Pirate man,Is using hands,While digging cities' garbage cans.Sucking Blood,Rolling Mud,Eating - Breathing, The cities' sludge.There he sleeps,On cracked concreteWakes up wide-eyed, incomplete.With a shopping cart,He's modern art,Grudgingly fed from the bottom of our hearts.Worn out soulsIn both heart and shoes.But never stole,That he can't use...
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Modern Pirate: By Lannon McGregor
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Incumbent Beware! By Mike Gillis
- challenger's name- smiling headshot of the challenger- challenger's slogan in a pleasing and easy to read fontThe only, and exceedingly rare, variations to this formula are the image of the "challenger giving a thumbs up" and a small graphic flourish, like a star or a check mark.That's weak. Modern voters want a little 'pizazz' in their campaign propaganda.
Three Ways to Make a Not Very Interesting Film More Interesting By : Mike Gillis
•1. Add screen crosshairs. You know in a spy flick, when a sniper looks through his eyepiece, and it shows you what he's seeing with the crosshairs superimposed? Do that, but superimpose the crosshairs over the WHOLE MOVIE, even if it's not a spy flick. Especially if it's not a spy flick. This will give the audience a feeling of constant anticipation, like, "When's he gonna shoot these people?". But, since it's the audience who are peering down through the crosshairs, this technique may also add an existential element to the picture, like, "When are WE gonna shoot these people?". That's way more interesting.
•2. Add a CG ghost of a deceased person. Not as a character, and not as a part of the plot or narrative; just have them kind of float by at random intervals. Maybe howling and rattling chains if you're feeling dramatic. The trick to making this method work is absolute denial. When people/the press come up to you after a screening and say, "Man, that CG ghost of John Candy was weird", hit them with a confused look and claim that you have no idea what they're talking about. Maybe imply that they're crazy if you're feeling dramatic. After doing this a few times the public will pick up on it and conclude that your film must be haunted. And if I learned anything at Bible Camp, it's that haunted = interesting.•3. Try smoking some weed. And throw some boobs in there.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
Signs by Sashi
Image from www.joe-ks.com
Sometimes people head towards perceived destinations believing that all signs they encounter are pointing them in the right direction.
However, some people don’t really know how to read those signs. They end up interpreting them wrongly, thus mistaking the warning signs for welcome signs.
And when they do reach the end of the journey, they find themselves lost and confused, and with nowhere else to go but back from where they came.
Some of these people make further attempts at this journey, again and again, hoping against hope.
While some never take on the open road again.
Trespassers... By Mike Gillis
Image from www.deltapress.com
Trespassers will be:
shot
prosecuted to the full extent of the law
charlie horsed
assholes
haunted. forever
fondled
delighted
added to "the list"
shaved
filled with childlike whimsy
single?
disappointed
filmed and later masturbated to
surprised when they meet SecuroBot
painted, dried, scraped and repainted
delicious
