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Scott Bateman
Scott Bateman (born January 30, 1964) is an American filmmaker, author, animator, and cartoonist. He graduated from the University of Puget Sound in 1986. Filmography * ''Scott Bateman Presents Scott Bateman Presents'' (TV series, Plum TV, 2007). * ''Atom Age Vampire'' (Feature film, 2009). * ''You, Your Brain, & You'' (Feature film, 2015). * ''600 Space Aliens'' (Short film, 2016). * ''The Bateman Lectures on Depression'' (Feature film, 2018). *''5000 Space Aliens'' (Feature film, 2021). *''Can We Know Anything About Carrots?'' (Short film, 2023). Books * ''Scott Bateman's Sketchbook of Secrets & Shame: Includes 14 Essays from Shamefully Famous Folks'' ( Word Riot Press, 2006). * ''Disalmanac: A Book of Fact-Like Facts'' (TarcherPerigee, 2013). Music videos * Low: Hatchet (Optimimi Version) *Clinic: Jigsaw Man * Thao & The Get Down Stay Down: Cool Yourself * Boston Spaceships Boston Spaceships was a rock band featuring Robert Pollard and Chris Slusarenko of Guide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Bateman
Scott Bateman (born January 30, 1964) is an American filmmaker, author, animator, and cartoonist. He graduated from the University of Puget Sound in 1986. Filmography * ''Scott Bateman Presents Scott Bateman Presents'' (TV series, Plum TV, 2007). * ''Atom Age Vampire'' (Feature film, 2009). * ''You, Your Brain, & You'' (Feature film, 2015). * ''600 Space Aliens'' (Short film, 2016). * ''The Bateman Lectures on Depression'' (Feature film, 2018). *''5000 Space Aliens'' (Feature film, 2021). *''Can We Know Anything About Carrots?'' (Short film, 2023). Books * ''Scott Bateman's Sketchbook of Secrets & Shame: Includes 14 Essays from Shamefully Famous Folks'' ( Word Riot Press, 2006). * ''Disalmanac: A Book of Fact-Like Facts'' (TarcherPerigee, 2013). Music videos * Low: Hatchet (Optimimi Version) *Clinic: Jigsaw Man * Thao & The Get Down Stay Down: Cool Yourself * Boston Spaceships Boston Spaceships was a rock band featuring Robert Pollard and Chris Slusarenko of Guide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Puget Sound
The University of Puget Sound (UPS or Puget Sound) is a private university in Tacoma, Washington. The university draws approximately 2,600 students from 44 states and 16 countries. It offers 1,200 courses each year in more than 50 traditional and interdisciplinary areas of study. The university is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. History The University of Puget Sound was founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888 in downtown Tacoma. The idea for a college in Tacoma originated with Charles Henry Fowler, who had previously been the president of Northwestern University. Fowler was in Tacoma for a Methodist conference when he spoke of his vision of a Christian institution of learning in the area. The conference released a report: Two cities vied for the location of the school: Port Townsend and Tacoma. The committee eventually decided on Tacoma. A charter was drawn up and filed in Olympia on March 17, 1888. This date marks the legal beginning of the school. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plum TV
Plum TV was an American Terrestrial television, broadcast television network targeted mostly to affluent viewers in the country. The majority of the programming was locally produced largely in affluent vacation communities, marketed towards the mass affluent. History Plum TV was launched in 2004 by Tom Scott of Nantucket Nectars, film producer Cary Woods, Chris Glowacki, and general manager Brook Altman. Investors have included singer Jimmy Buffett, then-MTV head Tom Freston and Jason Flom. On January 3, 2012, Plum TV, Inc. and a number of affiliated companies filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of New York bankruptcy court. According to court filings, the companies projected losses of $8.4 million on revenues of $6.4 million and their liabilities exceeded their assets by over $10 million ($19 million in liabilities vs. $8.6 million in assets). They intended to sell their assets to PMG Media Group, LLC for $1 million in cash plus the assumption of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atom Age Vampire
