Show your support! Hinkle '08 Campaign Shirts

How is Hinkle going to become president this November if all of you don't go on over to the Sonz of Acworth Cafepress Store and buy one of these delightful shirts this instant? I really don't know and you don't either. So by all means, go get one if you want Hinkle to have a snowball's chance in hell of winning. I did.

God Bless America.

Ripping the Snot Out of Dragoncon 2007 - THE DELETED SCENES!

"Gentlemen, behold!"

BREAKING NEWS! Clay Aiken is a homosexual

Check out Fox News with the full scoop!

I can't believe it.

McCain's plan to get more "Gasolina"

Sen. John McCain is endorsed by Latin recording artist Daddy Yankee during a news conference at Central High School today in Phoenix, Arizona. Sen. McCain made an appearance with Puerto Rican reggaeton musician Daddy Yankee.

Young Vin Diesel, B-Boy...

We should send him an invite & get him to break dance at the Halloween Party!

Going Swayze Crazy

I wish I could set this as my ringback

From the 80's Christian ska band Sonseed:

Zap!

Spy Movie: Eight Years in the Making

My current rate of video production is about half a second to 3.5 seconds per day. When I started working on this video, I though it would be a one-off thing that would be finished in a weekend (much like the half-finished chalk drawing of Mega Man on the carport wall). Instead, I (perhaps unwisely) used it as a vehicle for my first experiment with Apple's motion graphics program, Motion, effectively stretching a weekend project into a three-month trek. I think the plot revolved around the idea that an evil corporation was hiding nuclear warheads in the kitchen at Mexico Tipico. I give you "Spy Movie."


This is the original, unedited VHS-C recording, circa 2000:


Spy Movie from Chris Jones on Vimeo.


And here's the final, George Lucas'd version of my dreams. It's worth it to go fullscreen on this one:


Spy Movie from Chris Jones on Vimeo.

The captchas are hitting closer to home

I was adding a friend on Facebook just now and this charming little captcha popped up like a reminder about the first thing on my to-do list:

...A quick tale from Dragon*Con 2008...

At Dragon*Con this year, we didn't film anything. After just wrapping up the documentary trilogy with what I feel is a crowning achievement in the art of Justin Manis fucking with people (see previous post), we decided to just kick it old school and have a laid back DC this year. I didn't even bring a camcorder with me.

So, we did have an excellent time. But there was one great bit that I probably would have filmed if I had a device with me to do so. We found an empty panel room that Manis took over and started his own panel in, which ended up getting attendance from a decent crowd of about 8 or 9 passers by, and 8 or so in our own entourage.

The primary topic covered during the panel was the drinking of urine. I don't know how urine imbibing continues to be so humorous a topic, but looking back at the Sonz of Acworth back catalog it's an evergreen, common recurring theme for some reason. Manis was quickly joined by some famous additional panelists to field questions asked from the audience in the room, and this picture that my girlfriend took basically tells you the rest. It's just a great photo:



The Scarecrow, Link from The Legend of Zelda, and Justin Manis.

Ripping The Snot Out of Dragon*Con 2007

Hot tamale!

The preferred way to enjoy this film is on crystal clear DVD. Hit me up about that.

In lieu of that, here are some other alternatives:

Download the Divx video
(Go to the "Save File to Your PC" link on the page)

Or, watch it right here on Google Video in 'bleh' quality:

There's Got to Be a Better Way 2: Ironic Boogaloo

Great product, but how do I open it? Maybe I could buy two and they could do some sort of gadget 69 and open each other. But at least I'll be able to open my battery operated battery installer now.