Brian Flemming's Weblog about me   |   email me W H A T ' S   G O I N G   O N My most recent film, The God Who Wasn't There, is available on DVD at the official site and elsewhere. Bat Boy: The Musical is currently being staged in productions of various sizes around the world. A movie adaptation directed by John Landis is in development, with no casting announced or shooting date set. My next feature film, Danielle, remains in development. Bill Gates is still dead. B L O G R O L L FILMMAKING: Cinema Minima Filmmaker HD for Indies indieWIRE Blogs Hollywood Liberation Army The Movie Marketing Blog FREE CULTURE: Creative Commons Copyfight EFF Deep Links Freedom to Tinker Lawrence Lessig POLITICS: Atrios Daily Howler Orcinus The Raw Story Talking Points Memo OTHER FAVORITES: Boing Boing GreenCine Daily Nora Murphy Pharyngula J O I N Original text in this weblog is licensed under a Creative Commons License A R C H I V E S March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 powered by

« June 2003 | HOME | August 2003 » July 2003 KFI-AM declares: "This guy's for real" A great evening for the Flemming for Governor campaign. First, I noticed that I have been listed by Politics1, a clearinghouse for election information nationally. It was a bit startling to see this... But I got used to it. (I... July 30, 2003 KFI-AM declares: "This guy's for real" A great evening for the Flemming for Governor campaign. First, I noticed that I have been listed by Politics1, a clearinghouse for election information nationally. It was a bit startling to see this... But I got used to it. (I... July 30, 2003 The origin of shit When the Nurse flat-out says you need to read something, you probably do. (Anyway, you don't want to piss off Nurse Ratched.) She's right. This insider view of the military chain of command by yankeedoodle via ex-lion tamer is priceless.... July 29, 2003 Dean 76 times as inspiring as Cheney Tonight Vice President Dick Cheney was in South Carolina, raising an expected $250,000 from well-heeled and well-connected donors at a $2,000-a-plate luncheon closed to the public. Last Friday, Howard Dean's Blog for America brought up Cheney's expected bribe-collection fund-raiser and... July 28, 2003 Happy blogiversary, Raving Atheist. You're in my prayers The Pope's impending comments about gay marriage warrant a visit to this brilliant post by the Raving Atheist in January. Happy blogiversary, Raving Atheist, a blogger who at times out-Onions the Onion, and one of my daily must-reads.... July 28, 2003 Least likely to succeed I can't tell you how much I want to send Nothing So Strange for consideration to this festival.... July 28, 2003 Bloggers on Flemming for Governor Natalie Davis: "The point behind the campaign is that under the guise of 'recall,' the California GOP is, in effect, usurping the will of the voters -- something we know all too well from the presidential fiasco of 2000. Californians... July 26, 2003 California Chaos - NY Times on the recall election New York Times editorial, California Chaos: California is now rolling inexorably toward a rendezvous with potential political chaos that it does not need in its present fragile condition and that somebody in authority should have found a way to avoid.... July 26, 2003 The next former governor of California Thanks much for the outpouring of support, both at the post below and on Blogcritics and on The Altar and on All Facts and Opinions. I've been pretty busy lately, but I think I can work a gubernatorial campaign into... July 25, 2003 Brian Flemming for Governor My platform: If elected, I will resign immediately, thus making lieutenant governor Cruz Bustamante the governor of California. Because Bustamante and other prominent Democrats are so far refusing to run, out of solidarity with Gray Davis, I'm the backup plan... July 24, 2003 We'll be back The screening Monday night was very well received. So it looks like Nothing So Strange will be coming back to NY. Vidfest organizer Dan Bianchi writes in his latest newsletter... Our premiere of the controversial NOTHING SO STRANGE last week... July 24, 2003 Respect Copyright UPDATE 11-17-03: I never got a response from RespectCopyrights.org to this query. I guess this organization dedicated to copyright education doesn't believe in teaching the history of U.S. copyright law. Interesting. TO: respect@copyright.org FROM: vagrant@slumdance.com ------------------------------------------------- Dear RespectCopyrights.org, Thank you... July 22, 2003 Robert Rodriguez in Wired News It's getting cheaper and cheaper to make a movie. Yet, Hollywood budgets are going up, not down. Robert Rodriguez is one of the few people who get it. (Thanks, cinema minima.)... July 22, 2003 Bat Boy: The Musical bites San Francisco... ...and San Francisco likes it. Rumor has it this TheatreWorks production is one of the best Bat Boy: The Musical interpretations yet. Haven't seen it myself, but I hope to make it up there. It opened this past weekend. Congrats... July 21, 2003 Open Source Footage Store redesign Just had to do a redesign. I don't know what I was thinking with that ugly green thing. Forgive me. Please let me know what you think of the place. I've only tested it with Mac browsers, so any... July 19, 2003 Open Source Film: The Open Source Footage Store The big news in the "Nothing So Strange" newsletter is that the Open Source Footage Store is now open. And right now, before we make the official announcement and link to it from the main site, everything in the Open... July 18, 2003 "Nothing So Strange" Newsletter Here's a reprint of the "Nothing So Strange" newsletter that went out today. If you're not on the list, you can subscribe right here: ============================= "Nothing So Strange" Newsletter -- July 18, 2003 ============================= + SCREENINGS: New York premiere Monday,... July 18, 2003 