Writing, reading, shooting videos, editing, thinking, listening to and attempting to play music, hanging out, living. Reaching all via moviemaking, and other media. Laughing. Philosophizing. Girls (what in God's name???). Movies and music. Never-ending education. Re-emphasizing interests. Partying. Adventures. Walking. Swimming. Chilling at the jacuzzi. Movies. Music. Mexican food and cheesecake. And listening to the music that is in the movies, because I love music. And movies.
Bird Whistles Kill Bill Theme
Who should be the next president? (reminder: I'm democrat, but it doesn't matter anymore!)
I'd like to meet:
Everyone.
And the directors of these great videos- oh wait, I know them well... a little too well:
Video of the week:
©Jazoof Productions
Music:
The Skooners , Grand Element , Poverty's Backyard , The Red Heads, Sigur Ros , The Arcade Fire, Modest Mouse, GDB , Jello Biafra, Bob Dylan, Sage Francis, Matisyahu, Eyedea, Dead Prez, Green Day, The Beatles, The Flaming Lips, System of a Down, Muddy Waters, Nine Inch Nails, Frank Sinatra, Mozart, Rage Against the Machine, Nirvana, Ella Fitzgeralnd. Really, all kinds... And I'm proud of my whistling and GUITAR HERO skills (on easy skill level).
My YouTube Playlist at the moment:
Movies:
New 2007 Update- Self-Medicated, The Host, Sicko, Look, and Sanctuary, directed by Garrett Hammel, starring myself. From 2006, Children of Men, Idiocracy. Other favorites last year: V for Vendetta, Apocalypto, A Scanner Darkly, The Fountain, Stranger Than Fiction, Little Miss Sunshine. Out of all must-see documentaries, An Inconvenient Truth and Loose Change are the mustest-sees. And millions past... some of my faves of all time being Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (and now Children of Men), The Graduate, Donnie Darko (Director's Cut)(I had a dream I was in this movie), The Godfather, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Seven Samurai, Juliet of the Spirits, Requiem for a Dream, Mulholland Drive, The Machinist, Back to the Future, La Dolce Vita, Idiocracy, A History of Violence, Lord of War, E.T., Scarface, Top Gun, Run Lola Run, Episode III, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Blue Velvet, Pulp Fiction, Rounders, In America, Taxi Driver, Waking Life, The Matrix, Fight Club, and so on and so forth... And my blockbuster hits of course... "Self Mutilation V: A New Beginning" (both stars), "Aaagh!", "?" (the famous 1st feature), "She'll Be Impressed" (seen at New York Film Festival), "Side Effect" (co-director with Jim Stone), the controversial "The Power of Madness", and my famous docs, "Happiness For All", "Vegas's Crazy Weather: The Search For Answers", "Side Effect: A Movie in 19 days", "Californian Dreamin'" (bio), "Country on a Cliff", and OFFICIAL CINEVEGAS SELECTION "O.C.D.". Also, ultra low-budget music vids of Nine Inch Nails' "Right Where It Belongs", the Skooners music videos featuring Mr. Happiness, the Zermatec guys, and the Skoontang Clan (Just Right, Street March, and Bad Bad Man), the Fletch vid for "You Made Your Bed", and the hit L-Macc music videos "Aint No Playa" and "Stop Yo Hatin". Currently in pre-production of SUPER VEGAS Variety Show and Public Service Announcements in kahuts with Jim Stone, for our new association Moonhorse Productions. Also, many experimental pieces.
A selection of my youtube videos (not my hardest works):
More at youtube.com/jazoof
and even more (48!) on my myspace vids section .
The Police State is HERE (updates almost every day):
Television:
On Video on Demand or occassional DVD only... Colbert, Aqua Teen, Conan (live TV exception), South Park, Daily Show, Sopranos (just to season 5 so far), Wonder Showzen, Mr. Show (RIP), random interests. With very few exceptions (and I want to see more Heroes, Lost, and I dunno... Entourage, everything else is crap of my cats. Viva la movie channels and music videos (when the rare good and original ones pop up). MTV, although I hate it, but must thank because I was on about 6 episodes of TRL (brief scenes, a few good shots) and 5 episodes of MTV Hits back in May 2005! Great shots, and of course... I, along with Ryan, are the ones who made THE WALK infamous.
Books:
1984. No others are necessary. Except, now there are other ones, one just finished in 3 days, as of June 1, 2007: The Grays by Whitley Streiber. I rarely read sci-fi but this grabbed my glance and stole my heart and soul, and I've connected with it in a way I wasn't sure another book since 1984 could do. Another recent read- though it may not be as understood, but it does a heckuva job making itself great: 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, by Daniel Pinchbeck, author of another great book in which he was finding his voice, Breaking Open the Head: A Journey Into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism. Some titles I value: Catch-22. The Gaia Project. Paradise Found (or The Intern? by Jason Nellis...okay, it's a screenplay). Also The Daily Pill but that I need to make some major changes. Dude, Where's My Country? Tao Te Ching.
Stripped (by Brent Kenton Jordan, film/writing friend). The Psychedelic Experience (in large by Timothy Leary, based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead). The Politics of Ecstasy (by T.L. again, not about the drug ecstasy). The Eagle's Quest. The Illuminati Papers (Robert Anton Wilson, genius). How to Make an Independent Film for Under $10,000. Rational Mysticism. A Brief History of Time (Stephen Hawking.. not nearly the whole book, I guess I'm dumb).
Heroes:
Matt Maldonado.
Daniel Pinchbeck (now in contact with!), Batman, John Marsh, Gary Sassenberg, John Lennon, Keith Olbermann, Stanley Kubrick, Darren Aronofsky, Martin Scorcese, Andre (enemy combatant), He Who Is All, The Skooners, Mr. Happiness, many homeless people, Timothy Leary, Terrence McKenna, everyone else who lives life.
