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February 28, 2015
Congrats, Joe Estevez!
Big congratulations to legendary actor Joe Estevez for taking home a Lifetime Achievement Award presented to him during the 3rd Annual On Cinema Oscar Special. Joe’s work is truly admirable and his artistic output, tremendous. You deserve it, Joe. On a related note, it was a real honor to attempt to capture Joe’s on-camera energy […]
February 20, 2015
VICE Interview: On Tim Heidecker’s DECKER!
Happy freedom-loving Friday, everyone! I’m pleased to announce that the VICE interview I did with the brilliant Sean J. Patrick Carney about the DECKER: CLASSIFIED novelization is now live–so, so wonderfully live. Check it out here: THE BIZARRE AND HILARIOUS SHOT-FOR-SHOT NOVELIZATION OF TIM HEIDECKER’S ‘DECKER’ WEB SERIES
February 12, 2015
Domo ArigaDIE!!! — Coming Soon
Stay tuned for Alodia… There will be damage.
February 3, 2015
DECKER: CLASSIFIED is now available for purchase!
It’s here, folks, the official ebook novelization of Tim Heidecker’s hit Adult Swim web series Decker, the highly anticipated–DECKER: CLASSIFIED (Heidecker Publishing, 2015). This book features a sharpened cut of the novelization, stills from the show, as well as a foreword by Heidecker and an introduction by Decker actor, movie expert, and On Cinema’s new […]
January 26, 2015
Static: a Novella
I’ve finished a new novella entitled STATIC. I began work on this novella in July 2014. In this novella, our protagonist finds himself slipping between interconnected timelines from the banal to the bizarre as he chases after a mysterious woman he desires, and becomes enraptured (and bewildered) by the consequences of choice, change, and sacrifice. […]
January 2, 2015
2014 Reading List /// Top Ten of 2014
If you’re interested in seeing what I’ve been reading, here’s the link to my 2014 Goodreads list. I indulged in about ninety books–fifteen more than my intended goal, and ten less than a nice round hundred. That said, many of the books were short, fast, and juicy. I’m still working on disciplining myself through long […]
December 30, 2014
Vic Berger Presents Lady Gaga
Much respect and much respect and much–the best!
December 22, 2014
Review: The Mondo Vixen Massacre by Jamie Grefe (Eraserhead Press; 2013)
Originally posted on nicholauspatnaude:
Cinematic techniques and odes abound, although the language is sensory rich and visceral. Humiliation and degradation steam off every page. It feels like we drift at the periphery of a great b-movie. Little details and tropes–Russ Meyer dialogue, throwaway phases like ‘hundred dollar handshake’, 70s exploitation film iconography and motifs, etc.…
Cinematic techniques and odes abound, although the language is sensory rich and visceral. Humiliation and degradation steam off every page. It feels like we drift at the periphery of a great b-movie. Little details and tropes–Russ Meyer dialogue, throwaway phases like ‘hundred dollar handshake’, 70s exploitation film iconography and motifs, etc.…
THE MAUNDER HOUR: Episode Three
THE MAUNDER HOUR is a podcast of pure relaxation and rambling half-thoughts with your host, Jamie Grefe. In this episode I read two excerpts from my newly released “old” novella TARANTULEECHEN and talk briefly about Finnish heavy metal (i.e. RANGER: Knights of Darkness). Thank you for listening. Embedded Player: https://archive.org/embed/MaunderHourEP3 Direct link to MP3: https://archive.org/download/MaunderH...
December 21, 2014
Two Free Books
I’m giving away two of my novellas in PDF form for free. Download them. Read them. Devour them. Thank you, readers. Happy holidays! CANNIBAL FATALES (PDF) – originally released as a limited edition hardcover from Dynatox Ministries in 2014. Think Russ Meyers meets Dario Argento. Things get messy. TARANTULEECHEN (PDF) - acquired late 2013 by […]
