I do check in with CinemaSound, it is my creation of course, but not as often as I used to. There is not a lot going on here, that's for sure, but I hope that those who are participating are having a good time. It does not look like CinemaSound will ever take over from my regular long running Discussion Group at jwsound.net and that's okay... it was only an experiment, this Ning network, and it is what it is. I have no intention of taking this… Continue
Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on October 16, 2009 at 7:30am —
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I was quite traumatized by the malware attack on my Discussion Group. I realize that I have a high sense of responsibility to keep the whole thing running properly. It is very disconcerting when things happen that are so far out of one's control. Fortunately, with the help of my good friend Laurence Abrams, we were able to diagnose the problem and figure out a course of action. There were so many files infected - affected that the most viable solution was the do a complete restore from a previou… Continue
Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on April 28, 2009 at 11:16am —
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Verizon iPhone Deal More Likely After 4G Launch
Friday, April 17th, 2009 at 8:23 AM - by Jeff Gamet
Apple isn't likely to strike an iPhone deal with Verizon right now because it isn't interested in making a CDMA-compatible version of its smartphone for the carrier's network. An o… Continue
Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on April 17, 2009 at 7:30am —
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I am posting some food for thought on the heels of the ratification of our new I.A. contract. These comments from a very active and concerned member of the Camera Guild:
What I don't fully understand in this corporate paradigm is how PEOPLE get away with immoral, nation-destroying, middle-class-killing policies by hiding behind The Corporation. Well, although it's been said that "corporations have no ethics, they are amoral entities," the fact is that corporations are run by PEOPLE. PEOPLE make… Continue
The PreSonus people will be at Sam Ash Music in Hollywood for a demo of the Studio Live digital mixer. This will be the first opportunity to see this digital mixer in person.
Tonight, March 18th from 6 pm to 9 pm
Sam Ash Hollywood
7360 Sunset Blvd.
Hollywood, CA
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Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on March 18, 2009 at 11:07am —
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Has everyone voted (those that can, of course), and how do we think the vote on the contract is going to go? I would love to see it voted down, particularly because I think it is important for the future to let people know how the normal process of negotiating, presenting a proposed contract, voting to accept or not accept, going back in and re-negotiating. These are things which most I.A. members (even our leaders) have almost no experience with. Other unions in this country and elsewhere, cons… Continue
Many of you may know Stan McClain who owns Filmtools. He recently sent out the Filmtools newsletter to his customers, urging them to vote NO on the new contract. I am posting the newsletter here since I think it is a well written piece, written from the heart in an effort to get the I.A. back on track to be a democratic and representative labor union.
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quoted from Steve Nelson ... read this carefully, please.
Dear Friends, Colleagues, Brothers and Sisters,
By now you have received the latest big envelope from the Local, the one containing a scary letter from your Business Agent, another scary letter from the president of our International, the dreaded Memorandum of Agreement and the actual ballot. If you haven’t yet mailed in your ballot I hope you’ll take a moment to read this before you do. I think most of you know me. I’m writing without… Continue
Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 28, 2009 at 6:12pm —
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PLEASE READ ALL THE CURRENT NEWS at the 400Hours website. There is a lot more to learn about the proposed contract and the SAG negotiations. This is VITAL to our future employment.
Please read especially all the statements made by the major… Continue
Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 23, 2009 at 6:15am —
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from Variety 2.21.09
SAG rejects 'final offer' from AMPTP
Guild turns down feature-primetime deal
By DAVE MCNARY
The Screen Actors Guild's national board has rejected the majors' take-it-or-leave-it final offer by a 73% margin.
SAG made the announcement Saturday night following a day-long meeting, two days after talks on a new feature-primetime deal broke down.
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers is insisting on a three-year deal, while SAG wants a deal that will ex… Continue
Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 21, 2009 at 9:04pm —
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Keith Olberman spoke about the closing of the Motion Picture Home. Here is a transcript from that show:
OLBERMANN: Alex Rodriguez holds a news conference about taking medicine he should not have taken and twice says, quote, I have to take my medicine. That‘s next, but first time for COUNTDOWN‘s number two story, tonight‘s worst persons in the world.
