the pop culture ramblings of a lunatic.
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Vicandor the Great
May 16th
Vicandor the Great tells the story of Donald, A young Korean teenager that has become so addicted and immersed into World of Warcraft that he is beginning to display psychotic tendencies. His step-mother Martha, arranges for his intervention. A decision that pushes the family into a downward spiral of self loathing, extreme nerdity, and violence. It stars Dan Luke, Patsy Cruciano, Doug Wolf, and Joe Jacks. It was directed and written by Dan Luke with Leonel Chavez on audio and Scott Steinhilber as the Director of Photography.
It is a vignette in a short film entitled “Technoholics Anonymous,” (which also contains vignettes by Patsy Cruciano, Casey Conlon, and Leonel Chavez) for Columbia College and looks way better on DVD because youtube decided to make everything look like shit.
It was edited in Avid. A program that sincerely hate with so much passion that I very well may hunt down its creators, murder them, and then remarry their wives and claim their children as my own.
I hope that you enjoy it.
How to Shave A Face.
Mar 20th
Now it is time that I, the ruggedly handsome Dan Luke, shows you how to properly shave a face. This is a very hard but important process. Watch, leave feedback, and be sure to call me… ladies.
Six Years Ago…
Jan 5th
Before I toned myself down and began to work on my dark sardonic commentary I spent time making short, abusurdist films in my parents basement with a $50 childrens digital camera. Sometime people say my best work is behind me. And often, I agree. Observe:
the tornado and the breakdance
I also made a music video about an emo kid that went to HC sophomore year. When this was screened in my English class my teacher commented that I had phenomenal cinematography skills. As soon as the image of my bleeding wrists came up on screen the cut the entire presentation off, gave me an ‘F’ on the project as well as a detention. It’s called:
So. In all, it’s good to break out the good old memory box once in a while. While I do not understand who the fuck this previous Dan Luke was, or what he was thinking. I admire him.
Questions.
Nov 19th
Before his Death, Dan Luke told me a few things about life. I remember one time we were stationed in Valencia, Spain for a month’s leave from active combat. At this point we had successfully driven the meatballs and their large spatula-catapults from Madrid – and were temporarily relieved from duty.
Back at the base – over dinner – Dan Luke just starting mindlessly ranting.
“If you ask me,” he said, “Society as a whole is somewhat broken – it’s as if we’re born into some sort of perpetual motion machine.”
He took a bite out of his steak and continued talking.
“Think of it this way, as soon as were born we already have a set of traditions people are following just for our entrance to this world – Baptisms, First Birthday Parties, Video tapes of our first steps – the list goes on and on.”
He pauses, “But what does it all really mean? If you ask me, too many things go unquestioned.”
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On Good and Evil
Oct 31st
I have entered a completely catatonic state. My synapses have stopped rerouting and responding – I am a brainless Zombie, I crave flesh – or pizza. In fact, pizza would be really fucking nice right now.
The truth is – at least at this point – that the jug of red wine, the flask of whiskey, and all of the pot has completely caught up with me. I might as well be functionally retarded.
It’s currently 4:45AM – I’ve been awake for fifteen hours, and I still have another seven hours and fifteen minutes ahead of me. I’m confined to a plastic chair, with this, tiny, red, and ridiculously uncomfortable cushion amidst a classy, rustic, 1930’s-esque movie theater. This year is my second pilgrimmage to this theater – The Music Box – where I parttake in yearly 24 hour marathon of B-Movies. The mindless explosions, blood-thirsty zombies, and (at least in the case of this year) distressingly ugly killer babies, that vaguely resemble the baby from the 1990’s show ‘Dinosaurs.’
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