Dear Blog, sorry for neglecting you, but I have been busy/lazy when it came to the net lately. No promises on getting back on track with updating you, but I think there’ll be things worth saying soon enough.

I showed my sister some Maximum the Hormone videos last night, and we shared a common moment for an urge… no, a need to mosh to the music. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to tour anywhere outside of Japan at the moment. So I guess I’m just going to have to go to Japan then to see them live

Quick Summary of To Do’s -

• Follow up on ‘Talking to Strangers’ anth (read ‘poke people lots’)
• Finish Editing ‘Clarence’ short film by Aug ‘08
• Complete ‘184′ pitch by Dec ‘08
• Write up ‘A Second Sky’ pitch by Jan ‘09

Had a hectic film shoot weekend (some behind the scenes pic’s posted here). It was very educational to say the least. I was cursing myself for taking on such a huge project when things didn’t go smoothly during those 2 (and a half) days, but now that the hard part is over, I find myself thinking “What should I shoot next summer?”.

I figured I’m going to write something about the film once it’s done, so I may as well do an in depth post once that’s ready to go live, save me blabbering twice about it.

In Other News -

Hmm, let’s see… Oh, FreakAngels just got a little more interesting. It’s free to read, so you really have no excuse not to be following it. I ran into Paul at the DFC launch and we had a nice catch-up. Apparently this comic is taking up a lot of his time, and it really shows why. He’s gone all out on it. Cool stuff. It’s still weird seeing London submerged in water

Sweatdrop Podcast was down for a month due to ODEO’s transition to their new website. It’s up and running again and Episode #13 is now live. Should hopefully have #14 with you by Monday! I just need to finish editing it this weekend.

More up and coming Shakespeare Manga from SelfMadeHero, and Emma announced her involvement with the title “Much Ado About Nothing” and showcased some concept colour art on her site. I must say, that when she showed me the characters in sketch form, I was already sold. It looks like it’s going to be a hoot! There’ll be a plethora of titles coming soon but I can’t really announce any until the artists themselves make them public. You are SO shunned!!

And finally, was invited out to see Hancock tonight. I know that’s not technically news worthy, but I’ve been looking forward to seeing this film for a while, so I’m a little excited XD At least I didn’t do a write up about my 6th viewing of ‘Brick’ and how I really enjoyed listening to Clute and Edwards discussion on their “Out of the Past” podcast, where they broke down every element of the story and the filming of it to show me things I hadn’t even considered before. Like how the introduction scene is so intricately delicious with it’s subtle muted colours and the similar details between the first scene of when Brendan is kneeling down near… woah woah, almost fell into that one!

Okay, end transmission!

Nothing to report for the past week or so here on TellNoLies, as I’ve just been busy with work and general gaming. Stuff’s a brewing though, so hopefully in the new year there’ll be some interesting project stuff to talk about. All I have to say is the new Foo Fighters album is pretty sweet.

I think I like every song on the album. A fan favourite is the song ‘Stranger Things Have Happened’, which has a bunch of renditions of it played by fans on YouTube. I was hoping there was a video for it, but instead, someone just put the actual full track with the album cover up. Well, at least you can give it a listen eh? Enjoy!

I’d always liked the song from the short preview vids of the ‘Little Big Planet‘ game. I found out last night from Dock that the music is actually from a real band, it’s not just a soundtrack. The Go! Team as it turns out are also a UK based band. I’ve been listening to both their albums non-stop since yesterday now. They’re great! If you visit their site, they have some preview tracks playing on it.

If I hear about them playing any local gigs, which seeing as they are UK based, they probably will, I’m going to have to catch me a show!