, Illinois where I was living. One was a gay ex-marine who tried to spook me, stalkin’ me out at the local Goth bar hang. Another was a female stalker who liked to dress up as the killer from Brian DePalma’s Dressed to Kill, the one with Michael Caine, she’d stand across the room at Comic Conventions and stare at me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;">The more television shows I did, the more death threats poured in, particularly from Milwaukee. When I came up for the last MMF show, it was the summer of ’93 and it was one week after Michele had been killed and I was out of my mind nuts, packing a .357 revolver in my briefcase. I was stone cold out of my mind crazy. Sure, I sold a ton of shirts and comics at the show, but I didn’t know who was there for the show and who had a shiv meant for me.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;">Frankly, I don’t remember much from that weekend at all, it’s just one red hazy blur.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;">As for Miller Brewing… Same old shit. A dick sucking reporter, looking to stir up trouble, bought a couple of my Jeffrey Dahmer: Milwaukee’s Best t-shirts and sent them to Miller Brewing to get a reaction out of them. Heehehehe… That got a reaction out of them all right, Miller Brewing sent me a cease & desist order. I was tired of being in court so I said fuck that one. Hell, I can’t deny I took the logo for the shirt right off of a case of Milwaukee’s Best and slightly altered it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;">Man, I laughed so hard when I got the cease & desist… I had that thing taped up to my fridge for at least a year after that…<br />
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</tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><u><b>TR:</b></u> Interestingly enough, while I was familiar with the Dahmer comic, it barely made a blip on my radar. Living in Milwaukee, I started to tune out the local media and District Attorney grandstanding that surrounded the case, so the whole controversy with the comic slipped by me without much notice. I actually first became familiar with Hart Fisher indirectly. I was working on some storyboards for a horror comic inspiration that was much more demonically grisly and risqué than my “normal” more cerebral horror fare. I had the thought that it was just too much for most publishers, but it had some real creative merit! Were there even any publishers that would touch it with a 10 foot pole? Then I discovered <b>Glenn Danzig’s</b> comic line <b>“Verotik”</b>. While my life got swallowed up by the music biz and didn’t leave me time to pursue that line of thought any further, I was always curious about the few comic companies that really dared to push the envelope – <b>Enter Hart Fisher and</b> <b>Boneyard Press</b>.</i> <b><i>Could you talk about your experiences in comic publishing with Boneyard Press, Verotik and the role that experience has played in your filmmaking endeavors? Are you through with the comic publishing business? … Or is that bug still inside you somewhere waiting for a future in which it can breed?</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><u><b>HDF:</b></u> I’m returning to comics sooner than you think.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;">Clint Scott hired me to write his new series, Splatter Saint, I’m finishing up the writing chores on the first issue right now. He’s asked me to deliver to him the HAMMER; much like Glenn Danzig did when I brought him “A Taste of Cherry” for Verotika #4, so I’m bringing him something really dark, twisted and fucked up. It’s going to damage some fan boys out there for sure...</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;">But to answer your question about comics and movie making… When you publish comic books on a monthly basis it’s much like managing your own mini-film studio. You have creative teams on your “features”. You have monthly deadlines you have to hit, ad campaigns that you have to create, manage, and gauge how well they do or don’t do… You have to be able to manage people well. You have to be able to budget, to plan for and overcome obstacles… You ship your “Prints” to your “Theaters”, just like you do in film.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;">Comics is actually a merciless business full of jealous back stabbing social rejects who don’t know how to interact with each other well… Don’t get me wrong... it’s a funny world too, full of awesome people, funny guys and artists… But Jesus jumpin’ Christ, do you deal with a lot of gossipy little girls who’re afraid of interacting with real human beings, who are threatened easily, who guard their turf like it’s their own personal fiefdom, and not a lot of insight of ability to laugh at themselves… You know, Hollywood without the pussy and the big money…</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;">Yeah, I’d say comics is a nice starting business before getting into Film and Television, but you better be ready to play rough in the entertainment business, you better be ready for fuckin’ war in the gutters and death from above… but to me, they’re weak, they’re staggered and stunned… They’re ripe for a fall, for the blade, for my fire. I’ve got high tolerance for pain and pressure just pushes me to do better work. The more you pile on the pressure, the better and sharper I function. I mean, I started Boneyard Press while going to college full time, writing & drawing the books and training six days a week, 2 hours a day for my Black Belt test in Tae Kwan Do. A guy who does that for FUN is a driven dude. </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZ73VIYrUmdPCV4jFshztDtDJE6HGMOAN6CFS0ev8Ws_3wtRXlxDR81c0TN1oIa9K_1d4pTGl1Zq6fWq3aCi3a9hk8d_LQ1wjm1BrKYKaRAmrttTf5XQgeyuyUW_urZrqGn96O9wrOcg/s1600/Flowers-7a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZ73VIYrUmdPCV4jFshztDtDJE6HGMOAN6CFS0ev8Ws_3wtRXlxDR81c0TN1oIa9K_1d4pTGl1Zq6fWq3aCi3a9hk8d_LQ1wjm1BrKYKaRAmrttTf5XQgeyuyUW_urZrqGn96O9wrOcg/s320/Flowers-7a.jpg" width="204" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;">Comics, I’ll come back to comics when I’ve got money to burn and unleash bloody hellfire like they’ve never seen. One thing I truly learned from running Verotik with Glenn Danzig’s muscle behind me vs. being the Boneyard Press outlaw- Money talks. Money changes the game, changes the rules, all of them. Everything else is window dressing. Hell, I’ve been working with Glenn again as his editor, and he’s been teaching me more and more about navigating Hollyweird and the entertainment game. How’s that for an advisor? Glenn’s been very generous with his time, he’s watched everything I’ve given to him, he’s given me sharp constructive criticism of the American Horrors show that I’ve incorporated into the American Horrors Mobile Network. </div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;">You name me one other fucking horror company with a guy like Glenn motherfuckin’ Danzig giving advice. Name one… go ahead. I’ve got a lot of sharp, experienced people behind me on American Horrors. That’s a major game changer.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcAamI7xNtSrFys_7zT6PjlXi34ADHyFfmt9moNrKu5AYPxlSDRcLoejWvUvqZLwyh1NVRzWJkTpKQFKBZi45qjWv0FG3Vhdx1DAk6o88k9cc3_d0yz5C8eCtm81HUqNG5nDqy3HvhHA/s1600/Flowrs-5a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLcAamI7xNtSrFys_7zT6PjlXi34ADHyFfmt9moNrKu5AYPxlSDRcLoejWvUvqZLwyh1NVRzWJkTpKQFKBZi45qjWv0FG3Vhdx1DAk6o88k9cc3_d0yz5C8eCtm81HUqNG5nDqy3HvhHA/s320/Flowrs-5a.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;">Boneyard Press was my one man vendetta to be the scariest publisher of comics EVER. I brought a unique voice to horror with Boneyard Press, one that slipped under the radar, touched people where they didn’t expect to be touched. I started the careers of a slew of creators (like My Chemical Romance front man Garry Way, Village Voice critical darling and foster care reform advocate Stephen Elliott, Top Ten Wizard artist John Cassaday) in comics and I aim to apply that same ability to spot and develop talent to use at American Horrors. I’ve formed alliances with the tastemakers in the horror film festival game, and they’re steering me the talent. American Horrors is backed with serious professionals who bring their wealth of experiences and business relationships to my plate. I’m being groomed for the boardroom and the media world by serious men who’ve taken an interest in me and my vision for American Horrors.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: left;">It’s a great day to be alive and walking in my shoes. I’m doing everything I want to do with all the people I grew up respecting and wanting to work with. That’s the result of hard, hard work that people have noticed, a lot of pros have been waiting years for me to find my way out of the madness and into the light so we could have some fun, make some money, and bring down the nightmares.