''Atom Age Vampire'' ( it, Seddok, l'erede di Satana, links=no) is a 1960 Italian horror film directed by Anton Giulio Majano. Shot in black-and-white, the film was produced by Elio Ippolito Mellino and stars Alberto Lupo, Susanne Loret, and Sergio Fantoni. Despite there being no vampires in the film, it was released in the USA as ''Atom Age Vampire'' in 1963 in an 87 minute version. It was further shortened for English language DVD release. Plot When a stripper (Susanne Loret) becomes disfigured in a car accident, a scientist (Dr. Levin, played by Alberto Lupo) develops a treatment to restore her beauty by injecting her with a special serum. While performing the procedure, however, he falls in love with her. As the treatment begins to fail, he determines to save her appearance, regardless of how many women he must kill for her sake. Despite the implication of its American title, the film does not feature an actual vampire. The titular Seddok is the brilliant but deranged sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Word Riot Press
''Word Riot'' was an American online magazine that published poetry, flash fiction, short stories, novel excerpts, creative nonfiction, reviews, and interviews. History and profile The magazine was launched in March 2002 by author and publisher Jackie Corley with the help of the late Paula Anderson. It was initially the literary section of a now defunct online music magazine, ''Communication Breakdown''. ''Word Riot'' is headquartered in Middletown, New Jersey. It is published monthly. In 2003, a publishing unit called ''Word Riot Press'' was developed as a spinoff of the online magazine. ''Word Riot Press'' publishes anthologies, short story collections, poetry, and novels. Authors published by the press include Paula Bomer, Mike Young, David Barringer, Timmy Waldron, Nick Antosca, Scott Bateman and Pulitzer Prize winner Gregory Pardlo. ''Word Riot'' was known for publishing the "forceful voices of up-and-coming writers and poets." Since 2002 the magazine published interviews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TarcherPerigee
TarcherPerigee is a book publisher and imprint of Penguin Group focused primarily on mind, body and spiritualism titles, founded in 1973 by Jeremy P. Tarcher in Los Angeles. (Tarcher was notably married to ventriloquist Shari Lewis, and his sister was novelist Judith Krantz). Tarcher began his career in publishing in the early 1960s, putting together packaged book deals for celebrities such as Phyllis Diller, Johnny Carson, Zsa Zsa Gabor, Buddy Hackett, and Joan Rivers, but changed direction after a retreat at the Esalen Institute, an early center of the human potential movement located in Big Sur, California. Receiving no interest from the New York publishing establishment in publishing books on these subjects he began his own publishing venture, and went on to publish bestselling books from many previously-unknown authors working on health, psychology, philosophy, and New Age spiritutality. They include ''Joy’s Way'' by W. Brugh Joy; "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low (band)
Low is an American indie rock band from Duluth, Minnesota, formed in 1993 by Alan Sparhawk (guitar and vocals) and Mimi Parker (drums and vocals). The band was a trio from 1993 to 2020, having featured four different bassists. Parker was a member from its formation until her death in 2022. The music of Low is characterized by slow tempos and minimalist arrangements. Early descriptions sometimes referred to it as a rock subgenre called "slowcore" often compared to the band Bedhead, who played this style during the early 1990s. However, Low's members ultimately disapproved of the term. Parker and Sparhawk's vocal harmonies represent perhaps the group's most distinctive element; critic Denise Sullivan writes that their shared vocals are "as chilling as anything Gram arsonsand Emmylou arrisever conspired on—though that's not to say it's country-tinged, just straight from the heart." Low's style grew experimental over time, gradually incorporating elements of electronica and gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clinic (band)
