Brian Flemming's Weblog about me   |   email me W H A T ' S   G O I N G   O N My most recent film, The God Who Wasn't There, is available on DVD at the official site and elsewhere. Bat Boy: The Musical is currently being staged in productions of various sizes around the world. A movie adaptation directed by John Landis is in development, with no casting announced or shooting date set. My next feature film, Danielle, remains in development. Bill Gates is still dead. B L O G R O L L FILMMAKING: Cinema Minima Filmmaker HD for Indies indieWIRE Blogs Hollywood Liberation Army The Movie Marketing Blog FREE CULTURE: Creative Commons Copyfight EFF Deep Links Freedom to Tinker Lawrence Lessig POLITICS: Atrios Daily Howler Orcinus The Raw Story Talking Points Memo OTHER FAVORITES: Boing Boing GreenCine Daily Nora Murphy Pharyngula J O I N Original text in this weblog is licensed under a Creative Commons License A R C H I V E S March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 powered by

« September 2003 | HOME | November 2003 » October 2003 The end of the world Funny. (Flash animation.) (UPDATE: I don't know who made this piece, as all I was sent via an email from a friend was the URL.)... October 31, 2003 Let SAGIndie Casting hamstring your film! Noticed this Screen Actors Guild ad in today's email version of indieWIRE: SAGIndie is proud to announce the launch of SAGIndie Casting, a free web-based casting resource for actors and filmmakers. Available online at www.sagindie.org, SAG Indie Casting allows filmmakers... October 30, 2003 Donald Luskin is a Paul Krugman stalker Hoo-boy. Just catching up with the blogs, and I see that National Review Online writer Donald Luskin, who has habit of stalking New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, has just become the latest in a parade of right-wing pundits embarrassing... October 29, 2003 Back in Blogville So in Seattle my Web access was such that I couldn't blog about how much fun I was having in Seattle, which was a lot. Plus I got stuck there, because the fires here in California delayed my flight. Meanwhile,... October 29, 2003 Nothing So Strange makes history again: First worldwide int Well, at long last, it can be revealed. It went down to the wire, but we did what we wanted to do: We're debuting the film worldwide on the same day that its exclusive theatrical run opens in Seattle. Made... October 23, 2003 The announcement Okay, so changing the world forever isn't as easy as I thought. But I'm working on it. This particular thing is tough because a) Nobody's done it before, and b) Somebody's gonna do it soon because it can be done.... October 21, 2003 Red state, blue state again Not much time for blogging. BIG thing coming up for Nothing So Strange. We will be changing the course of cinema history. Will announce soon, maybe by Friday, definitely by Monday. One important thing about it: October 24. That's the... October 15, 2003 Rush Limbaugh, football and racism I know very little about Rush Limbaugh. A few years back, my clock-radio alarm was somehow set to a station where he broadcasted in the a.m., and I didn't bother to figure out how to change that setting. So every... October 13, 2003 Marriage Protection Week Natalie Davis has some thoughts about why marriage equality should matter to straight people.... October 13, 2003 Mike Davis on the recall The Day of the Locust: [...] When you peer at the dynamics of recall rage up close, the whole phenomenon becomes stranger still. Here in San Diego, where I live and the recall originated, the Schwarzenegger blitzkrieg seemed to suck... October 12, 2003 More suffering is better For the most part I ignore the I'm-proud-to-be-heartless conservatives who dwell at Blogcritics. But a post today about the possible strike by supermarket workers just cries out to be highlighted. It's not just that the writer, Howard Owens, alters facts... October 11, 2003 "Hmm...I don't remember it being that bitter." Ha ha ha ha ha.... October 10, 2003 Dude! Howler is going on sabbatical. Bummer. And "may not even return." Major bummer. Say it ain't so, Bob. (But, of course, thanks for some of the best writing on the media ever.)... October 10, 2003 Sleeves October 10, 2003 Enough already Would you Kucinich supporters please quit flooding me with emails? October 09, 2003 Recall the media Great Howler. Check it out.... October 09, 2003 Shut up shut up shut up shut up! Well, okay, he doesn't say his trademark phrase, but Bill O'Reilly does storm out of this interview with host Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air yesterday. 