</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can find Part One of this interview at FilmCourage.com</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://filmcourage.com/content/interview-hart-d-fisher-scariest-man-america"><img border="0" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-2IEp5uoXb3RFlO3acDtB2WuwNVKaFRMJzffllyAOFjT5l8Akws5Ge9Jukdd4WfdPIsxkcbnKqsvOdCDnU5iTUCVZKOOFTqZVR4ovZSuHKhLz_GdtbNEmpZoz7zZLjQCxq6mdejs1jw/s320/filmcourage_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Hellevator</b></span> </div><div class="" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Hellevator" or ("The Bottled Fools") the 2004 <b>Japanese</b> film written and directed by <b>Hiroki Yamaguchi </b>is definitely NOT for the kiddies:) It is gruesome, freakish, post-Apocalyptic cyber-punk in an elevator. This film makes M. Night Shamylan pee his bed while David Lynch laughs about it. It's weird, it's tense, and it's everything I love in a film. "A Clockwork Orange" get's stood on it's head, crammed through "1984" and dropped in to a brave New Tokyo most of which occurs while a group of strangers are trapped on an elevator with dangerous prisoners. Bored with "regular" old movies? THIS IS A MUST SEE FILM! Five Skulls!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8W22V63RNHdpMaRjuhnPcr2KUZt82b6hkTPRB9N9qRoKuT7CT1PkGrQKqHkt662r6GwlcbTvFbKxUH1k5AVtOCOXkt9DPUlI2i_OFwCPdJlJGtqd4mcv8AdrW4cb9RM8uxEqILZSW4GE/s1600/5StarSkulls5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8W22V63RNHdpMaRjuhnPcr2KUZt82b6hkTPRB9N9qRoKuT7CT1PkGrQKqHkt662r6GwlcbTvFbKxUH1k5AVtOCOXkt9DPUlI2i_OFwCPdJlJGtqd4mcv8AdrW4cb9RM8uxEqILZSW4GE/s1600/5StarSkulls5.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="306" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/S_7RXADQ-wc?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/S_7RXADQ-wc?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="306"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Save the Green Planet </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">"Save the Green Planet" (2003) is a <b>Korean</b> film from the mind writer/director <b>Joon Hwang-Jang</b>. This Dark Comedy lives up to both characteristics to the highest degree. Again, this film is NOT for children, nonetheless it can be both heartwarming AND horrifying in the same moment. Byeong-gu<b> (Ha-kyun Shin)</b> suspects his boss is an Alien. With the help of his adorable hapless, naive but loyal girlfriend Kang Man-shik <b>(Yun-shik Baek)</b> they go to extreme measures to save the world from invasion! Madcap creepy fun! 5 Skulls!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Volcano High</b></span> </div>Another splendid <b>Korean</b> film by Director <b>Tae-gyun Kim</b>, "Volcano High" (2001) is a fun high flying fantasy FX film about violence between rivals at WanSanGo (Volcano High). This is silly comic book fun with plenty of martial arts madness, schoolgirls who kick ass and enough mystic Kung Fu to sooth the Taoist in me. Think Battle Royal but WAY cooler! Exciting cinematography and experimental tones give this a super comic book feel! The film centers around Kyeong-su<b> (Hyuk Jang)</b> a transfer student known for disciplinary troubles, who must unite the students to face a greater enemy than rival gangs. The DVD comes with an English version dubbed by famous rappers (Snoop Dog, Method Man, & others); <u>DO NOT WATCH THE ENGLISH VERSION!</u> It ruins the movie, and whether you like those artists or not, the dubbing is sub par and the entire flow and vibe of the film is lost. There is also something about the nature of the Korean language that is so critical to the actors' performances. Definitely watch the Korean version with English subtitles. You won't regret it! You guessed it: 5 Skulls!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8W22V63RNHdpMaRjuhnPcr2KUZt82b6hkTPRB9N9qRoKuT7CT1PkGrQKqHkt662r6GwlcbTvFbKxUH1k5AVtOCOXkt9DPUlI2i_OFwCPdJlJGtqd4mcv8AdrW4cb9RM8uxEqILZSW4GE/s1600/5StarSkulls5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8W22V63RNHdpMaRjuhnPcr2KUZt82b6hkTPRB9N9qRoKuT7CT1PkGrQKqHkt662r6GwlcbTvFbKxUH1k5AVtOCOXkt9DPUlI2i_OFwCPdJlJGtqd4mcv8AdrW4cb9RM8uxEqILZSW4GE/s1600/5StarSkulls5.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Dj4gD6kU_ug?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">These are three of my all time favorites so we got 15 Skulls up on the trophy wall!</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Nothing like watching a good film with some great fiends! </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">That's all for now, till next time at Nightmare Theater,</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Beast Wishes,</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">T.Reed - Composer @TAOXproductions <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">This New Year I am probably the last person who should write about “How to keep New Year’s resolutions” (so I won’t). I am as guilty as anyone of what I call the creative <b><a href="http://nightmaresoundlab.blogspot.com/2010/10/multi-crastination-dark-side-of-busy.html">“Art of Multi-crastination”</a></b> and have a task list longer than my arm stretched out before me as we speak! <span></span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">For that purpose, <b>Angelo Bell</b> has a wonderful Blog post for Filmmakers that offers up some great tips for setting powerful goals and keeping them here:</span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href=""> 11 Ways to Keep Your Indie Film New Years Resolutions</a></span></b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><a href=""> </a></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.angelobell.com/2010/12/11-ways-to-keep-your-indie-film-new-years-resolutions-in-2011/"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></a></div><div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">I’d like to talk about the “Why” - Why NOW is a particularly important time. <span></span>And I don’t mean in that nebulous Zen “Now is the only moment of power” kind of way (even though it’s true).</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9RFivUlgFVsdYRVOWkxaxvHqOxi27vLQbN87LCmZuzI8snxMn_p452pBh0HZs8ti3ulhXba_GnZJ5eFgMFuLpMMfcbIQTqavPIQ1lzpPXfeqAhKpvEBA0sxS6_dvzCk9IZYd-6nBMZ8/s1600/Earth_Departure_2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL9RFivUlgFVsdYRVOWkxaxvHqOxi27vLQbN87LCmZuzI8snxMn_p452pBh0HZs8ti3ulhXba_GnZJ5eFgMFuLpMMfcbIQTqavPIQ1lzpPXfeqAhKpvEBA0sxS6_dvzCk9IZYd-6nBMZ8/s400/Earth_Departure_2a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As we approach this New Year - 2011, many of us carry forward resolutions to do more, do it better, and get in great shape while we are doing it.</span><span style="font-size: small;">These valiant goals and others come in many forms and just about every artist, writer, musician, filmmaker and entrepreneur have a host of industry specific goals they would like to achieve at the start of each year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> For Artists of all kinds, the journey from creative inclinations to professional aspirations and achievements is indeed a great odyssey! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But this year is a particularly interesting and fortuitous year to get on top of that list and really tackle the goals you wish to achieve.“The industry” is in a temporary upheaval and there is a groundswell of independent arts activity and technology that is shifting the balance of power and creating a more Artist friendly environment with more direct connection to audiences. Alternate paradigms are emerging and gaining ground. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The challenge and core “down in the gut” question for many ambitious creative people has always been “How can I <i>“make it”</i> doing what I love to do?”<span> </span>For many that means finding a functional “middle class” path that not only provides life’s necessities, but also the means to facilitate the manifestation of more new and unique collaborations and works of art and entertainment.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are some lovely new “memes” spreading across the internet like <i>“authenticity”</i> and <i>“Becoming one’s own brand”</i>, but … there is still a long way to go! <span></span>There is always the danger that these ideas with such great potential could simply be assimilated and abused to dysfunction by the pre-existing stagnant industry giants or people that are still so saturated by the previously engrained “competition” and “scarcity” based paradigms that they simply imprint the old memes upon the new ones, effectively canceling their value. (i.e. SPAM and “Push Selling” ain’t “NEW” or “authentic” simply because it’s “tweeted” from a freakin’ Star Trek lookin’ Android or iPhone”).