Finally caught the film, Shut Up Little Man!, based on a set of audio verite recordings I first heard almost twenty years ago. Interesting film, but the tapes are the gold. I’m also intrigued with the idea that these guys somehow copyrighted the surreptitious recordings of a couple drunks. That never would have held up anywhere. And despite sentiments from the film, the recordings were exploitive of the subjects. That was the whole idea. We were laughing at them. We were all laughing at them.

Sadly, the subjects of the tapes are dead. Winnebago Man was a great film because you got to meet the guy. This one you’ve only got the tapers and Tony, the extra. It was like trying to watch all of the extras from the Heavy Metal Parking Lot DVD. Why? The original is it.

Still, I liked the film and it’s streaming on Netflix here: http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Shut_Up_Little_Man_An_Audio_Misadventure/70170055

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I forgot to list some of the amazing credits from the film, The Raid: Redemption…

You start with the main characters,

Rama, Jaka, Andi, Mad Dog, Wahyu, Tama, Bowo, Gofar, Dagu, Budi

Then it gets amazing…

Machete Gang #1
Machete Gang #2
Machete Gang #3
Machete Gang #4
Machete Gang #5

then…

Special Force #12
Special Force #13
Special Force #14
Special Force #15
Special Force #16
Special Force #17
Special Force #18

then…

Mad Dog’s Man #2
Mad Dog’s Man #3
Spotter Boy #1
Spotter Boy #2
Drug’s Lab Guard #1
Drug’s Lab Guard #2
Drug’s Lab Guard #3
Drug’s Lab Guard #4
Drug’s Lab Guard #5
Drug’s Lab Guard #6
Drug’s Lab Guard #7
Drug’s Lab Guard #8
Drug’s Lab Guard #9
Drug’s Lab Guard #10
Drug’s Lab Guard #11
Drug’s Lab Guard #12
Drug’s Lab Guard #13
Drug’s Lab Guard #14
Drug’s Lab Guard #15
Drug’s Lab Guard #16
Drug’s Lab Guard #17
Drug’s Lab Guard #18
Drug’s Lab Guard #19
Drug’s Lab Guard #20
Drug’s Lab Guard #21
Carrying Bowo Fighter #1
Carrying Bowo Fighter #2
Carrying Bowo Fighter #3
Carrying Bowo Fighter #4
Carrying Bowo Fighter #5
Carrying Bowo Fighter #6
Carrying Bowo Fighter #7
Carrying Bowo Fighter #8
Carrying Bowo Fighter #9
Carrying Bowo Fighter #10
Carrying Bowo Fighter #11
Carrying Bowo Fighter #12
Carrying Bowo Fighter #13
Carrying Bowo Fighter #14
Carrying Bowo Fighter #15
Carrying Bowo Fighter #16
Carrying Bowo Fighter #17
Carrying Bowo Fighter #18
Hole Drop Attacker #1
Hole Drop Attacker #2
Hole Drop Attacker #3
Hole Drop Attacker #4
Hole Drop Attacker #5
Hole Drop Attacker #6
Hole Drop Attacker #7
Hole Drop Attacker #8
AK-47 Attacker #1
AK-47 Attacker #2
AK-47 Attacker #3
AK-47 Attacker #4
AK-47 Attacker #5
Sniper #1
Sniper #2
15th Floor Attacker #1
15th Floor Attacker #2
15th Floor Attacker #3
15th Floor Attacker #4
15th Floor Attacker #5
Riot Van Shooter #1
Riot Van Shooter #2
Riot Van Shooter #3
Riot Van Attacker #1
Riot Van Attacker #2
Riot Van Attacker #3
Tama’s Victim #1
Tama’s Victim #2
Tama’s Victim #3
Tama’s Victim #4
Tama’s Victim #5
Falling Guard
Spy Hole Man
Apartment Night Guard
Junkie Girl
Junkie Guy #1
Junkie Guy #2
Sleeping Man
Panic Man
Tortured Man

Best film credits of all time, bar none.

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Finished reading Breakers this morning. E-book is three bucks, or free to Amazon Prime members. Loved it. Here’s the description:

When Vanessa dies of the flu, Walt is devastated. But she isn’t the last. The virus quickly kills billions, reducing New York to an open grave and LA to a chaotic wilderness of violence and fires. As Raymond and Mia hole up in an abandoned mansion, where they learn to function without electricity, running water, or neighbors, Walt begins an existential walk to LA, where Vanessa had planned to move when she left him. He expects to die along the way.

Months later, a massive vessel appears above Santa Monica Bay. Walt is attacked by a crablike monstrosity in a mountain stream. The virus that ended humanity wasn’t created by humans. It was inflicted from outside. The colonists who sent it are ready to finish the job–and Earth’s survivors may be too few and too weak to resist.

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Tonight the winners of Top of the Rockies will be announced. As of 9pm I can’t find any results online. Someone texted me that I won something, but you have to wait for the results to be posted. It’s mainstream journalism, after all. You have to wait.

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Spent all day yesterday putting together a video. Spending time today polishing it up. With video you need a deadline because otherwise you’ll just keep polishing it forever. Regardless, the end for this one is in sight.

The video out of the Mark IV is great. But I need a new computer. Thing is barely chugging along.

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Last night I got an e-mail from LinkedIn. Like always it’s someone requesting me to connect with them, or else it’s a reminder that someone has requested me to connect with them. I never go on that site and I figure no one else does. What’s the point? Please tell me.

So I logged on last night with the intention of closing my account. I got to the first “Are You Sure?” and saw that I’d been a member since 2009 had 90 connections. That was enough to change my mind. Before logging off I bulk-approved all the friend requests that had been collecting dust in my in box.

This morning, I get this message:

???

Here’s what I did next:

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The film The Raid: Redemption. Crazy good. For guys.

What a new camera really meant today: Eight hours of video editing.

I’ll share when it’s done.

New episode of the One Star Loser podcast:

http://onestarloser.com/2012/04/11/episode-seven-screw-up-of-the-year/

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Just sitting here looking at the stats for this site. Stuff I posted years ago is still attracting people from all over. Thinking I’m too spread out, and thinking about bringing all my content into one site…

It sounds so good right now. Tomorrow morning? Maybe not. Still, I’m too spread out. Routing everything into one place might be just what I need.

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Another plug for my Tumblr blog of epic book covers: http://dustyjackets.tumblr.com/

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And then there’s this…

Catching up…

Don’t know how I made it through the past two weeks.

One session left in the Smartphone photo class I’m teaching. Great group of students. G is teaching it this summer and I highly recommend it.

I’m teaching Documentary Photography starting April 23rd. Info here: http://continue.utah.edu/lifelong/class/llart_152_documentary_photography

Stopped posting links to The Click’s facebook page. No traction, no conversation. Still posting links to Google+.

Every day I get notifications from Google saying that more people are following me on Google+, but the number of followers climbs slowly so I must be shedding people with my links to great photojournalism. Not enough HDR photographs of beautiful sunsets, I guess.

The funny thing about Google+ followers is not every follower is equal. What I need is a list of the circles people have me in, at least the titles. Wouldn’t you like to know how many circles you’re in that are titled, “Uninterested” or “Losers” or “Dead to Me”?

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Reading Breakers, which is only $2.99 at Amazon, or free to Prime members. I’m two-thirds through and it’s a good read.

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Is it possible to honestly denigrate a photo contest that you won? I’d like to think so. What a joke that thing is. (I type this as the plaque is propped up prominently on my desk.)

Here’s hoping I win something in one of the contests whose results I value…

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Later, 43.