Author: Timpane

okay, here’s the sitch.

JJ Abrhams, creator of Lost and Alias (And Felicity), and director of MI3, has been given the reins to the Star Trek Mythos. Rick Berman, overseer of all things TREK since its creator got sick in 1989, had been ousted (Not a bad thing, all the good Ds9 was overseen by Piller and Moore). We’ve covered this.

The plot, so far, seems to be a prequel.. set in the Kirk / Spock days, and possibly early in their careers. JJ has said it will be a reinvention of sorts, but will fit in the established continuity. It is scheduled for 2008.

My hope is that JJ used his ablility to craft twists and turns, and to create buzz, while enlisting young casts with emotional ties to the plots, well, I just hope its good. And I will shre my thoughts about what i’ve heard so far, but what are your thoughts?

At the Dead hunt Premiere, the first gathering of Barnsonians without an actual Barnson. The world stands in awe of Rowan, Timpane, and Wandering Moose!! Rowan and Wandering moose traveled great distances to see Timpane’s little movie.. and Timpae is gushing with appreciation.

Again, HUGE T%HANKS to these guys.. it made me feel really good to have their support.. and a special thanks to Jon, who i haven’t seen in years, and who I know better because of this site than I ever did in HS.. it was a gesture that did not go unnoticed.

Also, thanks to Rowan for the chicken fingers.

EDIT by matthew: Linkage, image resized.

Hey! I’m looking forward to seeing Rowan and Wandering moose at the Dead Hunt premiere in Edgewood MD this Sat. night. I wanted to extend an invite to all others who might want to come and see the flick!

Now, how do I say.. it’s not exactly art.. its, well.. its a B-Movie, extremely low budget.. but despite that its kinda fun, and well.. hey, I’m in it, and I wrote the music.. and since there will be 3 Barnsonians there, I thought I’d throw a final invite online. Email me or post a response here and let me know! justin@timpane.com

okay techies.. heres a quick inquiry.

I have M4a files. I want them to be mP3 files I can play on my mp3/cd player in the car.

Ideas?

Hey all! Excited that Wandering Moose and Rowan will be attending the premiere of DEAD HUNT on the 3rd of june in Baltimore. Let me know if anyone would like to go!

Mean time, I have a gaggle of videos now up at http://www.timpane.com/movies.html

Included are Trailers for Crawler and Nocturne, A commercial I did a while back, the complete 6 minute short film “From Hal to Eternity” and the first 15 minutes of Nocturne.

So, enjoy!!

Names have been removed to protect the innocent.

I’ve been pretty honest about my feelings in my blogs, especially when it comes to my really strong desire to resolidify waning friendships that time makes distant, not fonder.

Then, a couple of months ago, someone I dated in my last year of high school, first year of college – emailed me (we’ve actually been friendly over the last few years, IMing and stuff) and she had egosurfed – searched for herself on the internet.. and the search brought up a reference in the top 10 hits – to my Livejournal.

She was unhappy – and let me know it. I changed the journal.. its fixed now, and we’ve moved past that and remain friendly. but it was a tense spot in a relationship with a tense past that we maintain because its kind of nice to be able to have a mature passing relationship with someone who you used to be dysfunctional with. Its nice.

Here’s the irony. I posted awhile back about another friend who found her name on barnson – top 10 on her egosurf. We had been friends for years, even into adulthood – but she moved away and when she came back, she seemed to be “busy” when I tried to schedule a lunch or something. Eventually, I began to fear there was a hint I was missing.. so, confused, I stopped calling.

Almost a year ago, I ran into her at a movie, and she said something about her name being on barnson. I explained the site, kind of what we do here, and she seemed cool – although she did joke that she wished I had mentioned that she was highly qualified at at her career and that people should hire her. I told her I would. We laughed, and said we’d get together for coffee as soon as our schedules permitted.

I was ecstatic – and did make a post with a complimentary title, and emailed it to her. The post was about long lost friends, but started with a glowing positive review of her professionally.. a review I stand by, because I’ve worked with her and she’s really talented. The post itself was eloquent (I’ve been told) and positive, and I expected it to elicit conversation, break the 3 year old ice, and.. it didn’t.

I never got a return email. I never saw her after that, and when I discovered a mutual friend of ours had her on MySpace, I invited her as a friend. She never responded. She probably won’t.

I find myself not angry.. just.. hurt – and I feel dumb. Its not like we’ve been hanging out. I do know that somewhere I must have goofed. I don’t know where, and there’s no way to apologize (“Hey (Anonymous), haven’t chatted in a year, didn’t get a MySpace accept, what’d I do?” – yeah, I think its lame too – so cant do that). I just hate the idea that there’s this person who was once a dear friend, who now sees me as someone not to know – and my feelings are hurt. There’s little I can do (except not mention names, I guess) and I feel I have to chalk her friendship up next to lost friends, youth, and old Star Wars toys as yet another thing from my past that was misplaced – that you wish you could find – but seems unfindable, and you don’t quite know when you lost it.