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2011 holds a great deal of potential opportunity precisely because we are in this state of flux. The atmosphere is bristling for change and anyone with the courage and fortitude to play a positive role in that development NOW has a good chance of finding their “wave” in the years to come. Being flexible and open to new ideas, people and processes while maintaining clear focus on our goals may just be the key to riding this wave. I truly hope that there are many of us who can heed this call. </span></div><ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We need to cautiously but expeditiously find our way through developing better business paradigms SO THAT we can really sit down and focus on developing our craft and our art. That is after all, the heart of what we do and the reason why most of us do it in the first place.</span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We need to be able to focus on writing NEW stories and finding amazing new ways to tell them. </span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We need to expand our creative and cultural vocabularies by collaborating with artists, friends and partners that enrich and enhance each other </span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">And we need (and deserve) to be able to survive and thrive while growing and expanding to our full creative potential. “The Arts” play a very important role in culture – too important to be left in the hands of bean counters and corporate executives with no connection to the art itself.</span></span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Whatever your role in the world of arts and entertainment, now is the time (while the “system” is broken or at least reasonably off its footing) to rebuild our industry more in the image we’d like to see, rather than simply struggling to get on for the ride and trying like hell not to get bucked off.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just keeping our ordinary New Year’s resolutions seems hard enough. Getting on point toward building a great career and body of work in the Arts is an added challenge. Doing it during an economy in flux adds even further complication. Attempting to change the industry one artist at a time may seem even more daunting. But determining to do any of those things NOW may just be the <b>single step</b> that launches the rest of your own amazing creative odyssey in the world of Art and Filmmaking in the 21st Century.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stanley Kubrick's "2001 A Space Odyssey" was a groundbreaking film and represented what great filmmakers could achieve at the time. It spoke to the 21st Century over thirty years before it would actually arrive. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thanksgiving Day Writer’s Drive By Featuring: <b> </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Tyler Weaver</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Current Project in Development: </span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Whiz! Bam! Pow!</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmreK1BMFjULfnYKQPP6GUKIzLMlR54_wdvlzTGrCBoxpwlmTJ3OoXRwEuqiy108rssDczL2OB3crDC6L6G6Iiv3LvkOVyfqPTNgBudEJy4XtbUjQ6a8FulSLpXgpZWbKS1FFptYxogE/s1600/wbplogovintage_blog1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAmreK1BMFjULfnYKQPP6GUKIzLMlR54_wdvlzTGrCBoxpwlmTJ3OoXRwEuqiy108rssDczL2OB3crDC6L6G6Iiv3LvkOVyfqPTNgBudEJy4XtbUjQ6a8FulSLpXgpZWbKS1FFptYxogE/s1600/wbplogovintage_blog1.jpg" /></a><i>"Told through comic books, radio shows, and films, Whiz!Bam!Pow!{<span style="color: #8e7cc3;"> </span><b><a href="http://whizbampow.com/" style="color: #8e7cc3;">http://whizbampow.com</a><span style="color: #8e7cc3;"> </span></b> } </i></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>is a transmedia love letter to comic books, the heroes in them, and the people they inspire. </i></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> Whiz!Bam!Pow! is currently crowdfunding at <b><a href="http://www.indiegogo.com/whizbampow" style="color: #8e7cc3;">http://www.indiegogo.com/whizbampow</a> </b>and needs your help to soar!"</i></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kkCKc8B8Nn-Zjcv7Bu4Xd2KkhMXV9rxXRsACAQu0rQQAHcdwqgIxmrvtgLCUhdIU6iriH1Q4VoW2IPPk_t2ltWUqGSBBKxmsRXERR04OfhyphenhyphensYOoVfcD5ag7HTPAeS_1abwHV9lKKSEE/s1600/wbpindiegogo_sb3_Blog1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2kkCKc8B8Nn-Zjcv7Bu4Xd2KkhMXV9rxXRsACAQu0rQQAHcdwqgIxmrvtgLCUhdIU6iriH1Q4VoW2IPPk_t2ltWUqGSBBKxmsRXERR04OfhyphenhyphensYOoVfcD5ag7HTPAeS_1abwHV9lKKSEE/s200/wbpindiegogo_sb3_Blog1.jpg" width="193" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nightmare Sound Lab’s T. Reed asks Tyler Weaver:</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">T.R. :</span> " What was the first moment, (and if applicable, movie, comic, or other influence that inspired you to KNOW you had to be involved in the creative process/industry?"</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn9Smlmoa6Qc-bZc0YvIfr9MZH4grR3FHKUkCzDXoW-_73v-NmEHvPbA2MTWPBOVBmjzQYp7REHR8PGKxFjcEb0mS_GIuEo1a3bRLIjqWNljEPbW-zGDAWyEpIfqTAgW77q9tAj23twvI/s1600/TWshapeimage_2mini.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn9Smlmoa6Qc-bZc0YvIfr9MZH4grR3FHKUkCzDXoW-_73v-NmEHvPbA2MTWPBOVBmjzQYp7REHR8PGKxFjcEb0mS_GIuEo1a3bRLIjqWNljEPbW-zGDAWyEpIfqTAgW77q9tAj23twvI/s1600/TWshapeimage_2mini.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b style="color: #fff2cc;">T.W.:</b> </i><i>" It was the first time I saw Tim Burton's BATMAN in 1989. That opening sequence, with the Elfman score propelling us towards a bat symbol made me want to do something creative. I thought film music would be my vocation, but it turned out that I wanted to be a filmmaker."</i></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">T. R. </span>: Where do you see the “Transmedia” movement taking entertainment and storytelling over the next five to ten years?</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn9Smlmoa6Qc-bZc0YvIfr9MZH4grR3FHKUkCzDXoW-_73v-NmEHvPbA2MTWPBOVBmjzQYp7REHR8PGKxFjcEb0mS_GIuEo1a3bRLIjqWNljEPbW-zGDAWyEpIfqTAgW77q9tAj23twvI/s1600/TWshapeimage_2mini.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn9Smlmoa6Qc-bZc0YvIfr9MZH4grR3FHKUkCzDXoW-_73v-NmEHvPbA2MTWPBOVBmjzQYp7REHR8PGKxFjcEb0mS_GIuEo1a3bRLIjqWNljEPbW-zGDAWyEpIfqTAgW77q9tAj23twvI/s1600/TWshapeimage_2mini.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b><span style="color: #fff2cc;">T.W.: </span> </b>"We're going to see a similar thing that happened from silent film to the "talkies." After awhile, the "Talkies" were no longer considered separate, and it all became "Film." The same thing's going to happen here - the term "transmedia" will be dropped from "storytelling," and it will just be what it is: storytelling."</i></span> </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">T. R. :</span> Where do you want to see yourself in the creative field five years from now and what role do you see Whiz Bam Pow playing in that equation?</b></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn9Smlmoa6Qc-bZc0YvIfr9MZH4grR3FHKUkCzDXoW-_73v-NmEHvPbA2MTWPBOVBmjzQYp7REHR8PGKxFjcEb0mS_GIuEo1a3bRLIjqWNljEPbW-zGDAWyEpIfqTAgW77q9tAj23twvI/s1600/TWshapeimage_2mini.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn9Smlmoa6Qc-bZc0YvIfr9MZH4grR3FHKUkCzDXoW-_73v-NmEHvPbA2MTWPBOVBmjzQYp7REHR8PGKxFjcEb0mS_GIuEo1a3bRLIjqWNljEPbW-zGDAWyEpIfqTAgW77q9tAj23twvI/s1600/TWshapeimage_2mini.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b style="color: #fff2cc;">T.W.: </b>"I wish I had a more definite answer but here goes: I want to be continuing and growing a sustainable creative career, working with cool people, and getting the chance to tell the stories I want to tell the way I want to tell them. As far as where </i><i>Whiz!Bam!Pow! </i><i>fits in to that equation? It's my hope that it continues to be a thriving and developing universe that people enjoy being a part of."</i></span></div><br />
