Posted by Mark Allen on 07 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: Random Posts, - My First Attempts At Filmmaking -
Three Textures and a Conversation, 1985. Directed by Mark Allen. Starring Douglas Martin, Dave Smith. 1/2 inch VHS; 2 minutes, 21 seconds; color; sound.
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Inner Decor: Brion Gysin's Dreamachine |
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I, Roommate: The Robot Housekeeper Arrives |
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His New York State of Mind |
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Going Home Again, in a Worried Mind's Eye + (pics) |
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A Cellphone for Calling Butterfield 8: The Hulger/Pokia |
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Times Square at 100: Once I Was You |
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Automated Voices in the Air |
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An Interview With Bruce LaBruce |
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An Interview With Matthew Camp |
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Confessions of a 'Gay Slob' |
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The Value of Facebook in Gay Lives Then & Now |
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I Left My Ears in NYC |
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Is Gay Men's Distaste for Football Innate? |
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Why I Think How to Survive a Plague is Going to be Huge |
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Go-Go Harder Teaches Male Burlesque Class |
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Is the NYC Gay Pride Parade a Square Peg? |
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Could the Stonewall Riots Be Staged as a Battle Reenactment? |
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Yesterday's Tomorrow: The "Future" in Films |
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Obliteration Cinema: The Best/Worst Apocalyptic Films |
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Interview: Thomas Haustein from Christiane F. |
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Interview: J.G. Thirlwell (aka Foetus) |
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Do You Fear Music? Melophobia Is Real! |
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Hey Gays: Lighten Up! ('93 archives) |
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The first AIDS Fanzine: Diseased Pariah News! |
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PBR Ropes in Gay Fans |
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Ask Me! Interviews Me |
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Daniel Nardicio Interviews Me |
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Fierth.com Interviews Me |
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Driving Naked To Austin |
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Sam Stern: Q&A About My 9-year Relationship w/ Jim |
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I Wrapped a Giant Condom Over Jesse Helms' House |
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My Childhood Sewer |
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UNT's Bruce Hall vs. The Phone Sex Tape Bandit |
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Football & the Homosexual Brain |
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A History of Drywall |
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Famous Film Locations on GoogleEarth |
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I Suffered Stendhal Syndrome at Universal Studios! |
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The Teacher Who Influenced Me the Most in High School |
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Pinko Commie Square Pegs: My 9th Grade Punk Fanzine |
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The Cyber Crush/ The Cyber Crutch |
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Infinity People |
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Real Life, Just Around the Corner |
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The Day I Was Protested Against |
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It's Not Gonna Be OK |
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Sociopaths: They're Gonna Make it After All! |
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A History of Christian Stand-Up |
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Interview with Hot Poop! |
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I Know a Secret or Two About Goo: Male Gunge |
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The Tunguska Explosion of 1908 |
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Art Crimes |
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A History of Amusement Park Dark Rides |
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Sex Tape (2008) |
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Edge (2008) |
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My Hands (2008) |
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Shaving Party (1989) |
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Swimming Pool (1989) |
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Raw Mudland Killers (1989) |
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Assassination Adventure (1988) |
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Three Textures & a Conversation (1985) |
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Attack of the Killer Prunes/Invasion of the Sleeping Bag People (1981) |
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Untitled #1 (1981) |
The Flying Lizards: A Band Arranged According to the Laws of Chance [Sound Collector #6, 2001]
Flying Lizards website
Who Is Harry Stephen Keeler? [A To Izzard, A Harry Stephen Keeler Companion, Ramble House]
Bob [blind]
David [deaf]
Greg Walloch
[cerebral palsy and famous]
Kevin [lost left leg]
Victor [too skinny]
Derek [lost most of right arm]
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My 9/11 photos: downtown NYC that morning |
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My 9/11 photos: "ground zero" that night |
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A large gallery of photos I have taken (early 00's) |
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A larger gallery of photos I've taken (early 00's) |
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Some photos I took in the Catskills |
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Mark Allen photos by Hans Fahrmeyer, and the stories |
Trip to the Middle of Nowhere
Paris
Columbine High School
Archives of Harry Stephen Keeler
Central Park at night
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The Teacher Who Influenced Me the Most |
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Shorter |
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Driving Naked to Austin |
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After a Bike Ride, Paradise is Lost |
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Stendhal Syndrome in Hollywood |
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Football & the Homosexual Brain |
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An Interview With Shane Carruth |
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An Interview With Kenneth Goldsmith |
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Marina Abramovic's New Space |
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The Rise and Fall of Music Download Blogs |
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Internet History: Jodi.org |
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Internet History: Sharpeworld.com |
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Internet History: RexsWorld.com |
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Internet History: Cockeyed.com |
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My WFMU Shows |
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My WFMU Blog Posts |
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Road Trip: Travelers' Tales |
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Beatrice |
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Losing it at Universal Studios |
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My Ex-Gay Adventure! |
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My Night As a Gay Superhero, (pic) |
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Hitchiking Naked On Avenue A |
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Pics Of Me Through The Years |
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Mark & Jim At World's Largest Kaleidoscope |
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Mark & Jim At House On The Rock |
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Halloween at Mark & Jim's House, 2009 |
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Art Follies! |
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Recent Hair |
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Recent Food |
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Jim Krewson's Feelings Hog |
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My Recent PBR Twitter Spazz-Out |
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My Recent John Denver Twitter Spazz-Out |
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My Ass |
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What Would It Be Like To Be a WFMU DJ On Another Planet? |
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Skin Condition in Romania (pt. 1, 2, 3, 4) |
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Peculiar Sci-Fi Costumes of Dave T. Smith |
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Abu Ghraib: Torture, or Art? |
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UNT Bruce Hall Art School Photos c.1987 |
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Drudge Report as an Anagram |
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Sam Stern: 70's Porn Music vs. 80's Porn Music |
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JonBenet Convicted in Mark Karr Case |
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Re-visiting Taxi Driver Locations |
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Vegitarianism a Gate Drug to Breatharianism? |
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My Ultimate Disguise |
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Bushisms |
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The Jar |
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Pedestrian Spy |
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Equation To Calculate Gay NYC... Now |
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Pictures Taken Of Catskill While Jogging |
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Anagrams of Popular URLs |
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Live-Tweeting Andy Warhol's Empire |
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Beatrice |
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All About Not Being All About Me |
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The Nothing, Nothing, Nothing Cake |
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Andrea Naschak (April Rayne) + interview |
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John Friedrich |
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Thomas Haustein |
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I think this is boring, but I think that’s the point?
The prettiest thing about this are the soft little lines and squiggles (glitches actually) that come from using old VHS tape. It’s like being hypnotized by fish in an aquarium. VHS squiggles give the Northern Lights a run for their money!
The first texture was outstanding.
I couldn’t hear the conversation. But, I liked the house. I didn’t know you were from such an upscale family back in Plano.