Archive for October, 2007

XS Halloween 2007

XS Halloween 2007

Some great photos from the XS Club event in York, PA this past weekend, where ghouls and goblins in glitter danced till the wee hours.  Check out more below!

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UrbNews.tv Launches Blog

UrbNews.tv Launches Blog

I finished the design and blog setup for URBnews.tv, a new urban reporting site I am running with Vince Lee. We will strive to entertain, uplift and educate.
Check out the site here!
Peace,
Melissa

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Dickies Model

Dickies Model

I modeled some Dickies wear for the Workstylz.com site I’m working on currently. (I mostly shot though – being in front of the camera gives me a frustrating lack of control and I don’t like it as much as taking the images). Surprisingly comfortable, I now live in my Dickies jacket and pants.

The [...]

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Tabla Animated Installation

This is a piece I did a few years ago – Tabla Animated – for an installation at the Chelsea Market Gallery.
Enjoy,
Melissa

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The Stop Snitching Files

The Stop Snitching Files

Its official – I have signed on to do the sequel to “Death Before Dishonor”, as editor and writer. These days, the editor role in my case usually means heavy story direction. I am truly excited to be doing this project, as a rebuttal to our first film on the topic. I [...]

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Nielsen Online Summit Video

Nielsen Online Summit Video

Screen shot from Nielsen CGM Summit Video
Today, I completed a video for the opening of the CGM Summit, to be shown later this week in NYC.  Check out the “Filmmaker” section of my site to see the completed cut.  It’s hot and flashy.
Peace,
Melissa

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I am The Playstation

I am The Playstation

So I took a test on Facebook today. Yah, I know…online tests are bunk. But I found it pretty interesting, and um, well…rather accurate…hahaha…read on, intrepid visitor…
The Playstation
Random Gentle Sex Master (RGSM)
Easy to turn on. Hard to beat. You are The Playstation.
You’re a nice girl, and you have lots of sex. It’s therefore [...]

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Workstylz.com Design

Workstylz.com Design

This has been a very busy week, juggling an installation at the Armory and design clients.  Above is my design for Workstylz.com, so I am excited to build it out!
Other news – a couple of documentaries coming my way – more details soon!
Peace,
Melissa

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Thought and Spirit of Love

Thought and Spirit of Love

A man asks his rabbi, “Why does God write the law on our hearts? Why not in our hearts? It’s the inside of my heart that needs God.”
The rabbi answered, “God never forces anything into a human heart. He writes the word on our hearts so that when our hearts break, God falls in.”
- [...]

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Touching and Moving

Touching and Moving

Anthony, Wendell and some buddies hugging it out
There is not a single true work of art that has not in the end added to the inner freedom of each person who has known and loved it.
-Albert Camus 
This weekend, the Church of Smile descended on Union Square and gave free hugs and candy.  The Church is [...]

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The Art of Living

The Art of Living

Art has something to do with the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos. A stillness which characterizes prayer, too, and the eye of the storm… an arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.
-Saul Bellow
I had an interesting weekend.  Lots of art, lots of struggle, lots of seeking that silence to create, despite [...]

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Reconfiguration Of Modern Life – Plan2Evolve.tv

Reconfiguration Of Modern Life - Plan2Evolve.tv

We are reconfiguring our view of modern life, and that means re-framing how we look at ourselves and our impact on our environment – both the physical and metaphysical. Part of that re-framing is looking at the underlying conflicts in our lifestyles and how we are triggered on them, to the point of mass [...]

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Time for A Woman’s Studio – Warner Brothers Boycott

Time for A Woman's Studio - Warner Brothers Boycott

Warner Brothers Boycott
According to Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily, Warner Brothers president Jeff Robinov is no longer interested in seeing any scripts with a female in the lead. Nikki’s sources are several insider producers, who relayed to her “the official policy as expressly articulated by Robinov is that a male has to be the lead [...]

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Andrea Grant – Rings I Have Worn

Check another great piece from the DVD of videos I shot and edited for the fabulous Andrea Grant. Her spoken word hits you and flattens you, in a very efficient fashion. Check out more of her work at Copious Amounts Press.
Peace,
Melissa

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Sister Clip

I edited this piece when my niece was born two years today!  Happy birthday, Jackie!
Love,
Auntie M

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Andrea Grant – Messiah Complex

Check out this swell video I shot and edited for the fabulous Andrea Grant, a couple of years back. Check her out at Copious Amounts Press.
Peace,
Melissa

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Miixxy Digital Art

Click to view the whole image
More digital design – actually, this was on my hard drive for a few months and I just happened across it.  Its rather good.
Peace,
Melissa

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Alan Vega

I shot this a few years ago at the Ramones Beat on Cancer Benefit. Just listen to the scream!
Rock and Roll,
Melissa

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