Cowboy Mouth Jenny Says video

Here they are live. Paul is the guitarist with the southern comfort shirt on.

Paul Sanchez Leaves Cowboy Mouth

One of my favorite bands from my college days are Cowboy Mouth. They are a band that you need to see live. If you are having a bad day or feeling down then go see them if they are in your town. Unfortunately one of the original members, Paul Sanchez, has decided to call it quits. I am sure losing a home in Katrina didn't help matters. There are only two original members left,Fred and John Thomas.

David Leeson of the Dallas Morning News Shoots Video

David Leeson disusses why he shoots video for the Dallas Morning News.

Somewhere along the way we became outdated. The word archaic seems fitting. Most of us still are and consider still images combined with audio as something highly innovative even though folks like Shelley Katz, a former Time magazine photographer, was doing that in 1970 for TV broadcast on WFAA in Dallas. Audio and stills can sometimes be an effective storytelling mechanism. All too often it is not.

LonelyGirl15 is revealed

I never watched them. I think they were huge on youtube. Wired magazine has an article up online that gives a behind the scenes on the creation of the videos. Media 2.0 is here.

I am Alive

No. I am not missing. Blogging is tough especially with a 3 year old boy and a newborn girl(born August 26). What a week to have a baby. Hurricane Katrina struck my home state(born and raised in north louisiana). My brother-in-law and his family who live on the Westbank are ok...no major house damage. My In Laws timeshare that they get every year at Mardi Gras made it through, although the annex burned down when a subway shop was set on fire. It breaks my heart to think that a unique American City is lying in ruins. We must repair New Orleans and the Gulf Coast and Mardi Gras must occur this year. The Times-Picayune has an editorial that voices my thoughts about Mardi Gras.

VJ Article

Terry Heaton has an interview with the manager of VJ training for the BBC.

Spacecraft Films

I have always been a fan of spaceflight. With the shuttle landing safely today, I thought would mention a great resource for Space Buffs. Spacecraft Films. The company was founded by Mark Gray in 2001. He had an idea to create these DVD's from as close to the master source as he could get. The Dvd's cover a specific launch, flight, and landing of a mission. They have focused on the early years of spaceflight(Gemini, Apollo), but Mark is also at work on shuttle missions.

NASA gave him access to their archives so the images included from the actual film shot by astronauts will probably suprise you. Spacecraft Films was able to get a dupe of a the original negative for many of the missions.

These DVD's aren't for everyone. It is not a regular documentary with a storyline, but it is raw unedited footage. The DVD's also include the television feeds that were broadcast.That quality of course is not as good but it is worth having also.

They are expensive so it might be worth a rental instead of a buy. I know Blockbuster Online has copies for rent. The distribution is being handled by Fox DVD so the prices might be dropping on the sets.

On a side note, check out beFrank who is working a sat truck at Edwards Air Force Base.

Photog that I admire

I discovered this photographer through Michael Rosenblum. He mentioned Travis Fox as one of the guys who is succeding as a VJ. I would think that Travis is not under a television deadline, but just knowing that his background was stills and he learned to shoot and edit video by trial and error is impressive. He works for The Washington Post and is able to do in depth stories on serious subject matter mainly overseas. Check out his work. He has a dream job that I am sure that all young photogs(without a family) would love. I wish I was 25 again.