iamnotagoodartist

Well, folks, Tommy and the Tommies was last night, and I think I’d deem it a success. There were a couple mess-ups and we barely got the tech working, but I think it all worked out.

For those not in the know, Tommy and the Tommies was a music concert / performance art piece where I played guitar and sang while being backed by a virtual band of Tommies projected onto screens behind me. In between the songs were music videos, a cartoon, and other miscellaneous weirdness.

I’d like to thank everyone who came and everyone who helped. It really was the perfect number of people there, and I couldn’t have done it without my friends and girlfriend helping me. Much love.

Lastly, the MP3s from the concert will be available shortly. Some of them still need a little tweaking, but I’ll have them up within the next week. The videos from the performance will be edited and uploaded soon too. Stay tuned.

This is from YouTube’s new Insight feature, which uses lines and graphs to confuse me. Apparently, my “Juice” video is crazy popular in France… or something…

Looks like my European Summer Tour ‘08 is going to be the cat’s pajamas. Click on the picture to make it bigger and be inundated with meaningless line graphs.

I’m not sure what I should do with all of this fame. Maybe I should buy some sunglasses or something.

For those who care, the new theme has been installed and the WordPress software has been updated to the most recent release. I’ve installed some plug-ins to help share posts and get notified if someone responds to your comments. Please let me know if something doesn’t work correctly. I hope it all does. The portfolio page will go back up after it’s been re-designed. Stay tuned.

I’m only a couple weeks away from being a college graduate. Things are crazy busy. I am working on my magnum opus, which I’ll talk about later. In the meantime, here is a picture of me being strong:

More later.

I’ll be updating the site this weekend, changing the theme to something a little cleaner and more Web 2.0, whatever that means. If something weird happens when you visit or things don’t look right, don’t fret, the theme ought to be fully installed come Monday. More features will be added as I get the time.

I miss you already.

The sketch comedy group I’m in, Something Else, made a short film called “The Last Mullet.” We put it online last week. Watch it here at Vimeo.

“In a world where the mullet has been outlawed,
one man stands up for his rights to be Amurican.”

I make a cameo around two minutes in as a rad dude getting his hair cut, but my real job was “visual effects,” fixing things in post-production and making the title and stuff.

This is from a dolly shot where you could see the reflection of the camera on the truck, a big faux pas in our industry. I motion-tracked a still image of the truck’s side onto it, covering the reflection.

If you’ve got twenty free minutes and a good internet connection, go watch it. Everybody put a lot of work into it and it’s pretty sweet.