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property of their respective owners.)</div>T.Reed - Nightmare Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12988121804636608789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8012789884215277994.post-90323655331050725002010-10-31T20:50:00.000-07:002011-04-21T12:57:58.777-07:00Vampire Mob - Staking a Claim on Season Two!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kWc2DRqSND6REeSYezs9i3rbtw3OPY0w2JZN5PwClwSh6uN6WmHJ1qSn-Y6rk4PAxNW3uIdjlGUcvuATKXPQHvTmAL9hFZ85UIwaBIOoBm8sfHqE_STH4Ets0ehGPjqlhjFDxL43Y-4/s1600/VMob+logo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="101" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kWc2DRqSND6REeSYezs9i3rbtw3OPY0w2JZN5PwClwSh6uN6WmHJ1qSn-Y6rk4PAxNW3uIdjlGUcvuATKXPQHvTmAL9hFZ85UIwaBIOoBm8sfHqE_STH4Ets0ehGPjqlhjFDxL43Y-4/s400/VMob+logo1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u><b>VAMPIRE MOB UPDATE - 04/21/11</b></u></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's Springtime! Vampire Mob has started shooting Season Two because of all of you and that is exciting. But they could still use some more funds to ensure the completion of the new season! I am still offering the bonus music reward for all financial backers of Vampire Mob, a dowloadable 70 minute CD DJ mix of original music created by TAO X Productions studio, from cinematic horror music to electronica fit for danceclub vampires. They also have the AWESOME Vampire Mob logo and "we are all famous to a few people" T-shirts available to help support the cause!</div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The new season has added even more cast members you are sure to enjoy. So check out the new trailer for Season Two and whether you are new to the "VMob" or a previous supporter, please think about donating to keep making this excellent Web TV possible!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Go to their site to find out more and check out the great swag you can get for becoming a supporting producer! Read the original article below and head on over to WWW.VAMPIREMOB.COM<br />
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<b>ORIGINAL ARTICLE - Halloween 10/31/10 </b></div>This Halloween I wanted to share a GREAT web series with a dedicated cast and crew working hard to bring you a quality show well worth your time. What happens when you put writer/director Joe Wilson behind the reigns of a labor of love Vampire Comedy featuring TOP NOTCH actors and quality writing?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Vampire Mob happens! </span></div><div class="paragraph_style_11" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b>If you haven't seen it yet, you are missing out! </b></div><div class="paragraph_style_11" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; padding-bottom: 0pt;">The premise is stunningly simple and a great vehicle for this talented cast and crew! "Vampire Mob" revolves around the life (afterlife?) of John Colella's character, the Mobster turned Vampire, Don Grigioni...and his Family!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"He’s a hitman and a vampire, and he just found out </i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>his mother-in-law is moving in for eternity."</i></span></div><br />
</div><div class="paragraph_style_11" style="padding-bottom: 0pt;"></div><div class="paragraph_style_11" style="padding-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;"><b>Check out Episode 1</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="216" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QpyoMdXi7og?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QpyoMdXi7og?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="216"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can catch the rest of Season One at <a href="http://www.vampiremob.com/">VampireMob.com </a></div><div class="paragraph_style_11" style="padding-bottom: 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="paragraph_style_11" style="padding-bottom: 0pt;"><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The series, produced by Joe Wilson & John Colella, has completed its six episode run of Season One which has featured cast members from “The Simpsons,” “Boardwalk Empire” and “Criminal Minds,” and includes John Colella, Reamy Hall, Marcia Wallace, Kirsten Vangness, Chris Mulkey, Elizabeth Beckwith, Andrea Cansler, Jim Roof and Cris DAnnunzio. Members of the VMob cast have also appeared in: The Bob Newhart Show, Twin Peaks, Friday Night Lights, CSI: NY, The West Wing, General Hospital, Bowfinger and others. Season One, I came to discover, was the entirely self-financed labor of love of Joe Wilson. Now its time for Season Two! Vampire Mob could use any help they can get financing Season Two and they would love it if their Fans themselves could directly effect the outcome by pitching in what they can! They are offering many delicious rewards for contributing to the creation of this high caliber, new media monster madness. You can contribute directly at the Vampire Mob site! </div><br />
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</a></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">To give the VMob a hand, I have donated to help make Season Two, AND I am offering a FREE music download of wonderfully horrific Halloween appropriate music I had just put together for a Flyway Film Festival Special Backer Event - A screening of Gary King's "The Death of the Dead".</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><i>Some of this music will never be released anywhere else</i></b> except for these downloads available only to the Flyway Film Fest Kickstarter backers, and now YOU, VMob supporters who donate to the Vampire Mob Season Two campaign! I even provided some sassy CD art and a track list for this Halloween DJ Mix of original music from <a href="http://www.taoxproductions.com/">TAO X Productions</a> !</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A little or a lot, give what you've got, if you like quality entertainment...and Vampire Mobsters, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Help keep this show Undead!!!</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Contribute to Season Two and get a Vampire Mob Backer Reward that consists of a 70 minute mix of some BADASS cinematic horror and dark electronic club thumping vibes by 'your's truly' Composer T. Reed of TAO X Productions created right here in my Nightmare Sound Laboratory! <span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><span style="font-size: large;">Go DONATE at the <a href="http://www.vampiremob.com/">Vampire Mob Website</a> and get your access code for this FREE DOWNLOAD. Click on the CD image below to get to download site and enter your code to access your reward!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The greatest irony is that, for a film with such a gruesome reputation, there was very little gore (at least by today’s standards) and precious little stage blood used, and yet it still resonates as terrifying to this day! </span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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</div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">No small part of this was probably due to the unique score created by Tobe Hooper himself, using unconventional instruments to create the discomforting sound that was so important to creating that horrific environment. But as we know - as directors become more “in demand”, having the time to score as well as direct becomes a much less viable option (yes, even if you are John Carpenter;) So this was a rare point in his career where passion and skill had the perfect environment to converge! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oh and synchronicity…did I mention synchronicity? (I’ll come back to that – so pay attention!) But let's just start with the fact that Tobe Hooper's "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was inspired by Wisconsin's (and perhaps one of the World's) most notorious serial killers, (and human taxidermists) Ed Gein!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In any event, the art, hunger, dedication (and suffering) which usually only comes from that kind of an independent film making experience, came through in the film in an artful, earnest and terrifying way.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"> The New York Museum of Modern Art agrees apparently, and has a copy of the film amongst their permanent collection. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But you didn’t come here to listen to me wax poetic on the virtues of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” (even though I gladly could, and would) you came for a race! Ah, but first, Synchronicity! (Told you there’d be a quiz!)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEI5kz1cw2XeTzZckcG3sUw3T5VVaOTbM8j99U2OVBtm1in7tGuQEGvu9s6vHZRIW3YZCgmIUv6sX_Woge6Nz9xXvSAWR9M5-2n3uMVnl_1iS5r7-t6pSCjTGnvIW3UxKZyuAiyMWSIc/s1600/The+Mangler+promo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEI5kz1cw2XeTzZckcG3sUw3T5VVaOTbM8j99U2OVBtm1in7tGuQEGvu9s6vHZRIW3YZCgmIUv6sX_Woge6Nz9xXvSAWR9M5-2n3uMVnl_1iS5r7-t6pSCjTGnvIW3UxKZyuAiyMWSIc/s200/The+Mangler+promo1.jpg" width="138" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">Long after the original TCM struck terror in the hearts of British censorship boards (and others), long after “Poltergeist”, Tobe made a movie adapted from a short story Stephan King called “The Mangler”. The film featured Nightmare on Elm Street’s Robert Englund and Ted Levine as well as, yes, you guessed it, a demon possessed laundry mangling machine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And here is where strange synchronicities (and your’s truly) come into the story. