Later this month we begin shooting a short film by our friend, Terrence Moore. Terrence plays in the band American Catastrophe. The film is called Dirty Work. It deals with some familar themes for any artist; working for the man.

Along with Terrence, we’re working with the talented John Baker of MK12. John’s a hell of an animator and illustrator. Throughout pre-production it’s been a great exchange of ideas and we’ve learned a lot.

We won’t get into the plot, because . . . well . . . that’s what the film is for. Suffice it to say it involves a lot of really exciting production challenges, including mostly exterior shooting, a lot of night shots, and a tight shooting schedule. Making sure the production keeps up with the sun is a lot like putting together a jigsaw puzzle of a moving clock – just the way we like it.

Meanwhile we’re working on a new project for AT&T (formerly Cingular). We’ll keep you posted on this one as it progresses, which will probably be in fits and spurts.

Alejandro Escovedo.com Rolling Stone: Alejandro Escovedo Plays Zankel Hall

A few months ago our friend and inspiration, Alejandro, played Carnegie Hall in New York. It’s about time. How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, go through hell, and practice.

A while ago we confirmed we’ll be working on a video for Alejandro’s song Dear Head on the Wall. I’ve been beating my head against a wall ever since trying to come up with a concept for this video. It should be said, I’m not a real big fan of the performance video. It’s been done and done and done. Well, one of the most pure things I can think of is watching Al perform. So how can one not bring this purity to a video. We’ll, this song isn’t all about Al (sorry Al).

Al co-wrote this song with his wife, Kim. So there’s a lot of her in the song. This collaboration makes the challenge a little greater, but it also loosens things a bit.

Al’s input on concept was “do your thing, man.”

Uh, thanks.