"It's a strange world. Some people get rich and others eat shit and die." -Hunter S. Thompson Below is the trailer to Francis Abbey's newest comedy "6 Nonsmokers". It is the follow up to the award winning feature film "Boxing Day" which I was fortunate enough to co-produce in 2008. Francis is a hard working man who has been vlogging every day for the past 2 years as well as producing the weekly podcast "Things I Didn't Learn In Film School". Give the trailer some love and join the 6 Nonsmokers facebook page for updates.
Basketball picks (now that football season is over, I will be randomly posting NBA & NCAA picks. Sincstarting on January 21, I am 11-2 against the spread)
Valparaiso vs. Cleveland State. Valparaiso +8 Lousiville vs. St. Johns Louisville -6 Butler vs. Youngstown State Butler -13
"Goddamnit, lady, you don't throw oranges on an escalator!" -California Split
"erFiq" NEW ALBUM IN STORES MARCH 1 2010
On an afternoon in 2006, my friend and coworker Chris Clover invited me to a practice session his band was having. I brought along my new camera, hoping to get a chance to test it. The band was auditioning a new drummer that day and although they were rusty, their energy was incredible and I shot about 40 minutes of footage. Tragically, it would be the last time they would ever play together and the only footage of them performing. 4 years later, the death of band mates Aaron Brown & Jeremiah Martin is being honored by the release of the selft titled album "erFiq" in stores March 1, 2010.
"erFiq was formerly known as "Death is Certain" in the early 2000's. In early 2005 the band went in to start recording there album and then took a break. During that time on February 25th, 2006 close friend and bassist Aaron "erFiq" Brown was shot and killed at an Alexandria, VA iHop by off duty police officer Carl Stow. This caused the hiatus to become indefinite as Aaron was and is still seen as irreplaceable. Just a short time later on April 21st, 2006 another close friend and our gear technician, Jeremiah "Great Bear" Martin passed away in his sleep from a combination of medication prescribed by his doctor that relaxed him to the point where he stopped breathing. The remaining members,Chris Clover - Vocals/Drums, Matt Neyland - Guitar and Chris Schoonover - Guitar drifted in separate ways causing the album to never be properly mixed/mastered or released. Matt Neyland went on to play guitar for the DC Funk Band "Knee Deep", Chris Schoonover joined the Army and is currently stationed in Hawaii, and Chris Clover is married and living in Florida where he recently was diagnosed with severe nerve damage in the neck, spinal chord, both arms, and both legs. We have now decided to finally release the album in honor of both Aaron and Jeremiah with all profits going to Chris Clovers medical fund. The album will feature completely re-mixed/re-mastered/and re-vamped versions of the original recording sessions with Aaron (with a guest solo on Overcome by Ed Corpse555 M.) as well as a re-mixed/re-mastered version of the Memorial Edition of "Kill The Plague" recorded in 2006 and 3 brand new never before heard songs with guest guitar appearances by Ed Corpse555 M from BD out of New York on the track "Medusa" inspired by the album art done by Glen "Foo" Brown, Omar Waqar of Diacritical/Sarmust for the dedication track "The Greatness of The Bear" and the dedication track "Stow Destroyed" from erFiq guitarist Chris Schoonover. Chris Clover has recorded the new drum tracks and will be recording vocals as they are completed. The original tracks have been consolidated by Ben at Nothing But Noise Studios and are being mixed and mastered by Chris Clover. Album Releases March 1st, 2010. Test Mixes posted exclusively here on Purevolume. Merchandise will be available soon. Help promote! Become a Fan on FaceBook and spread the word! You can also follow erFiq on twitter for test mix upload dates (also through FaceBook)."