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Flash forward about 9 more years! (2004) I fly to San Francisco to meet with the Director of a film called Mortuary to sign contracts and have a look at the roughs on an actual telecine machine. In fact, the entire film was being edited on the very machine that was used to edit Terry Zwigoff’s Robert Crumb documentary, {“Crumb” 1994} or so I was told. It was entirely believable.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Just an aside: Terry Zwigoff (by the way) is also a Wisconsin Native and a musician/filmmaker. I hadn’t even considered that coincidence (and that his name is also Terry) until writing this article now! </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">10 years later the machine he used to cut “Crumb” wheezed and cranked like it had a devil in it, the kind of thing that could only happen to a machine after having born witness to the surreal expression of countless filmmaker’s projects! As Director Sean Hazelaar showed me reel one, we carried forward with the conversation we started on the phone before I arrived at his studio. He had mentioned one particular scene involving a mortician’s furnace in which all the set sound was destroyed by a bad hum generated by nearby machines. I would be expected to really make something sweet here, because it was a very important SFX scene.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When he asked me about this, I hadn’t seen the film yet. It just so happens that I have an extensive background in horror and a huge collection of horror/scifi and Asian films (on good ol’ hard copy DVD;)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I thought about the furnace scene and off the top of my head I said something to the effect that I could hear music/sound there sort of similar to that in the scenes of the evil machine in Tobe Hooper’s “The Mangler”. The Director’s jaw dropped. He informed me that the guy they hired to do that special FX scene was someone who had worked on “The Mangler”.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> That in itself was wild! But there’s more…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As my team had taken the reigns of much of the post production, music and sound and were well into getting the color corrections, score and sound design under way, we discovered that Tobe Hooper, by some utterly ‘Bizzaro World’ coincidence, was in production on a movie also called “Mortuary”!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Van Hazelaar Productions “Mortuary” was nearer completion at the time, but Hooper’s “Mortuary” had a larger budget and the capacity to roll a little faster. From here the race was on!</span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tobe Hooper's "Mortuary" Trailer 2005 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><object height="280" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GyHVHoJ6otQ?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GyHVHoJ6otQ?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="280"></embed></object> </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Now we all know it didn’t really matter, as two movies can have the same title in many cases (There was already a Howard Avedis film called “Mortuary” done in the eighties.) </span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Howard Avedis' "Mortuary" Trailer 1983 </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="216" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rNl0WoztoX0?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rNl0WoztoX0?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="216"></embed></object></div><div style="text-align: center;">~</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifpS5wqJuiIkudABsRwFGdH_ZubCAYgw4C741B-XWzGhUeBhV2x6GR9AbeDHgtvi0TjnRMW8bdGlUoJ7Gw96VIP_jxptr6vT8YNHixSdZdq13k8Z_NoUscJjxec8J-y9p1fxYZkkS9QeA/s1600/Final-Remains.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifpS5wqJuiIkudABsRwFGdH_ZubCAYgw4C741B-XWzGhUeBhV2x6GR9AbeDHgtvi0TjnRMW8bdGlUoJ7Gw96VIP_jxptr6vT8YNHixSdZdq13k8Z_NoUscJjxec8J-y9p1fxYZkkS9QeA/s320/Final-Remains.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><span style="font-size: small;">In the end we had to differentiate the name for foreign and US sales anyhow, so the name of Van Hazelaar’s “Mortuary” became “Final Remains” (which, I am proud to say, was one of my suggestions).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> It really wouldn’t matter at all, but factually, the statistically unlikely event had occurred. Two movies called “Mortuary” would both appear on IMDB as having been released in 2005. It was just a matter of whose film would get finished first!</span><span style="font-size: small;"> In truth, Tobe Hooper was probably entirely oblivious to our 85,000 dollar picture, as he was likely quite busy directing, but somewhere an assistant whose job it was to pay attention to just those sort of things must certainly have noticed the site. It would have been hard to miss our use of the Mortuary Movie domain at the time (Now located at VanHazelaar Productions website).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Clip from Mortuary aka final Remains </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><object height="280" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lEaeLMFfKT0?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lEaeLMFfKT0?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="280"></embed></object></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the end I believe we technically finished our film first, but with the clout and machinations already in place for Tobe Hooper’s film to enter a marketing and distribution stream, it would obviously be Hooper’s “Mortuary” that would make it to market first. VanHazelaar’s “Mortuary” aka “Final Remains” did however get distribution a little later, </span><span style="font-size: small;"> in 2006, </span><span style="font-size: small;"> and is currently available as a rental from: <a href="http://www.blockbuster.com/browse/catalog/movie/trailer/424710">Blockbuster</a> </span><span style="font-size: small;">and for sale via <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Final-Remains-Leon-Acord/dp/B001HCQVUI/">Amazon</a>.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Mortuary" aka "Final Remains" Trailer </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxGLPXB8LCgxbIeq9W6hgLcv3qRan8beTWr5vS3CjG2I5K3cCdwsBFE1uaJ7HmAGDijACJ6IEjwXOQ0G5ffeQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the end, it didn’t matter who won in this race with the Devil. The only thing that mattered, is that for a brief time in 2005 we got to run that race right alongside horror film legend, Tobe Hooper, tiptoeing on the edge of synchronicity with one degree of separation between us and a Master of Horror! Rod Serling could have had a field day introducing this story. It certainly added zest to the project before we got to the truly terrifying (and far less glamorous) part of filmmaking – the hard work;)</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Speaking of work I suppose I need to finish mastering the </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Mortuary aka Final Remains - Soundtrack/Score CD</b> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">that has been sitting on my drive for 5 years now! </span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">Happy Halloween Everyone and to All </b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">A Dark Night! </b></span></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All material © Nightmare Sound Laboratory
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPrDADvgLvOaO5dH36XVHUJDD9dGKQpW7fpKYt7KhopzEdmyj7jSZhJyRQiydo54dG5KC5cNZB58ZvUXdkkdXG54kdX798NmWJLpbx3-tDL1U244GepQhlGLQIRSXVBpHpHJkc5dC7rE/s1600/DOTD_FFF_2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPrDADvgLvOaO5dH36XVHUJDD9dGKQpW7fpKYt7KhopzEdmyj7jSZhJyRQiydo54dG5KC5cNZB58ZvUXdkkdXG54kdX798NmWJLpbx3-tDL1U244GepQhlGLQIRSXVBpHpHJkc5dC7rE/s400/DOTD_FFF_2010.jpg" width="277" /></a></div>I like to help and encourage other Wisconsin film and music makers to step up to the craft however and whenever possible. Unfortunately, I am booked in the studio for the next month and will not be able to attend this years event! I did however do my part by pitching in to the <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2010774505/feed-your-dreams-the-2010-flyway-film-festival">Flyway Film Festival Kickstarter Campaign</a> AND I have been asked to provide a CD of music for the DOTD After Party. And this I have done, (and if snail mail cooperates it will be arriving before Friday Night's Event!;)<br />
