Serious thought

Set up

Roll at noon?!?

paperwork

Why did I say I would produce?

feul

Equal exchange coffee from the 48 hr swag bag.

48 redux

Embarking on my fifth 48 hour film, I will try to post pics from my phone as the weekend progresses.

Jealous much?

Sunday dinner by Jennifer

Quick...

I'm assuming this site will be taken down soon, so enjoy my mix and upload your own and then share it with your friends... but do it quickly.

I am so Rock n Roll

Testing feeding flickr & tmtbtb

Testing sending pics to my blog

Did it work?

It's me, but more actorly...

My cameo in the cool new web series GravityLand is finally available on the, uh, web. I was under the impression that my name would appear above the title on this episode... my lawyers are looking into it.

But seriously folks, check out this episode, then head over to the GravityLand website to check out the rest of the episodes, and to post glowing reviews of my acting abilities over there, somebody already has.

That's all for now, I have go to update my acceptance speech.

via GravityLand

Still better than Band-Aid

No comment... but don't let that stop you.

via Soul-Sides

The Art of Crafts

My friend and talented craft-making-type-person, Milisa Simone Moses, recently left her full time job and started making awesome stuff, including the thank you gift basket below for a production company that I worked with from Portland, Maine.


photo by MSM.

They loved it. Visit her site to learn more.

Watch, visit and share.

You should totally watch this video:



And not just because I'm thanked in the credits, or because a friend made it, or because you can make the word 'gravy' with letters in the title (mmm, gravy). You should watch it because it's a locally produced, cool, new independent web series with twists, turns, purse-snatching, lip gloss and comic books.

Check out the site and the blog. And watch for my cameo in a later episode.

Take that...

This is a great response to the responses to this.

NSFW (lots of cuss words)



via ArinCrumley.com

P.S. My friend Pete thinks this is all just a prelude to their next movie.

Help solve this case...

... or at least be entertained by it.



If you don't know who Arin Crumley is and haven't seen the film that he made... sister, that's the biggest crime.

Cute as Hell!

Here's a video for a song that I made a video for:

#62.3 - Menomena - Wet and Rusting
Uploaded by lablogotheque

Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any cute French dancing kids.

via zefrank

Inspiration in a Box.

Have 18 minutes and need some inspiration? Hear how the creator of Alias, Lost, Cloverfield and yes Felicity gets inspired. Fun and worth the time.



Interested in more movie stuff? See how 3 designers shot a "Saving Private Ryan" like beach landing using only a few props and themselves as the actors. (No mention of how long the post production took, but still interesting.)



via boing and ProLost.

I Love Canon!

Below is a picture of what I looked like when my hella old, 2.0 mega pixel Canon S200 PowerShot suddenly stopped working before the holidays (leading to a painful lack of joyous family pictures):


(artist rendering)

Then I find out that my camera has been recalled due to a faulty chip or some such nonsense. I send the camera to Canon expecting my old camera (or a similar low pixel substitute) back in a month or two.

But no, dear readers, within a week, I get a letter that says this:

"Due to the current lack of essential components at our repair facility, and in order to expedite your repair, we have exchanged your original equipment with a new or factory reconditioned replacement model of equal or greater value."

Also enclosed is a refurbished 10.0 mega pixel Canon PowerShot SD900 Digital Elph. Did I mention TEN point O mega pixel?

I realize that I got the old camera as a present 4 years ago and this new camera probably cost about the same.

But because Canon exceeded my expectations, and gave me a MUCH better camera at absolutely no cost to me,
A. I will tell (IM, tweet, etc.) anyone who will listen how awesome Canon is
B. I will most definitely buy Canon accessories
C. I will blog about it
D. I will probably buy a Canon video camera when the time comes
E. I will probably tell myless technically savvy friends and family about his good experience with Canon
F. I will probably be a Canon customer for life.

Canon transformed me into this:


(artist rendering)

Thanks to Noah Z. Jones for the artist renderings.

You eggs aren't from around here, are you?

I was searching the web for the old TV commercial that told us "Brown eggs are local eggs and local eggs are fresh." I couldn't find it, but I somehow stumbled upon this magical mystery, uh, magic:



Yes, those eggs appear to be dressed as ninjas.

