I Have A Lot To Write About

Maureen R. Drennan                                                                                   Adam, 2008

Ideas, artists, new friends, old friends, the events of the last two weeks, so on and so on.  Hopefully I will get to it all over the next couple of days.

Even More Parking Lot Movie Stuff

Meghan Eckman's movie is taking off.

This time The Parking Lot Movie is featured on NPR's All Things Considered

And they feature even more of Jon-Phillip Sheridan's pictures:

Not bad . . . this blog is becoming all Parking Lot Movie, all the time.

The Parking Lot Movie, Again

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Meghan Eckman's movie will be premiering at that prestigious South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival .

Nothing more to really say about this because it is obviously pretty amazing.

Here's the blurb about her movie:

“It’s not just a parking lot, it’s a battle with humanity.” “The Parking Lot Movie” is a documentary about a singular parking lot in Charlottesville, Virginia. The film follows a select group of Parking Lot Attendants and their strange rite of passage. Something as simple as a parking lot becomes an emotional weigh station for the American Dream

I made the photos for the poster.


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Blurb's Photograph.Book.Now

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My book, Of Cats And Fish, has been awarded an honorable mention in Blurb's self publishing book contest.  See the winners here

Head Judge:
Darius Himes - Radius Books

Judges:
Dana Faconti - Blind Spot
Dr. Anthony Bannon - George Eastman House
Vince Aletti - Critic
Kira Pollack - NY Times Magazine
W.M. Hunt - Hasted Hunt Gallery
Platon - Photographer
Jodi Peckman - Rolling Stone
Karen Hangsen - Rizzoli

Later this weekend I will write a little bit on what went into making my book and what it's about.

Plus, please check out my good friend Billy Hunt who was also awarded an honorable mention.

My Fool Heart

My friends Jeff and Lucinda Martin of Take It, have just made a film, My Fool Heart .

It's quite an amazing production, but I will let 'em speak for themselves:

"MY FOOL HEART is a feature-length independent film starring Jim Waive and the Young Divorcees. Filmed in Charlottesville, Southwest Virginia and Nashville, the cast includes DR. RALPH STANLEY and legendary guitar-maker WAYNE HENDERSON. The film's story involves two killers who arrive in town from London to kill Jim Waive. It is a comedy and, of course, there's lots of great music. The film also includes the music of SARAH WHITE, THE ROGAN BROTHERS, DOCK BOGGS, and a host of other fine country and Americana-roots performers."

A note of interest, Jim Waive & The Young Divorcees played at our wedding . . . and, all though I might be a bit biased, it was definitely the best wedding ever! I'm not kidding, follow the link and check out their music. Here is a vid of Jim playing by himself:

Two interesting things about the film: first, it was shot exclusively with a Canon 5D Mark 2--which if you don't know is a fancy Digital SlR that also happens to double as a HD video camera (and one of the cameras I shoot with); second, most of the actors in the film are not professional actors . . . including me.

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