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Trainhoppin’ Hobo Film

Mark — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:12:41 +0000

My friend Scott is trying his hand at indie film distribution and Train on the Brain is the first film he’s putting out (it’s available for purchase on DVD on the site). Scott’s all about alternative living. We’re kindred spirits in that regard. This film probably won’t disappoint on that front. Women filming themselves hopping trains around America. Excellent. Gritty.

Long time readers of my blog know that I love train hopping stories!

From the site:

Filmmaker Alison Murray drops out of the rat race, grabs a camera, and hits the rails with some other punk kids on a trans-continental freight train hopping epic. On their odyssey they encounter a cast of hobos and runaways, scallywags and castaways, finding adventure at every turn. Amidst run-ins with the law, and surviving the perils of the elements, Alison weaves an epic narration over beautifully shot film and video with an old-time soundtrack by Beck (think Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly). Train On The Brain was originally produced for Channel 4 UK by MJW Productions, and was Alison Murray’s first documentary film before directing Mouth to Mouth starring Ellen Page. Train On The Brain is hollywoodcansuckit.com’s first film release.

I’m Diggin’ Surfwise

Mark — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:00:57 +0000

A family band piles in a van and spends their life surfing and traveling, documents it all on sexy 8- and 16mm film. Can’t get much better than that, folks. The film comes out in a limited release over the course of the summer. It’ll be here in Philly starting June 20th at the Ritz at the Bourse. I’m so there.

Also, here’s the website, but beware: nasty browser resizing, ugh! Surfwise

Site Updates!

Mark — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:48:21 +0000

Hey everyone. As you see, I did a major overhaul of my blog this evening. It’s been a long time coming, things were getting mighty stale around here.

First, I’m back to white! Also, a new header image up there is a photo we took on our ‘spontaneous road trip to cape may‘ back in late November. Pretty cool, huh?

Secondly, for all you blog nerds out there, I’ve ditched K2 in favor of a personally modified version of WordPress Default. I did so because I wanted to add some new plugins friends of mine are developing. One of those, for example, is the Viddler Video Commenting plugin. Now you can leave me video comments right here in the blog (if you have a Viddler account, which you should, they rule).

So bear with me as I ditch the bugs that I’m sure are still rooting around here in the code. And heck, if you see anything wonky, shoot me a line, eh?