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The Heaven Gallery in Chicago will be featuring one of my videos in their
Experimental Comedy Video Show on the 16th. If you're in that neck of the woods, check it out, they've got an amazing round up of filmmakers including ZZalgern0n, TV Sheriff, Animal Charm and Eric Fensler!
If you ever wanted to catch the latest in digital film and animation while rubbing shoulders with bigshots from Dischord Records and The Bush Administration, this is your big chance.
May 19, 2008
UPDATE: Now that's what I call a party. HERE'S how it went down.
See you at THE SHOWCAVE NIGHT GALLERY!
UPDATE: The opening was a smash, in no small part due to coverage we've been getting by some of the best art/culture blogs out there! Thanks to...
Still over 2 weeks left, the Gallery's open on Saturday afternoons, by appointment (feel free to ask me or the good folks at the Cave) for a viewing, and another blowout party for the closing on May 17th.
UPDATE: It's up!
January 17, 2008 It's 3 completely indefensible minutes of body dysmorphia, special effect-enhanced nudity and homoerotic sexual harrasment. And a little basketball. Our budget soared over 200 dollars and every penny is on the screen...
Over 18 only, I guess, and Not Safe For Work, though probably fine where you work.
ALSO: My co-conspirator Syd's finally posted our infamous Somebody Goofed movie to the youtubes. Remember we did this way back when this kind of thing was still difficult...
November 26, 2007
November 15, 2007
It's a 10 (plus!) episode series created by Matt Besser of the Upright Citizens Brigade and featuring a Who's Who of LA's funniest performers. About half of them were put in my hands so check 'em out.
ITEM: It'll probably be revised again shortly, but the DIRECTOR REEL has been updated; click over to the 'movies' page for the latest version
UPDATE: It's Live! And HERE it is!
This one features our old friend Lionel Goldbart, an amazing poet/musician/etcetera who's been feeling a little under the weather lately.
Item: Just had the distinction of being asked by San Francisco's own Danny Plotnick to be a guest on his stellar podcast Nest of Vipers Check over there in a week or so if you want to hear me swap stories of failure and humiliation with some very good company.
I am sorry but what the heck were you thinking? This really wasn't good James Camerons was wayyy better sorry! it sucked hell!!!TItanic is the best movie ever so don't make fun of it! lol there IS something wrong with this...in the beggining it showes the titanic right?(animated)but...the 4th smoke pillar was just for show...and in this it showes smoke comming out of it...you need to reasearch more people this sucked trust me it was CRAP!dont make another or i will die
Item: San Francisco confederate Harmon Leon will be performing here in LA next weekend at the UCB. He might even show a clip from the trip we took together to Fake Iraq.
May 20, 2007
Meanwhile work continues on animation for a documentary feature, and lots of shooting on a new serialized comedy project - watch this space for news...
Update: The video is up and running on the MOVIES page as well on the youtube.
And Saturday night at midnight is an encore screening of Hot Chicks at The Vista Theater in Hollywood as part of this year's Outfest where I have to imagine it will be a love it/hate it kind of a screening.
And Saturday night at midnight is a return engagement at All That Crap - "a collection of the funniest, most bizarre and entertaining little movies around presented by the people who made them" at The UCB Theatre in Hollywood.
Update: Another review is in. This one from The New York Times!
Update: A quicktime is now posted on the 'movies' page.
August 04, 2008
Check it out, a video I shot (and cut and drew the portraits on the wall for) with MATT BESSER and IAN ROBERTS of the Upright Citizens Brigade! Matt wrote the script and it a features a slew of comic talent including PAUL RUST, KULAP VILAYSACK, DANIELLE SCHNEIDER, JESSICA CHAFFIN and WILL MCLAUGHLIN!
July 20, 2008
Next weekend, July 25 and 26, the FLIK FESTIVAL lights up the Maryland/Washington DC area. They've got me as a featured artist so they'll be showing a ton of my stuff, as well as lots of amazing work from around the world.