Control, control, control Everybody wants control. Conversations with exhibitors go like this: ME: "I want to release 'Nothing So Strange' in theaters, on DVD and via Web download all on the same day." THEM: "We don't want to show your movie, then. You... July 17, 2003 Metallica Sue Canadian Band over E, F Chords It's funny 'cause it's (almost) true.... Metallica Sue Canadian Band over E, F Chords (UPDATE: Two people have written me so far expressing outrage at this lawsuit. Sorry that the above wasn't written clearly enough--the linked web page is a... July 16, 2003 Open Source film I just love telling people about how Nothing So Strange is an open source film. Just got off the phone with a Midwest exhibitor interested in showing it. Mentioned this in passing... ME: "The film itself is still protected by... July 16, 2003 Facts over ideology Howard Dean today over at Lessig Blog: As a doctor, I'm trained to base my decisions on facts. This President never adequately laid out the facts for going to war with Iraq--perhaps, as it turns out, because the facts were... July 15, 2003 Hannibal sings! Speaking of copyright infringement, I'll bet you didn't even know there was a Silence of the Lambs musical. (UPDATE: One hour later, I'm still laughing at these tracks.)... July 14, 2003 Copyright Training Just ran across this unintentionally funny (in a sad way) web page, instructing would-be stock photographers in what not to shoot. Might as well be titled: The World is Copyrighted--Do Not Make Art Out Of It. "Copyright Training." Gives me... July 14, 2003 Howard Dean to guest blog at Lessig blog Lawrence Lessig, who was kind enough to link to me today, reveals that Howard Dean will be a guest blogger at Lessig Blog starting Monday, July 14. (An occasion for which I crudely Photoshopped the picture at left, because I... July 12, 2003 The BitPass Revolution? [UPDATE: Since writing this ode to BitPass, I have started using BitPass to sell things, not just to buy things. Nothing So Strange is now available online. I'm also selling "open-source" (i.e., free of most copyright restrictions) clips from "Nothing... July 12, 2003 Temptation Beverly Blvd. and Western Ave., Los Angeles.... July 11, 2003 "F" word disappears--just like the WMD Re: the entry below. CBS has already changed the headline. Eugene Volokh blogs about it, wondering whether either headline is accurate. But some of the confusion may stem from the difference between the Web version of the CBS story and... July 11, 2003 CBS uses the "F" word! Whoa! Check out this CBS News headline: "Bush Knew Iraq Info Was False." What's surprising here is not that Bush knew (duh), but that a mainstream news outlet is willing to so flatly state the truth. As Washington Post editor... July 10, 2003 Press coverage of "Nothing So Strange" Put up a page listing much of the press coverage of "Nothing So Strange" at the film's website. For the time being, you can see QuickTime movies of Laurie Pike's grueling interrogation by Neil Cavuto on the Fox News Channel... July 09, 2003 Nothing So Strange tickets now available on the Web If you will be in New York on July 21 and want to see "Nothing So Strange" (and how could you not?), you can now buy tickets on the Web. I don't know if it will sell out early (like... July 08, 2003 "Clear Skies," my ass Black is white, up is down, fake is real, division is unity, debt is prosperity, tax shifts are tax cuts, secrecy is openness and more pollution leads to "Clear Skies." Howard Dean's Blog for America has a petition you can... July 08, 2003 Blog for America shows excellent taste in blogs Not to brag or anything, but why don't you head over to Howard Dean's Blog for America and look at those names in the left-hand-column "Blog Links" list -- see anyone you recognize?... July 08, 2003 Film Movement in the New York Times cinema minima today notes a New York Times story on the Film Movement, a sort of DVD-of-the-Month club. It's an interesting new idea, and I like the Film Movement people, even if they weren't interested in Nothing So Strange. (I... July 07, 2003 The Creative Commons gift economy Opsound, which has an "open sound pool" of music tracks you can legally steal for your own purposes, was recently a featured commoner at Creative Commons. In that interview, Opsound's Sal Randolph said, I've been studying gifts and gift economies... July 04, 2003 Here? In the house? July 04, 2003 The Howard Dean show I know this blog has turned into a Howard Dean-a-thon the past three days, but that's just because what the campaign is doing, especially the past week, is so truly exciting for the internet, blogs, digital media, democracy and all... July 03, 2003 Howard Dean meetup in Hollywood I went to my first Meetup last night. (How many people wrote that phrase today?) Very non-cult-like. Show of hands indicated ninety percent had never been involved in politics or activism before. We kind of stood around wondering what to... July 03, 2003 Howard Dean and the death penalty Cyndy blogged about this awhile back. Howard Dean supports the death penalty, but he hasn't always. I wonder how the campaign is going to handle this criticism by Richard Cohen in the Washington Post (noticed via Bob Somerby).... July 03, 2003 Introverts unite! Just realized something else revolutionary about the Dean campaign's decision to create an Assignment Desk for all of its supporters to "become the media": It gives introverts a role in a political campaign. Volunteering for a political campaign often means... July 02, 2003 Howard Dean Media Team It just gets better and better. The Dean for America staff is putting together a grass-roots media team. Distributed media creation! What a brilliant idea. They obviously realize the Internet isn't the only new phenomenon to exploit--there's also the DV... July 01, 2003

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