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Notes
from Austin, Volume 2 #29
LODGER's Notes
My pal John Christensen is spending some time doing some
"pick-up" filming on the "Jesse James" picture. I guess this
is going to be sort of a "Young Guns" version of the story.
A lot of younger actors are in the film. The only one I can
remember now is Scott Caan, who has a minor role. John says
the set of "Jesse" is really nice and that the cast, even
the minor folks such as himself, are treated really well.
He seems to think it is a pretty comfortable shoot even though
it's very hot and they are all in these period costumes. They
are shooting on some property owned by Willie Nelson somewhere
outside Austin, where the singer has some sort of "western"
town set up.
John has done some scenes in a church and in a saloon. I
think he told me he sings "Amazing Grace" with the cast at
some point in the film.
John says the set of "Miss Congeniality," the Sandra Bullock
movie he worked on recently, was vastly different. There were
a lot more people, and much more chaos. He said Donald Petrie,
who directed the Bullock film, was very nice, but the crew
was often not very happy, and things didn't go as smoothly
as they should have.
John's also going to be shooting some scenes for Tony Hewitt's
"The Duo" here in September and he is working on preproduction
for Diane Murray's "El Diablo" feature. Apparently, he is
going to be helping Murray with casting as well as doing some
acting. Murray wants to get Harry Dean Stanton for a role,
but is not sure if that's going to happen yet.
I hung out over at John's last week and saw Mark Brauner,
aka Jeffrey Stylus, his cohost from "LubeTV." We had a pretty
good time. Bunny and Charlie stopped by and that was cool.
Bunny just broke up with Tomato, so he's a bit depressed.
We drank heavily and listened to music. I'm sure we talked
about a lot of stuff, but I really don't remember much of
it. Oh, yeah. John and I discussed Austin Film Festival since
both of us are doing some stuff for them this year.
Did you see Austin's 6th street attraction and oft-time mayoral
candidate Leslie on cover of "The Texas Triangle?" S/he has
a big write up in the mag as well.
Speaking of local gay pubs, Ambush magazine reports that
"TWIT," (aka "This Week in Texas") is stopping publication
after 25 1/2 years. That's a loss.
The other day, I spent the day with my lesbian buds Mary and
Jan. We ate at Spaghetti Warehouse. We wanted to go to Frank
and Angies but they don't open until 5 on Sundays. Bummer. We
also watched "But
I'm a Cheerleader" at the Dobie and had a few rounds at
Oilcan Harry's. On Sunday afternoon, Harry's has $1 Mimosas.
I spent a few hours comforting another friend who broke up with
his girl friend recently. That sounds wrong! You know what I
mean. Of course, they were back together within a few days.
A recent "Austin Chronicle" article said that David Bean, leader
of my favorite local 80's band, The Judys, announced a project
of a Judys' "tribute" CD with lotsa local bands performing their
old tunes. How's 'bout getting the original work out on CD David?
Damn!
I visited Houston this past weekend and saw my family. That
was nice. We also took in the Grand Opening VIP night at the
Webster Cinemark theater (located around the Space Center area
in South Houston). The new Cinemark theater design is wonderful,
with a real plush Art Deco look. I loved the theater. We got
into the VIP lounge where Patrick Swayze, who cut the red ribbon
to open the building, was consistently mobbed by fans. The poor
man could not get left alone. He would stroll through the lounge
occasionally and some woman would swoon. He did look quite sexy
in person. He looked really good.
Saturday, I came back to Austin for the Hobble CD release show
at Flamingo Cantina. Their new work is called "Blackmassking."
There was a pretty good crowd there. Lead singer Oriah introduced
me to a guy who is making a short film. Oriah plays an alien
in the movie. Says the singer, "I'm playing some kind of ambiguous
space alien traveling incognito on earth looking for human specimens
to put in a zoo. (It) will supposedly be shot before the end
of Sept."