May 30, 2008
A hard-hitting new interview with me is up at the Flik Festival site. Click HERE for all the dirt and scandal.
May 26, 2008
As seen at the Photo-Fictions show, THE FUMIGATOR SERIES is now posted over on the 'Slideshows' page. Click on over to check it out.
Now this is getting embarrassing, ANOTHER old Rodney & Syd video is featured on BOING BOING TV, This one goes way back to Miami Beach days...
May 14, 2008
Last chance to catch PHOTO-FICTIONS at the infamousSHOW-CAVE. The closing party is this Saturday, the 17th from 7-11. Fine art and music (including HARD PLACE and STRENGTH!
May 11, 2008
I've been selected to be a featured artist and honoree at this year's FLIK FESTIVAL in Washington D.C. Thanks FLIK!
April 30, 2008
Oh Lord - can it be true??? Me and Syd's Somebody Goofed is TEN YEARS OLD. Most amazingly of all, people remember it and BOING BOING TV is featuring it in today's broadcast (sponsored by BMW!)
April 16, 2008
Mark your calendar! The opening reception for PHOTO-FICTIONS is the night of April 26th. It is a new narrative-photography show, curated by yours truly and featuring work by THE BLACKSMOKE ORGANISATION, JX WILLIAMS, NICHOLAS MCCARTHY, ANTON KOSLOV MAYR, and the list of all-stars goes on and on and on!
March 31, 2008
Finishing up a collaboration with MINDBOMB FILMS on some behind-the-band projection visuals for RANCID's new tour. If anyone's in Japan the next week or two, let me know how they go over.
March 14, 2008
What is Photo-Fictions?
March 06, 2008
Finishing up an animated opening sequence for Doug Benson's new web show 'I LOVE MOVIES.'
Look for it very soon on SUPERDELUXE.
March 05, 2008
Shirts and Skins will be playing in Austin as part of 3 day tour the UCB is doing for South By Southwest.
February 04, 2008
What is Photo-Fictions?
UCBcomedy is now live! Home of the SHIRTS & SKINS, a video I just finished featuring (and written by) Matt Besser (from Walk Hard), Joe Nunez (from Superbad), Matt Walsh (Dog Bites Man) and Sean Conroy (Conan O'Brien.)
January 7, 2008
Just finished the post work on a new comedy short for/with The Upright Citizens Brigade. Should go live in a week or so when their new video site launches.
December 11, 2007
The indominatable TULSA OVERGROUND dug deep and found my little-seen cut-up EYEWITNESS ANTS. With a line-up like this, it's my favorite festival in the world. If you're anywhere near Oklahoma, go.
Happy Thanksgiving. I'm sure your long weekend was awesome but it wasn't like ours. Highlights and Lowlights were both pretty spectacular - - - won't bore with you the bad stuff, but Buffy sang before dessert!
THE VERY FUNNY SHOW is live at TBS.com.
November 9th, 2007
Not that anyone ever went to a movie because of the guy who animated the still photos in it (in this case, me), but Chris and Don, A Love Story by the good people at ASPHALT STARS- Guido Santi and Tina Mascara, plays at the AFI Fest this weekend. It's a one of a kind romance that spans Hollywood Glamor and the Weimar Republic.
October 24, 2007
Shot (most of) a new video with members of the UCB and am knee deep in post. Details forthcoming.....
August 25, 2007
Creating a title sequence for a new Bob Odenkirk project. What's it like? You'll see.....
August 10, 2007
Here's a blast from the past. An old spec spot me and Syd did back in Miami for Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap.
August 1, 2007
New DVD's finished, and it's full of clips too hot for the internets.
July 20, 2007
Lots of catching up to do. Today Boing Boing featured a (very nice) article about Syd and my Titanic movie. The video's approaching 300,000 hits on youtube, which is cool- but the real fun comes from the haters...
