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VIDEO: The Alyona Show 6-20-12
For the third straight week, The Alyona Show on RT (state-owned Russian Television in America) asked me to come on for the light-hearted Happy Hour segment, in which we poke fun at select news stories. This week, a bit of a wrinkle happened. Normally, the producer, Patrice (the young lady who “discovered” me) sends me [...]
VIDEO: The Alyona Show 6-13-12
Here’s my second appearance on Russia TV’s The Alyona Show, for their Happy Hour segment. Topics were a Pew survey that says kids are less likely to believe in God, Groupon naming your baby, merch for that 50 Shades of Gray novel, and some kid who got caught overpreparing to cheat on a test. I [...]
VIDEO: The Alyona Show debut
Well, it finally happened. All this goofing around with the camera, microphone, stand-up, and sketch writing converged to present me with the opportunity to be one of my favorite near-meaningless titles in pop culture, the “social commentator.” A few weeks ago, I was on the National Mall and a female roving reporter approached me for [...]
Artomatic 2012 Official Preview
Thanks to our contributions to the Pink Line Project (yes, we’re still working on developing that “around town”-style TV show), we were asked by Artomatic to shoot, edit, and produce a preview trailer for the return of the anything goes arts festival this summer. We shot about 3 hours of footage for the this 90-second [...]
Walmart and Monsanto: A Love Story
A few weeks ago, I was asked to put together a short video poking fun at the new, controversial relationship between agricultural giant Monsanto and the world’s biggest private employer, Walmart. The concept we came up with was a parody of celebrity gossip show, TMZ, which we renamed CCZ. A few volunteers developed a couple [...]
Music Video for The Beanstalk Library
Last weekend (Jan 21), I headed over to my friend Ryan Walker’s apt in Arlington to film his band, The Beanstalk Library, at rehearsal. He’d had an idea to put together a video of them covering R.E.M.’s “World Leader Pretend” live in the living room. The proceedings had a wintery vibe to them, with fresh [...]
DC Beer Documentary – Trailer #2
I finally got some time with DC Brau, who broke the decades-old microbrewery dryspell in the District upon opening its doors in NE DC in 2011. First, I stopped into their Saturday afternoon growler hours a few weeks ago on their busiest day at the brewery, according to Brandon. They were previewing their new Thyme [...]
DC Beer Documentary – Trailer #1
I’ve been kicking this idea for a couple of months, talking to some local folks and casually assembling resources and research: DC hasn’t had its own microbrewery in decades and in 2011, three launched inside the district (with a fourth, Port City in Alexandria VA, leading the way). Why has this happened, exactly? Craft beer [...]
VIDEO: The Alyona Show 6-28-12
Well, it feels like a regular gig now, being on The Alyona Show’s Happy Hour segment for the fourth straight week. This time, I got paired up with RT producer Andrew Blake, and I think the interplay was tighter and quicker, since we both appear to have more to say than there’s time for. For [...]
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