About a year ago
I was interviewed by Canadian filmmaker Jamie Kastner of
Cave 7 Productions for a documentary in progress with the working title,
The Identity Project/ HOW I TOLD THE WORLD I WAS JEWISH, AND FOUND OUT WHAT IT FELT LIKE. Next week, Kastern's film, now more succinctly titled,
Kike Like Me, will make its debut in the
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
Watch the trailer for
Kike Like Me:
About one minute into the trailer is an interview clip with my friend, Sara Schwimmer of
ChosenCouture.com. And at the end of the trailer, listen closely to the music. That's me jamming on my
Hohner melodica!
Funny story about that musical interlude -- while giving the film crew a brief tour of my small apartment, I took out the melodica to demonstrate how I might come up with music for my cartoons. Jamie liked the sound, and to make things more interesting, he suggested we go to the rooftop for a cityscape backdrop. I remember it was freezing cold, and my fingers were getting numb as I played. You can hear the music slowly turning into mush as I end the song.
A few months ago, Cave 7 contacted me to ask what song I was playing, just in case the composition was protected by copyright. I gave my assurance that the music was all improvised, and gave my permission to use it in the film. Here's the short video clip they sent me for confirmation, (back when I strangely resembled
Wolverine):
I haven't seen
Kike Like Me yet, and I have no idea if my interview even made it into the film. So if anyone in Canada has a chance to see it, let me know!
You can read about the process involved with creating the video on Pogue's Posts.
For a guy who is supposed to be involved in the cutting edge Jewish entertainment industry, boy do I feel out of the loop on this one. I cannot explain why I am just now finding out about The Itche Kadoozy Show, an educational Jewish themed puppet show created by Dovid Taub and Jonathan Goorvich, hosted on Chabad.org.
Berger Boy and I will see you at the Dor Chadash Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration in NYC.
Today I came across Bitsela.com, a site for Jewish clip art. Seems like your typical Judaica online shop. What got my attention is the illustration used for the Brit Milah on the home page. I guess it's supposed to be a safety pin, which you can see more clearly on that image's purchase page in the "Jewish Birth - Baby" category. But on the homepage, with the angle and red tip and wiggle lines, is it just me or does that graphic resemble an excited, freshly circumcised willy?
In the spirit of Passover, Karen the Exotic Egyptian German Australian Artist and self proclaimed Egg Princess sent me her cool cartoon illustration of Moses in what appears to be a moment of frustration, expressing his true feelings about the whole Exodus ordeal. You can find more of Karen's unique cartoons—and even be her friend—on MySpace.
