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FRIENDS
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Our friends and partners have made our dream
possible. You fuck with them, you fuck with us.
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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
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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
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Roger Avary
http://www.Avary.com
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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
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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
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Bawls
http://www.bawls.com/
Elixir for independent caffeine junkies. We
have the biggest case of blue bawls around. -EM
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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
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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
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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
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Joshua
http://www.joshuanyc.com/
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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
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ENEMIES
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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.
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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"
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Southern
Village
http://www.southernvillage.com/
They are an infected tick feeding on the dog-heart
of Chapel Hill. -EM
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www.pga.com
http://www.pga.com/
Golf is skateboarding for old people. -EM
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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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