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

« October 2004 | HOME | December 2004 » November 2004 London "Bat Boy" cast up for honors Emma Williams, who plays Shelley in the West End production of Bat Boy: The Musical, writes: Well, we got our first award nominations today! Woohoo! They are as follows: Deven May - Best Actor in a musical Rebecca Vere -... November 30, 2004 "He told me that there was a revelation from God" San Diego prosecutors apparently think they have an exclusive right to interpret God's will. It would be interesting to see them try to prove that Pastor Carlos Romero was wrong.... November 30, 2004 Oscar dreams Today I interview Slamdance co-founder Dan Mirvish over at LA.com about his attempt to snag an Oscar for his film "Open House."... November 30, 2004 Sam Harris Interview, Part 3 This week's installment of the Sam Harris interview includes my very skeptical questions about mysticism. November 24, 2004 WTF? November 22, 2004 John Landis to direct "Bat Boy: The Musical" movie Well, Harry at Ain't It Cool News has the scoop, so I guess it can't hurt to reveal the info here on this little weblog. John Landis has been hired to direct the movie version of Bat Boy: The Musical.... November 18, 2004 In our midst Have you gone to The Beast discussion forums recently? They've remained pretty active since the launch. I try not to post there too much, so as not to get sucked into a time sink and forget to make the movie.... November 17, 2004 The Beast Movie "The Beast" movie finally has a listing on IMDb. November 17, 2004 Level playing field Today the Los Angeles Times prints a front-page story by Richard C. Paddock about a small group of Australians who believe that the Tasmanian tiger, extinct for decades, still exists. Because the consensus of scientists is that the tiger is... November 17, 2004 Interview with Sam Harris, Part 2 The interview of Sam Harris (“"The End of Faith”") continues. November 17, 2004 "For the purpose of sacrificing them to God" Where would a Christian couple get the idea that a blood sacrifice has anything to do with their religion? Crazy. Befuddling, really.... November 16, 2004 Gay man to head RNC? Imagine if the Democratic National Committee chose as its leader an unmarried man who refused to say whether he was gay or straight? Would the wingnuts claim it indicated the "values" of the Democratic Party or would they just stay... November 16, 2004 The word of God This one has been making the rounds for a while, but I always like reading it. I've also seen it addressed to Dr. Laura. In case you haven't seen it: Dear President Bush, Thank you for doing so much to... November 15, 2004 Michael Shackleford Another great installment by Anne Hull. Shelly, who shared Janice's views against homosexuality, was also in shock. "Men were holding hands with men, women were holding hands with women, and no one was yelling at them," Shelly said.... November 14, 2004 Count carefully I already was familiar with this puzzle from reading about it, so that blew it for me. But if you haven't heard about it, follow the rules and count carefully.... November 14, 2004 Coverville podcast I'm getting into this podcast thing. My favorite music show is Coverville. Great concept and execution.... November 13, 2004 New blog - San Francisco IndieFest The San Francisco IndieFest, where Nothing So Strange both screened and announced its open-sourcedness, now has a blog. Just three entries so far, but of course I like today's entry. In other news, this picture has finally convinced me to... November 12, 2004 Ken Layne Have you been reading Ken Layne's blog recently? As Atrios would say, much bloggy goodness.... November 11, 2004 Free iPods.com warning It worked for me, so it's not an out-and-out Free iPods scam or ripoff. But a friend is having some trouble trying to get her free iPod with FreeiPods.com after completing all of the requirements. November 11, 2004 Save the iPod "Students at a dozen colleges around the country are organizing to teach their peers about the consequences of overly broad copyright law, hoping to prevent creative freedom from being stifled." November 10, 2004 Interview with Sam Harris, "The End of Faith" A while back, The Raving Atheist asked me if I wanted to take part in a group interview of Sam Harris, author of the excellent book The End of Faith. November 10, 2004 Notes from the siege 6 p.m. Still under siege here. Nobody allowed in. Nobody allowed out, sometimes. Sometimes