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Shaz

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About Me

Me? I'm just a girl from Utah! Performance Artist, Writer, Storyteller, Filmmaker. Yow!In my other life, I'm also Assoc. Director of Programming at AFI FEST in Los Angeles.

My Interests

Good films, great music, words, friends, camping, getting in and out of trouble in the same night but not like going to jail trouble, well depends i guess... cats and dogs, horses... life ya know.

I'd like to meet:

I got my true love, but I'm always looking for friends and folks of substance who can tell a good story and talk film, politics and music.

Music:

Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Coltrane, Kanye West, Outkast, Lou Reed, Blondie, Donna Summer, Diana Ross, and yes even the Osmonds!

Movies:

All things Cronenberg, David Lynch, House of Yes, The Moderns, Bright Leaves, love Ross Maclwee, Contempt, Live Flesh, all Almodovar... and on and on.

Television:

Simpsons, television is overated even though i love it, trainwrecks are hard to turn away from, - i'd love to write for TV someday!

Books:

All things John Irving, The harry Potter books, i'll read anything once but the good ones i'll read over and over!

Heroes:

snarf!

My Blog

California rocks!

So proud to be a Californian! I had the great honor of officiating at the third!!! wedding, making it finally legal, of my good pals P.David and Todd.I love this article on about the first couple to m...
Posted by Shaz on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:14:00 PST

Blackout with Rufus Wainwright

I'm sitting in the dark this saturday with Rufus!http://www.blackoutsabbath.org/
Posted by Shaz on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:08:00 PST

AFI FEST early deadline is June 13!

This could be you.Submit your film to AFI FEST - the early deadline for submissions is a week from Friday, June 13th! It's a lucky day!www.AFI.com/AFIFEST...
Posted by Shaz on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:40:00 PST

oh my god! i can’t wait!

I just heard from the awesome staff at Cinevegas that as a juror I'll get a reserved seat to go to this show at the Wynn! I can't freaking wait!As a part of the 10th Annual CineVegas Film Festival, a ...
Posted by Shaz on Fri, 30 May 2008 03:00:00 PST

California Video ends June 8

The amazing video show California Video that has been running since May in Los Angeles ends June 8th!It's not too late to catch a few more of the pieces and installations.some super cool work - check ...
Posted by Shaz on Fri, 30 May 2008 11:48:00 PST

Obama and Luke!

Where do these guys have the time to create these films?I love it. ...
Posted by Shaz on Tue, 13 May 2008 05:51:00 PST

Cannes Poster

I love the Cannes 2008 official poster with a photo taken by David Lynch, so gorgeous.I absolutely adore David Lynch and I wish I could have seen the art show he did this summer in Paris with the feti...
Posted by Shaz on Sat, 10 May 2008 10:48:00 PST

Volcano in Chile

I was reading this article on the National Geographic Site about the volcano in Chile. This photograph is just extraordinary. I hope everyone is okay there, I remember when Mt. St. Helen erupted, it w...
Posted by Shaz on Sat, 10 May 2008 09:12:00 PST

50 Bullets, No Conviction

How is this still possible?
Posted by Shaz on Sat, 10 May 2008 06:27:00 PST

Kanye West’s blog.

I love Kanye West's blog. Check it out, he highlights awesome design and cool stuff.I used to have a real coffee cup that looked like those paper cups you get in every New York deli it just made the c...
Posted by Shaz on Sat, 10 May 2008 06:16:00 PST