This parody of Michael Jackson by Trey Parker on South Park is actually kind of touching in a mean sort of way. The Wishing Tree song from The Jeffersons episode seems to be a riff on Jackson’s single Childhood, however, but this version is not without its charm. I’ve taken it upon myself to learn this one on piano tonight. And I have.

Just a little teaser of what we’ve been working on at Orange.

The following is a music video for “Driving This Road Until Death Sets You Free”, a song by the French duo of Etienne Jaumet and Cosmic Neman called Zombie Zombie. Directed by Simon Gesrel and Xavier Ehretsmann, the music video pays homage to John Carpenter’s The Thing as reenacted by G.I. Joes in stop-motion.

iPhone users click here to watch the video.

Okee dokee, I’m insane. And here’s why:

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Well, I finally did it. I finally submitted my application to Apple for consideration of inclusion as a content provider in the iTunes Store today. They say it’ll take a few weeks before they get to it. I also registered my name as a domain name which points directly to my music page on this site. I don’t really know what I’m getting into right now, but if all goes well, I’ll not only be submitting my music, but my independent films, as well. It’s nice completely owning my own material.

I have a giant, gargantuan, massive, immense crush on former American Idol contestant Kellie Pickler. It started when she performed the Righteous Brothers song “Unchained Melody” on the fifth season of American Idol. Kellie said that she loved the song because it was in the movie Ghost, which she loves, but was sad because she doesn’t “have anyone to play pottery with.” I rose my hand and said, quite sincerely, “I’ll play pottery with you, Kellie.”

Then one day I saw her on “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?”, taking the infamous Budapest question with stride and, I don’t know, I just wanted to hold her. So, basically, I want to cuddle up with Kellie Pickler. Maybe take her to a movie, have dinner, I don’t know. I know she’s into helping charities, too, which is nice. She seems like a real sweetheart and I’d love to get to know her.

I even love her name. Not only is her name one of my favorites, but the spelling of her name is my favorite version; i.e. “Kellie” vs “Kelly”.

The only downside I can think of is that she’s a little bit country, and I’m a little bit rock and roll. Oh well. Like another song says: opposites attract.

Maybe Ms. Pickler will Google herself one day and find this post and, I don’t know, shoot me an e-mail. I think I’d like that.

Way back in 2005 I created a music album full of little tunes I through together in Apple Soundtrack. Revisiting the store where I kept it I was kinda amazed at how nice some of the tunes sounded. I called it “In Your Face And Out of Time” and all except three songs were made completely using loops in Soundtrack.

The other three songs were recorded onto a little Yamaha keyboard (one of them even uses backing from one of the keyboard’s song styles). It’s kind of a neat little album, and I encourage you to click here and check it out if you’re interested in indie electronica. Your purchase will go toward the Keep Jason Blogging Fund.

Covering a local event I saw this very pretty young woman and decided to do an impromptu model shoot with her. I opened the window blinds, mounted the portrait lens, and directed her into what I thought was a wistful, elegant pose.

She responded well and, after about four snaps, I believe I got the image I was looking for. I handed her my card and invited her to visit my website if she’d like to do more modeling. I hope she does because I think this photo turned out wonderfully.

Vince Neil at Bandtango 2007.

Last night I was shooting photos for the rock station and their local lalapalooza, Bandtango in Edinburg. The event started in the afternoon but I got there at about 6pm, which was perfect timing to capture the headliners: Quiet Riot, Slaughter, Vince Neil and Chubby freaking Checker.

Me and Chubby Checker.

I took something between 1000 and 1400 pictures. I’m not sure because I haven’t had time to go through them yet. By the time we got to the final act with Vince Neil the sky opened up and down came the rain. My equipment was getting drenched but I shot through it, anyway. I need to clean the gear when I get home tonight. I wasn’t really worried about the L’s, but the 20D wasn’t really built for that kind of abuse. Fortunately, everything’s ok and I got some sweet pictures out of it. I’ll be posting a link to them soon.

I just want to say that I really, really like singer-songwriter Noëlle Hampton. There was this short film back in 2002 called bigLove which she served as composer. Big Love, directed by Leaf Garret (Donatello from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), was the first movie to be completely shot using the new Sony CineAlta HD camera whose later model was used to shoot Star Wars Episode II.

Anyway, she does this song for the movie called “Here On The Ground,” a swinging, swaying love ballad which gets me all kinds of teary-eyed when I hear it. It’s also available on her 5 For The Road album.

Sure she’s country, sure she’s a little bluegrass. But Noëlle Hampton also has that west coast slide thing going for her which I enjoy (thank you, Beck). Her website hasn’t been updated since 2005 is getting a face lift, but it looks as though she relocated to Austin. I might have to track her down and do a photo shoot with her or something. In fact, if I were to get married anytime soon, I’d hire her to cover the reception.

She’s good…and not bad on the eyes, either. Check her out.