Archive for May, 2008
If you’re lacking in your supply of daily oneupmanship you’ll probably enjoy one of my favorite things
Probably I’m the guy at the Bunny with the loudest tastes in music, but even so, I grew out of the phase of needing all my music to consist of shrieks and blistering guitar solos.
I do, however, like a good loud band that understands what rock music is supposed to be all about.
So you should check out these guys:
If you were to ask me what was killing the music industry slowly and steadily, I’d point to this group and say “the fact that these guys couldn’t seem to get a record deal.” That point is thankfully one I don’t have to make much longer because they have an album coming to stores in a few more weeks, but seriously, this is a band that’s been languishing in LA clubs since 2003. Check out their myspace but really, the recordings don’t do this band justice. Go see them.
As I was on my lunch break the other day, May 1st to be exact, I took a few pictures of the Mayday march that was going on downtown. Later as I was looking through the pictures I looked closely and noticed this Praying Mantis had joined the march. Not to sure what the Mantis Struggle entails, but it looks like he just wants a little respect.
What you can barely see in that photo above is PB partner Jesse Vigil recieving his MFA in Interactive Media from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Way to go, Jesse!
As we plow ever onward into the new media megafuture, one thing thoroughly gumming up the works has been copyright, and what exactly it means in a digital age. Copyright no longer serves its intended purpose, to encourage creativity. The idea was that if a creator could maintain control of their work, other people couldn’t just rip it off, they’d have to go make their own. That’s not how it worked out, digital is making it even worse, and very few people are trying to adapt.
Lots (seriously, LOTS) more below the fold. This is an issue that is ignored, but I believe has a huge impact on the entertainment industry. More people should care.
Press the button and it all goes down right where you’re at!
No kidding, I really tried to build this exact same thing when I was in college. But I don’t know how to build things, alas.
Last Wednesday, thousands of protesters marched outside our building. We’re fairly sure they weren’t upset with us, per se, but it’s hard to tell. I took some photos.
And guess who wrote it? Us!
Creative Cow was so impressed with our spoof trailer for the movie “P2″ that they asked us to write an article about it for their website. For those of you who don’t know, Creative Cow is an amazing user’s group, forum, and magazine for media producers and artists, and we’re very very proud to be featured in one of the very places we’ve turned to for help so many times for technical questions.
For any of you who have ever wondered about how we make things over here at PB, the following article gets pretty dang explicit.
P2 is a movie about getting stuck in a parking garage and being held captive by a deranged parking attendant. Our spoof is about getting stuck in a parking garage and being held captive by a deranged tapeless HD camera.
http://library.creativecow.net/articles/spice_doug/P2.php