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Notes
from Austin Volume 2 #33
LODGER's Note
Our coverage of the Austin Film Festival 2000 begins soon. Please,
keep checking out the site!
I got to cohost Episode #37 of LubeTV which should air here
soon on ACAC. For some reason, ACAC can't seem to get episode
35 aired! The first week it was supposed to air, they accidentally
aired episode 33 again. Then, last week, they didn't even air
anything. Some weird old boxing video thing ran instead. When
are these guys going to get it together. Mark Brauner, who produces
and hosts the show seems to be only mildly chagrined by the
mix ups, but if I were he, I would be irate! This is inexcusable.
If and when Episode 37 airs, I will be on the couch with
Mark while we show a Bowie video ("Boys Keep Swinging"), a
short film called "The Rinse Cycle" and another short film
from the folks who made "Pull My Finger" called "A Screaming
Chigger Production." Trish the dish and Alan Campbell also
make cameo appearances.
After the shoot, Mark, Alan and I went to Katz's and had
a late dinner. Alan is really hard to get used to, he talks
rather slow and purposeful, but once he loosens up, he's really
easy to get along with. Mark and I, of course, just really
click. I think the episode is going to rock. I got to cohost
because John Christensen, who normally does the honors, is
quite busy working on the "Jesse James" film (now called "American
Outlaws," blech) outside of Austin.
Lube TV airs Wednesday nights at 11pm on channel 10, directly
after the "Reel Deal." At least it does when ACAC doesn't
screw up!
Sunday night I went to The Atomic Cafe for the Suburbia retro
new wave/dance night. It was really fun and the music was awesome.
The place was packed! Lowell, who runs the place, was working
the bar for some reason. Every time I've met him and talked
to him, I don't care much for him. His bar rocks, though.
I think they've cut out doing Glam Slam on Wednesday nights
however, because it just didn't pull in any people. Of course,
their DJ's sucked. Now Wednesday at Atomic is just being hyped
as "Ladies Night." How original.
A friend of mine recently extolled the joys of going to Hippy
Hollow. He said it was best to go in the early mornings as it
was less crowded and less cruisey. I'd like to go, but I don't
think I could get naked in front of people. That's too strange
for me.
ACAC keeps showing this show that, I think is about Buddhism.
Last time I saw it, it was on Tuesday night at 8 or 9pm. I can't
remember if it was on 10 or 11. There is a blonde lady and she
talks and works one on one with members of the audience. I don't
know what the name of the show is, but the place or center where
they meet, I believe is called Sat Sun or something like that.
For some reason, even though this woman is soft spoken and seemingly
so peaceful as to be zombielike at times, she still reaches
me. The message she brings and the ideas she discusses cut into
me like the most promising of truths. It's amazing. If you wanted
to think of her as cultish, it would be easy to do so, but for
some reason she really speaks to me.
Watching her talk one on one to people in the group, who
come and sit on stage with her, is just truly amazing. It
really makes me happy and peaceful and joyous to watch this
show. But I am so repulsed by any sort of organized religion
that it is hard for me to relax and simply accept the teachings.
I'm trying. I'm so opposed to organized religion that I can't
even force myself to say I want to be a Buddhist. I just want
to know more about it. I feel like adopting a religious dogma
is like subjugating or surrendering a piece of my individuality.
But Buddhism even negates these feelings by saying that they
are simply feelings. They are not important. It's weird. I
want to know more.
Can you be a Buddhist and still critique films?
Tuesday night, I went to the Flamingo Cantina to see Hobble.
Hobble rocks, in case you did not know and they are the most
thrashing, hard working, tight little combo to play out in Austin
regularly in my book. I got there a bit early and checked out
the opening act, The Krumbums. The lead singer has a mohawk.
The guitarist has a spiky haircut. The were typical punk rock
wannabee clothes yet have the balls to do a song called "Fashion
Police." These guys are angry, really angry, but for the life
of me I cannot figure out why. I didn't car for them much. Their
rock had a spirit of violence and hate rather than the spirit
of fun.
Oriah came up and said hi while the Gungans were playing.
He's always so happy and beaming. It is always cool to hang
with him. We talked a bit and he explained who some of the
bands were to me. The Gungans are Hobble's drummer's old band.
They hadn't played together in quite a while. Then Sunspot,
the band who played next, were also a reunited band of sorts
that had something to do with Hobble's drummer. I think, maybe,
that the drummer of Hobble, Gene Loncon, is in a Minutemen
tribute band (Sunday nights at 710) with one of the guys in
Sunspot. Sunspot, like Gungan, was an old band reunited for
this one gig, I believe. I was pretty drunk by this time,
so I may have mixed some of this up. Anyway, although I didn't
particularly think either of these bands were something to
write home about, Gungan did, once again, prove what an awesome
drummer Loncon is and his important to the unified thrash
of Hobble cannot be underestimated. While Oriah's overwhelming
personality of bright light and showmanship is the driving
force of the band, it is Loncon's drums, augmented by Tom
Balentine's thudding basslines, that pull the whole unit together
into a cohesive ball of thwack.
Oriah and the boys proved yet again that they are worthy
of every praise heaped upon them on this particular night.
My only problem with their sets are they just aren't long
enough. At least my extended favorites (and by this I mean
songs over 3 minutes) like "Backward DJ," "8 Track Tape Player"
and "The Cowboy Song" worked their way into the set. Oriah
told me that the band recently committed the latter, one of
Miss Xanna Dont's faves, to tape at a studio. It is one of
their best songs, for sure.
Oriah also told me that he is dating a young female filmmaker
whom I met with him recently. Her name is Valerie and her
short film "Kill Your Boyfriend" was recently accepted to
a film festival in Seattle, in addition to being screened
online at ifilm.com. She and Oriah will be traveling there
during the week of AFF to screen the film to the Pacific Northwesterners.
He's such a busy boy.
After the Hobble gig, I was drunk and hungry so I went through
the drive thru at Jack in the Box. This guy asked me if he could
get in my car and order some food, because they wouldn't let
him order at the window without a car. Like an idiot, I said
"sure." The guy was a little older and looked pretty poor. We
talked a bit and at some point he said something weird about
"having sex in a car" or something. It was creepy. Luckily,
the food came right about then and he got out. Talk about a
wake up call for not driving drunk!
I saw Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks's son on "Rosie" the other day
and my gaydar went ding ding ding! He stars in this WB TV show
called "Roswell." I looked around on the net and a few places
mentioned that he dates an actress named Busy Phillips but...
Anyway, he was cute and genuine and fun. He's going to be a
big star.
And that's a wrap for this week! lodger2000
Lodger's
Notes: (New 10-9-00)
I feel like adopting a religious dogma is like subjugating or
surrendering a piece of my individuality. But Buddhism even
negates these feelings by saying that they are simply feelings.
They are not important. It's weird. I want to know more. Can
you be a Buddhist and still critique films? Including
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