R.D.BUTTER

FLEETING GETS A REVIEW FROM BIOSCOPE

2009-04-29T11:34:00.000-07:00

Bioscope, a website that reports on the world of early and silent cinema, gave a shout out to my film Fleeting on Friday, April 17th. They have been following the Vimeo Weekend Project: Silent Film Contest and did a write up on not only the winner (not me) but also the entries they liked the most; one of which is Fleeting.

Check out the article featuring Fleeting HERE.

I LOVE STARWARS BUT COME ON... NERDS

2009-04-24T13:27:00.000-07:00

NERDS

COLOSOS AND FANKENSTEIN HAVE BABY: PIANO PLAYER IS BORN

2009-04-24T13:03:00.000-07:00

I may just sound like an idiot here... but are people serious? Tom Waits? Is he a joke? I can make that voice... but it's a joke and sounds like Colossus and Frankenstein's piano playing child trying to sing. If you ever need a Tom Waits impersonator I'm your man.

This is terrible.. dedicated to my buddy Mathilda and her fun friday.

STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS AND SOME FUNNY VIDEOS

2009-04-23T10:39:00.000-07:00

It's that time again. Time for playoff hockey, playoff basketball, a new baseball season and hopefully this NFL Draft will happen soon so I don't have to hear any more debates about what college football player was better and where they should be drafted... ugh.

My buddy Reed sent out an email with a link to this blog entry about some really funny commercials that the Boston Bruins made. Hopefully, if you weren't too pumped about the Stanley Cup Playoffs, these commercials will get you there.

GO DUCKS

I DON'T WATCH TV... AND YOU WON'T SOMEDAY EITHER

2009-04-22T11:33:00.000-07:00

...I'm getting a sneaking suspicion that there's a point where TV just... won't matter any more... As you can see below, erudite hipsters - driven by the confluence of BitTorrent, NPR, and a general distrust of the media - unsurprisingly lead the way.

Click here to see their super awesome chart that explains exactly why you may, just as I have done, no longer watch TV.

via Kawabunga.com

ITS THAT MUSIC THAT'S IN THAT STORE

2009-03-30T17:57:00.001-07:00

Urban Outfitters releases 21 free tracks to download off their blog every so often. I bet if you work there, listening to this mix would drive you nuts because it is probably the same music they are playing on loop in their store. The last mix LSTN#3 was pretty nice. Currently listening to the latest one LSTN#4 and it's equally as nice. Probably not going to find your new favorite band but If nothing else you can just throw it on and tune out while doing work or whatever.

EXPLORED ON FLICKR

2009-03-20T17:33:00.001-07:00

Tertulien at the Beach (#2), originally uploaded by rippo.

For several years now I've been trying to figure out how flickr's Explore feature on their website works. They explain that it's a magic donkey that picks the photos to feature in Explore. The photo above is one such photo that I found while browsing today's Explore page. Obviously super interesting and worthy of the highest flickr praise.

The mystery isn't so much how do your photos end up being Explored but rather how do you know when a photo of yours has been explored??? I've always been certain that at least ONE of my photos must have made it into the Explored system but never knew how to confirm it. Flickr does not send you any notices when a photo of yours is featured on Explore... no internal flickr mail, no email, no magic asterisk on your Explore worthy photo... nothing. It's up to you to figure it out.

Many flickr users have sets where they feature their Explored photos... how did they know??? Do they sit there and look at EVERY SINGLE Explored photo each day? I bet some people actually do that. No way, not everyone does that. There's too many people with sets showing their Explored photos. There must be a better way.

Today I finally got off my butt and typed into google "how do you find out if your photo has been Explored on flickr?" The best answer I found came from the Big Huge Labs website. They are a company makes all sorts of flickr integrated web apps. One such feature on their site is Scout.

With Scout all you do is type in your flickr username and it will tell you if you have any current or dropped Explore photos. I guess if your photo is added to Explore for a certain day there is no guarantee it will stay up. All the photos uploaded that day fluctuate in "interestingness" depending on how many people view the photo and comment on it and such.

It turns out ONE of my photos was featured at some point in the Explore set for September 15th, 2007. The photo has since dropped in popularity or "interestingness" so it is no longer on Explore... but for at least a brief moment in time it was there. Here is that photo...

THAT GUY THAT WANTS TO BE A MONSTER

2009-03-10T16:11:00.000-07:00

Who is the creeper in your neighborhood that want's to be a monster?

TERRIBLE MUSIC VIDEO GREAT SONG MONDAY

2009-03-09T18:03:00.000-07:00

Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere [1987]
Uploaded by newcanadian

You're about to leave work and what better way to kick off ending your crappy Monday than to fall in love with this killer love jam. If you've ever been totally in love with someone then this song is pretty kick ass... but this video, not so much. It's a period piece with unnecessary blue screen and a lot of fog juice flowing around. This budget could have produced something more creative than this. If "thriller" is the ultimate music video version of a zombie movie then consider this the ultimate music video version of a romantic period piece movie / romantic novel(gag).

