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Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life (by ChAoSeFfEcT) I started my...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:05:08 -0500

Talking Heads - Wild Wild Life (by ChAoSeFfEcT)

I started my workday with the Talking Heads!

I was just a kid when this video came out, featuring a very young John Goodman and various members of the band - but it burned an indelible whole into my brain.

I love the video, but I love the song too. That bit where the Prince-style guitar goes into the twangy country western riff is one of the greatest movements in music as far as I’m concerned. Love it.

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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:19:00 -0500

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Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:10:31 -0500

10 In 20 - Willy Eames

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:09:33 -0500

Ten years ago or more, in what feels like another life time, me and my friend Erin Acevedo used to go to High On Rose, a local bar/restaurant/music venue before it was a law office or whatever unfortunate thing it is now, and listen to one of two bands: Catawampus Universe or Club Dub. Both of these bands featured local guitarist, Will Eames. In my hazy, highly unreliable memory I feel like maybe Eames might have worked at High On Rose too, but it’s possible my aging brain is making that part up.

Anyway…

Eames is this month’s addition to the 10 In 20 recording project. Check out his song, Riot Going On, below; complete with rain gutter reverb:

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3D - Official Trailer - In Theaters July...

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:07:21 -0500

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3D - Official Trailer - In Theaters July 3rd (by SonyPictures)

Looks like letting Marc Webb direct a Spider-Man movie was a good idea…

What does Google think about you

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:59:42 -0500

Everybody knows that Google collects info from your Google searches (uh oh!) to tailor ads to you. Well, you can go here and see exactly what demographic they think you fit into. Below is a screenshot of how they categorize me. It was all pretty spot on if not a little broad - except for the body building and football bits. Also, it didn’t mention me being super sexy. Apparently it’s not a fool proof system.

Also, I’m obviously older than the age demographic they put me in, but I’m also extremely immature, so it works out.

The Bread Box — a new type of development for Lexington

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:38:00 -0500

The Bread Box — a new type of development for Lexington:

I’m in love with this idea - The old Rainbo Bread factory has been converted into a space that houses local community minded organizations and businesses. One such business is Cricket Press, a local couple that creates independent comics and concert posters. Another is the West Sixth Brewing Company - a local craft brewery. Comics and beer. In one building. Why don’t I live there?

"We can’t introduce anything new until we’re fluent in the language of our domain…..."

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:44:27 -0500

“We can’t introduce anything new until we’re fluent in the language of our domain… Bob Dylan’s first album contained eleven cover songs, Richard Pryor began his stand up career doing a not very good imitation of Bill Cosby, and Hunter S. Thompson retyped the Great Gatsby just to get the feel of writing a great novel.”

- Kirby Ferguson, Everything Is a Remix

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Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:37:34 -0500

Here’s where I lose some nerd standing: I just don’t...

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:14:00 -0500

Here’s where I lose some nerd standing: I just don’t care about Star Wars. Loved it as a kid, but beyond the occasional twinge of nostalgia and the imprint of slave-girl-Leia on my pubescent brain, I really couldn’t care less these days. And the new stuff? It’s just kinda boring and self-important.

That being said, I love Frank Quitely drawing anything - especially waters I’ve never seen him dip his toe in. So, because of that, I love this Frank Quitely Star Wars drawing.

Back about your business.

"Under the proposed pilot program, as many as 18 food vendors with proper permits could get into a..."

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:18:47 -0500

“Under the proposed pilot program, as many as 18 food vendors with proper permits could get into a rotation at as many as eight locations: in public spaces on Limestone in front of the courthouses; on Mill Street near the Fifth Third Bank Building; on Upper Street along the CentrePointe block; and, for carts only, on Vine and Quality streets near the Transit Center and on Main Street at the corners of both Upper Street and Limestone.”

- Food trucks may be coming to Lexington!

2011 Reel

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:30:14 -0500

So this is a short reel I put together from my professional work over the past year. The only clip I wasn’t paid for was from a Sunday Valley concert, but they asked to use it on their Youtube page and I liked the clip, so I included it as well.

Everything was shot with a Canon T2i and created with Photoshop and After Effects and Edited in Premiere Pro.

Most people put together reels to show potential employers - while I am gainfully and happily employed, I do take on the occasional freelance job (minus weddings. I don’t do weddings) so if you need some work done, feel free to drop me a line at patchdrury at gmail dot com.

Also, there is no Patchworks Films, it’s just something pretentious I put at the beginning. Films…

charactermodel: Clark Kent by Frank Quitely [ All Star Superman...

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:58:27 -0500

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Clark Kent by Frank Quitely [ All Star Superman ]

One of the greatest things ever.

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Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:19:37 -0500

I really got into the WTF podcast there for a while because I...

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:03:00 -0500

I really got into the WTF podcast there for a while because I found the comedy craft talk very interesting, but then kind of drifted away from it. Now, I just saw this…

You Are What You Eat - 2011

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:33:00 -0500

Earlier in the year I posted a quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” Makes sense. Here’s what shaped and fashioned me this year:

Early in the year I discovered Film Riot - an internet video podcast starring Ryan Connely and his crew of misfit filmmakers. Every week they dissect film making techniques - often by tackling requests sent in by readers to figure out how to reproduce big budget effects on a DIY budget. They never fail to be entertaining or useful.

I also found Vimeo’s Video School to be pretty useful. The information there can be a little elementary at times, but since they seek to address aspiring filmmakers at every experience level, that only make sense.

