I sat down this weekend with Andrew and Breezy, who run the pretty amazing shop Needles and Pens in San Francisco. We talked for a little bit, I shot a bunch of video, and I put it together into this little four minute profile, accompanied by the musical stylings of Dianogah.
Watch by clicking here, because my own site can't embed this video!
I just finished creating this for the band imadethismistake. They're from Florida and are releasing their next album "tomorrow, we start new" on Valiant Death Records and Bonfire Club Records.
You can preorder the album now, or wait for it to "drop" on CD and vinyl next month.
indieWIRE has an interesting article written by Brian Newman of NVR (National Video Resources, media granting arm of the Rockefeller Foundation) on the reasons behind the decline of nonprofit membership organizations for independent film and media. A lot of the points, taken separately, seem like pretty common sense stuff, but taken as a whole they present a very cogent picture of where and why certain strategies fail and others work. Don't miss the comments, either. They're all really insightful, and will give you an idea of the bigger picture behind the support structure for the independent film community. A compellingly odd take on why people are choosing DIY.
out now