June 01, 2007
Tonite only!!! Catch a preview of the 10 episode Very Funny Show at the UCB Theater!
Operations have moved to our sprawling 3 story studio complex in historic Highland Park, home of Gene Roddenberry and Daryl Gates.
May 4, 2007
Currently in the home stretch shooting and editing 5 episodes of a new video project for/with Matt Besser of the Upright Citizens Brigade. The show's scheduled to go up on TBS.com before too long. Did I mention they were very funny?
April, 2007
Not a lot of new stuff posted recently, I've been spending most of my time at HBO's comedy web-video thingamabobber, This Just In. a site where the time between conception of the project and posting the final can be often be measured in hours, which is pretty awesome. The videos fly out pretty fast and go out to the world without credits or anything, so feel free to guess which ones I had my finger in...
February 27, 2007
The good people at Shiny Object are going to be hosting a screening of Hot Chicks in Sacramento in March. If anyone out there in Mid-Cal has been hoping for a chance to see this one of a kind tribute to the work of Jack Chick on the big screen, this is your chance!
February 17, 2007
By popular demand, they'll be an encore presentation of The Wally George Show this Friday, the 23rd at the UCB Theater in Hollywood. I've got a pair of videos in the show that I made with Eric Nordhauser, Josh Fadem ,Eva Anderson and a cast of about 18 superstars.
Valentine's day, 2007
Lots of things going on, just nothing that immediately translates into videos to post. So...um...in the meantime...I guess I'm thinking about seeing Ghost Rider, seeing as how it's named after one of my favorite songs and all.
January 20-something, 2007
Happy New Year America! The crew here is burning the midnight oil finishing up a video segment for the gala Wally George show, starring Josh Fadem as the father of Combat TV ! Live on stage at the UCB THEATER, on Saturday the 22nd.
December 15th, 2006
Just back from a tour of Waudi-Al-Sahara, the simulated Iraqi village they've got over at the Marine Base in 29 Palms, right near Joshua Tree. Watch this space for a link to the story we're putting together for Current TV. Probably ready early in January '07.
November 20-something, 2006
Completed a new 60's styled opening title sequence for a TV pilot (using custom illustrations by Miami's reknowned Postergirl aka Kristen Thiele) and did a little work for John from Cincinatti, the new HBO show from the Deadwood team. That one's gonna be good.
October 28th, 2006
Just in time for Halloween, we've posted a blood-curdling slideshow - - -'Cracking Up' a new set of stills. A new pair of spots have just been finished too, so watch this space for updates or request a DVD.
October 2nd, 2006
'Substance,' a video I made with Stephen Brophy, Colin Mahan and pals will be screening at Garage Comedy at the fabulous El Cid on Sunset tonite!
September 4th, 2006
The Buckethead video's going to be playing at the Tulsa Overground Festival this Saturday, the 9th. The amazing Saturday Night lineup also includes the nightmarishly bleak, cruelly comic 'Winnebago Man,' the psychedelic 'Krunnk Shuttle,' and the patriotic 'America We Stand As One.' If you're anywhere near Tulsa, go.
August 21st, 2006
Added a slideshow with two pages of storyboards I drew for Quinceañera - a little movie shot in Echo Park last year that keeps growing and growing.
August 14th, 2006
Saturday, August 26th I'll be back at All That Crap - "a collection of the funniest, most bizarre and entertaining little movies around presented by the people who made them" at The UCB Theatre in Hollywood. This time we'll be screening my remix of what some people call 'the most irritating commercial in the world' - and trust you me, this new version is exponentially more irritating.
July 26th, 2006
The 'portraits' slideshow has been revamped and renamed '13 People.' If you like pictures of people, this is the slideshow for you! Watch this space for the upcoming slideshows '13 Places' and '13 Dogs.'