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In fact, I thought I would volunteer to add a bonus to the rewards offered by the Flyway Film Fest! For anyone who was a Kickstarter Backer for this years festival, I am going to offer a FREE DOWNLOAD!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Are YOU one of the 65 backers of The Flyway Film Festival Kickstarter Campaign? Would you like to receive a FREE DOWNLOAD of the 'Death of the Dead Party -TAO X MIX'?</span><br />
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All you have to do is comment on this article (in the comments section below) including the phrase:<br />
<u><b><i>"I supported the Flyway Film Festival on Kickstarter"</i></b></u>.<br />
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<b>OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS UPDATE</b> - As posted on Flyway Film Festival Kickstarter Backer site:<br />
<b>TAO X Productions</b> is offering a Halloween Bonus Reward for anyone who supported the Flyway Film Festival Kickstarter Campaign: <br />
I gotta make you work for it a little bit, so leave a comment that includes the phrase <b><i>"I supported the Flyway Film Festival on Kickstarter"</i></b> under this Blog Post: <a href="http://nightmaresoundlab.blogspot.com/2010/10/death-of-dead-at-flyway-filmfest-2010.html" rel="nofollow">http://nightmaresoundlab.blogspot.com/2010/10/death-of-dead-at-flyway-filmfest-2010.html</a> <br />
And send me an email to taoxproductions@gmail.com or follow & tweet me @TAOXproductions letting me know, so I can email or DM you a link & code to retrieve a FREE download of the DJ mix I created for The Flyway Film Festival "Death of the Dead" Special Kickstarter Backer Screening After Party! <br />
Scary good music all from my studio for the scary holiday:) <br />
I would also love it if anyone would choose to follow my Nightmare Sound Lab Blog! <br />
Feel free if you like, but I won't make you do that to get your reward.<br />
Thanks, <br />
T. Reed - Composer/Producer <br />
TAOX {The Art of X} Productions <br />
<a href="http://www.taoxproductions.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.taoxproductions.com</a> <br />
<a href="http://nightmaresoundlab.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://nightmaresoundlab.blogspot.com</a><br />
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P.S. If you are already a blog follower but did not support the Flyway Film Fest campaign and want a copy, please comment on this article with some damn fine fancy talkin' on what you do to help and uplift the state of independent artists, musicians, filmmakers and the craft in general. I can be persuaded to give out a few more codes for a free download:)<br />
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Thanks for all of you who are dedicated to the craft and culture!<br />
<br />
T. Reed - TAO X Productions - Nightmare Sound Laboratory<br />
<a href="http://nightmaresoundlab.blogspot.com/"><br />
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</b><div class="blogger-post-footer">All material © Nightmare Sound Laboratory
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgK7elhGaTE91dxD2J68UiGAoFlH99Q803iOyDxZBFzaC9zB73GaYIUPkWfKIjsTFDW-5_gQ9jWmVqEkhOx0KWD0HDwMsoZ-7aKLvOv5LquxSQuSZw8T5HLObAL_P9Mr9oZlWBimfbdI/s1600/OctoWarlock11a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgK7elhGaTE91dxD2J68UiGAoFlH99Q803iOyDxZBFzaC9zB73GaYIUPkWfKIjsTFDW-5_gQ9jWmVqEkhOx0KWD0HDwMsoZ-7aKLvOv5LquxSQuSZw8T5HLObAL_P9Mr9oZlWBimfbdI/s320/OctoWarlock11a.jpg" width="317" /></a></div>I started as a graphic artist only to become a musician. I employed all of my artistic and sculptural skills for supporting my musical projects including creating posters, promo art, packaging, props, and set/stage design. For two decades I have been pouring creativity out of one vessel or another. I became involved in video production in the late 80;s and since that time have added several other skills and projects to my already full schedule of mad scientist, rock and roll<br />
'comic bookery' (To use a term Tyler Weaver, (creator of "Whiz Bam Pow") likes to say.)<br />
The other day I visited Tyler Weaver's Blog News at: The Tyler Weaver Daily and there was a mysterious audio file the emerged from out of nowhere! I couldn't even be sure that is where it came from! I was frantically closing windows to see if some strange pop up had hit me...nothing; Maybe it was only my subconscious speaking to me? In any event, I am not normally keen on auto-play files on websites wherever they come from, but this one was tastefully mixed, haunting, humorous, and the source of an epiphany in my life as a crazy multi-media artist!<br />
It was a lecture from a soft compelling voice with gentle British accent describing the nature of procrastination.<br />
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"Procrastination is..." - It listed through a number of obvious definitions. We've all been there and can relate. But then...it got a little deeper.<br />
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Now, I know I procrastinate, but I'm also so busy most of the time that it is hard to picture myself as a "procrastinator" per se'. I mean, how can one be procrastinating if they are always busy, right?<br />
And that is where the revelation kicked in...<br />
I laughed when the voice said "Doing the dishes is procrastination." Because yes, I had coincidentally stepped into the kitchen to do a few dishes when I heard it;)<br />
"Making lists is procrastinating" ...<br />
BUT WAIT! I have to make lists to keep all these projects and their (ever-extending) schedules in order!...And on and on the list went...etc., etc.<br />
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And then it said something I can only paraphrase (as the ghostly voice has since vanished from whence it came.) It regarded starting new projects to ensure you could never finish any of the old ones still lost in the loop. FLASH! A light went on in my head. I know I DO THAT! It's not on purpose, and I definitely DO finish lots of things, but still, there is an element of truth inside the statement uttered by that disembodied voice! <br />
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There is a certain thrill to the chase when it comes to ideas. The pragmatics and logistics of starting a marketing campaign for an idea in motion, is generally not as alluring as the next "BIG THING" idea that pops into one's head. Carried to it's logical conclusion, without discipline, this can lead to creative projects left on the back burners (of a stove stored in the garage.)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Keep loving what you do and doing what you love!</div><br />
What do you love to do creatively? Have you fallen into the trap of 'multi-crastinating'? When you've finished adding your comments, you can always procrastinate some more by visiting fellow 'multi-crastinator' Tyler Weaver's latest project at: http://tyler-weaver.com/WhizBamPow!.html<br />
Let me know what you think in the comments!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">And don't forget to TWEET if you are a #multicrastinator as well!<br />
~ </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All material © Nightmare Sound Laboratory
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhBNmjP5nVqNqOBMLCSq7ZjJ9HsgN8iXWmPIIeLbxV7KRQ4VfygTRFqGTlP3aRq71I0_zeJJyFynPUfBeDpDGUR3To81NQp-erZ9rI3kf1mhhWooGvsJm1tb2YhKW8A2QSWYDyEF0XFQ/s1600/Jousters1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivhBNmjP5nVqNqOBMLCSq7ZjJ9HsgN8iXWmPIIeLbxV7KRQ4VfygTRFqGTlP3aRq71I0_zeJJyFynPUfBeDpDGUR3To81NQp-erZ9rI3kf1mhhWooGvsJm1tb2YhKW8A2QSWYDyEF0XFQ/s400/Jousters1.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">For those of us who actually live the life of a freelancer, it certainly does (at times) seem like a poke in the eye (or elsewhere) with a sharp stick. It can be a very "feast or famine" affair and your work never ends even though you aren't always pulling a check from the intensive efforts required to keep the gears turning. But despite all the battle scars and tribulations, the FREE part still holds enough compelling appeal to keep us coming back for more. I think a lot of people who might enjoy the "romantic" notion of what a "freelancer" might be, would not fare so well when their lips get dry and full of the taste of dirt and blood from hitting the ground a few times. And that's why it takes a special breed to hang in there and roll with the punches. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Speaking of "punches", I recently read another great article on freelancing by a very funny and talented freelance writer,<b> Chuck Wendig</b>, on his website <a href="http://terribleminds.com/ramble"><b>'Terrible Minds'</b></a><i><b> entitled: <a href="http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2010/09/07/want-to-be-a-freelancer-just-punch-yourself-in-the-face-instead/">'Want to be a Freelancer? Just Punch Yourself in the Face, Instead'</a></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> </b></i>In it he brings up one of the more unsung perils of freelancing: Most people who have never freelanced will probably never understand what exactly it is that you do, and you are going to have to be okay with that fact.