Oriah Lonsdale, frontman of Hobble!

Mike Flaten, the guitarist for Hobble, was also there so the three of us hung out while waiting for "Memento" to start. Mike directed the Hobble video for "Double Wide," which, of course, stars Oriah. The video was accepted into the SXSW music video program so they got film passes. Michael Bertin of The Austin Chronicle calls the video for "Double Wide," one of the "two real keepers" of the music video showcase. I'm looking forward to seeing it. Some friends of mine have seen it on the Austin Music Channel. It features Oriah as "Rollerboy."

Also sitting next to us was Daniel of the Alamo Drafthouse who somehow got some time off during this busy week to see some films. Daniel told me that Tim and Karrie League, who own the Alamo, are looking into acquiring the recently closed Regal Village 4 on the north side of town. The plan seems to be to open a first run 4 screen that operates much like the Alamo with food and drink. This would be an awesome undertaking and a really interesting addition to Austin theater venues. I hope that happens. With the recent opening of the Bad Dog Comedy Theater, which features a room where films can be screened and food and drink are served, there could be a glut of such facilities in town. But I think there is plenty of run for such venues here.

After "Memento," I hung out with Oriah and Mike some more.I also saw Harry Knowles and his dad as well as my new friend from the other night who writes for Guerrilla-film.com (or something like that) and Jan, a local film-goer who is at almost every sneak preview and who is friends with Harry.

Matt Dentler of SXSW introduced the director of "Bartleby," Jonthan Parker, and he did a Q&A after the film. Q&A's are so weird; you always get dumbasses who ask the most inane question. When a filmmaker ends a film at a point where any number of things could happen next, he is asking you to decide what YOU think happened next. Do not ask him in a Q&A, "What happened next?" That just shows your stupidity. Someone asked Parker, "Why do you think Bartleby gave up?" which is the whole point of the film. You are supposed to contemplate this question. If Parker had an answer in mind, he would have shown it to us in his film. Jeez.

Oriah and Mike went off to the Alamo after the "Bartleby" screening and I went to the Bad Dog for "Godass." Austinite Bob Ray, who directed "Rock Opera" and who helped with the choice of music videos for SXSW, knows the producer of this film and had mentioned it to me previously. I wanted to see it because Fred Schnieder of the B-52's is in it playing a gay man. This is, of course, not the acting part of the gig for Schnieder as he is an openly gay man. His acting was, of course, trying to deliver dialogue. I saw Bob at the screening and he said hello.

Elena Carr and Maggie Carey, the filmmakers responsible for "Ladyporn"

The director of "Godass," Esther Bell, did a introduction and a Q&A about her film. She also mentioned that her movie had been picked up by Showtime, although she said she won't see any money from it until 2012, and that Indie DVD was also distributing it. Good for her.

Waiting at the Bad Dog for "Ladyporn," I ran into my friend Allan Campbell who often appears on Lube TV with us. I also saw Ryan Williams of the Austin Film Festival (and director of "Daydream" which will be on Lube TV this Wednesday). Angela Lee of SXSW was there to introduce the film. There were a lot of Austin people there because a lot of Austin people are in the film. It was made by two young ladies who go to UT.

After the screening, I ran into Allan again, as he was pimping my site and Lube TV to "Ladyporn" co-director Maggie Carey. Sara and Jason, two folks I met through John Christensen were also there. I got to say hello to Jason but Sara, who was in John's "Handsome Wieners" commercial parody, was running around and I didn't get to see her. I was dog tired, so I excused myself and headed home.

Day three will be a shorty for me as I am sleeping in!

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