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 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 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

« December 2006 | HOME | February 2007 » January 2007 Wow Brian Sapient and Kelly did a great job on "Nightline," whose correspondent John Berman treated them, the Rational Response Squad and the Blasphemy Challenge fairly.... January 31, 2007 Blasphemy Challenge is on "Nightline" tonight See Brian Sapient of the Rational Response Squad defend the Blasphemy Challenge tonight on "Nightline" on ABC: Brian "Sapient" is an average looking 30-year-old guy who works out of his basement in Northeast Philadelphia. His job? Well, Brian is taking... January 30, 2007 My appearance yesterday on Fox News Channel Here's YouTube video of my appearance on John Kasich's show "Heartland" on the Fox News Channel... When I realized Kasich was going for the "save the children!" angle, I decided to out-shameless him with my zeal to save those same... January 28, 2007 I'm on Fox News Channel this Saturday As soon as I come back from Park City, I'm zooming over to the L.A. studio of the Fox News Channel and appearing on "Heartland with John Kasich" to talk about the Blasphemy Challenge. You will be shocked to hear... January 25, 2007 Slamdance In Park City now at Slamdance, watching many short and feature docs and deliberating with my wonderful fellow jurors as we go. There has been some excitement here at the Treasure Mountain Inn (Slamdance headquarters on Main Street). At a... January 25, 2007 More fun "The Atheist Delusion" and "Atheist Delusion 2". It seems that more and more creative people are realizing that religion contains vast unexplored areas that are ripe for comedic exploitation. Television and movies, constrained by controversy-filtering gatekeepers, have been unable to... January 21, 2007 Mr. Deity Very funny. Thanks to David of the Free Inquiry Forum for the tip. UPDATE: And some more funny.... January 20, 2007 Odds and ends Christians play right into our hands fight back! Cartoonist Carol Lay on the Challenge. Audition for Bat Boy in San Diego. Sam Harris is always doing something: Read his latest Newsweek article and a debate with Andrew Sullivan. Read Richard... January 20, 2007 See you in Park City What am I doing to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Slumdance? I'm on the documentary jury at Slamdance, of course. No, I don't know what they're thinking, either. Doesn't Slamdance know that at Slumdance we overlooked every film in our... January 16, 2007 Four-Eyed Monsters Four-Eyed Monsters, by Susan Buice and Arin Crumley, whose innovative marketing of their film and podcast is already legendary, is now available on DVD.... January 16, 2007 Wow This looks like a fun filmmaking tool. (Via HD for Indies)... January 15, 2007 I'm alive There have been inquiries. It turns out that the prayer offensive against the Blasphemy Challenge did not work. The YouTube page is still up, lions and entire high schools are still making response videos, and not one participant has been... January 12, 2007 Two sides to every story Always. And it's always unfair not to allow the other side of the issue to carry equal weight, no matter how wacky it is. For example, while there may be virtual unanimity about global warming among scientists (i.e., American Meteorological... January 12, 2007 Another reason to be a liberal Conservative ideology may interfere with the ability to think.... January 12, 2007 Randi's challenge Good Wired News article on some changes to James Randi's longstanding $1M challenge. Looks like a smart move on JREF's part to make the initiative more effective.... January 12, 2007 Fighting back Aaron Kinney is not going to let prayer destroy us without a fight.... January 10, 2007 Blasphemy Challenge to disappear on Friday Well, it was fun while it lasted. But it looks like the Blasphemy Challenge will be erased from the planet on Friday at noon. Because Christians are not just going to pray against it on Friday. They're going to engage... January 09, 2007 The past week's press for the Blasphemy Challenge The Newsweek piece sparked another round of attention for the Blasphemy Challenge. MP3 links: Penn Jillette mentioned the Challenge on his radio show. Brian Sapient of the Rational Response Squad sparred with Laura Ingraham. Count the fallacies! (In a single... January 07, 2007

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