Completed the editing on an alternative ending for
Hot Rod Girls Save The World. This ending will run after the credits on the second edition of Hot Rod Girls Save The World I will release this fall. Slightly different movie than the first edition that came out on DVD last December. Also been going through a bit of anxiety the last week and a half. Alot is going on with my wife's small business and building landlord, etc. Gotta keep calm. Not…
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Added by D.A. Sebasstian on May 22, 2009 at 8:55am —
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Made all the selections for our
Hot Rod Monsters Film Festival this weekend. So I'm sitting outside Saturday and Sunday on a big blanket with my wife, enjoying our rental house and the Seattle weather (for once). Scribbling on papers and crumbling up other papers, banging on my calculator to get the films and shorts and music videos to fit as closely as possible in 2 hour slots. We have three slots per night. Great films and series including…
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Added by D.A. Sebasstian on May 18, 2009 at 4:14pm —
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An incredible day filming scenes and the trailer for my new film
Rat Rod Rockers! Everybody worked hard and we finished two complete scenes and random bits for the trailer, which should be up on
YouTube in the next week. I am really getting excited to get this bad boy…
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Added by D.A. Sebasstian on May 10, 2009 at 6:30pm —
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Going through a mini-shoegazer music phase. Last month it was Funk (adding to my mp3 collection with new versions of Hollywood Swinging, Super Fly etc.) So I downloaded several My Bloody Valentine and Gliss albums. Also a bit of New York Art Rock with The Warlocks. I love music.
Added by D.A. Sebasstian on May 7, 2009 at 6:00pm —
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Man is it comin' down outside! However- I do love the rain. Washes away all the dirt and crap. This was a decent storm. Many ties in Seattle we get overcast and drizzle, just enough to wreck the BBQ. Summers in Seattle can be perfection. Three months of 75-80 degree weather without a cloud in the sky. When I first moved up here in 1989, I worked at a Tower Records (remember those). It was cold and wet and dank. I asked one of my coworkers was it like this in the summer. He said, "Just wait and…
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Added by D.A. Sebasstian on May 5, 2009 at 9:07am —
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Wrote a new little surf punk instrumental (may add lyrics later) called "1964." The year the Beatles invaded the U.S.A., the introduction of the second generation HEMI by Chrysler, the introductions of the Barracuda, Mustang and GTO and the year I was born. I also completed the editing for the Alternative Ending for
Hot Rod Girls Save The World. Still have to finish the audio, but should have it…
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Added by D.A. Sebasstian on May 3, 2009 at 9:30pm —
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May Day.
Added by D.A. Sebasstian on May 1, 2009 at 11:30am —
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So I open my e-mail this morning and stumble across a new one from SIFF (Seattle International Film Festival). I open it eagerly and then read the first line- "We are sorry to inform you..." I stop and angrily delete the damn thing. So it looks like our
Hot Rod Monsters Film Festival will be the Seattle premiere of Hot Rod Girls Save the World.
Added by D.A. Sebasstian on April 30, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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Working all day on the alternative ending for the Second Edition of
Hot Rod Girls Save The World. The Second Edition will have a main program 10 minutes shorter than the First Edition with the alternative ending coming after the end credits. The second version of the DVD will also be a dual layer disc (higher quality picture) with bonus features like deleted scenes and music videos. I'm hoping to have Hot Rod Girl Save The World (Second…
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Added by D.A. Sebasstian on April 29, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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Another gang member has been cast for
Rat Rod Rockers! Charles Kittay came over to the studio yesterday and read himself into our upcoming film. He's got that East Coast Thug thing down cold. Rat Rod Rockers! w official ebsite is www.ratrodrockers.com
Added by D.A. Sebasstian on April 28, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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Uploaded some new Hot Rod Monsters Film Festival sticker and shirt designs on the
Go-Kustom Cafe Press Pages. We also just added Hot Rod Havoc to the line up. This is going to be a great set of films!
www.hotrodmonstersfilmfest.com
Added by D.A. Sebasstian on April 27, 2009 at 9:30am —
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So my Google Alerts (if you didn't know, you can actually set up a Google Alert so any "key words" that pop up on Google's Monster Search Engine, Google will send you an alert with the link so you can see how the key words are being used on that page) comes up with a new review for my film
Hot Rod Girls Save The World. I bounce over to the review page and low and behold it rips my film a new arse h***. The thing it, I can tell it is an honest…
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Added by D.A. Sebasstian on April 25, 2009 at 1:59pm —
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This is one of my Phantom (What If) concept cars. What if Dodge decided to make a Coronet/Charger styled car to compete with the Mustang and Corvette ala AMC's AMX (i.e. making a two seater that doesn't look that different from some of the marques other cars).. The AMX was essentially a shorter version of the Javelin, so by shortening the wheelbase AMC got two cars for the cost of designing one. This is the basis for this concept- a Dodge Charger GT…
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This is one of my Phantom (What If) concept cars. What if Dodge decided to make a Coronet/Charger styled car to compete with the Mustang and Corvette ala AMC's AMX (i.e. making a two seater that doesn't look that different from some of the marques other cars). The AMX was essentially a shorter version of the Javelin, so by shortening the wheelbase AMC got two cars for the cost of designing one. This is the basis for this concept- a Dodge Charger GT or…
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Added by D.A. Sebasstian on April 22, 2009 at 10:00am —
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Getting the Car Club names and logos ready for Rat Rod Rockers! The town has several gang/car clubs that do all the dirty work for various local mobsters. The Defiers was one of my fave gang names and the first logo I designed. I used a St. Florian Cross with rounded edges. It does look a bit like the Firefighters Cross Logo, but what the hell it's only a movie. I do all the graphics for my films- logos and signs are actually a big part of prop and…
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Added by D.A. Sebasstian on April 21, 2009 at 8:30am —
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After his reading last week, we officially selected Cameron Black as one of the lead gang members for Rat Rod Rockers! Welcome aboard Cameron!
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I keep reading my film Hot Rod Girls Save The World will never win an Academy Award. All I gotta say is- "So what, Oscars are for sissies!"
Added by D.A. Sebasstian on April 16, 2009 at 9:30pm —
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We held an actors meeting last night for the girls of the fictitious "Milldue Family." They are some of the central characters of Rat Rod Rockers! We ran some lines, talked wardrobe and checked character chemistry. These kinds of meetings really help me in writing the…
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Added by D.A. Sebasstian on April 15, 2009 at 11:20am —
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Just completed the Spanish Language DVD covers for Chicas Hot Rod Salvan el Mundo (Hot Rod Girls Save The World). The actual translation by Rubi Romero is half way complete and we will start overdubbing in the next few months.
Added by D.A. Sebasstian on April 14, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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We had our second Rat Rod Rockers! pre-production meeting yesterday. Mostly discussing the shots we need for the movie trailer and locations. The farm house lead we had didn't pan out. Looks like we got a good crew for this…
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Added by D.A. Sebasstian on April 12, 2009 at 11:00pm —
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