Alright. Truth? Ada Egloff taught me how to dress when I was 17. Soo…Daily Candy, Philadelphia City Paper, Uwishunu, um…Teen Vogue…Paper…I knoooowwww!! Right?!

We’re v siked about screening Blondes in the Jungle at Ada’s new Philly shop Oma this Friday. There’ll be $2 beers and wines (I’m thinking maybe even some sparkling wines) and a definitely warm, fun vibe. Plus music. Speaking of which, it’s been a minute since I’ve pushed the Blondes Inspirational Mix, at you right? Enjoy.

Oh and thanks to B. for sending me this today (I think cuz of its obvious Blonvergent qualities, right?) – way weirder/better than the blurb might suggest.

Well done dudes. Genuine class and Very siked for tmw’s screening.

But if can’t make it or didn’t make reservations, don’t sweat. Cuz announcing

Here’s that in text:

BLONDES IN THE JUNGLE
Thursday June 11th, 8pm.
Seating begins at 7:30.
$5 suggested donation. Snacks.

Gallery at the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies
Columbia University
310 Dodge Hall, MC 1806
2960 Broadway
New York, NY 10027

Directions: http://arts.columbia.edu/neimangallery/contact.html
Contact: info@blondesinthejungle.com

More screenings to come. You can always check em here or better yet join the mailing list

Yrs,
L

We’re very excited to invite you to the New York premiere of Blondes in the Jungle! It’s at Monkeytown in Williamsburg on June 5th. Seating’s at 8 - and save room for food because: http://monkeytownhq.com/dinnermenu.html !!

Reserve a seat here:
http://monkeytownhq.com/reservations.html

And to get a feeling:
Press Release
Inspirational Mixtape (Heaven 17, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Lionel Ritchie, etc)
Promotional Video, “The Executive Look”

And fyis:
BLONDES IN THE JUNGLE

New art-film/comedy by Ball Deep International. On a hunt for the Fountain of Youth, three teenagers in 1980’s Honduras buy drugs, harm nature and have magical encounters. Tons of landscape footage, a meditation on Mayan Archaeology and a heavy TV teen vibe highlight this impulse-buy spiritual adventure.

Original soundtrack by 1987 World Beat band El Jefe and The Executive Look, featuring contributions by members of Aa, Asobi Seksu, Birthday Boyz, Vampire Weekend and Julianna Barwick.

Directed by Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn. Starring Chino Ward, Coogan Martin, Travis Nutting, Trevor Hoff, Andre Frechette III and Ingrid Schram. 2009, 16mm, Color, 50 min.

NY PREMIERE
June 05 2009, 8PM
$8 Monkey Town, 58 N 3rd St (btw. Kent & Wythe)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn

L + W

Above: The real and fictitious John A’s. It’ll be like that - in your mind.

As part of Fractious Press’ Ka!FraBOOMctious bizaar, we’ve got a special screening at the Ding Dong Lounge this Saturday at 2pm. Our program pairs 2 of our fiction movies with their home-movie counterparts.

First, Maine’s great and ominous waters, then in-yo-face nostalgia on the outskirts of NYC.

InstaMovie01 [2007/photoJPEG/Color/6min]
The Allagash River, Maine. July 2007.

Vampire Weekend: Walcott (newgaze remix) [2008/8mm/Color/4min]
Challenge and monstrosity in an X-Files dream of New England. An unauthorized fanfic.

InstaMovie02 [2008/photoJPEG/Color/10min]
Sunday June 08, 2008. 98′F. Partly cloudy chance of thunderstorms. Puttin on the Ritz and Fleetwood mAacfee at 502, Brooklyn NY.

Jazz Christmas [2006/16mm/B&W/9min]
1920s New York through the cloudy lens of 21st century revisionism. The Beautiful and Damned, before they knew about that second part.

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the Ka!FraBOOMctious bizaar
zines * comix * books * records * tapes * cds * posters * crafts * and more
Vendor fair + screenings + readings throughout the day.
DJing by Jeremy Novack
Admission is free and open to the public

Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009
Time: 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Ding Dong Lounge
Street: 929 Columbus Avenue, between 105 and 106 Streets
City/Town: New York, NY
View Map

The Blondes World/SF premiere was a devastating success. And afterwards, the reception we got was just ridiculous. Two words, dudes: Foie gras!

Photos to come.

