Month: October, 2008


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In 1991, I was working as a stripper. No, not that kind of stripper. “Stripper” is a term from the commercial printing field, Sherlock. I worked with a bunch of guys in a dark room, around lighted tables, and at no point did I take my clothes off, except once when I was going to [...]


A Performance from the 2006 Paul’s Basement BBQ Mixer Matt and Jason shared carefully-edited excerpts from a recently discovered cache of high school mash notes. The notes you are about to hear are true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent. Also, some of the people who actually **wrote** the notes were at [...]


A Performance from the 2006 Paul’s Basement BBQ Mixer Hoping to present something “politically relevant” which “speaks to the concerns of our generation,” Jason opts to read a sci-fi short story he wrote in junior high. Yes, that would be 27 years ago.


In January 1984, Matt, Jason, Eric, Paul (and a bunch of other folks) traveled to the bustling metropolis of Tacoma, Washington, to see Genesis (or possibly Gene Siskel; my memory is unreliable) live at the mighty Tacoma Dome. This is a film about that fateful trip. Chapter 1 ends with Eric’s horrifying journey to hell, [...]


In May 1984, four months after the first “RTT” spectacular, the Paul’s Basement crew returned to Tacoma, this time to see the mighty RUSH on their “Grace Under Pressure” tour. In this episode, Eric experiences terrifying flashbacks of his sojourn in the underworld, Jason visits the Optical Department at Sears, and Paul drives over one [...]


When my son Max graduated from high school, Jen (Max’s mom) suggested that it would be nice to put together a little video compiling some of our favorite photos and home movie excerpts from his 18 years of life. All of my ridiculous projects begin in this same way, with the best of intentions… It [...]


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A short film (well, 26 minutes is relatively short, isn’t it?) based on the events described in the Trans Am Incident story. Matt and I came up with the idea, Matt shot and directed, I shot a couple of “inserts” (like my shifty eyes and sweaty forehead), and I edited.