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Our friends and partners have made our dream possible. You fuck with them, you fuck with us.
 


Clean Machine Cycling Team
http://www.unc.edu/~stonw/raceteam.htm

Banzai! is proud to be a sponsor of the Clean Machine Team. Matthew Lee, Trish Stevenson, and the rest of the team are going to be bringing the heat and turning heads on the upcoming Mountain Bike Cross Country circuits. -EM
 


Bawls

ISIS
http://www.duke.edu/web/isis

ISIS (Information Sciences + Information Studies) is an innovative and experimental new program at Duke University led by Edward Shanken. It's mission is to, "bring together computer scientists, engineers, artists, designers, and entreprenuers to address the roles and functions of a broad array of information technologies, and to apply these technologies to rethink models of teaching, learning, research, and community service." -EM
 


Rivers Agency

Roger Avary
http://www.Avary.com

 


Redhat

Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2001-- Red Hat, Inc.
(Nasdaq:RHAT - news) today proposed an alternative to the settlement announced today of the class-action lawsuit against Microsoft. Red Hat offered to provide open-source software to every school district in the United States free of charge, encouraging Microsoft to redirect the money it
would have spent on software into purchasing more hardware for the 14,000 poorest school districts. Under the Red Hat proposal, by removing Microsoft's higher-priced software from the settlement equation, Microsoft could provide the school districts with many more computers--greatly
extending the benefits Microsoft seeks to provide school districts with their proposed settlement.

Fucking brilliant! Red Hat has been a loyal ally. They were a Dog Nights sponsor. More importantly, they showed that with brains and duck butter uprisings are possible. -EM
 


Krispy Kreme

Krispy Kreme
http://www.krispykreme.com/

We had already started shooting Dog Nights, and we had to know by the next day if it was kosher to use Krispy Kreme doughnuts and the actual name in the film. Desperate and nervous, I called legendary CEO, and current darling of Wall St., Scott Livengood, at home at 10:00 at night. I expected a caustic lecture, I hoped for a simple click, what I got was a warm and mind-readingly understanding friend who expedited our request and arranged for a daily cornucopia of doughnuts to fuel our hungry crew. I am a fan for life, no Dunkin' doughnut will ever touch my lips. -EM
 


Bawls

Bawls
http://www.bawls.com/

Elixir for independent caffeine junkies. We have the biggest case of blue bawls around. -EM
 


Rivers Agency

Rivers Agency
http://www.riversagency.com/home.html

One scary Halloween evening I ran into the most beautiful vampire I had ever seen…it was like looking into the eyes of a Pitviper…those squinty contact-laden eyes, ready to "Type A" you into perfect oblivion. This was Lauren. She is the queen at the Rivers Agency. They are our saving grace when it comes to web site design, management, and responsiveness to our needs…and they have not been blood suckers in the true sense of the word. If you want the type of care that only a queen can give then email (info@riversagency.com) them! -DW
 


Brandfuel Promotions
http://www.brandfuel.com/

Danny Rosin. If you ever want to hang out with a man who always smiles and is always having fun it would be Danny Rosin. He often comes to my side when I'm in need of spiritual heeling-though I don't know what his religious beliefs are. You can write him directly and ask for his celestial advice too…
he loves people and will certainly love you. -DW


Danny Rosin is the patron saint of Chapel Hill dreams. Part powerful enzyme, part Golden Retriever, part Kris Kringle, Danny and the entire gang of elves at Brandfuel will help your company take over the world with the bedside manner of your favorite pediatrician and the enthusiasm of an Scottish soccer hooligan. -EM
 


Northstar Mobile Recording

Northstar
http://www.northstarsound.com/

These guys are the shit! They did great sound for us on both Dog Nights and Bulkhead. We'll keep using them. And they're connected when it comes to Wilmington…postproduction facilities and stories of Madonna that you'd love to hear! Just ask Mike. -DW
 


Joshua
http://www.joshuanyc.com/

 


KMastering

KMastering
http://www.kitchenmastering.com/

Our first album with Joe Williams. Listen to it. Then if you decide to ever have your stuff mastered any where else you've paid too much and didn't get to hang out with the greatest people in the world in the greatest small town in the world. Sid, if I were you, I'd definitely check them out!* -DW

*And if you can figure out where "check it out Sid" comes from I'll personally send you a Joe Williams CD and sign my damned name to it. Sid!

From far and wide those in the audio know journey to Brewer Ln. to have their dreams and yelps polished by a true artist: The Blazered One, The Master of Mastering, The Iron Chef, Brent Lambert.
-EM

 

ENEMIES


Who are my enemies?
Anyone who doesn't speak their heart and act on how they want to live their life to the fullest. In light of that I'm my own worst enemy…how often do I not live up to my own expectations and speak genuinely from a place that is "Me" rather than being tainted by the fear of how people will perceive me? More often than I'd like to admit. How many people can walk into a public bathroom and just take the loudest crap in the world and not give a damn about who's listening and what's coming out of them?

Television is my enemy. Unless college basketball is on. Spending time watching other people live rather than living is my enemy. People who are not sitting by their phones waiting for me to call are my
enemies…especially if they don't own a cell phone. My tax accountant Art Barefoot is my enemy because he's married to my lawyer, Robin Barefoot, who would be a great love of my life if she wasn't married to an accountant…and unfortunately they both rock. Any actor I offer a role in a movie to and decides that it's not good enough for them. Anyone who isn't willing to work for free to get what they want out of life. Imagine if every time someone went to play pickup basketball they expected to
get paid. Still someone has to pay for the basketball court don't they? -DW

This is our shitlist. A mutation of Murphy Brown's dartboard. Having enemies is fun. Don't like our choices, wanna complain, or suggest a new addition…email us.
 


Jerry Bruckheimer

Jerry Bruckheimer
http://www.jbfilms.com/

"It was the story of a train going along very fast and to the satisfaction of the passengers, racing through the small stationsalong the track without stopping. Their satisfaction, however turned to dismay, and then to panic fury, as it dawned on them that it was not going to stop at their stations either when it came to them. They raged and shouted and shook their fists, but all to no avail. The train went roaring on."

- Malcolm Muggeridge "Chronicles of Wasted Time"
 


Southern Village

Southern Village
http://www.southernvillage.com/

They are an infected tick feeding on the dog-heart of Chapel Hill. -EM
 


PGA

www.pga.com
http://www.pga.com/

Golf is skateboarding for old people. -EM
 


US Bill S 2048 IS
(http://thomas.loc.gov/)

Wait a second. This bill is supposed to protect copyright owners and labels like us. How can we be against this? We are an entertainment company and our success depends on being able to deliver copyrighted material to consumers and get paid for it, but whereas the backers of this bill (Disney, News Corp, and all the major Hollywood entities) gravely fear the impact of digital changes, we think they will open wide doors for independent filmmakers and musicians, not to mention deliver a better product to consumers. As evidenced by the ass-crap that these giants peddle, Hollywood has very little imagination.

Jack Valenti, head of the Motion Picture Association of America, said back in 1984 when Hollywood was under siege from the evils of Betamax, "The VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman alone." The Wall St. whores didn't learn a thing did they?

Write your Senator (http://www.senate.gov/senators/senator_by_state.cfm) and tell them that this bill by multiplex-sluts Ernest Hollings and Dianne Feinstein is bad for independent entertainment and bad for the consumer. -EM
 


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