Thanks San Francisco.
Thansciso,
L + W

Please enjoy this video for “The Executive Look”, the electrifying anthem from the Blondes in the Jungle soundtrack!

link: http://www.blondesinthejungle.com/video.php#executive

And, remember SF premiere tomorroWW!!
L + W

Dear Everybody,

We’re very excited to announce three upcoming screenings, especially:

BLONDES IN THE JUNGLE
WORLD PREMIERE
at Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco
Thursday, April 16, 2009. 8PM $6

But especially:

JME IN MYSPACE: TROPICAL FEELINGS
In “Beneath a Passive Surface: An Evening of Video and Perfomance”
at Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco
Thursday, April 17, 2009. 8PM $6

And especially:

O, NURSE!
The Hinterland Film Festival
at The Book Mill, Montague, MA
April 25th (SOLD OUT) and Saturday, May 2nd 2009. 8PM $3.40

Here are the details. We’ll be totally present in San Francisco. Forward widely!

Yrs,
Lev + Whitney
Ball Deep International
(Blondes in New York: we’re figuring it out - maybe May??)

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*BLONDES IN THE JUNGLE*
WORLD PREMIERE
at Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco
Thursday, April 16, 2009. 8PM $6

Blondes in the Jungle is the new art-film/comedy by Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn (Ball Deep International). On a hunt for the Fountain of Youth, three teenagers in 1980’s Honduras buy drugs, harm nature and have magical encounters. Tons of landscape footage, a meditation on Mayan Archaeology and a heavy TV teen vibe highlight this impulse-buy spiritual adventure.

Original soundtrack by 1987 World Beat band El Jefe and The Executive Look, featuring contributions by members of Aa, Asobi Seksu, Birthday Boyz, Vampire Weekend and Julianna Barwick.

Starring Chino Ward, Coogan Martin, Travis Nutting, Trevor Hoff, Andre Frechette III and Ingrid Schram. 2009, 16mm, color, 50 min.

http://www.atasite.org/calendar/?x=3699
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1377124/
http://www.blondesinthejungle.com

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*BENEATH A PASSIVE SURFACE*
An Evening of Video and Perfomance
at Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco
Thursday, April 16, 2009. 8PM $6

This program explores the diverse realm of video and the various ways artists employ it as a process of communication, point of reflection, backdrop for action, and vehicle of abstraction. In “J.M.E. in MySpace: Tropical Feelings”, a Comic video essay about grime music and MySpace, Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn show that “beneath the passive surface of the internet, creative energy flows”. David Horvitz and Lukas Geronimas try to extend one of Paul McCarthy’s installations to include the outside world. In A.K. Burns “Electric in the Cosmic Age”, she wrestles fellow Bay Area ex-pat, K8 Hardy in orange spandex with sound by Matt Volla. “In the absence of daylight, we are haunted by ghosts and moths, which pass through walls and create holes in beloved fabrics.” Deville Cohen’s “The Wall” “explores the possibilities of Paper as a sculptural material, as well as its function as a carrier of a printed image.” Joshua Kit Clayton brings awkwardness and insight together through group exercise. And More!!! Artists in the program include:

A.K. Burns, Catherine Czacki, Joshua Kit Clayton, Deville Cohen, Maggie Foster, David Horvitz and Lukas Geronimas, Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn, Daniel Minnick, Kamau Patton, Marcia Scott, Margaret Tedesco

http://www.atasite.org/calendar/?x=3698
http://www.balldeep.tv/projects.php?recordID=pv01

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*O, NURSE!*
The Hinterland Film Festival
at The Book Mill, Montague, MA
April 25th (SOLD OUT) and Saturday, May 1nd 2009. 8PM $3.40

A dreamy Bastille Day and night on an apple orchard in Maine. Starring Darin Guerrasio, Lev Kalman, Travis Nutting, Julia Goldman, Andre Frechette III and Abby Burns.

2004, 16mm, color, 16mm, 5m40s.
http://www.hinterlandfilmfestival.com/
http://www.balldeep.tv/projects.php?recordID=onurse

Thats all,
L

Last week W and I bought THE AGGRESSOR

for a shoot, planning to return it to Guitar Center afterwards. But fate, Andy and parapraxis have conspired to make us keep it.

It wasn’t too-too expensive but I am feeling the hurt a bit. So from now on, for just fifteen dollars, I will bring THE AGGRESSOR with me to your party or function! Yes, you can have a “phantasmagoric display of 40 sound-activated, moving beams of multicolor light” flashing in response to your music! Seriously, this light easily adds a $75 dollar value to your and your guests’ evenings.

Think about it,
L