Moving from the web to television, Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations was essential viewing. I’ve always loved the show, but this year, in it’s seventh season, it took on an almost religious significance for me. It started with the Haiti episode. There was just something about the scene where Bourdain tried to buy food for a bunch of hungry kids and inadvertantly caused a minor riot - his willingness to show how a seemingly benign act of philanthropy could spin out of control, that our actions, no matter how pure hearted, do not exist in a contextless vacuum. It felt like journalism. It felt like a man making television with nothing to prove. If you can take that kind of honesty and couple it with food porn that’s good TV.

This year also saw the release of a second show from Bourdain called The Layover. It’s presumably filmed on Bourdain’s actual layovers as he travels the globe filming No Reservations. It features Bourdain telling you the best places to eat, sleep, and drink in various cities. It’s No Reservation’s less heady, less serious little brother. I wasn’t hooked by the first episode (Singapore). No problem, I thought, I still have No Reservations. No sense being greedy. But the second episode featured Bourdain in New York, his home base, and it was awesome. It was a Bourdain we rarely see; smiling, comfortable, almost giddy. The best part was him arguing with some poor schlub in hamburger joint about whether you could get good sushi in New York. Hooked.

The Layover features a very different editing style from No Reservations. One I stole from liberally (though poorly)

Moving from the small screen to the big one - I saw a lot of movies in the theater this year - but not nearly enough for my liking - and not nearly enough that really blew my socks off. Here’s what I saw that I liked, though:

Thor and Captain America were both childhood dreams come true, Hanna kept me glued to the screen and looked nice doing it, X-Men: First Class was a nice way to re-imagine a dull franchise, Horrible Bosses was genuinely funny (instead of genuinely grueling like The Hangover 2), True Grit was the western we’ve all wanted for a few years now, and Driver was unexpectedly stylish, compelling, and sad (it’s larger here by random, not because it was my favorite movie by any means).

Musically, I had a lot of favorite bands release new albums this year but none of them truly stood out for me. Instead the highlights of my year musically were all live. First of all there was seeing The Mountain Goats live for the first time at Mercy Lounge in Nashville. Sara loves John Darnielle but had kind of a bad night so out of respect of her, I won’t go on and on about this one:

Next was discovering local boy made good, Vandaveer. Sara and I had a front row table for his show at Natasha’s back in the summer. It was the perfect way to experience a perfect show:

Later in the summer my friends Dan and Jen and I sat with about 30 other people at The Green Lantern and got to hear These United States rehearse a bunch of new songs before taking them into the studio. As far as good shows go, you can’t get much better than that:

Finally, my buddy Paul had his birthday party at Cosmic Charlies at the end of the summer on the same night that one of his favorite bands, Ha Ha Tonka was playing. The band not only sang Happy Birthday to Paul, they let him get on stage and mumble into a microphone for about the minutes while they played. Nicest band ever? Quite possibly:

Oh yeah! I almost forgot! This was also the year that my favorite local band, Sunday Valley, released their first new material in years. It was a great album and cause for celebration:

I watch a lot of TV, see a lot of movies, and listen to a lot of music in a given year - but more than any of those, I read comics. All kinds of comics. What did I read this year that I loved? Glad you asked. 2011 saw the release of the first new issues of Casanova in years. Issue 2, by creators Matt Fraction and Gabriel Ba, in particular was comic book magic:

Fraction is my favorite writer in comics. As such, he created more than one book I really liked this year. For instance, his third issue of Mighty Thor was probably the best comic I read all year. It had it all: Norse Gods in space armor, Galactus, naked sword play, Silver Surfer saying cool stuff, Olivier Coipel. That’s a comic!

Other things I loved: Supernatural western, Sixth Gun from Oni Press

Mini comic Wolves from Becky Cloonan:

Weird fantasy book Orc Stain:

There was tons more, but space is limited.

What about books without pictures?

Anthony Bourdain makes good TV and writes good books. This year I read and loved his memoirs Medium Raw:

I also thoroughly enjoyed Blood, Bones & Butter, by chef Gabriel Hamilton:

Notice how both the books I mentioned were more or less about food? I love food. So it only make sense to mention some of the great meals I had this year. Cooking is as much of an art as writing or creating music or films after all.

This year Sara and I discovered Nick Ryan’s Saloon in downtown Lexington and had the best braised short ribs ever:

Our other great discovery was Nicaraguan Latin Grille, a little whole in the wall that blew out socks off:

We also went to Azure, home of local culinary star, Jermy Ashby, and had an incredible seven course meal. Below is just one of the delicious plates:

Then there was Hawaii. We had a lot of great Hawaiin food. Too much to get into, but suffice to say, I now have a deep abiding appreciation for macaroni salad:

There were tons more from tons of great restaurants like Cheng’s , Pho BC, Sam’s Hot Dogs, Planet Thai, Ramirez’ Taqueria, Local Taco, Doodles, Rossi’s, Ramsey’s, Winchell’s, Marikka’s, and El Rancho Tapitio.

Well, that’s it. That was what I ate in 2011. That’s what I loved, took in, digested, and was shaped by. Except for the dozen or so things I will think of as soon as I hit the “post” button.

On to 2012!

Keep ‘em by the door. (Taken with instagram)

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:25:39 -0500

Keep ‘em by the door. (Taken with instagram)

10 in 20 - Fanged Robot

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:49:00 -0500

Newest video/single from the Lexington 10 in 20 project. This one is from Fanged Robot AKA Robby Cosenza. Robby is a Lexington staple and can be seen on stage all around town playing multiple instruments for multiple acts. He’s also the drummer for the phenomenally talented These United States. Here’s his song Let The Countdown Count Me. Give it a listen, it’s great.

Also, the video for this one is particularly great.

So we found these at Sara’s mom’s house today. ...

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:41:00 -0500

So we found these at Sara’s mom’s house today. (Taken with instagram)