Something's Brewing Interview - July 6, 2015 at 11:30AM

It is a great honor to be asked to be a guest on the blog talk radio show Something's Brewing devised, created and hosted by Casey McDougal and John Henry Soto!

My friend Casey who, I believe will be hosting the show on her own tomorrow, was forced to find a guest from the bottom of the barrel and of course, I said, "Yes!"

It's not everyday that such a talented, actor, producer, director and writer invites you on her show so I accepted the offer before the words were even completely out.

Casey was one of my co-stars in my farce comedy, The Girl of His Dreams. Since then her star has risen fast and furious. She wrote, produced, directed and starred in her award winning web series Holding and won a Emmy Award for something else she produced!

So my plan is to try and hitch my wagon to her train and pick up any scraps of celebrity I can get. Just don't tell her that.

I must stop writing now, so I can plan my witty comments and pithy comebacks for the show tomorrow. Hopefully, everyone will listen in, either to the show live tomorrow, or at your own convenience by streaming it later. Wish me luck...

LISTEN HERE: JULY, 6 2015 AT 11:30 AM TO SOMETHING'S BREWING!!! 

A New Project...

It's been awhile since I did some writing, but today the writing began to flow! I finally started setting to paper an idea for a stage play which I came up with over a decade ago. 

It's a comedy, or at least is meant to be. Didn't write dozens of pages, but it is more than I have written in a long while. I won't say what it is just yet, but I do intend to continue working on it, until I have a completed something.

The whole reason I started thinking about a play idea I came up with so long ago, was because I started getting the whole theater thing going again and auditioned for a couple of farces in the past ten days.

When things slow down for me in one form of acting I get the urge to try another play. The last stage production I was in was back in 2010; five years ago. At the time, I didn't plan on doing another play again. But, hey, in five years, things can change. Of course, my prediction could hold true, if I can't get cast in anything!

"The Deserter" - Book Mention

My silent, comedy feature, The Deserter, what I call A Revolutionary Comedy! - was mentioned in a book sometime back entitled Colonial America  by Deirdre Clancy Steer and Amela Baksic.

Many other period movies and television productions are listed also, but, I consider it an honor that my little film The Deserter shares a page with The Adam's Chronicles, Mel Gibson's The Patriot and The Last of the Mohicans!

For those who have no idea what The Deserter is here is a preview of it.

It has been described as a "silent comedy," a "comedy-drama," a "masterpiece," "a remake," (which it isn't) and just about everything under the sun. One thing it hasn't been called, at least to my knowledge, is "unoriginal." And for that I am proud, because there really isn't another film out there quite like it.

It is a silent film with music, but with no inter-titles, even Keaton used inter-titles for his masterpiece The General. The Director's Cut has a 12 minute long battle scene which follows the ebb and flow of an 18th Century battle. The music utilized is ragtime and 18th Century fife and drum. It might not be for everyone, but I am still excited when I think back on the years I labored making it.

I was lucky to have some great actors and hams to act in it! Some very generous and funny people. Unhappily, a few have passed away, but I am still in communication with some of them.

For those interested in buying a copy of the film (I made up a second printing) it can be purchased at various websites including...

Amazon.com

Amazon.ca

eBlujay

Ebay

'Cause I've Got Somethin' To Say - "Threat"

I had my world premiere showing of my AWESOME (If I do say so myself!) film The Girl of His Dreams. While in the parking lot, of the building where I was setting up for the the world shattering release of my (Did I already say, "awesome?") I encountered a woman, who was with her young daughter, who became angered after reading one of my bumper stickers.

What she said next left me stunned. For the full story watch my latest installment of 'Cause I've Got Somethin' To Say entitled Threat, which was inspired by the above mentioned event! In it I call the Secret Service to report a threat against You-Know-Who!

A Celebrity Endorsement?!

What? A celebrity endorsement for one of my films? See who it is and what's going on here:

A Film I'm In, Will Be Showing At The Miami Web Fest!

My friend Casey McDougal will be showing two episodes of her awesome webseries at the Miami Web Fest! Congrats Casey!

Episode 6, of Holding and the mini-sode, "Behind the Scenes."   "Behind the Scenes," is the one where I play the obnoxious cable access host, Myron Morland who interviews Casey!

Yeah, "obnoxious," so that role wasn't much of a stretch for me!

Watch  the mini-episode here:

The Great Riverboat Race of 1870!

A great riverboat race took place from June 30 to July 4, 1870. It was between two opulent steamboats, the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee. It started in New Orleans and ended in St. Louis.

I won't give the winner of the race here, instead I'll suggest you read the article Waiting For the Robert E. Lee at Yankee Jazz Beat!

On a personal note my great great grandfather Frank Wecker who had been a drummer boy from Kentucky during the Civil War, after the war actually found himself working on the famous riverboat Robert E. Lee.

There are also a couple of jazz tunes tied in with this famous race!