I’m doing some more updates to the site so if things look a little funky for a bit that’s what’s going on. Thank you for reading! Jason[...]
Archive for the ‘Off Topic’ Category
August 6th, 2009 - 6:50 am § in Off Topic
Au Revoir Nicolas et Alba
Last night Nicolas, one of my closest friends in Berlin, moved back to Paris. He was also my collaborator, confidant, and co-conspirator on all the films I made here. We braved many chaotic and confusing waters together. I recently found this video of him and another friend Alba in my apartment over[...]
July 21st, 2009 - 6:09 pm § in Off Topic
A Challenge to Youtube Users
Found this pretty funny and thought I’d share:[...]
July 6th, 2009 - 10:04 pm § in Off Topic
Some Changes
Hi Everyone, I’m learning how to use CSS to customize the blog, so if there are some format changes, that’s what’s happening. It’s pretty interesting! Jason[...]
June 28th, 2009 - 1:20 am § in Off Topic
Renato Carasone
A french/italian friend brought this song up tonight. “You want to be an American, but you were born in Italy.” Wonderful. Eddie Izzard on Italians:[...]
June 25th, 2009 - 9:53 pm § in Off Topic
Michael Jackson and the End of Modern Pop
Two nights ago I was sitting with a friend who is a pop musician. We sat talking about pop music in Germany and the differences between Germany and America. She mentioned that someone at herrecord company said that they wanted to find “the next Bob Dylan.” I believe that there will be no[...]
April 4th, 2009 - 12:19 pm § in Off Topic
Handguns
Another shooting in the American media, the largest since 2007 and the third (?) in the last two months. The owner used two registered handguns. While researching a possible move to Los Angeles, I saw that the murder rate was 480 in 2006. In Germany, a country with ten times the population of Los An[...]
March 12th, 2009 - 3:56 am § in Off Topic
Recent Events/America
I’ve been in Florida for a week now staying with the folks. Some differences between the US and Germany as well as recent events. 1. Televisions everywhere. I walked into a sports bar when I got off the airport in Charlotte. 10 big screen tvs faced me. Nine of them were playing the same show. [...]
February 18th, 2009 - 11:37 am § in Off Topic
Spectacular Views
We had a lot of snow here in Berlin two days ago. It was the first time in years I have felt inspired to photograph something: Sorry about the grain. Still figuring out the new camera.[...]
February 4th, 2009 - 4:31 pm § in Off Topic
Christian Bale, Quentin Tarantino and the Italian Intern
I recently returned from a five day shoot in Studio Babelsberg outside Berlin. It was a low budget science fiction film and an amazing experience. As second assistant director my main job was watching out for the cast and extras, and making sure they made out of makeup on time. The makeup was very s[...]