Clinic are a Liverpool acid punk band, formed in 1997 by vocalist Ade Blackburn, guitarist Jonathan Hartley, bassist Brian Campbell and drummer Carl Turney. The band were originally named Pure Morning. The band are signed to Domino, and are noted for wearing surgical masks and outfits in concert and press shots. Blackburn has stated that this is an homage to San Francisco bands Crime and The Residents, and that "I like the way there was a visual side to what they did, but it wasn't something too serious. It was like a tacky pun on the band name. I liked something a bit more ridiculous like that." History Formation and early recordings Vocalist and rhythm guitarist Ade Blackburn and lead guitarist Jonathan Hartley formed the earliest incarnation of the band around 1984, initially known as Sunny Rainy Afterlife, and offering home-made demo cassettes through a local free-circulation magazine. By the late 1980s, the band had renamed itself Jellystone Park, with Blackburn and Hartl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down was an American alternative/folk rock group that originated in Falls Church, Virginia in 2003, before relocating to San Francisco, California. Its final lineup consisted of Thao Nguyen ( lead vocals, guitar) and Adam Thompson (bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals). Previous members of the project included Frank Stewart (lead guitar, production) and Willis Thompson ( drums). The band released five studio albums: ''We Brave Bee Stings and All'' (2008), ''Know Better Learn Faster'' (2009), ''We the Common'' (2013), ''A Man Alive'' (2016) and ''Temple'' (2020). History Thao Nguyen met drummer Willis Thompson while studying for her degrees in Sociology and Women's Studies at College of William & Mary. Willis Thompson was a member of Camp Tigerclaw, Acousticore, and Murphy's Kids. He is also a contributing member to the band The Light Footwork. Thao Nguyen and Willis Thompson met Adam Thompson (no relation) during a show at the Harrison Street Coffee S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Spaceships
Boston Spaceships was a rock band featuring Robert Pollard and Chris Slusarenko of Guided By Voices, and John Moen of The Decemberists and Perhapst. The name of the band came from a nickname Pollard gave to the Boston cream donut from Krispy Kreme, which is Pollard's favorite donut. The band released several albums before disbanding in 2011 with their final album ''Let it Beard''. History Beginnings In June 2008 Pollard announced he had formed a new recording project, Boston Spaceships. Pollard's confidence in the band led to a seventeen date fall tour that began in late September. For the band's sole set of live dates Pollard, Moen and Slusarenko were joined by longtime Pollard collaborators Tommy Keene and Jason Narducy. The band's first album '' Brown Submarine'' was released in September and received good reviews, scoring the highest score for a Pollard release on metacritic since GBV's '' Earthquake Glue'' five years prio The album was named the 12th best album of 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenn Vix
Jenn Vix (born February 4, 1967) is an American solo electronic-rock singer, songwriter, producer, and recording engineer, who has ventured into other genres including alternative rock, trip hop, darkwave, modern new wave and electro-industrial. Early life Born in Providence, Rhode Island, she spent her teen years in New York City. Career In 1984, Vix performed in Disco Donut, a one-off band, singing back-up, along with singer/songwriter Nicole Willis from Nicole Willis & The Soul Investigators, Adam Horovitz of The Beastie Boys on bass, musician Phil Painson on drums and investigative journalist David Strahan on guitar. ''Jenn Vix'' Vix's first solo release was ''Jenn Vix'', a self-titled album of 8 tracks on her own label, Umbrella, which was officially released in January 1995, through a New York–based distributor. Later it was sold on CDBaby, one of the first artists on that site. Rolling Stone gave the album 3.5 stars, saying "Vix sounds perpetually enraptured. And t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bateman 365
Bateman 365 is a project initiated by Scott Bateman in August 2005 to emulate the idea presented by the 24 Hour Animation Contest on the scale of one year. It utilizes a number of characters Bateman developed for his syndicated political cartoons and other works, as well as snippets from life in New York City and audio commentaries from third parties. Recurring characters (usually voiced by Scott Bateman) *Blind Mango Jehosophat: a satirization of Blind Willie McTell and Blind Lemon Jefferson. *Bobo the Bear: a "cute", nihilistic bear. *Bob the Damn Bunny: a lewd bunny rabbit. *Scurvy Steve, Pirate Accountant Real life voices and subject sources *George W. Bush: a number of speeches by Bush are satirized. * Colleen AF Venable *Laura Krafft Laura Krafft is a comedic writer and actress. An ImprovOlympic and Second City alum, she is a former staff writer for ''The Colbert Report''. Writing assignments *''Call Me Kat'' (2021) *''The Colbert Report'' (2006-2008) Bust Magazine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
