I’ve recently completed shooting and editing a music video for musician Zack Weber.  Hope you enjoy it! Click the HD button if you want the full experience.

The Widows will be playing live on Saturday night (4/4).

They will be rockin the Cabana Club @ 10 pm in Hollywood.

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I started watching HBO’s The Wire thanks to a high review from PASTE Magazine.  I watched the first episode of season 1 last night.  It wasn’t amazing, but it wasn’t bad.  I’ll give it a few more episodes and see where it goes…

I’m also in the middle of season 2 of 30 Rock.  This show is amazing so far!!!

I’ll give more thorough updates when I complete the seasons.  All I can say now is that I love Tracy Morgan.  That’s all I’m watching right now besides The Office and LOST on real TV (what a drag!  It’s much better to just get things on DVD) and I occasionally watch a Doogie Howser episode on Hulu.com.

Marathon has now been submitted to 23 film festivals and we won’t be hearing back from any of them for a few months or so…I’ll report how we do (good or bad).  We submitted to some major festivals (LA, Cannes, USA FF, and Palm Springs) and some smaller festivals so who knows???

As far as books go — I’m completely obsessed with “Bowerman and the Men of Oregon” right now.  The stories from the early 60’s are amazing.  Not only running stories but Bowerman tinkering with types of track surfaces, mental aspects of coaching and treating different runners, and founding the company we know as Nike.

Musically, I’ve been listening to “Dark was the Night” - it’s a compilation album including Andrew Bird, Bon Iver, and The National - and “Elvis Perkins in Dearland”.

Here’s a video by Elvis Perkins that a secret source led me to:

Everybody should go see The Widows play live on Friday night at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood.

10 PM

Featuring our very favorite Michael Mazochi as the lead singer.

Here’s a song I bootlegged last time I was there (no cameras allowed)::::

I’ve been on the search to find the best music to listen to while writing in the evenings.  You would think anything would work, but it’s not true.  AC/DC?  Too loud.  Oasis?  Too catchy.  Makes you want to sing and lose focus.  Wilco?  Same problem.  Vampire Weekend?  Make me want to dance.

It’s usually  best to have music without words (classical always works) and if you must have words then I like music the music listed below:

• Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
• M. Ward - Hold Time
• Ryan Adams - Love is Hell
• Rich Mullins - A liturgy, A legacy, and a Ragamuffin Band
• AA Bondy - American Hearts
• Bon Iver -  For Emma, Forever Ago
• Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan
• Ryan Adams - Cardinology
• Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrphya

That’s what you need to write…

Can you believe we got Michael Mazochi to compose music for our short film?  This guy is the man!  Luckily Chris is good friends with him.  Take a listen to the title track for our short film, Marathon.  The song is called “Be A Man”.  I think it was written, performed, and recorded in a few hours and it turned out amazing!

Michael Mazochi - Be A Man

If you want to hear more of his music go to the AFFILIATES page or go directly to his band’s website (The Widows).