Watch the English animation. Or the Korean animation if you dare.

My research has found that
"I Love Egg is...
Transforms it body into any shape we can imagine.
The main and sub characters make stories pleasantly and lovely."

You can even buy an "I Love Egg" Yamaha motorcycle.

via http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=244842

You have a good memory...

I saw this a million times as a kid, or at least that's how I remember it. But now that I see it again it looks completely different than I remember.

No, I'm not high.

If you could steal a smooch...

... yes, I would smooch hulu.



So, if I support the writer's strike should I not be watching this?

DP Demo Reel

Click to play

I LOVE haters!

Especially haters with a sense of humor:



via http://twitter.com/cc_chapman

Last baseball post this year...

... maybe.



via http://twitter.com/WickedGood

Simple. Elegant.

... but to big for my page.

Free Burma

http://www.uscampaignforburma.org/

http://www2.free-burma.org/

http://twitter.com/FreeBurma

http://web.amnesty.org/pages/mmr-270907-action-eng

http://www.avaaz.org/en/stand_with_burma/

The case against reunion tours...

The defense rests.

via Stereogum

Nuthin's Sacred!

git yer own.

Japanese Gladiators

So, are there no personal injury lawyers in Japan?



via http://www.japanprobe.com/

Free music...

MP3 blogs.

I love em. The second best thing the internet has to offer...

If you don't know usually it's people or groups who love music, write about it and then give you an example in MP3 form.

Here are some of I check daily. With a link to the site and an example of songs you can get there.

http://funky16corners.wordpress.com/
My new favorite classic soul website. I actually don't read the blog much but he offers long, mixes of soul songs organized around a theme. Recent themes included "Soul Strings", "Soul Hammond Organ", "Beatles Covers" and "Popcorn Songs".
You can also download each song in the mix in a zip file. Here's a recent single song:
Geraldo Pino: Heavy, Heavy, Heavy *

http://soul-sides.com/
Used to be my fav classic soul site, still a winner, but this is where you go to hear great songs and learn a ton about the song, the artist and because it's written by "a PhD in Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley."
Rita Wright: Touch Me, Take Me

http://stereogum.com/
Stereogum is a hipster site that likes art rock almost as much as it likes making fun of heiresses. Hit or miss but often has hidden gems.
Kings Of Leon: "My Party (Kenna And Chad Hugo Remix)"

http://rawkblog.blogspot.com/
This site is new to me and it seems to love indie rock, bootlegs and covers. And although we just started going steady, I'm already wearing it's letterman jacket.
Ryan Adams: "I Want it That Way" (live Backstreet Boys cover)

http://mashuptown.com/
Ok, sorry, I like mash-ups... screw you.
DJ Topcat: Young Folks Rehab

*I'm stealing these download links and they are often temporary so grab em' now. (If you right click and open in a new tab/window you can preview before download. If you want to keep 'em, right click and then click 'save link as'.)

Flowers + Time Lapse, again?

Garden from cohnjoyne and Vimeo.

I'm actually pretty allergic to flowers... but I've found that although they don't smell as good on video, they don't make me sneeze.

My new favorite Red Sox blog...

... keeps its wits about it, and so should we:

"their (NYY's) schedule is about to get a lot tougher and ours (BOS) is about to get much easier."

via http://joyofsox.blogspot.com

Finally a movie...

... that is less of a waste of time than the game it is based on:



via ticklebooth.

Vote for a winner

(Note: I removed the actual embedded file because it annoyingly auto-played every time someone visited the site. But please still go to the link below and vote for this video. Thanks.)

Help these local cool kids get a new home entertainment system. They deserve it, not only because they are awesome but because their video is the best.

I think you have to go to the site to vote... and you should.

vote at this site: http://makeshifters.com/#/view_the_entries/23

My new favorite song/video

"Post hip-hop troubadour RJD2 teamed with dance and media artist Bill Shannon for the 'Work It Out' video. Shannon, born with a degenerative hip condition, developed a way to express himself through dance (and even skateboarding) on crutches."
- via Spinner

He is a persian...

Look for Angus someday soon at http://icanhascheezburger.com/

Not actual size

Regular John knows how you feel.