they let people out, but with a warning that you can't come back in. Since I have a firm policy of rarely leaving my apartment anyway,... November 09, 2004 Siege My neighborhood is under siege. Story at LA.com. Pix from my window: The Mexican Consulate... November 09, 2004 One good blog onegoodmove. Good blog. Haven't linked to it in awhile.... November 08, 2004 What if it was rigged? What if Florida and/or Ohio results were rigged? In Florida, some counties with heavily Democratic voter registration nonetheless overwhelmingly voted for Bush. This fact on its own proves nothing, but it qualifies as being worth further investigation. And here's what... November 08, 2004 Red state rebuttal From the mailbag, in response to the entry below. Subject: Brian Flemming is a little skinny stupid liberal bastard pussy You are so pathetic! The right rules. The dems are turning on themselves and blaming Kerry for their loses. If... November 07, 2004 Red state ignorance My first response to the election result was: There's no getting around it--a majority of people in this country are just plain stupid. But Jane Smiley has it right. Ignorant is a better term: Here is how ignorance works: First,... November 05, 2004 "Tarnation" has a blog And here it is.... November 04, 2004 Telling it like it is Got this last night in an email, from a source who wishes to remain anonymous.... November 04, 2004 How can we make this happen? Of course, this would leave all the red states without the welfare that the blue states supply to them. (via Matthew Yglesias) UPDATE: My mother, a Canadian citizen, says the new country should be called the United Provinces of... November 03, 2004 Canada to the rescue God bless them.... November 03, 2004 The theocratic agenda What if this Kos diarist is not wrong?... November 03, 2004 "This is the test" Josh Marshall, as usual, has some compelling thoughts. An excerpt: For the Democrats, what I fear most (and what I've privately worried about for months) is this: Energy cools after an election. That's inevitable. But organization and institutions can survive.... November 03, 2004 Not my country About fifty nine million people voted for Bush. Just over 51% of the nation. Eleven of eleven states voted to deny gay people the same rights as straight people. When asked if they supported a new doctrine of unprovoked unilateral... November 03, 2004 I wonder what the Ohio numbers would look like... ...if you took Republican voter-suppression activities out of the picture. Hard to believe it wouldn't be a clear Kerry win. I don't care if it gets ugly. These bastards deserve a fight.... November 03, 2004 Kerry is winning Early exit polls indicate Kerry is substantially ahead. But the Republicans are still planning to cheat by using trumped-up legal challenges. A landslide for Kerry would go along way toward nipping those plans in the bud. GOTV... November 02, 2004 Michael Moore Has a message: Friends, In addition to your local MoveOn/ACT/Dem Party HQ still needing help at this hour, to make calls and go door to door (call them now or just leave the house and go down to their office... November 02, 2004 The candidate As Kos says: Kerry faced $200m in negative attack ads, a hostile mainstream media, an administration that uses "terror" as a political tool and the combined might of the Rightwing Noise Machine. Yet Kerry entered election day in a strong... November 02, 2004 What we're up against Flyer in Ohio: God I hate these fucking bastards. Just set my alarm for an hour earlier so I can make more calls tomorrow. Vote. And GOTV. Their strategy is to cheat. We need to turn out.... November 02, 2004 Calling for Kerry A word about making these calls, in response to some questions on the post below. It's not hard to sign up. And it's not like telemarketing. At all. The people you talk to are happy to hear from you. They... November 01, 2004 What you can do I don't do a lot of pushy activism here on my blog. I know that you know there are other blogs like Daily Kos for that. But if you're feeling a last-minute urge to do something to get out the... November 01, 2004 Judges to Republicans: Voter intimidation not allowed at polls Two good decisions in Ohio. Good for democracy, bad for the GOP. If there's any justice, people will do jail time for what they're trying to get away with in Ohio and elsewhere. And the Republican Party should now be... November 01, 2004

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