July 13th, 2006
I'll be doing a 'making of' presentation about the Fight Night spot at this month's MGLA meeting. I've got to imagine that this will be one-time-only event, so come on down!
July 4th, 2006
One more blast of Jack Chick madness and then, I promise, we'll give it a rest and move on. Friday night at 7pm is Pin Up Chicks - an actual JTC-inspired Fine Art show at the Retropia Gallery.
June 20th, 2006
We've got screenings all weekend long! First off, Friday night and Sunday afternoon is the world premiere of Hot Chicks - an anthology feature featuring two chapters by me and Syd, (old standby 'Somebody Goofed' and the newborn 'Titanic') at the Los Angeles Film Festival!
June 15th, 2006
Check out Anxious Animation! A new DVD from my friends at Other Cinema featuring a bloc of videos by 'Rodney & Syd' and 'Syd & Eric.' There's a pretty thoughtful review of it over at The Onion's AV Club, and I guess it's pretty easy to see why they just credited everything to the three of us, but for the record 'Somebody Goofed' is me and Syd's, the other two are Syd & Eric's.
June 13th, 2006
Well ...this is a first. Some young fans have created a remake of the Buckethead video!
May 25, 2006
A video or two of mine will be playing at All That Crap! - a short film showcase on Saturday, May 27th and I'll have to justify what I've done in person. The show's at the UCB Theatre in Hollywood, a real favorite around here.
May 17, 2006
SF360 (New Experiences From America's Film and Media Frontier!) has printed an embarrassingly positive article about me and Syd.
May 10, 2006
The Buckethead video's playing at From the Dawn of Time Until the Day After Tomorrow Danny Plotnick's program at the Mission Creek Music Festival in San Francisco on May 18th.
April 13, 2006
Wrapped another commercial and posted a new slideshow - this one's a peek behind the curtain at what it takes to bring one of these fine filmed entertainments for life.
March 20, 2006
The long-awaited Buckethead DVD Secret Recipe is finally for sale in a non-bootleg edition. Including the 'We Are One' video and 'behind-the-scenes', this 2-disc spectacular spectacular is over 3 hours long!
March 08, 2006
Danger!
Curated by the shadowy 'Black Smoke Organisation,' and produced in association with Greenpeace, The Danger Global Warming project is the type of public-spirited project I don't typically participate in. Still, the BSO was persuasive and accepted my image even though it was pretty off-message. And if you check out the gallery, you'll stumble across entries by all-stars including Philippe Starck, Traci Lords, and Alex Cox .
February 24, 2006
Rodney & Syd Vs. Hollywood!
'*******' and 'Buckethead: We Are One' - the pair of Rodney & Syd surprise reunion projects from late '05, are screening Tuesday night at Grauman's Egyptian as part of this month's RES screening event.
February 20, 2006
A new spot for Fight Night Round 3 starts airing today. Of course if you're a big fan of WWE RAW , or the The Daily Show , or, well, television , you've probably already seen it. It's the one where a boxer is punched out so hard he dreams he's in a little rowboat.
February 15, 2006
What's a 316now ?
January 24, 2006
Triumph of Victory plays at the Garage Comedy Film Festival Saturday night at the New Beverly here in LA. I guess that means that 'Triumph' is a comedy.
January 08, 2006
Happy New Year! Somebody Goofed and the new follow-up will be included on the 'Hot Chicks!' anthology feature headed for festival screenings. The documentary inches forward and shooting begins on a new spot this week.
November 22nd 2005
It is accomplished! Somebody Goofed fans are in for a big surprise! Watch this space for details.
October 30th 2005
Okay, then...hope the server can handle it. The new Buckethead video 'We Are One' is up on the movies page.
October 24th 2005
A brand new heavy metal horror video for Buckethead (with Serj Tankian from System of a Down) debuts on the Headbanger's Ball Saturday, October 29th. Done in collaboration with Syd 'Wavetwisters' Garon, this thing owes it's inspiration to Evil Dead, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Pt 2 (the one with Dennis Hopper) and Trilogy of Terror. A quicktime should go up here soon afterwards.