Kings, indeed!

This needs a remix with the NFL voice guy...

C'mon America?!?

C'mon America, why you gotta embarrass me? Don't make me turn this thing around... oh, it looks like that's what you're trying to do... go backwards.

Don't make me keep on progressing.

via www.twitter.com/pistachio

Oh yeah?

Oh, yeah, Onion, if this is true, how are you showing this video? Huh? Tell me, Onion!!!


Breaking News: All Online Data Lost After Internet Crash

via http://twitter.com/stevegarfield

Don't worry this bandwagon is a hybrid.

I tried real hard to watch Live Earth this weekend... but both times I put it on... Genesis (followed by Shakira).

Sorry, no!

Instead I went outside.

Since we're all enlightened now... none of us need to see this:



via American Copywriter

P.S. There are some great performances out there from Live Earth.

Olde Tyme!

Here's a pic of my grandparents, my mother and my uncle... date and location unknown.

Director's Cut

"Competitive consumption is a dog eat dog world... you know?"

In light of the recent upset in competitive eating, I present a a new tighter cut of our 2006 entry into the 48 HR film project...

Click To Play

Update: This is the nicer looking, quicktime version.

Fun with typography.

.pǝɹoq ʎ11ɐǝɹ ǝɹɐ noʎ ɟı

via chris penn.

"I could eat a wagon wheel"

I say that all the time and the wife looks at me like I'm crazy. Now, here's proof that I don't have an original thought in my head:

Sudden stop...

via hairless.

Caution: Well placed cuss word at end of video.

Sorry, Dunkin Donuts...

... I didn't mean it, please bring back John Goodman and They Might Be Giants and your class war propaganda. Just no more Rachael Ray.

The 5ives agrees:

This Town: Episode 8

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check out the behind the scenes and more at thistownmovie.blogspot.com

Better than Death Proof?

I can't believe I never saw this.

It's a cornocopia of a cavalcade of stars.

5x5

Over at vimeo.com the suggested a project where you take five five second clips and post them.




5 vignettes from cohnjoyne on Vimeo

1: wind turbine/traffic from my porch (time lapse)
2: dicek faces first batter ichiro at fenway, ground out
3: food's eye view at fred meyer in anchorage
4: bald eagle from boat in resurrection bay, AK
5: late night baseball (time lapse)

Absolut-ly

I am right, this is disturbing? Right?

via http://ticklebooth.com/

I kid because I love...

via RSLweblog

If I was really punk, I wouldn't have even posted this.

Update: found this, didn't make it.

Finally, there's proof...

via twitter.com/rocketboom

R.I.P. King of the Nerds...

I don't think I could say it or show it better than these guys.

For all my republican friends...

I'm sure you were thinking it anyway.

about the statue

Do it NOW!!!!

Check out this cool (Slamdance selected, 2x Independent Spirit Award nominee, Audience Award @ SXSW, Undiscovered Gems Showcase Sundcance Channel Audience Award) feature film that is going to be on youtube for one week only....




Then go to http://www.spout.com/foureyemonsters and register there, because that company will give the directors Arin and Susan $1 for each person that signs up... and they need it, they charged this awesome film on their credit cards.

If you're not yet convinced that it rocks, check out the trailer.



WARNING: Has some cuss words and some sexy parts... probably NSFW.

Mmmm brains....

This film has my two favorite things... zombies and propaganda. Well, okay, I did once say that my two favorite things are hipsters and the apocalypse but when you are a renaissance man like myself, it pays to have diverse tastes.



via http://ticklebooth.com/

(Not a huge fan of Atom's "embedded" player... it actually opens a new window so that you go to their site, but that's not the film maker's fault.)

Have you been keeping up?

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Watch Episode 6 of Chris Engles serialized film above or check out the show blog at http://thistownmovie.blogspot.com/ where he gives you film making tips like how to fill a room with women you don't know.

Perspective

It's a bit lo-fi, but damn funny.



And hey, what's a three game losing streak? (Gulp.)

via the anti dogs at http://joyofsox.blogspot.com/

While I twiddled my thumbs...