The bronze to Dr. David Tillman, CEO of the Motion Picture and Television Fund. Closing its hospital and retirement home in southern California, t… Continue
Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 18, 2009 at 8:02pm —
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For the individual who gets a job in one of the states that has an incentive program, the program clearly benefits that person at the time. The perpetuation of incentives and the "incentive war" it creates, ultimately does not benefit us at all. There is a lot to be said about this.
cross-posted from Gary Dunham's comments at the Discussion Group:
The key term is "lure". (From LA to NY) Incentives do not create jobs. Incentives move jobs. The multiplier effect (supposed tax revenue) is… Continue
Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 16, 2009 at 7:43am —
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re-posted for Richard Lightstone, C.A.S. (winners in BOLD)
Motion Pictures:
The Dark Knight
Production Mixer Ed Novick
Re-Recording Mixers Lora Hirschberg
Gary A. Rizzo
Slumdog Millionaire
Production Mixer Resul Pookutty
Re-Recording Mixers Ian Tapp
Richard Pryke
Iron Man
Production Mixer Mark Ulano, CAS
Re-Recording Mixers Christopher Boyes
Lora Hirschberg
Quantum Of Solace
Production Mixer Chris Munro, CAS
Re-Recording Mixers Mike Prestwood Smith
Mark Taylor
WALL-E
Original… Continue
Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 15, 2009 at 3:30pm —
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The very real concern over the 400 hours requirement has overshadowed some very important provisions of this new contract. Scott Kaye and Alan Disler, both very active in Camera Guild, made the following comments:
On Feb 9, 2009, at 8:54 PM, Scott Kaye wrote:
"Does this mean that, if ratified, members working out-of-classification on "New Media" productions WOULD have to re-rate, so long as they failed to report their job? If this is correct, it looks like they are trying to legislate the r… Continue
"for those of you watching the sopranos on a&e, here’s what you’re missing. this is every single curse, from every single episode of the sopranos, ever." - Mathew Price
Thank you, Mathew
(needless to say, this contains profane language --- many of the "7 words you can't say on television" are here, on television, repeated many, many times!
the sopranos, uncensored. from victor solomon… Continue
quoted from People Magazine:
Christian Bale apologized repeatedly Friday for his 36 F-bomb meltdown on the Terminator Salvation set, labeling his behavior "inexcusable" and "deeply embarrassing."
"It's been a miserable week for me," Bale, 35, said on The Kevin & Bean Show… Continue
Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 6, 2009 at 1:17pm —
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Important articles about the IATSE contract from the Nikki Finke website . Embedded in this article are at least 3 websites that have arisen urging a NO vote on this contract,… Continue
Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on February 4, 2009 at 6:00am —
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I didn't watch the game... I guess that means I'm not a real American. I did watch Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band perform at halftime --- WOW. Rock and Roll has always meant more to me than football. I loved the set --- best 12 minute concert I've ever seen. Continue
Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! interviews David Korten who has written a new book, “Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth”
DAVID KORTEN says: "Well, it really starts with being clear that we have a failed economic system. And we’ve seen very dramatically the consequences of the financial failure. But what we’re not talking about is the connection to the environmental failure, the destruction of earth’s living systems, and the social failure of an economic system… Continue
Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on January 26, 2009 at 7:35pm —
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I should know this having spent a fair amount of time on facebook (and I did create this network) but I still don't entirely understand the friends thing. I think I get it on facebook because facebook is really a whole collection of networks with millions of members ... I am friends with ONE group of people on one of the networks on facebook. But here, we have about 200 members and I haven't "made friends" with all of them. So, what am I missing? Should I just be friends with everyone since it i… Continue
Added by Jeffrey S. Wexler on January 26, 2009 at 7:06pm —
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