Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo.
This is what Joss Whedon was working on during the writers strike. I thought it looked hilarious and think you should check it out. It is coming to your computer screen starting July 15th. for more info go here and here.
It's also Sherry's Birthday, so go wish her a happy one.
I often post about politics on this blog though I'm trying to cut back. I just thought this video was pretty rad. To learn more about this video click here. Don't forget to vote Obama in November! Rock teh Vote Bitches!!!
Sorry that the posts on this site have been few and far between, but we are in the process of moving. Killer SandBox Productions will finish the move to its new home this weekend. If you are lucky, I will be posting before pictures of the new place tomorrow.
-Benjamin
RIOT FEST 2008
Riot Fest has just confirmed that legendary punk band ALL will be reuniting for Riot Fest 2008, October 10 - 12, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. The band will be reuniting with the Allroy's Revenge, Allroy Saves, Perculator and Trailblazer lineup, which includes Scott Reynolds (vocals), Bill Stevenson (drums), Karl Alvarez (guitar) and Stephen Egerton (bass). This ALL lineup has not performed together in 20 years.
"Stephen is going to jump a motorcycle over 10 flaming school buses, then save all the children inside them before they burn up! Bill is going to levitate, then disappear, then reappear on Karl's shoulders who will be riding a unicycle on a tightrope made from dental floss suspended 100 ft. above the stage. And I'm going to give one lucky audience member a makeover that will take 10 years off his/her appearance! So we better start practicing!! Everybody should come because it's going to rock sooo hard," said Reynolds of the band's reunion.
Riot Fest is planning many other additional surprises and reunions in the upcoming months, but wanted the ALL/Descendents fans to know about the reunion in advance so they can make the proper arrangements to see this one-off reunion.
Because of this, tickets for ALL's Riot Fest 2008 mainstage performance (October 12, 2008 at the Congress Theatre) will go on sale Thursday, April 24 2008 at 8:00 am (CST) on www.indietickets.com for the weekend or until these limited tickets sell out.
They love me, They really love me. Today at work I was fortunate enough to hold Barry Morrow's Best screenplay Oscar for the screenplay "Rain Man" which he later gave to Kim Peek. That could have been the closest I will ever come to an Oscar, and I didn't even have a speech prepared. It was only in my possession for roughly 7 seconds, but it was still pretty damn sweet. I would have held it longer had I not been working on a live newscast at the time. News waits for no man! Perhaps one of my very own may grace my mantle someday.
For those of you who are unfamiliar with Kim Peek, he was the person who Dustin Hoffman modeled the character Raymond after in the 1989 movie "Rain Man". The guy is amazing. I read on the internets that he has read more than 9000 books and can recall virtually every fact from them. He says he simultaneously reads one page with his left eye and the other page with his right eye. Kim and his father were in Madison today for the Wisconsin Medical Society Foundation's Annual Fundraiser, and they stopped by the studio this morning. If you want to watch the interview, you can find it here
We are slowly chipping away to 100 posts, so stay tuned for that.
I would like to introduce you to the newest member of Killer SandBox family. This is Bella. She was given up by her previous family cause she slept with the baby. Weighing in at 2 ponds 7 ounces (I made that figure up, I have no idea how much she weighs) she is rather small for a three-year-old.
She can be a sweetheart, but she hasn't quite adjusted to Frank yet. Even though Frank is four times her size, she still managed to come out on top as the undisputed champion of the Killer SandBox household.
*Disclaimer this is an unpublished and unfinished post from way back in February of 06 when I used to work at K Mart. I am trying to get to 100 posts, but can't do so officially if some of my earlier works never see the light of day. This is post 90. It is what it is, enjoy. End of Disclaimer*
Why does everyone think I'm going to Hell? In the past couple weeks I have received two pamphlets warning me of it's Eternal Fireyness. Is it something about the way I look, the length of my hair, the fact that I eat babies while listening to Metalica? What makes me a target for these religious nuts?
You know what? I'm glad that I am going to HELL, cause I don't think I really want to spend an eternity with those unrelenting, fanatical, pamphlet pushing freaks!
I promise I will have a real post up by the end of the week which may or may not involve a cat.
I'm adding a Screening room for ALL of my short films in the sidebar. I will add a new one every couple weeks until I run out and need to shoot something else. Most of them will ALL ready be up on Youtube, but now you will be able to view them in much better quality and, as an added bonus, you never have to leave the SandBox.
This film entitled "The SandBox" is the film that started it ALL. This was the first thing I shot in college before I was a film major (I changed my major a lot) This is a reedit of the original which was a silent film. It's a lovely little tale about a little guy and his sandbox.
Here's a bit of trivia for you:
I didn't have the master tape when doing the reedit, so I had to copy it "bootleg style" by pointing my camera at a television screen. If you look closely you can see the reflection of the view out of my parents living room window.
This film also inspired the name of my production company "SandBox Films" later changed to "Killer SandBox Productions" after I found out that there were already 50 billion other companies called "Sandbox Films" in existence.
Finally, here's one last interesting tidbit for you, The "Killer SandBox" was voiced by yours truly, however the "Little Guy" was voiced by R2-D2.
Enjoy.
I was listening to the iTunes today, when the song "Pennywise" came on. I thought to myself, I haven't done a post about scary clowns yet, so here it is. Post 89 is entitled "Can't Sleep, Clowns Will Eat Me." Not many people know this, but there are only three things that I am afraid of: porcelain dolls, Celine Dion, and clowns. I've had this fear of clowns long before I saw the aforementioned Pennywise in that Stephen King movie that had that retarded ending. Oh wait, that's every Stephen King movie (book for those who read).
One day back in the summer of 1983, my mother brought me along with her to a hardware store in Winneconne, WI. I can't remember what this hardware store was called, but it was located in between Bob's Park and Save and Wentzel Ford. Anyway, they had some sort of promotion going on at the time, so there was a clown there doing clown stuff like making baloon animals and eating small children. When I saw the clown I shrieked like a girl and tightly closed my eyes. You see, three-year-old logic states that when you close your eyes, the things around you no longer exist. In essence, I made the clown disapear. When we went through the check out the cashier thought that it was strange that I was sleeping while seated perfectly straight up in the cart. If only she knew. I refused to open my eyes the whole day. My mom tried bribing me with candy and toys but I would have none of it. I knew the second I opened my eyes, that clown would be there with that red nose, sinister smile, and floppy shoes ready to devour me whole.
That's how terrified I am of clowns. The fear has subsided a little now that I am older, but they still freak me the hell out. In fact, just looking at the above picture of Pennywise is freaking me out. Stop staring at me Pennywise! He's freaky, and what about that clown giving that kid a sucker? That image alone is enough to give me nightmares for months.
I did a little research about this irrational clown phobia that I suffer from on the internets. This is what they had to say:
One possible theory regarding the prevalence of clown phobia is as follows:
Because clowns have permanent exaggerated expressions painted on their faces – usually of joy, but sometimes of sadness, it renders the observer impotent in measuring facial expression as a precursor of action.
Therefore, for those who are mindful of their environment, possibly due to past traumatic events, they are unable to interpret and accordingly predict what this strange creature may do to them.
This fear or clown phobia is heightened when we observe the “happy clown” performing some aggressive behavior, tripping someone or spraying water from an innocuous looking flower in the lapel.
It becomes too much to cope with and causes tremendous confusion and fear.
I turns out I'm not alone, and many people suffer from this fear. It's good to know that I'm not crazy. What are your fears? Sound off in the comments section.
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