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New Book: The Tao of Cow
Our own Garrett Gilchrist has recently made his first book, "The Tao of Cow," available online. "The Tao of Cow" is a book of sixty unrhymed philosophical poems, told from the point of view of a cow. Ah, and now you're asking - is this a joke? What sort of philosophy could a cow possibly have to give? Quite a bit, as it happens ... the cow teaches of a life simply and contentedly lived, in harmony with nature. In ten chapters, the happy cow meets a weary man on the road of life, and attempts to free his mind until the man can see where true happiness lies. It may free your mind as well ... the book has a calming effect, good for the stressed filmmaker ... and a good gift for family. The spiral-bound, 102-page, fully-illustrated paperback book is available for $9.59 ... Garrett makes no profit off of this, he just wanted to make the book available. It was originally written when he was younger and much less jaded, and it has a lot of meaning to him today. He hopes you'll enjoy it. If you're at all interested, please head over to www.cafeshops.com/taoofcow to order.
The Teenage Bingo Brigade trailer (1.97 MB, Realplayer) "What drives a man to kill? Is it a Honda, a Volvo? Or perhaps a Buick?" It has been over a year now since Warren Blyth (of Oregon's Bravado Entertainment, and his own Funeral Home Entertainment) decided to make a short film out of The Teenage Bingo Brigade, a short script written by our own Garrett Gilchrist. Warren ran to L.A. and spent a few minutes shooting Garrett narrating his own script, in character as "Vivian." Since then, the unfinished film has sat unnoticed and unloved in Warren's stash of things to do. Then, unexpectedly, at Camp Rewind 2003, Warren debuted this trailer .... one of the strangest trailers I've ever seen. Warren has, in his boredom, turned a simple script into an endlessly bizarre CGI special effects extravaganza. Garrett was more shocked than anyone ... and we're all very curious to what sort of weirdness Warren is brewing. He is now updating us every few days on his progress (and lack thereof) on finishing the project, in the forum. But for now, watch the trailer, I say, and explode with delight! You are not ready for The Teenage Bingo Brigade trailer! (1.97 MB, Realplayer)
Radio Man: Live Without Pants!
Radio Man: Live Without Pants (10 min, 35 MB, Quicktime) In previous issues, you've seen our own Radio Man try to perform live onstage. You've seen him fall over and get thrown offstage. But this time, nobody can stop him. This time, Radio Man gets to perform his act for 10 entire minutes. This time, Radio Man takes off his pants. The pants are off, and no holds are barred. Watch Radio Man talk about eating paint! Watch Radio Man try to eat his own pants! Shiver with glee as Radio Man puts on 3-d glasses and sings his hit single, "Space Hat," with guitar accompaniment by his manager, Jason Gutierrez. The greatest Radio Man standup act ever? Well, no. But it is the best one yet. Enjoy. Read Garrett's entire account of the night in the forums. To see Radio Man's previous two live performance attempts, read "Radio Man Live" The incredibly true story of Radio Man's first live performance, and
"Radio Man Kicked Offstage", the tragic tale of Radio Man's unsuccessful second performance. And visit the Radio Man website.
Radio Man: Live Without Pants (10 min, 35 MB, Quicktime)
Unseen since fall 2001, Garrett Gilchrist's long-running (43 installments!) comic strip "The Sugarhigh Crusade," is returning after its two-year sleep. Lord Aleric Sugarhigh has returned, with his cohorts Toshiro the Samurai, Joel, and the lovely Miss #749. Three new installments of The Sugarhigh Crusade have already been created - It will be appearing every week in the USC newspaper, The Daily Trojan, and more importantly will be appearing every week right here in our forums, and at the official Sugarhigh webpage. The strip follows the ongoing story of a funny and bizarre adventure, as a knight, a samurai, and two students go on quests all over a college campus, righting wrongs and doing battle with celebrities like Leonard Maltin. A paperback book compilation is coming soon, that you will be able to buy here. There's five years of story to catch up on, so better get cracking! You can read them all at the Sugarhigh webpage.
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