</span> </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Besides that, you will need to conceal that incredulous look that creeps onto your face when your friends and family start making embarrassingly retarded and backwards statements about your work, of which they clearly know nothing. Chuck's brilliant quote (from the article mentioned above) really captures the heart of the matter with grace and humor!<u><i> </i></u></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i> "Nobody seems to believe that freelancing is real. It’s as if you’re playing pretend. “That’s not a real job, is it?” “No, I just made it up. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go hang out with my pet dragon and have a tea party in Narnia." - (Chuck Wendig)</i></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> There is plenty more that can be said on the subject of freelancing (I'll save that for another article) and I could go on and on with a list of stupid crap people have 'unwittingly' said surrounding the subject, but I think I will leave that for you, dear readers. Any of you freelancers got any stories or examples of the stupid things people have said to you regarding your work? Add your comments here so we can all have a good cathartic laugh,...and then get back to work (or tea time in Narnia, if you prefer;)</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnxyNlQJeqCVteafNnpaKFYoSHICRMbfrrLXIKWFVKWYhFG9u2q2mQrCL4_04XLEjTMFYzx1dLxiLUh1X86Q7vAZreB4_Y_CI3BwAuY04eVrbvog1iIrlCBhBt07ltkfOCrqXCTa_wt0/s1600/Alices_mad_tea_party.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQnxyNlQJeqCVteafNnpaKFYoSHICRMbfrrLXIKWFVKWYhFG9u2q2mQrCL4_04XLEjTMFYzx1dLxiLUh1X86Q7vAZreB4_Y_CI3BwAuY04eVrbvog1iIrlCBhBt07ltkfOCrqXCTa_wt0/s320/Alices_mad_tea_party.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Yes I know this isn't Narnia! </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">But it's not freelancing either...or is it?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">~</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All material © Nightmare Sound Laboratory
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">JUST WATCH IT!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="233" width="370"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CxfpmFjZugI?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CxfpmFjZugI?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="370" height="233"></embed></object></div><br />
Drew Daywalt and his team at Daywalt Fear Factory consistently deliver stellar examples of what can be done with short form low or controlled budget filmmaking. You can see more of his hair raising storytelling at:<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/DaywaltFearFactory%20">Daywalt Fear Factory </a></div><div style="text-align: left;">And if you liked "Doppelganger", make a point to also watch "Bedfellows". Am I exaggerating by calling Drew Daywalt a Master of Horror? Judge for yourself and let me know your opinion. And for God's sake...</div><div style="text-align: center;">"DON"T GO HOME!"</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All material © Nightmare Sound Laboratory
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<div style="text-align: center;">HAPPY 45th B-DAY ROBOT!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Australian commercial featuring B-9</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Preparing an Army of Robot B-9 for the coming Rise of the Retrobots!<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="285" width="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5ctRpMwaz_8?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5ctRpMwaz_8?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="340" height="285"></embed></object></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">All material © Nightmare Sound Laboratory
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A lowly Repair Droid , apparently annoyed by frequent queries about his knowledge of this supposed 'robot uprising' tries to answer the question once and for all!<br />
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More to come...Bleep!<div class="blogger-post-footer">All material © Nightmare Sound Laboratory
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<u><i><b>DECEMBER 10 - DECEMBER 30.</b></i></u><br />
Perhaps you are asking yourself, "What does Astrology have to do with being an artist or a media entrepreneur?" There are many who might even scoff at the notion entirely, as if it were some 'mumbo-jumbo' best suited for Saturday night fright flicks.<br />
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Let me assure you, that having lived with an astrologer for nearly twenty years and having used it as a tool in our lives, it has been an incredibly helpful 'guidebook'. Skeptics should consider that on an entirely scientific and physical level, if the gravitational forces caused by the motion of planets can move the tides of the oceans, certainly they must have some effect on our own physical bodies (made primarily of water), which must in turn have some effect on our physical, emotional, and spiritual nature. These effects can often be clearly be felt and seen if we are paying attention.<br />
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But how can we (entrepreneurs and artists...and, well everyone!) actually work with this information to improve our selves and our lives? Let me give you one powerful example.<br />
Life gets busy and one can easily slip on the consistency with which they (me) update their blogs and networking activity from time to time. Networking can seem like a moot point when impending bills and deadlines loom, and sometimes everything can just plain go haywire, from computers to communications to projects. Thankfully, this is not usually the case, but this can happen to any of us at any time (and probably has at one point or another). We often do not <i>recognize</i> when it's time to stop and <i>rest</i>, or <i>refresh</i> our commitment to excellence and discipline<br />
Enter a particular phenomenon in Astrology called "Mercury Retrograde".<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HBGyANCkB7_7sY960yGPShu_lCimHCboj8JYtmK_oS3ADgZl3ndyrtYm8CNy_2A7WqjsLD0dumEDn9kafNMPTC9ZFoRFz9Uo5SOVy7_rG4uQcZRBhVnlyrduvkBfSoi4z1WHrJYNimE/s1600/Mercury_A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HBGyANCkB7_7sY960yGPShu_lCimHCboj8JYtmK_oS3ADgZl3ndyrtYm8CNy_2A7WqjsLD0dumEDn9kafNMPTC9ZFoRFz9Uo5SOVy7_rG4uQcZRBhVnlyrduvkBfSoi4z1WHrJYNimE/s200/Mercury_A.jpg" width="200" /></a>Mercury,(The Messenger), is the planet strongly associated with communication and travel. When Mercury goes retrograde it can boggle computers, tie peoples tongues and create misunderstandings. It can also bring an increase in car breakdowns and accidents as well as just generally interference with travel plans. <br />
Now, that may all sound somewhat ominous, and considering it happens three or four times each year and lasts for three (or more in effect) weeks each time, it might appear a daunting obstacle.<br />
But there is an up side to for those who can embrace a more Taoist sense of balance in the Universe. One useful mantra that I have heard (and applied) to Mercury Retrograde is to consider the prefix "re" from retrograde. Use these retrogrades intentionally and take the time to do things that generally use the prefix '<b><i>re</i></b>': (<i>rethink, prepare, research, retool, reorganize, reflect, and yes, even relaxation:)</i> Make a conscious effort to slow down and <i>re-examine</i> your situation. Back up your computers before retrograde hits (and <i>remain vigilant</i> with good back up procedures in general). Make sure you have any necessary car <i>repairs</i> taken care of, especially if you plan or expect a long drive. <i>Re-confirm</i> your flights and rooms if you are traveling, and be well <i>prepared</i> for changes and delays. This is also a good time to plan for doing studio <i>repairs</i> or <i>renovations</i>. And despite the focus on travel issues, it can also be a good time to plan for some <i>rest</i> and <i>recreation</i> (provided you <i>remain chill</i> and follow the<i> recommendations</i> above regarding travel!). And while there is never a bad time to <i>revisit gratitude</i> and <i>rectify your attitude, </i>Mercury Retrograde would be a wise time to do so.<br />
