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1000 Movies

I did it! Even discounting the handful of TV shows on the list, I’ve still rated on over 1000 movies on imdb.com

Recent viewings: The Best Years of Our Lives (8/10 …I would go 8.5 even); Ball of Fire (8/10 silly and great, you know the scientist from the Bugs Bunny super-rabbit cartoon? Modelled off of one of the old professors in this film. Stewie calls it Revenge of the Geriatric Nerds); House of Usher (7/10 barely); Jack the Giant Killer (4/10 Harryhausen, but more like Krofft Supershow); Three Worlds of Gulliver (6/10); To Have and Have Not (8/10 Lauren Bacall defines sultry); Young Sherlock Holmes (5/10 – too much like Harry Potter meets Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom).

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Yog! Sothoth!

You know, I kind of like our song “Yog-Sothoth” from way back in the 90’s. I guess somebody else feels the same way because they put it in their school video project.

There is a terrible secret about this musical track that I can only tell you about in person.

PS – so far I’ve sold ~ 20 copies of the album and given away about half that. All of the sales were for the Jun 14th pre-release and thus were mail orders, which I sent today, much to the chagrin of the four people in line behind me at the postal orifice. The clerk was a young guy who was really nice and actually picked 2 uncancelled stamps off one of my recycled envelopes and gave them back to me for reuse.

PS – for a lark, I looked up myface.com and spacebook.com. One of them is a real friend networking site.

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Radio Free Cthulhu

I know you can get “A Marine Biologist” anywhere, but this daily “live” podcast called Radio Free Cthulhu features the track. Also I did a tiny jingle for them which you will probably be able to pick out. I had Brodie send me some of Mario’s wankage that was cut from the album so it’s kind of a Thickets track. Sort of.
Click on http://radiofreecthulhu.com/node/11

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Lovecraft Play in Town

Lovestruck: A Romantic Comedy Set in the Horrific World of H.P. Lovecraft
– Original work draws on elements from three classic short stories by psychological-horror auteur H.P. Lovecraft. The play wrenches the themes of ‘The Dunwich Horror, The Rats in the Walls, and The Call of Cthuhu’ from their comfy setting and thrusts them into the blood-curdling realm of romantic comedy. Presented by Enlightenment Theatre Society – UBC’s Dorothy Somerset Studio – Opens tomorrow and continues until June 16th. $10/$8 at the door at www.lovestruck.thatchickensite.com

So, who wants to go?

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I's All Growed Up

Today I learned how to tie a necktie. Now all I need to do is get a 9-5 job, get married and have a baby and I’m on my way to being a respectable citizen!

In fact it was for one of two auditions I went to today. The one requiring a tie was for some kind of demo video for a chair that you can buy to go with your home theatre system that I guess moves and jiggles around like a ride.

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My Biggest Fan

I met Taytay at the Comicon on Sunday and there was a huge fan there. I stood in front of it and luckily Taylor had his camera ready to go. I thought these were a vaguely amusing insight into my personality.
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PS I got that shirt at a Chilliwack thrift store for summat like $3.

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Walkin' In A Graveyard

Many years ago I acted in the short film “Graveyard” by Ed Brisson, a little number about zombie bookstore clerks. The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets was on the soundtrack, as was Thor, and Thor also acted in the film (as did D.O.A.’s Joey Shithead). As part of the deal, Ed did a music video for Thor. The idea was that various characters were auditioning to be Thor, so he got a bunch of people together in outrageous costumes to lipsynch to the tune. You can see several of my friends including Robin Bougie’s handpuppet pal, and also me in my blue gug costume.

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[Fizz Films Site]

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Calvacade of Comedity

My favourite comedians are:

Eddie Izzard: British transvestite. His comedy is quite cerebral but also surreal. Lots of talk about culture, history, geography, and Scooby Doo. “Dress to Kill” is my favourite DVD of his.

Patton Oswalt is great because he’s a total nerd, and also hilarious. He knows D&D, comics, and H.P. Lovecraft. He’s the main character in the new Pixar film, Ratatouille, but blurbs in the media mention only other actors. I’m going to send him a copy of the new album if I can find out an address.

One of my new faves is Demetri Martin, who is occasionally on The Daily Show. His jokes are very Stephen Wrightesque.

I also like David Cross, and Stephen Colbert, old school Steve Martin, and of course all the chaps in Monty Python.

If you don’t know who these people are – seek!

I can be funny sometimes, and I have this silly little dream of doing standup comedy, not as a career or anything, just for something fun to do. So when I say a joke, I try to remember to write it down. So maybe, some day, I’ll have a “set.” In the meantime it’s inbetween live Thickets song filler.

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Zompocalypse

After the apocalypse, some assorted people and I will be living in a huge, towering complex with many mysterious sealed off sections. I’ll be at a computer console and while I’m screwing around I’ll accidentally break one of the seals, and zombies will be released into the living sections. Flee!
…according to the dream I had the other night.

Yesterday at 8:33pm I sold the very first “The Shadow Out of Tim” to Robert Crosby of South Carolina via the interweb. For reals!