Archive for March, 2010
Mar 18, 2010
THE GIFT OF MADELINE
When the author and psychologist Dr. Madeline Levine agreed to be in Lucky Ducks it not only gave us Madeline, but it gave us a stamp of significance and relevance that allowed us to move forward and made it appealing for others to climb aboard.
It also gave me a blueprint for structure and questioning in the beginning.
Mar 17, 2010
HOW’S THAT WORKIN FOR YA?
At it’s core LUCKY DUCKS is a film about family, connection bridging gaps, asking questions and searching for answers.
But the underlying theme always comes back to behavior – patterns of behavior that for the most part end up usually shooting us in the foot.
Mar 16, 2010
PUSH PIN PORTRAIT COMPLETED
It arrived today my push pin portrait by Eric Daigh. The whole story is in an earlier post when we met him at an opening and Glenn commissioned him to do a portrait of me. For those of you who missed the earlier blog, Eric is an incredibly talented artist from Michigan. He makes these Chuck Close like portraits using thousands and thousands of push pins.
Mar 15, 2010
THE UCK IN STUCK OR HOW LUCKY DUCKS CAME TO HAPPEN
I said this week would be entirely devoted to LUCKY DUCKS as the DVD is coming out on Amazon and well, we need to PUSH IT.
It’s going to take some fancy footwork on my part as I’m going to have to mesh the filmmaker with the author, with the mom and the blogger. And oddly when I think about it they all sort of dove tail into each other.
Mar 14, 2010
ONE MAN’S MONK IS ANOTHER MAN’S MEMBER
I know you all think I’m stuck on this Penis Mountain thing. But quite frankly if you had spent the last three days staring at it you might have a hard time letting it go too.
Mar 13, 2010
TAYLOR AND TRACEYS CALIFORNIA GIRLS DRIVING PLAYLIST
Since today is a travel day. While you are reading this we are heading away from Penis Mountain and back to NYC.
Here a little souvenir from our trip. Susan we got your Aretha in there. We had about twenty more, but we edited it down for to this.
Mar 12, 2010
WHEN A PENIS IS ONLY A MOUNTAIN
Yes, I did just say that. And I said it because as I type this I am staring at a giant mountain that is shaped exactly like a penis. We call it Penis Mountain.
Mar 12, 2010
LUCKY DUCKS SWIMMING ON AMAZON
Three years. Thousands of miles of travel. A hundred and eighty hours of footage. Weeks spent in the editing suite with Cob Carlson. One festival. One nomination for BEST DOC.
Frantic swimming against the tide of the newly diminished indie market, but finally we are out on DVD and for all the people who have written in and asked how to get it or see it and for all those who have not – now is your chance.
Mar 11, 2010
THE MOST POPULAR GIRL ON THE PAGE
The other morning Taylor came in my room and said, “You are really turning into the teenager you never got to be.”
Mar 10, 2010
SPRING BREAK FRESHMAN MOM STYLE
This is a little late in the day for Freshman Mom to be posting, but shall we say it’s been a long day, or rather I guess it was a long night.
It was a long something that involved oh so many glasses of Merlot.
Mar 09, 2010
I WISH YOU ALL COULD BE CALIFORNIA GIRLS
Five-thirty am LA time, coffee just arrived and for six dollars it’s nowhere near as good as my Nespresso at home.
I’m awake earlier than usual as I’m on New York time.
And while I sit here drinking my coffee watching the sunrise over this city I realize in many ways it will always be home.
Mar 08, 2010
GLASS, BOXES, STYLE AND TRASHCANS
Most of you will be reading this while I am on my most favorite airline VIRGIN AMERICA, which I should not say because I fear the secret is out and it is the best way to fly to LA or anywhere except it doesn’t fly everywhere.