40 minutes. RealPlayer. Priceless. (Thanks to Joe Conason for the pointer. And Steve Rhodes... October 09, 2003 Joe Conason on the Arnold recall What Joe says makes some sense: According to the state Constitution, Arnold Schwarzenegger will be vulnerable to a new recall petition within 90 days -- which means, as Kos pointed out this morning, that the filing could take place just... October 09, 2003 Five reasons not to recall Arnold Schwarzenegger I'm coming around to the anti-recall-Arnold perspective. This page of mine is now one of the more popular destinations for recall-Arnold fury. The emails have been pouring in at around ten per hour--each one volunteering time and/or money to the... October 08, 2003 Around the blogs on Governor-elect Schwarzengroper Summary: Davis had it coming, it's the media's fault, recall Arnold, don't recall Arnold. Atrios: What a Night I hope I didn't do anything stupid. Anyway, I had optimistically predicted that Davis would survive. I based that on one major... October 08, 2003 California Governor Gray Davis' concession speech In case you missed it. The soundbites on the news don't really capture the full essence... GRAY DAVIS: It has been my privilege to serve the State of California for 25 years, during which time I have met folks from... October 07, 2003 Recall election results From the Secretary of State. Refresh your browser often.... October 07, 2003 Stop this man Your polling place can be found here. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. UPDATE: Reuters: California Race Too Close to Call as Polls Open UPDATE 2: Posted some Recall Election Day photos. UPDATE 3: Check out... October 07, 2003 It depends on what the meaning of the word "coached" is NewsMax, in its desperate right-wing fashion, is reporting that one of Arnold's grope victims was "coached to come forward" by a Democratic party "operative." Though California Gov. Gray Davis says his campaign has nothing to do with stories painting Arnold... October 06, 2003 Wilsongate timeline One of my favorite real-journalist-type bloggers, Mark A.R. Kleiman, has a timeline of the White House response to Wilsongate, aka Plamegate, aka Intimigate, aka Enoughwiththefuckinggatealreadygate. Mark's timeline isn't quite as comprehensive as my detailed, day-by-day chronology, but it's worth checking... October 05, 2003 Schwarzenegger and Enron As other commentators have noted, meeting with Ken Lay at the height of the California energy crisis is a bit like meeting with Osama bin Laden on the afternoon of 9-11. Yet Arnold Schwarzenegger did just that. There has been... October 05, 2003 Comments--still working on it I really do want to get comments working again. As I wrote about here, apparently what I need to do is "export" a file called "comments.db" and then "import" it, and that may fix the problem. It sounds easy until... October 04, 2003 Put your free weekend minutes to work Feeling helpless as you watch the State of California try to elect a toy governor? Don't. MoveOn.org has made it easy for you to participate in a phone-bank program right from the convenience of your own home, or wherever you... October 03, 2003 Recall Governor Schwarzenegger! [UPDATE: Post-election, I've determined that a Recall Arnold movement would not be a good idea. I explain why here.] Dear Schwarzenegger supporter, Here's a snapshot from California's future. Next year's March 2 ballot. Page 2: "Shall ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER be recalled... October 03, 2003 Nude pictures of Joseph Wilson and Valerie Plame Yep, that's right. You heard they existed, and here they are in all their glory: nude photos of former ambassador Joseph Wilson and his CIA-operative wife Valerie Plame, two of the central figures in the scandal that has gripped the George W. Bush White House. Speaking of bush, check out Picture #3... October 02, 2003 The Gropenator Arnold had hoped that the short run-up to the election would keep his past from coming to light. But an avalanche of revelations begins today. L.A. Times: Six women who came into contact with Arnold Schwarzenegger on movie sets, in... October 02, 2003 New pix at buzznet October 01, 2003 76 Days July 14, 2003. President Bush discovers a breach of national security. Two "senior administration officials" have apparently exposed the identity of a covert CIA operative while attempting to discredit one of Bush's critics. President Bush immediately swings into action to... October 01, 2003 Atheists will burn in Hell But Christians will get to party with Johnny Cash. October 01, 2003 Enough with the politics Okay, I promise to be obsessed with politics only until October 7 (recall election day). After that, Brian Flemming's Weblog will go back to its usual mix of politics and self-promotion. Speaking of which, if things go my way: October... October 01, 2003 Photo story, Howard Dean in L.A. Took the Red Line to Union Station, where the Howard Dean fundraiser was in full swing. Howard Dean, Rob Reiner and Martin Sheen were there. I'll write more about it after I sleep, but for now, here are the pictures.... October 01, 2003

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