FREE FOR ALL "RAM IT" FRIDAY

2009-02-27T14:07:00.000-08:00

If you ram it just right you can ram it all night.
Watch the whole thing. There is a super awkward freestyle rap by a bearded white dude with long hair sitting on a Harley in the locker room.

CRAIGSLIST - WANT A QUEEN MATTRESS?

2009-02-27T11:39:00.000-08:00

Low on dough? Need a bigger bed? Like pillow tops? Living in the greater Los Angeles area?
Selling my old bed HERE

UPDATE: Sold it to a guy for $80 bucks. Not bad. FYI if you're looking to rent a fully furnished place in the Venice area you may end up sleeping on my old bed.

MY URBAN LIGHT VIDEO

2009-02-17T14:06:00.000-08:00

Doug and I made this video for LACMA's "Celebrating Urban Light" project. It was made by taking 4 gigs worth of still photographs with my Canon Rebel xti digital slr, sequencing the images in Quicktime, then editing them in Final Cut Pro.

View it, rate it, share it.

FRIDAY PEACE OUT A LITTLE EARLY LIKE A EUROPEAN JAM

2009-02-13T16:02:00.000-08:00

Groove Armada - Superstylin'
Uploaded by hushhush112

Seems like whenever I visit Europe there's not a lot of people working going on... a whole lot of hanging out at coffee shops and partying. So here's a jam that will set the mood for when you peace out of the office a little early today. Go get em' it's FREE FOR ALL FRIDAY and you be superstylin'.

MATT LUNDSTROM IS A GENIUS

2009-02-13T11:48:00.000-08:00

Inland Empire Music Awards from Matthew Lundstrom on Vimeo.

Matt's Comments on the video: Brian Ueda put the concept together with me on this one. Alot of fun trying to get the tape to work in After Effects. One of my first attempts at Shake; the most kick-ass piece of software ever invented, and Brian's the man by the way... the quintessential anti-Hollywood indy producing genius.

This is from a few years ago but Matt is still a genius. Some day he'll be blowing everyone's mind on the big screen.

THURSDAY'S LAST JAM OF THE DAY.. GO HOME!

2009-02-12T17:05:00.000-08:00

The Primitives - Crash -
Uploaded by stephlaffont

Watch this as you put all your stuff away and get ready to jam out of work. Don't get too excited or you'll crash...

WEDNESDAY'S ALMOST DONE WITH WORK JAM

2009-02-11T16:56:00.000-08:00

Good Life Video

It's 5 O on the west coast. Some of you are off right now. Some of you won't be for a few more... in any case jam out to this as you are almost there kiddos!

I just watched this for the first time. Seeing as I love excellent music video making and Kanye is EVERYWHERE all the time and its like 2 years old I don't know how this slipped past me.

GOODBYE OLD BLUE

2009-02-05T13:20:00.001-08:00

Mask Reject 1, originally uploaded by robindbrown.

An older picture of my old mask. I'm going to take some more pics that will show the details of how dilapidated it had gotten.

CARBON FIBER MASK

2009-02-05T13:18:00.001-08:00

New Red Mask 002, originally uploaded by robindbrown.

My old mask had to go... no more padding falling out, straps dangling, tape holding the mask together, rust flying in my eyes, cage cutting my eye... etc.

SPICY NACHO PRANKS IN HD

2009-02-04T18:37:00.000-08:00

SPICY NACHO PRANKS from Robin Brown on Vimeo.

View it up kids. View it up.

ROLLERBLADING WITH A NORWEGIAN DOG

2009-02-02T12:49:00.000-08:00

What if Rick Steves was a dog? Take a tour of Bergen, Norway with every rollerblader's best friend.

PUG MAKES GOOD

2009-01-30T16:51:00.001-08:00

Now look who's wearing the pants!, originally uploaded by Angie J Geworsky.

After inventing a shrinking ray. Chester T. Puggington decided he would shoot his owner, steal his now shrunken clothes and assume the position as the man of the house by chillin' in some sweatpants on the couch.

PANTS FOR DOGS!!!

2009-01-30T16:09:00.000-08:00

People... it's PANTS FOR DAWGS!!!

Cummerbunds and panties?

DOUG & THE GOLDEN CHALICE

2009-01-30T11:12:00.001-08:00

Doug & The Golden Chalice, originally uploaded by robindbrown.

Been doing some wild stuff with Doug lately.

DAS IST NICHT EINE BOOBIE!

2009-01-26T11:44:00.000-08:00

DAS IST NUMBERWANG!

MANNY RAMIREZ IS IN MY DREAMS

2008-12-28T11:11:00.000-08:00

I had a dream the other night that the Angels signed Manny. It was a shock to the baseball community... kind of like Teixeira ending up on the Yankees. The Angels have stated repeatedly that they will not be pursuing a contract with free agent superstar Manny Ramirez but who knows... nobody saw Torii Hunter coming last year. Maybe Manny will pursue the Angels and they will have an offer they can't refuse.

Also... According to ESPN Anaheim has given up. I guess LA of Anaheim is here to stay.