YUP, gonna just plug away. COME SEE ME!

DEAD HUNT will be premiering on June 3 – ONE NIGHT ONLY – in Baltimore. 2 shows, 7 and 9. This is a fun film, and not only do I have a pivotal role, but all the music is composed by me, so really, this is the one to see! Email me back ASAP if you’re interested in checking it out. Space is still available! Or visit www.Timewarpfilms.com

Speaking of DEAD HUNT – I’ve gotten permission to put 4 tracks of music up on TIMPANE.COM and it includes the classic PsychoKiller, so come on over and take a listen! www.timpane.com/mp3

Also, Shakespeare’s COMEDY OF ERRORS is closing this weekend in Manassas, VA. tickets are 15 bucks, and this will likely be the last play I do before the baby comes in August, so Check it out! I play Dromio of Syracuse, and its the first time since Rocky Horror that I’ve really hammed it up in a comedy, so its worth a peek!

Additionally, there are 2 changes to the TIMPANE.COM site! On the Music page, just by going there, you can hear a collage of music available on the site, and on the acting page my Voiceover demo now plays automatically. People have responded positively, especially to the voice demo, so please check those out.

There is news on the Acting front, I have just become eligible to join the SCREEN ACTOR’S GUILD (SAG) and will likely be doing so in the next month or two. Looking forward to this new chapter in my professional life.

BTW, I can be seen in a commercial in Baltimore (FOX 45 and WB 54) for a mortgage company, and there should also be a Gardiner’s furniture commercial in that area as well – so keep an eye out for those if you’re in that area.

Finally, I’m proud to announce my involvement in the 125th anniversary Gala for the American Red Cross in Washington DC. this is a major gala with thousands of people and even a few celebs and dignitaries, so I’m excited to be a part! Unfortunately this gala is invitation only, but I promise to have stories to tell. Its been fun!

Please feel free to email me, and as always… CHECK OUT www.timpane.com for FREE MUSIC, MOVIES, PICS, WRITINGS, and ART from JUSTIN TIMPANE

Well, I may be coming to a crossroads I have anticipated for some time. I may well be doing a gig in th ecoming weeks that will get me the opportunity to join the Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG).

For the unitiated, SAG is a union that an actor must belong to if he expects to do any on-camera work that will go beyond local videos, low budget films, or training movies. The catch-22 is that one must almost always belong to SAG to get work in these kinds of projects, but that one must be involved in these projects before they are eligible to join SAG.

Well, its my turn, I had a right-place-right-time moment, nailed an exclusive audition and I have the gig.. I will be SAG eligible.

In the long term, very good thing, but I have a lingering concern that I will now be “playing with the big boys” – i.e. I will be auditioning for less work against better people. In many ways, independent films have been my mainstay – and I have that distinct fear that once I can do many fewer indies, I may find myself like some in the DC area after joining SAG – with a dry well, so to speak.

Still, I also feel like its time. I’ve spent 5 years out of college, done 8 films, 4 TV commercials, 4 industrials, 2 Video games, and 5 or 6 training videos, not to mention extra and stand-in work on Major film and TV projects – and well, I know my around a set.. I can find the craft-services table.

If I do join, I will likely be afforded fewer opportunities – but those opportuinities will be to do things on a grander scale.. and that could be really cool.

Its a change, and we fear change – especially with the Baby on the way – and well, this seemed like the place to talk about it.

PS: If anyone wants, they can see me in Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors” the next 2 weekends in Manassas (info at www.vpstartcrow.com ) , and can email me if they are interested in seeing me as a killer in the June 3 Baltimore premiere of “Dead Hunt” (also did the music for that one).

Okay, so we all have seen how that rich dude retired and got 36 million dollars severence. The argument, of course, is well, “he made us record profits!”. Who got these record profits?

YUP, the oil companies – who boasted 36 BILLION dollars in profits while I use 30 bucks to fill up a Civic at the pump. Its not right, and the Government refuses to do something about it.. so what do we do?

Well, I got a forwarded email (which I usually hate – but this one got me thinking). We can try to push the price of Gas down. A pundit needs to get behind this – a Bill o’Reilly, or an Al Franken – Here it goes.

Boycott Exxon and Mobil. We, the American people are not going to revolt, not going to buy hybrids, not going to carpool, and not going to ride bikes to work. We should, but we won’t. What do we do? Stop going to Exxon and Mobil – and buy your gas elsewhere. Exxon and Mobil will lower prices to entice you back (They control most of the Market share). People will go back, and then the places you went during the boycott will lower their prices. Boycott on, until we see Gas prices going back to where they were, or at least until we hear about the profits being down to, say 5 billion,or 10 billon.

Its easy to do, and it makes sense, at least to me. Thoughts?

Heyguys.. Ran into Andrew bolton (QOHS Class of 91 – I think he’s a jamaican Dude) Sang with the choir and is now a pro Reggae singer here in the DC area! He wanted me to pass along hellos!