UnkleMunki http://www.unklemunki.com/ Munkilicious en-us 2008-01-21T12:53:53-05:00 “That’s one small step for a robot and one giant leap for a primate.” http://www.unklemunki.com/archives/000142.html Last week I was forwarded this important dispatch, the content of which I previously would have considered quite improbable. Monkey's Thoughts Propel Robot... Monkeys controlling robots? Hmmmmmm. I see the endtimes taking shape. Read, if you dare. As for me... Monkeys Charles 2008-01-21T12:53:53-05:00 Manny's http://www.unklemunki.com/archives/000141.html Manny's won't be selling drums anymore? What is this? Seriously? I stopped by this afternoon during lunch and found that the entire drum department had been dismantled. At the top of the stairs there was simply a note: "No customers... Music Charles 2007-11-12T19:51:17-05:00 Birthday http://www.unklemunki.com/archives/000140.html City Life Charles 2007-10-31T00:00:01-05:00 Wrong and Write http://www.unklemunki.com/archives/000139.html Here is our film...Wrong and Write. Created for the 2007 48 Hour Film Project! Required Elements: Character: Tetley Fairfax, writer Prop: Conference badge Line of dialogue: Well, if you must know, my father told me. Written, filmed and edited between... Film Charles 2007-06-21T22:33:02-05:00 Completed http://www.unklemunki.com/archives/000138.html Our 48 Hour Film Project is complete. Jason spent all of Sunday editing Saturday's footage, adding music, tweaking scenes, polishing it to a high gloss - as much as time would allow. We finished up around 6:45 PM and... Film Charles 2007-06-17T21:00:45-05:00 Less than 12 hours to go for 48 Hour http://www.unklemunki.com/archives/000137.html We are in the final stretch now. Jason and I were up until 2AM writing the script on Friday; spent all of yesterday shooting scenes and then dumping the video before creating a rough cut last night. Today is devoted... Film Charles 2007-06-17T09:12:49-05:00 Keep your Eye on the Donut http://www.unklemunki.com/archives/000136.html The other day during a particularly crowded morning commute, I was trapped in some severe people congestion while trying to climb up the stairs from the subway platform at the Rockefeller Plaza station. You see, for several weeks, one stairway... City Life Charles 2007-06-15T09:29:41-05:00 Four days until 48 Hours http://www.unklemunki.com/archives/000135.html The countdown has begun and this Friday the 48 Hour Film Project kicks off. Jason and I have been steadily moving the pieces into place and preparing as much as we can to start writing, shooting, and editing starting 7PM... Film Charles 2007-06-12T07:30:24-05:00 New Coffee Mug http://www.unklemunki.com/archives/000134.html My WNYC coffee mug arrived yesterday thereby consumating my membership. I christened it this morning with delicious delicious coffee.... Brooklyn Charles 2007-06-07T07:52:35-05:00 Radio Lab in Tanzania http://www.unklemunki.com/archives/000133.html If you haven't been checking it out already, you should read some of the posts that Ellen has been uploading from Tanzania! She's over there covering the Global Ted Conference until tomorrow and then she heads out to Bukoba to... Media Charles 2007-06-06T22:45:09-05:00 24 Hour Film Project http://www.unklemunki.com/archives/000132.html I have committed myself, a friend and several volunteers to the 48 Hour Film Project, an international film competition where the contestants are prescribed a character name, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre, then given 48 hour... Film Charles 2007-06-04T22:06:35-05:00 Zombies http://www.unklemunki.com/archives/000131.html If I were to be menaced by zombies I think that I would much prefer the traditional slow-moving zombie to the hyperkinetic super rage zombie. For the record.... Film Charles 2007-06-03T22:36:36-05:00 Rosebuds at Bowery Ballroom http://www.unklemunki.com/archives/000130.html This has already been noted on several music blogs but because we were there I thought I'd throw in my own two-cents. The Rosebuds were absolutely amazing at the Bowery on 5/24. This is the third time I have... Music Charles 2007-05-28T20:51:46-05:00 You're all out of order... http://www.unklemunki.com/archives/000129.html Jury duty is over. They settled out of court. Behold this fearsome and intimidating group of Brooklynites that cause plantiff and defendent alike to weep and surrender before them!... Charles 2006-12-14T22:51:08-05:00 You Can't Handle the Truth http://www.unklemunki.com/archives/000128.html So Monday afternoon in Brooklyn Civil Court I was chosen to serve on a jury. Again. Well, the last time was in 1999, but it feels like only yesterday. Or last year. I don't know, that's kind of the way... Brooklyn Charles 2006-12-12T21:07:00-05:00