I’m currently piecing together the parts that would eventually become my new comedy short film entitled 8 Days Later. this is a film in which I am the writer, director and actor.

I had a meeting the other day to go over the storyboard and it’s looking a little bit like this:

special props go to alex tarampi on flexing his BFA muscles in a mad sketching session.

I’ll be posting updates. we’re looking to shoot in early august.

so kate got us tix to see ricky gervais tonight at madison square garden as a (very) early birthday gift. as one might expect, it was a real fuckin’ hoot to see him in the flesh and hear his hilarity live.

two things that surprised me:

a) doors were 7:30 and he got started 7:50 on the dot. am I just so used to rock shows starting hours after the doors open, or is this just how it’s done for big stand-up shows?

b) he recycled about 15% of material from his previous stand-ups. admittedly, those who would know this are only the geeks who own the region 2 uk dvds of his previous shows and played them on a multi-region dvd player. repeatedly.

but yeah, the man is an unstoppable genius. if you want a taste of his hilarity, pop over on that link I gave you up top (and just now) and peep his promo for his nyc shows.

“but aj, I’m at work and I don’t have sound on my computer.”

well then you have two options:

a) wait till you get home and watch it.
b) quit your shitty job.

please have a wonderful day.

extremely funny clip, especially if you work in an IT capacity. or worked with non tech savvy people.

holy shit.

this is so clever and hilarious.

mates of state’s latest and greatest, “re-arrange us” is coming out next tuesday. you can stream the entire album from their myspace page, or if you’re more of the visual type peep their first video:

me likey!

to those of you who don’t own multi-region playing dvd players (what good are you, anyway?) the day has come to rejoice.

spaced is finally available to american audiences!

spaced is/was the sitcom that was created by the genius minds that went on to make shaun of the dead and hot fuzz. if you thought those movies were clever, your asses will be floored when spaced hits your television set.

mark your calendars now!

for those of us who don’t speak swedish, that translates to “let the right one in” and it’s the title of a fantastic film I just saw at the tribeca film festival. it’s a tender tale of a young bullied boy who falls in love with the girl next door, who happens to be a vampire.

as much as I strongly urge you to go see it, I just as strongly urge you not to watch the trailer online because it doesn’t come close to doing justice to the beauty of this film. in fact I feel it can be misleading, not to mention it giving away key scenes that’s best left for you to see for the first time on the big screen.

is it a coming of age story? is it a horror movie? there’s no categorizing this film.

the two leads appear to be in their early teens, and according to the director’s q&a after the screening they had little to no prior acting experience. that to me was mind blowing. to get such performances out of these actors must require so much skill and patience by the director. wow.

I don’t know what kind of u.s. distribution they have lined up but it needs to be seen by many people. in the meantime, if you’re in the nyc area you need to get off your ass and see it before it’s too late.

ever been to this webcomic site? it’s so good. here are my current two faves:

enjoy, peoples.