... and other fingers on a keyboard surfing the net while I was on hold -

the meeting doodler was making this:



Check out his fun site: http://meetingdoodler.blogspot.com/

Wrong, so wrong!

Warning: Muppet racism and swearing, probably not safe for work.

via cc chapman

More media to come...

Don't worry there'll be a hella lot more media released about our trip...

What, scared of slide shows and tour film?

Beep. Next slide please.

Hellz no!

Did you know that there are zombies in Alaska and Seattle?

You do now!

You've won this battle...

... bearded Alaska man.



image via http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=4234

I just waited 52 minutes on the phone to speak to you about changing a flight, but neither you nor any of your minions picked up.

This is not over!!!

McPhee

I'm sorry, history? Culture? Never heard of them. Instead today we're going here.


pic from their website

Come as you are...

Today we're going here...



pic from their website

The Experience Music Project... well I'm not going in because it's really just a Hard Rock Cafe without the over priced cheesburgers, but I am a sucker for Frank Gehry buildings.

Truth is that I've been there before for work and free drinks so I'm also not super psyched to pay to see Kurt Cobain's boots.

Today or tomorrow...

... we're going to rent bikes from this guy who is a huge Red Sox fan and sells these t-shirts:


picture from their website

I hear there is a Yankee bike shop here also, but the bikes are old, overpriced, and all they do is talk about how good they used to be. (And their customers wonder how long before the manager will get fired.)

Vacation

pic by Carolyn Rosner

Going to Alaska on Tuesday for two weeks... may blog with pics, will probably Twitter, will definitely video tape.

Stay tuned.

http://twitter.com/cohnjoyne

I did just write a how to...

I did just write a 'how to' about the Arbor Day video I made, but unfortunately:



I will finish the 'how to' later, once I calm down.

Arbor Day

Arbor Day from cohnjoyne on Vimeo

CAUTION: I'm no doctor, but if you are susceptible to seizures, you may want to look away.

I'm not super happy with the flash version on Vimeo... I might make a less infringe-y version and put up the pristine MP4 on blip.tv

Also, will post a "how I did it" soon.

Couldn't and probably shouldn't have said it any better.

cnn

My first real HATER!!!

I got my first real hater today. Other than EVIL JOHN that is. Some winner over on youtube posted this on my video "A Rocky Love Story":

"Typical pretty Quincy girl. They all seem to date fat double chinned ugly guys that are out of shape. I use to live there and was in great shape with all my hair and could never get a stuckup Quincy girl. They all date fat guys"

My wife's response:
"Dear sir,
Thank you for the compliment(?). But you've got it completely wrong. Not only do I not live in Quincy, but I wasn't even born in Eastern Massachusetts. My fat, balding husband of five years is the love of my life, who also does not live in Quincy. Perhaps when you're looking in the mirror at your "great shape" and full head of hair you should also take a moment to look inside yourself and find out why women don't like you."

I'm going to be so bummed out if he's just a friend playing a trick on me.

HATERS RULE!!!

Another 48 hrs...

Filmmaker, photographer, audio specialist, and boxing enthusiast, Chris Engles, documented the creation of the most recent 48 hour film project that I was involved in.

It was a relief to just run camera.

Try to guess which shot of me I'm most embarrassed by...

My front window...

... only faster.

And I thought it was only me and Randy Newman...

via http://www.yourdailyawesome.com/

Share alike!

My funky Pandora.com station:

Fun Key Radio

Anybody got a station to share?

This Town: Episode 2

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make sure to visit http://thistownmovie.blogspot.com/ to find out how (and why) this episode was made.

this is EVIL...

Like Pandora? Like SomaFM? Like choice? Like listening to something outside of the mainstream?

I do.

Well the Copyright Royalty Board, aka the man, wants to make it financially impossible for independent voices to continue to bring new music to you. You can help, click the image above to find out how...

or click http://www.savenetradio.org/

Tangentially

http://stopbaroody.com/

via Steve Garfield

This Town: Episode 1

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Here's the first episode of Chris' movie. Visit his site to get behind the scene info.

this town

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My friend Chris is releasing his feature length film as episodes on-line.

This is the trailer.

Learn more at his website http://thistownmovie.blogspot.com/

A brief hiatus...

