Archive for January, 2007
Tracing the Seams: “Pity for the Planet”
The latest in Wesley’s Tracing the Seams series of writings has been about a month in the making, and it’s a two-parter. Take a look at “Pity for the Planet” by going to TracingtheSeams.com!
An Umbrella: “Stay with Me” (Trendt Basketmix)
With the new year comes new music. Take a listen to our remix of composer Clint Mansell’s piece “Stay With Me” from The Fountain soundtrack by downloading the Rogdale Hogmuffin MP3.
Tracing the Seams: “The Show”
Wesley recently updated the Tracing the Seams site with a new piece of writing called “The Show”, along with updating many of his old pieces with revisions for clarity and structure. In addition to these updates, he’s also working on a new piece.
The Books: Live Performance This Month
I’ve just added a new date to The Books‘ official Web site. They will perform this month at Webster Hall in New York, NY on the 27th.
12 oz. Mouse: Interview Online
I just created a page for the interview I did with 12 oz. Mouse creator Matt Maiellaro. It’s pretty long and comprehensive, so if you’re a fan of the show you may want to give it a read. Here’s an Excerpt:
Even after writing for Space Ghost Coast to Coast and creating a show about anthropomorphic fast food items, 12 oz. Mouse still stands out as the most strange and intricate of your projects. How exactly did you come up with the concept and characters for this series?It’s like, there’s this Mouse and he’s in this world. I don’t know what’s going on yet because he doesn’t. Since he’s a mouse, let’s make the other characters non-mouse-like. Let’s make them all interesting and unique. Instead of creating ha-ha jokey-jokes like everything else, let’s build something slowly that takes on more form. Something more concrete. Something’s that real. Let’s let the humor arrive naturally through well-developed characters and let’s let them say what needs to be said. Is it weird that the town is cardboard? Sure. But only to us – people who don’t live in cardboard towns. The environments these characters interact in are real. Everything is tangible and has been so since it’s been so, and so is real. So again, here we are. One mouse – this world. Where does it go? Lead us there. Take us into the dark and show us its secrets, because that’s what smart America wants. They want to fill in pieces, figure out things, and get attached to complex characters that are simple to visualize. Especially characters that represent true life. Start a story. Let’s take the pilot: A drunk mouse robs a bank – seemingly simple. If that’s all he does, it becomes one-dimensional and instantly boring. Take it further. Un-shadow the shadows. Mix a bunch of stuff together. Finance, debauchery, human organs, fish, umbrellas, music, archerists and monsters that even today would not exist. Write it down, figure it out, and have a blast making it.
Read the full 12 oz. Mouse interview here.
