TETRIS: The Movie

Some friends and I enter a monthly contest called Trailer Wars here in Bellingham. Each group has to create an original movie trailer based on the criteria that the winning group from the time before gets to select. This time, the theme was "Adaptation" so we made a movie about one of the best celebrated games of all time, Tetris. Unfortunately, we didn't win (it's voted on by the crowd) but we're still way stoked on what we have created and hope it gets some attention online. Check it out!

TETRIS: The Movie (trailer)

Sasquatch 2010 Announced

My Morning Jacket is headlining!!!

My Morning Jacket, Massive Attack, Pavement, Ween, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Band of Horses, The National, LCD Soundsystem, Tegan & Sara, Broken Social Scene, Passion Pit, She & Him, Public Enemy, Nada Surf, The New Pornographers, The Xx, Dirty Projectors, OK Go, Drive By Truckers, Kid Cudi, Deadmau5, The Long Winters, Minus the Bear, The Mountain Goats, Quasi, Camera Obscura, Fruit Bats, Brother Ali, Midlake, Dr. Dog, The Hold Steady, Caribou, Simian Mobile Disco, City & Colour, No Age, The Temper Trap, Vetiver, Miike Snow, Portugal. The Man, Telekinesis, The Middle East, Mayer Hawthorne, Why?, Girls, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes, Wale, The Lonely Forest, Japandroids, Boys Noize, Yacht, Laura Marling, Patrick Watson, Freelance Whales, Past Lives, Cymbals Eat Guitars, The Low Anthem, The Very Best, Phantogram, Neon Indian, Hudson Mohawke, Nurses, The Tallest Man on Earth, Fresh Espresso, Mumford & Sons, Jets Overhead, Tune-Yards, Shabazz Palaces, Fool’s Gold, Morning Teleportation, Z-Trip, Dam-Funk, Local Natives, Avi Buffalo, Booka Shade, A-Trak, Yes Giantess, Craig Robinson, Rob Riggle, Garfunkel & Oates, Luke Burbank and more.

Holy shit, the best festival in the country this year (so far) is Sasquatch!

Wired's Top 20 Most Anticipated Games of 2010

It's a good time to be a gamer. 2009 was a great year for games, and 2010 is looking to be even more interesting. I love the fact that consoles are having a longer lifespan these days, not only because it's less expensive, but because it's forcing developers to be more creative with gameplay instead of just making the same old shit with flashier graphics. Here are a few screenshots from a Wired article that I recommend checking out. The great thing is that some of the best games of every year are a total surprise and aren't found on any "anticipated games" list (new IPs like Borderlands, Flower, Scribblenauts, MadWorld, etc).

Bellingham Photographer Paul Israel

My friend Paul Israel just launched his new photography site. I'd recommend checking it out, especially the "Live Performance" section in his portfolio. It's awesome having someone like him in Bellingham. You can usually count on him to make it out to all the cool shit in town and he takes better photos than I could even dream up. Definitely my favorite Bellingham photographer by far.

Call him and make him take your photo!!!

p.s. Thanks Paul, for a reason to come out of blog hibernation!

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