Unfortunately, the EVIL JOHN show will have to take a brief hiatus because one of it's starring players is recovering from back surgery. That's right, the one and only C. Angus Floyd (pictured above), the hardest working cat in show business will be taking time off from his budding film career. We here at the EVIL JOHN show feel that there really wouldn't be a show without the wit and wisdom he brings to our productions.

If you would like to send your thoughts, prayers and/or treats to Angus, please comment on this blog post. All comments will be read to Angus and if possible he will dictate a reply.

And don't worry, as soon as Angus is back on four feet, the show will go on.

Thank you,
tEJs

sorry!!!

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the team here at the EVIL JOHN show resents the fact that you think we've run out of ideas.

we know that blooper shows suck.

we were too busy being EVIL this week to get out a real show.

it was this or nothing? would you rather have nothing?

look, it's a day early.

you people are so demanding, ok, fine, you'll get a new episode next week.

i thought we were evil, you people are mean and ungrateful!

also available on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qzw5aoZZ3c

also available at itunes <- this link will open iTunes on your computer.

Still room on the bandwagon?

I just figured out all the ingredients needed to make a viral video...

The Landlord.

Oh, someone beat me to it.

Another funny show...

This show is called 30 Seconds with Phone Guy... and, uh, I don't think I need to explain more than that.

Click To Play

This is one of those ideas that is perfect for the video on the web format... unlike mean-spirited evil twins.

Check out his show page at: http://thatphoneguy.blip.tv/

best worst ever!

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regular JOHN's thirst for fame has hit a new low.

... now with 75% less crack!

also available on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jRbhzjqHoE

also available at itunes <- this link will open iTunes on your computer.

EVIL JOHN OUT!

Funny show...

Is everything funnier with an English accent?

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Rex & Eddie Investigate is a British sitcom following the attempts of two so called detectives on their nightly stakeouts.

This is the trailer for their show on blip.tv.

Do you Twitter?

I do, although I'm not exactly sure why?

Oh, yeah, this is a reason:

Every few hours or so Goodnight Burbank's host posts a message on Twitter:

GordonWSmythe: NYC gives away 5 million condoms in first month. That's 5 million less New Yorkers trying to hail a cab in 2025. Not bad.

If you join Twitter, be my friend, and Gordon's... although you'll only be his 107th, and you get to be my fifth.

Be my friend. Be Gordon's.

this time it's personal.

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you are going to have to decide if this week's video is safe for YOUR work.

hint: i don't want to make too many cracks about regular JOHN, but in the end, he is an ass.

also available on youtube at http://youtube.com/watch?v=_HATouJtXf8

also available at itunes <- this link will open iTunes on your computer.

EVIL JOHN OUT!

Angry about late fees?

via bpdnews.com

DAILY INCIDENTS FOR APRIL 2, 2007

MOVIE BUFF ARRESTED AFTER RIPPING OFF BLOCKBUSTER

At about 3:29pm, on Sunday, April 1, 2007, officers from District C-6 (South Boston) responded to a radio call for a robbery in progress at the Blockbuster Video Store on Old Colony Avenue. A description of the suspect (a 5’6” white male with blonde hair, wearing a black hat, black sweater, jeans) was broadcast over Channel 6 of the police radio. According to witnesses, the suspect entered the store, grabbed a bunch of videos (approx. 8 – 10) and then took off out of the store. Officers then located an individual fitting the above description sitting on the stairs inside the Old Colony Housing Development. The suspect was then brought back to the Blockbuster where he was positively identified. Officers then arrested Kxxxx Cxxxxx, 19, of South Boston and charged him with Larceny (under $250.00.

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Not the first time the words 'ripping off' and 'Blockbuster' were in a sentence together, but usually the sentence diagram looks a little different.

So how does the Boston Police define a 'Movie Buff"? I have a call into investigators to see which films were 'ripped off'.

If the films were French New Wave, then it fits. Early Scorsese, definitely. Remake of a Japanese horror film, well... But if the films starred a lesser Baldwin, promised to bring the 'Van Dammage', or had the word 'Momma' in the title - I'd be worried about the judgment of our local police force.

There are no words...

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There are no words to describe the beauty that is this.