The Showdown

The Television premier for Stories From the Life of Porter Rockwell has come and gone, but that was just the half hour version you saw. The full length is coming to a Wal-Mart near you this May. With more scenes, and of course, new music. I'm not sure yet how they'll place it, but this piece was written for the gunfight between Porter and one of the "out laws" who made a bet that he could kill Porter despite the whole hair legend.

Winter

I'm a summertime person. I like it hot. I appreciate beauty in whatever form it comes in, and winter has that in spades, but winter is also very depressing with its short days, dark gray skies, layers of clothing, and general confinement to warm buildings. I respect winter though. It's dangerous and holy. Even magical. So I wanted to capture some of that feeling before this winter is gone. I wrote this piece a couple months or so ago, and filmed what I had hoped was the last snowfall of the year at my house. I shot it on Brian Sullivan's, my friend, and now neighbor's, Sony VX 1000 that I've been borrowing (I really need to give that back, and his leaf blower). Luckily it was handy as the snow started to come down. I was afraid I'd missed the last snowfall this year... then it snowed twice after that. Has it been a long winter for anyone else?

That little kid you see at the window is my son Nigel.

Son Of Thunder

The soundtrack for the upcoming documentary Stories From the Life of Porter Rockwell is now online. You can hear it, and download it here. Enjoy.