Wednesdays @Starbucks 003

Our weekly live show. Tony and Sean talk about the taxi project and Stephen tells us about his new client. There are some good tips in this show about working with clients. Next Wed we are taking break because we all some projects to work on but the following week we’ll be back. Let us know if you want to call in and be on the show or just share some topic ideas in the comments.

Wednesdays @Starbucks 002

Okay this was a bunch of foolishness. But I think we go our audio issues worked out. We talk about Howard Schultz townhall meeting, Kodak Zi8, conversion software. Here’s some photos from today. Photo by Sean McMenemy Photo by Sean McMenemy Photo by Tony Gasbarro Photo by Stephen Knapp Photo by Stephen Knapp

MMN Season 2 ep 004 Crossing Lines

I talk with Charlie Breit about his Branded entertainment project “The Lines”. He’s also putting together a meetup on Thursday September 29th to bring together local Chicago filmmakers.

“The Lines” is branded entertainment sort of “The Hills” meets driver education. Allstate Insurance is the brand and safe driving is the message. Charlie cleverly weaves young adult situations with driving mishaps. Each episode ends with nice message about safe driving. The production quality is great and he’s found brought together some great local actors. The project is worth watching and a good sign that brands in the Midwest might be looking for opportunities to get their messages out in different ways.

CN-160 LED Light UnBox

If you’re looking for a cheap “inexpensive” light pick, up one or two of these. I do an unboxing of the lights I’ve purchased and just recently used them on a shoot. Was pretty happy with them and plan on buy 2 or 4 more. Wish they came with barn-doors. Maybe it’s the farm boy in me I think all lights should come with barn-doors. Find out more at EPhotoINC, or go Check out the spec on the CN-160 or [...]

Live from Starbucks

Yeah I know we’ve done this kind of show before but we are going to do this as a regular thing at Starbucks. When we get together on Wednesdays we really find we have a lot of discussions that we should have recorded. We even tried it and well guess what that takes time to sift through it and then edit it. So we decided instead of recording shows and not editing them we thought let’s just go live that [...]

MMN S2 ep003 Space Hospital a Galaxy of fun

Yes I like cheese especially on pizza, hamburgers, fries, hotdogs and yes some of my content. Check out what one of the co-creators of Space Hospital Rob Poe has to say about making a series on a shoestring and still making sure everyone has fun doing it. Space Hospital has found that balance of cheese, story, camp and fun. It’s a fine line to walk and not many people can do it. You can try to look good and not pull it off or not now how to make it campy and just make it look bad. This kind of work needs the right ideas and the right style and Poe has manages to make it a reality.

Wood Sugars, Comedy Brewing in Chicago MMN S2 ep002

I’ve been lucky doing this show. I keep meeting a lot of funny people here in Chicago that are making great comedy. Maybe this dates me I’m not sure but when you listen to the Wood Sugars podcasts you really get a sense of old school comedy. When they say variety show they mean it they are all over the place. Short skits, interviews, music you name it they are doing it. They are also quick to mention their producer Jeremiah Watkins which his expertises adds to the great radio show quality.

We Are Skokie — MMN S2: ep001

In this episode I talk with Karen and Frances. They are working to bring a community together with photography and social media to help build out it’s historical archive and start conversations and share stories about what life is like in Skokie, IL.