October 20th 2005
Triumph of Victory will be screening at Select Media Festival in Chicago at the Underground Multiplex in Chicago's Heaven Gallery.
October 14th 2005
I'll be presenting a mini-respective of my work animating still photos (or Re-Animation as I like to call it) over at MGLA See you at the Barnsdall!
October 4th 2005
Things have been too hectic to update the site in a while, which is, on balance, a good thing. Highlights include production of three new projects (documentary, music video, short film) more or less simultaneously, freelance animation/design work, two upcoming film festival screenings, forward motion on the series, and a trip to Reno. I need a nap!
August 8th 2005
'Portraits' a new photo album went up on the slideshow page. See if you can tell the candids from the staged shots.
August 2nd 2005
A couple new things go up today - - - a new and improved reel plus a spot for this new personal video player thingie on the movies page.
July 5th 2005
Two new movies posted, one from the archives and a new all digital thing for the Hilton. There's still another 3 pieces in post and tons of old stuff that may be good for a laugh, so keep watching this space.
June 22nd 2005
Just back from Asia and a lot of catching up to do. For starters, you'll find a new slideshow - "Amateur Hypnosis", an In Search Of / Night Gallery-inspired little psychodrama and a true story to boot.
June 8th 2005
Showing a little something-something at the Mission Creek Music Festival where Danny Plotnick is curating a video show. Also screening is my pals' Syd and Eric's jawdroppingly grind crushing bloodbath for the enigmatic Buckethead.
May 18th 2005
Speaking on the digital polishing tools panel for FIND (the organization formerly known as IFP/Los Angeles). See you at SAG headquarters on Wilshire.
April 27th 2005
In Toronto to shoot the first phase of a documentary about a groundbreaking artist. Back in LA early in May.
April 23rd 2005
shoot insanely complicated commercial - watch this space for more details but it involved a ton of my old cronies and a smoke machine on a bus.
April 16th 2005
Frequent collaborator Louisa Van Leer shows new photo series Paper Landscapes at Open Studios, Calarts, Valencia California.
March 27th 2005
1st day of shooting a new television pilot. Still under wraps but imagine a cross between Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!,, Pee-wees Playhouse, and Oprah.
March 2005
Buffy Visick, arrives in Los Angeles and with Coptors star Stephen Brophy, we shoot an unauthorized adaptation of scenes from a classic nonfiction conspiracy novel about a Mysterious Person.,.
March 20th 2005
Gay Republicans airs again tonite on the Bravo Channel. Another World of Wonder blockbuster I got to put my grubby fingerprints on.
March 4th
VH1 airs Plastic Surgery Obsession, featuring my Marching Mannequins and spooky Americas Most Wanted- style botox sequence.
February 24th 2005
Storyboarded the feature film Quinceanara and flexxed an old muscle. My 1st major storyboard project since The Substitute charmed its way into Americas heart.
December 25th
The Christmas Special Christmas Special- airs on the Bravo Channel. Look for the title sequence and a half dozen interstitials with an all puppet cast.
November 12th
Gay Republicans debuts at the AFIfest in the ritzy Arclight theater and concludes with what must be the most vituperative Q&A Ive ever seen in person. Then we all had snacks and drinks, even that one angry, scarey guy.
Update: It wins Audience Choice Documentary. Congrats Wash and Anne!
September 9th
Faithful old Buddha Bar screens at Webfilm at Available Light in Ottawa. From the program- "inspired by the accessibility and availability of digital filmmaking equipment, the Internet has enabled a new generation of artists to create and distribute their work on a shoestring budget. These "DIY" filmmakers skillfully mold their storytelling and artistic techniques around slow connection speeds and short viewer attention spans. The result is an original style and form that is unique to this genre of filmmaking."