Tonight, at our first show On The Road, I announced some big news.  We're developping a hitRECord television show.  This is a very "soft announcement," in that I can't reveal any details yet.  And we don't really want to let the cat out of the bag in a big public way right now.  But I just thought, since I'm talking about it on stage, I'd make a video about it for you guys.  Plus I wanted an excuse to sit in the driver's seat on the bus :o) 

For a long time now we've been selecting Themes and making art regarding those Themes. But we need to develop New Themes. So let's hear your suggestions!

Your RE: Theme contributions should be broad enough so all sorts of art can be created for them, but they should also be specific.

Here's the RE: Themes collaboration: http://www.hitrecord.org/records/867994

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I've come up with these examples of RE: Themes and contributed them to the collaboration:

* RE: Sugar

* RE: Midnight

* RE: The Doctor's Office

* RE: Bicycles

* RE: Magic

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Here's how you can contribute to this collaboration:

* Contribute one RE: Theme at a time to the collaboration (please do not contribute as a list - just one per record)

* You can also include why you selected each Theme in the record's description, as well as different ways we can explore it

* Curate Albums of records that relate to specific Themes

* Create some records on Themes you like - write a song, make a short film, etc.

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Thanks Again!

<3

J

Here's a draft of TheSerpentTheCharmer's "Departures."

Here's a draft of TheSerpentTheCharmer's "Departures."

Here's a draft of TheSerpentTheCharmer's "Departures."

Always wanted to go back and make a short film for phenomenaaa's amazing short story "The Horrifically Mundane Life of Sarah Cohn"! Hope you like :)

As you can see, I have a mild obsession with Cameron Smith's cinematography skillz :D

There was copyright issues with the Bar Mitzvah footage I used in the first version - the footage I used in this record is definitely public domain, you can find it here: http://archive.org/details/gov.doj.ncj.212664.v1.6

This is an edit of wirrow's Give Me All The Flickering Lights.  I originally thought the whole video should be one large flickering light but quickly learned that this poem is about a lot more. Or maybe it isn't...? 

wirrow - I sincerely appreciate these words. thank you for sharing them. 

KILLER REALITY CHECK: Be a Douche & Get Deleted.

(I don't need to elaborate on the previous and long discussions about The results of this moment, i just know it was awkward as fuck, and the actors handled themselves graciously and professionally, and there is greatness in impulse, and she just happened to enter at the most perfect time in the scene,where I feel like Life imitates Art,  so thats why i chose to remix this bit)

((Also there is no way Matthew Modine went near this girls ass))

On the set of my new movie "Don Jon's Addiction" with some awesome background actors. :oD