Meanwhile, Director Ryan Cox has a little bit more involved
explanation, "...My film is called "Calling Occupants." I'm
not sure how to describe it. Basically, I play this kid who
has a really shitty life, but mostly he exaggerates everything
to make it much worse than it is. Well, it doesn't really
have a plot, it's just sort of a series of scenes, but Oriah
plays this guy that i'm obsessed with who keeps popping up
in my life, even though I don't know who he is. But I have
these homoerotic dreams about him where I'm dying and shit.
so anyway, we end up meeting up, and he comes over... and
weird things happen. And then at the end, I discover the true
nature of his being..."
Sounds pretty damn interesting.
What is Perfect Day 2000? It's some sort of gay event that I
am unfamiliar with. It's happening Aug 31 - Sept 4 here in Austin.
I finally gave in and watched the very last episode of "Survivor."
What an evil, bitter, vulgar, pathetic excuse for entertainment.
This is truly a signification of the end of civilization as
we know it. I feel sorry for you vapid, vampiric, heartless
feebs who watched this ridiculous excursion into childish, petulant
back stabbing, back-biting behavior with rabid, seething lust.
You should be ashamed of yourselves!
But - wow - jeez - an openly gay man won! Amazing.
I also watched LubeTV Wednesday night which featured a few
select scenes with my favorite cutie Matt, who, John Christensen
tells me, may not be coming back to Austin for fall semester.
Bummer. At least I have the video! Okay, I don't have the
video - but john does. I should ask for a dub. The show also
featured, in addition to cohost Mark Brauner (aka Jeffrey
Stylus), Jules the Bear and Ryan (as Princess Leia, no less).
Ryan worked on "Miss Congeniality" with John).
They showed Wall of Voodoo's video for "Mexican Radio,"
a perennial classic, and another short by Danny Plotnick.
The short filmmaker has had two of his other films shown on
LubeTV but this was by far his best. Called "Dumbass from
Dundas..." or something close to that... It was funny, clever,
outrageous, and foul-mouthed. And it was coherent! I really
liked it. Plotnick's stuff seems to be shot on either 8 or
16 with dubbed sound and the quality and humor of his films
prove how vital the medium can be when utilized by a creative
and amusing person.
After "Lube," ACTV showed some sort of interesting "group
discussion" on video that featured a bunch of biracial collegians.
It was interesting. It's always an exciting moment to find
what ACTV will run after "LubeTV." One time it was tejano
music, another, a religious program. Even the omnipresent
Alex Jones stuff has run after the show. It would be a great
time slot for a permanent show if someone could produce something
more bizarre than "Lube" to run after it.
Last Splash 2000 will be hosted this year on Sunday, September
3 from Noon till 4pm at Hippie Hollow - Lake Travis. The Austin
Tavern Guild (ATG) host the annual event with free Coors beer,
music and fun all in store for the day on the sunny shores and
rocks and in the water at Lake Travis. Festivities are abundant
around Austin Labor Day Weekend as many of the clubs and bars
host events for the anticipated revelers pouring into Austin.
In addition to all the events, it's also a huge circuit party
weekend with Perfect Day 2000 hosted. Members hosting Last Splash
2000 from the ATG include, Ambush, 'Bout Time Chain Drive, Charlies.Austin,
Coors of Austin, The Forum, Midtowne Spa, Oilcan Harry's, Rainbow
Cattle Company, Splash Video Bar, Triangle, This Week in Texas
(TWT) and the United Court of Austin.
The Austin Lesbian and Gay Political Caucus (ALGPC) announces
the updates for Austin Businesses that have dumped Dr. Laura
on KLBJ AM 590. Please call to thank the following businesses:
County Line on the Hill: 327-1742 , Bitter End Bistro: 478-2337
Romanos Macaroni Grill, Arboretum: 795-0460 Romanos Macaroni
Grill, West Lake: 329-0000 Thundercloud Subs: 474-2363 & Texadelphia
Sandwich Shops: 236-8261
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and that's a wrap for this week kids! lodger2000
Austin
Film News :
Quentin Tarantino QUATTRO SCHEDULE, Austin Gay and Lesbian
Film Festival, Psycho Beach Party, My Name is Buttons.
Hollywood
News : Tom Hanks holiday film "Castaway" ,Billy Bob Thornton
film "All the Pretty Horses", SUMMER FILMS THAT HAVE GROSSED
OVER 100 MILLION!
Things
to do this Week
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