Exciting week

As you have heard I have begun the initial bstages of putting together a tv show! Tv show is a loose term since it will be internet based. We are building the sets now. It will be a campy late night talkshow with detroit area bands interviewed, sketch comedy, politics, and more.

I am really excited. I had the idea a week ago and our set is half completed. We even have some of our “B” reel shot. My plan is to use my friends and associates for cohosts and guests. I would love to hear any suggestions you might have for the show.

Reality Bites

Vickie Miner: You don’t understand, every day, all day, it’s all that I think about, OK? Every time I sneeze, it’s like I’m four sneezes away from the hospice. And it’s like it’s not even happening to me, it’s like I’m watching it on some crappy show like Melrose Place or some shit right, and I’m the new character, I’m the HIV AIDS character and I live in the building and I teach everybody that ‘It’s OK to be near me, it’s OK to talk to me.’ And then I die. And there’s everybody at my funeral wearing halter tops or chokers or some shit like that.
Lelaina: Vickie stop, OK? Just stop. You’re freaking out. And you know what? You’re gonna have to deal with the results, whatever they are, we’re gonna have to deal with them just like we’ve dealt with everything else.
Vickie Miner: This isn’t like everything else.
Lelaina: I know that, alright? But it’s gonna be OK, you know? I know it’s gonna be OK. Melrose Place is a really good show.

Comics!

We are SOLD OUT of She Plays My heart Like a Theremin comics. You can still get yours at Lift in Royal Oak and at indyplanet’s website!

She Plays My Heart Like A Theremin

My comic has arrived from the printers! It will be available at indyplanet AND from me. The cost is $5 (this includes shipping). You can order a copy by sending $5 via paypal to stevepareidolia@gmail.com (make sure to leave your shipping address).

A beautifully illustrated adventure in self-loathing and unrequited love, “She Plays My Heart Like A Theremin” is the debut comic from Barman & Eckert. A cerebral love story of romance, Karl Marx, and Albert Camus.

Part one of their “Theremin Trilogy”. The second part will be a feature film. This rare edition print is a two part story. One part linear story telling, another part artistic ego bludgeoning.

MST3K: Rifftrax vs. Cinematic Titanic

Mystery Science Theater 3000 was a great show and should have never been canceled. The show ran 11 years and grew a massive following of devoted fans.

For those of you living in the dark, for the past couple of years Rifftrax.com has been a service from Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett of MST3K. They produce audio commentary where they make fun of the movies. You can purchase these as mp3’s and watch them along with any movie they choose. Because they’re not breaking copyright they can riff any movie, The Dark Knight is their newest release.

Then, here is the news: Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, J. Elvis Weinstein, Mary Jo Pehl, and Frank Conniff have launched their own MST3K type business: Cinematic Titanic! Cinematic Titanic features the ORIGINAL Mystery Science Theater 3000 writers, with silhouettes in front of the screen, making fun of the movie. Giving the features a much more MST3K feeling. They also have live performances occasionally.

Will this be an epic MST3K bloodbath of the later writers versus the earlier writers!? Time Will tell. I’ve been listening to a lot of rifftrax (very funny), now I need to try cinematic titanic which seems very funny.

Here’s samples of both:

Rifftrax

Cinematic Titanic

in other news:

This is only a test

I am using wordpress on my phone to see how well it works. Can hardly wait to start writing my horror movie. Trying to get used to the writing apps on my phone. I need money bad. Help a brother out.

Comic

My first is on it’s way to the printers. Here is a sample:

Ignoring Orson Welles

I think I`m… I made essentially a mistake staying in movies, because I… but it… it`s the mistake I can`t regret because it`s like saying “I shouldn`t have stayed married to that woman, but I did because I love her.” I would have been more successful if I`d left movies immediately. Stayed in the theater, gone into politics, written– anything. I`ve wasted the greater part of my life looking for money, and trying to get along… trying to make my work from this terribly expensive paint box wich is an… a movie. And I`ve spent too much energy on things that have nothing to do with a movie. It`s about two percent movie making and 98% hustling. It`s no way to spend a life.

I’m at 9,000 words in my nanowrimo book. If I keep writing in hour blocks I think I’ll have the book done before the deadline. I’ve procrastinated too much.

I should have the first draft of my first novel at the end of this month.
By the end of December I will have the first draft of my new film “The Thereminist”
By the end of January I should have a publish worthy draft of my book “Love My Way”

I’m seeing Bruce Campbell’s new movie, with Bruce introducing the film on Friday, then also catching part of the Reel Pride Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. I wish I had the money and time to attend the entire festival.

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Secretary of State

I just went to the Secretary of State today to renew my license plate which is out of date and I’ve already received a ticket for. I was relieved to note that there was cars in the parking lot, I thought maybe 11AM on a Tuesday must be the perfect time or something. Then I got to the door and noticed the “CLOSED FOR VETERANS DAY” sign. I was rather angry that the only day off that the Secretary of State is open is the same one as this dumb holiday (yeah, that’s right, dumb holiday).  To make myself feel better I sat in my car and waited to watch the next dope walk up to the door. To my delight, at about five minutes later six cars came racing up to the parking lot and people got out of their cars running to the door. Instead of just seeing the sign, one older man tried yanking both doors open really hard taking a few minutes to realize the sign in front of him. Watching a bunch of people get pissed off really cheered me up.