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Astrology is not an old wives tale used to scare people or fill them with pipe dreams and superstition. It can be a valuable tool (properly utilized) to help the entrepreneurial spirit thrive and navigate in both creative and business environments, as well as in our day to day lives. For anyone involved in the highly competitive and often stressful creative industry, we need all the tools we can get to stay on top of our game, <i>reduce</i> stress, and <i>prepare</i> the way for joyous and prosperous ventures. Astrology can be a useful asset on that journey.<br />
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As of the writing of this article we are currently in a Mercury Retrograde that started: August 20th and ends September 12th 2010 (although the effects can be known to start early and slowly wind down prior to and after the 3 week retrograde period).<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">For a good forum to find out more about Astrology and that kind of stuff you can visit: </span></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> published In "Rock and Roll Ghost Stories:" - Volume 1 edited by Stacy McArdle-Sardelli. The book is coming out this October on Charles River Press and features true Ghost stories by various bands and musicians TBA.</span><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nightmare Sound Laboratory </span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">presents:<o:p> </o:p></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Angry Robot Review for April 19, 2010</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>“Dead Streets” by Tim Waggoner</b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnagfpPztopq7sh8AtLX2FR8pzykrGmGhWL58l8P4Cm6tioeAkvB8nGfUo_9-fYrTtNGYxaCXyhgrAIVnco5WqaL7s4Go6GOq-CsYH3ZG9q_FKsqEoAw_FK6s9BIlqjz_UI-NDmFfaUo/s1600/DeadStreets-front-72dpi-ROU.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqnagfpPztopq7sh8AtLX2FR8pzykrGmGhWL58l8P4Cm6tioeAkvB8nGfUo_9-fYrTtNGYxaCXyhgrAIVnco5WqaL7s4Go6GOq-CsYH3ZG9q_FKsqEoAw_FK6s9BIlqjz_UI-NDmFfaUo/s400/DeadStreets-front-72dpi-ROU.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><br />
</i></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>“Oh baby, baby it’s a wild world.”</i> ... <i>Cat Stevens</i></b><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Or at least that’s what the Artist formerly known as </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Cat Stevens might have said about <a href="http://angryrobotbooks.com/our-authors/timwaggoner/nekropolis/">‘Nekropolis’</a>, the alternate universe inhabited by Matt Richter – Zombie Detective, and the Midnight Watch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <b><i>Somewhere between ‘Mad Monster Party’ and </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>the alter-dimensional Hell of Clive Barker’s ‘Hellraiser’ we find ourselves on the “Dead Streets” of Tim Waggoner’s Nekropolis</i></b>.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">In this world filled with Frankenstein’s abominations, Vampire Lords, Half-bloods, shape-shifters, and Lycanthropes of every imaginable variety, ALL of our childhood’s favorite TV and movie monsters converge with entirely unheard of creatures, most of whom spell trouble for Zombie Detective Matt Richter and his cadre of security professionals. When the neighboring businesses are a<i> “misfortune teller”</i> and a “head shop" – ("new and used, all species, original size and shrunken") – you just know there is going to be more than enough humor and horror to go around in this ambitious tale that starts with a mystery and escalates into an all out monster war.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I started reading this series with <b>“Dead Streets”</b> (Book 2) and felt (at first) as though maybe I should go back and read Book 1<b>: “Nekropolis”</b> before embarking on this path, but ‘Dead Streets’ was the book I was entrusted to review, so onward I forged, to be pleasantly surprised at the ease with which Tim Waggoner brought you right into the story regardless of having not yet read <b>“Nekropolis”</b> already. It’s like picking up right where you left off without ever having been there! That said, ‘Dead Streets’ made me hungry to go back and see how Matt Richter became a Zombie Detective in the first place, and of course, what the next case for Matt Richter – Zombie Detective will be. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Keep tuned in for more: COMING SOON! An audio excerpt from “Dead Streets” featuring a spoken excerpt with the music of the novel’s Banshee led, all monster band ‘Kakophonie’! </span></div><div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: lime;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>As one might hear on <span style="color: lime;">Bedlam 66.6 </span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: lime;">Nekropolis’ favorite ghoulish radio station.</span></i></span></div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Right here @ <a href="http://nightmaresoundlab.blogspot.com/">http://nightmaresoundlab.blogspot.com/</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Let the ‘Scream Queen’ sing! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>~</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">T.Reed is a Film Composer and Multi-Media Creative specializing in the realm of Horror and Sci Fi Music, Art, and Writing. http://www.taoxproductions.com</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1329380583"><br />
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See posts from 3/24/2010: </span><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;"> </span></pre><pre style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: bold;">Loch Ness Monster, Unattached, and Bigfoot)</span>
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</div>Yes, I have done it. I have gone to the Robot's side.<br />
Angry Robot Books that is.<br />
As a reviewer for the UK based genre imprint, I will have the opportunity to preview selections from their growing catalog of SciFi, fantasy and WTF fiction, and bring you the scoop on what's fresh and hot on the table.<br />
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First up will be my review for Tim Waggoner's "Dead Streets" from his monster fueled Matt Richter: Zombie Detective series. So keep your eyes peeled here for this and other reviews to come!<div class="blogger-post-footer">All material © Nightmare Sound Laboratory
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If I didn't know better, I'd think we were preparing for some kind of Mech-War!<br />
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I think this guy he thinks he's Tony Stark;)<br />
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How do you get this damn thing on the tour bus?<br />
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Save up your pennies and platinum for this 300,000 dollar gem;) <br />
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Ok, Ok ...It's silly as all get out...But man what a lot of work and fun it must have been to put that costume together, he better just hope it doesn't rain...<br />
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Till next time, keep well oiled;)<br />
See ya again, same robot time, same robot channel.<div class="blogger-post-footer">All material © Nightmare Sound Laboratory
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Stacy was the editor and chief of the music and entertainment magazine Babble and Beat. In this frightful collection Stacy brings together musicians from around the world to share their real life ghostly encounters! Some of the Artists who have provided true ghost stories include:</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Church, Tim Finn, Nosferatu,<br />
Metropol, Screaming Mechanical Brain</div><div style="text-align: center;">and quite possibly a macabre tale from YOURS TRULY,<br />
<a href="http://www.taoxproductions.com/">T.Reed Composer @ TAO X Productions</a>:)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Keep your eyes peeled!</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you a musician with a true ghost story of your own to share? There is still time to submit your story. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The Deadline for Volume 1 Submissions is March 15th! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Submissions for a Rock & Roll Ghost Stories (Volume 2) will be accepted starting in April 2010.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Want to learn more? Want to pre-order a copy?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check it out @ <a href="http://www.rockandrollghoststories.com/">http://www.rockandrollghoststories.com</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and @ <a href="http://www.charlesriverpress.com/horror.html">http://www.charlesriverpress.com/horror.html</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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