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APOCALYPTIC BUNKO
Story:
In August of 1992 Bunko the Brave travelled to the Salton Sea to destroy the man who had stolen not only her Fruit Roll-Up, but also her heart (not to mention her left eye). His name was Ramos, and in middle school he was the lead singer in a glam rock band called “The Glitter Pancake Rebellion”. At the sixth grade talent show he unveiled Clean Sheets are the Best, an epic power ballad about the awesome power of clean sheets. Bunko loved nothing more than sleeping on clean cozy sheets, and as such, her heart swooned for the young Ramos.
The next day at recess Bunko demanded that Ramos be her boyfriend. Ramos told Bunko that he was pretty sure that he was gay, but Bunko wasn’t having it. She immediately declared that they were going steady and that she was ready to have a bunch of babies.
Anyway, after a week of being bossed around by young Bunko, Ramos decided that enough was enough. When Bunko was once again sent to the Principal’s Office for giving Gus, the class Gerbil, a mohawk, Ramos made his move. He broke into Bunko’s “Knight Rider” lunch box and stole her grape Fruit Roll-Up and gave it to Kenny (Bunko’s nemesis and his secret crush).
Long story short, lunch rolled around and Bunko went ballistic when she found out that her one true love had stolen her grape Fruit Roll-Up. She threw her thermos at Kenny’s head and attempted to give Ramos an Indian Rug Burn. Unfortunately she did not take into account the the glue stick in Ramos’ left hand, which he reluctantly shoved deep into her left eye socket.
She was sent to detention for the next fifteen years and upon release she set out to the Salton Sea to destroy Ramos (apparently that’s where he lived). Unfortunately Ramos, as well as most of the town, was long gone. All she found was an empty bottle of beer, an umbrella, and some dead fish.
Location:
Apocalyptic Bombay Beach at the Salton Sea, CA
Tech Specs:
Format: 35mm
Camera: Nikon FM10
Film Stock: Fuji Velvia 1011
Processing: Cross Processed
Behind-the-Scenes:
Ramos and Kenny fell in love and ran away together to Sweeden. Together with their seven Newfoundland puppies they run a cozy bed and breakfast where the sheets are always clean and the pancakes sparkle with glitter.
See the whole show here. Hopefully if I get my act together I’ll write some poems about some of these.
PLEASE BUNKO DON’T HURT ‘EM
Here’s a sneak peak at what I’m working on when I’m not working. High fives and hugs to anyone who can name the album that the title of this post is referencing.
Hint: It’s only the best album of all time and the recording artist was famous for wearing big baggy shiny pants.
CALLING ALL BALTIMORE FOLKS!!!
Problem: You live in or around Baltimore but have nothing to do this Thursday night except organize your sock drawer.
Solution: Drop your damn socks and head to the American Visionary Art Museum for an mini outdoor film festival!!! It’s FREE!!!
I guarantee a good time will be had as the films are terrific and the Visionary Art Museum is hands down the most awesomely happy creative place in all of Baltimore. Unfortunately Vicki and I won’t be able to make it, but we’ll be there in spirit as it looks like they’ll be playing Soda Pop Cough Drop and maybe some of our Furball Films.
Anyway, here’s the official details…
Fun House Movie Night at Mr. Rain’s Fun House (inside the American Visionary Art Museum)
Featuring original films by Tanner Almon, Kristen Anchor, Justin Plakas & Nick Prevas. FREE screening starts at 9pm on the outdoor patio - come devour some delicious food, drinks, and film!
Thursday June 9 | 9pm | FREE
at Mr. Rain’s Fun House @ the AVAM (800 Key Hwy Baltimore)
mrrainsfunhouse.com | avam.org
Check out the filmmakers:
Tanner Almon: tanneralmon.com
Kristen Anchor: kristenanchor.com
Justin Plakas: justinplakas.com
Nick Prevas: magnificentlore.com
FLASHBACK FRIDAY 12 - SODA POP COUGH DROP
Several years ago Vicki and I drove out to the Mojave desert and shot a short film called Soda Pop Cough Drop. Vicki played Soda Pop, and I played Cough Drop. The basic premise was as follows…
Soda Pop and Cough Drop are alone in the desert working on a routine goldfish rescue operation.
Cough Drop botches the routine goldfish rescue operation. He blames his epic failure on the water, which he claims “teems with sharks”.
As they nap in their tent during a routine napping operation, Cough Drop has a bad dream about a “half man half shark” creature eating poor innocent goldfish. He can’t sleep so he leaves the tent to fly his goldfish kite.
Cough Drop is abducted by a flying hammerhead shark. As he’s being abducted he lets Soda Pop know via walkie talkie.
Soda Pop spends the rest of the movie trying to rescue Cough Drop from the flying hammerhead shark.
That’s pretty much it. It was a rather terrible filmmaking experience for several reasons…
1. We didn’t have a location planned beforehand, so most of the day was spent looking for a place to shoot.
2. It was a million degrees out.
3. We had no food.
4. We saw a giant snake and that freaked us out the hell out, as we were literally in the middle of nowhere and had zero anti-venom on hand. Had it a) been poisonous and b) bitten us, we probably would have died that day and our bodies would still be out there.
5. In addition to playing every character in the film, Vicki and I also shot the entire thing ourselves, which is not so easy when you’re hot, haven’t eaten, and are fighting a sun that’s setting fast. The possibility of being killed by a wild animal didn’t help much either.
Anyway, I guess that’s about it. Here’s a few behind-the-scenes polaroids of me being abducted by the flying hammerhead shark…
My mom is…
a) the most amazing hula hooper on the planet.
b) the absolute worst hula hooper in the universe.
c) an average hula hooper.
Answer: All I know is it’s definitely not “c”.
FLASHBACK FRIDAY 11 - “TANNER AND VICKI EDIT A STUDENT FILM”
My friend Nick took this polaroid of Vicki and I pulling an all-night editing session on one of our student films way back when (way back when I was thin and in-shape, that is). I believe the student film in question is called Platform. It dealt with the heavy issues of relationships and cloning. Several red jumpsuits were involved, it was pretty awesome.
That being said, all-night editing sessions can be quite rough. The lack of sleep combined with the realization that you forgot to record any freaking audio can take a heavy toll on one’s mind and body. A good example of what I’m talking about can be seen in the polaroid pictured above. If you look closely you will see that Vicki’s face looks absolutely terrible. Also, she appears to have gone a bit mad, and as such it looks like I’m probably doing all the work while she points maniacally at one of her missing teeth.
The man cried ouch!
when on a spree,
he jumped the couch,
and broke his knee.
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Yes, this gif is totally unnecessary. And yes, the original photo is much more interesting than this gif. That being said, gifs are pretty fun to make, so what the hell.
Anyway, feel free to read more poems about my pictures HERE.
GREAT MOMENTS IN PHOTOSHOP EXCELLENCE 02 - “HAPPY BOBBLEHEAD BIRTHDAY!!!”
So today is my sister Rian’s birthday, and as such I took it upon myself to make my first ever GIF, because, after all, nothing else puts the GIF in GIFT like a GIF!!!
Anyway, my mom took this picture of me and my sister chillin’ on the doorstep of our Wyoming rancher in probably 1983 or 84. We were probably waiting for a lonely tumbleweed to roll by so that we could chase it, as not much else was going on in Wyoming in the early 80s.
Anyway, happy birthday sis! I sure hope this gif works on your computer.
