Me, Taylor & Art. Austin Film Festival. Part Uno.

What's really cool about this is that I became Facebook friends with Taylor a couple years back, largely due to the fact that she's a backup singer for Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys (and I've been a BB groupie since high school). So we struck up a friendship. Trusting on her part? In most cases, perhaps - but I'm different. And she and her hubby, Todd Sucherman, drummer for Styx, who I've also met (once) know my high school buddy, Art (pictured), who is one of the executive producers of our short film, PASS THE SALT, PLEASE. Small world? Yes?

Art and I attended the Austin Film Festival and met Taylor for lunch. She and I had met on two other occasions and this was by far the most rewarding....more relaxed, no one around to bother us. Definitely one of the highlights of the trip. (Except she keeps pushing me to get the new Apple iPhone and I'm not a cell phone fan.)

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Heard @ Austin Film Festival.

"Pass the Salt, Please is WAY up there on my list of favorite films this year…Top 5. Glad I got to see it!"

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Austin Film Festival...with a sidetrip to Dripping Springs!

Off to the Austin Film Festival today. Seems I'm 171 years too late to experience the Austin as pictured above. Oh well.....first things first. Or...maybe that postcard is Dripping Springs?? My high school friend and co-executive producer of our short film, PASS THE SALT, PLEASE, Art Edstrom, is picking me up at the airport and taking me to his home in Dripping Springs, population = 2,000. Gateway to the Hill Country. Home of Jesse James (the guy on TV). And the springs don't drip...they trickle. Steadily.

Heading to Austin Thursday morning thru Sunday and back to DS for a Monday return to Milwaukee. Will try and keep you up to speed as to the goings-ons at AFF. 

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GIDDY UP! PTSP goin' to Austin Film Festival!

Shorts 8/Relationships - view list here. AFF has release the timetable yet so I'll keep you posted.

Never been to Austin but I will be in attendance. AFF runs Oct. 20-27. I was perusing "Austin" on the Internet and came across the insanely successful Austin City Limits. Did you know that Gordon Lightfoot never appeared on ACL? Odd. As my brother and I are seeing Gordo tomorrow evening at The Pabst Theatre in Milwaukee, I thought it would be appropriate to share Lightfoot's most famous song with you.

Have announced 11 of the 13 film festivals our short film, PASS THE SALT, PLEASE, has been invited to. We hope for more. We're greedy that way. Besides, our award-winning graphic artist, Doug Tomich (Babel, June, No Country For Old Men, True Grit, Doubt, Little Miss Sunshine), gets irritated every time our director makes him place a new set of festival laurels on our film poster.

Now get with is, ACL!

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