The DUmb #13 • Where There’s A Will

A little late (okay, a lot late) but we’re back with another installment of our humble little podcast and this time Bryan Harley & myself are joined by Will Albritton from the Fresno Beehive as well as Robert Anaforian from One Pictures Worth. On this adventure, we sit down and talk about a bevy of subjects:

• We reveal we’ve never been to a Rouge Festival and Will schools us on the event

• Some secrets for the upcoming Swede Fest are revealed

• We talk about Oliver Stone’s W. & Kevin Smith’s Zack & Miri Make A Porno

• A discussion on the ad campaign for Zack & Miri Make A Porno and how films in general are marketed these days

• We discuss Wall-E and some of the best films of the year so far.

• A overview of the Fresno Filmmakers Forum and we churn our some suggestions for the next one

• Will laments his lack of trolls on his posts over at the Fresno Beehive & some insight into the Frank Caliendo drama

• We talk about the future of the print media and how the times are a changin’

• We end with some good ol’ fashion baseball shit talkin’ between Bryan & Will

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The DUmb #12 • Ewww! It’s A Girl!

Two podcasts in a week?! Madness! Nope, just DUmbness! With the Fresno Filmmakers Forum coming up this weekend, we invited artist extraordinaire/filmmaker Teresa Flores to come on the show and surprisingly, she said yes! (Usually, girls just laugh and walk away when we talk to them) Join our brave hosts as they risk cooties to talk with Teresa about a whole gaggle of topics such as:

• The Fresno Filmmakers Forums and how to get your film screened at the after party.

• Find out which independent film is no longer playing in Visalia and also which film was named after me (HINT: It’s The Wackness)

• A short discussion on East Coast vs. West Coast hip-hop

• The latest on the Fresno documentary & info on The Date from Entandem Productions

• We discuss last weekend’s FUSE Festival at the Fulton Mall

• Teresa updates us on her next couple of shows

• Video art vs. narrative filmmaking

• More talk about underground casinos in Chinatown

• We talk some local Halloween going on’s

All this and more! This one only comes in at around 40 mins. so download it now! As usual, the language is NSFW so be warned! If you guys (or gals) have any questions or comments, please let us know. If your interested in joining us for a podcast, let us know as well. We’re always looking for guests! Drop us a comment here or email us at thedumbdrum@gmail.com. You can direct download this podcast here or get subscribe to us over at iTunes here.

The DUmb #11 • An Evening With Ray

Join us as The DUmb welcomes special guest Fresno Film Commissioner Ray Arthur on the program! During our time together we talk about what Ray’s job is exactly, we talk about the future of Fresno film and the Rule Of 15 film ordinance, how Indiana Jones came to Fresno and how we beat out the Bee’s photographers for the best pic of Harrison Ford, his thoughts on the upcoming mayoral election race and how the candidates are working towards a brighter future in the local film community, discuss the Fresno Filmmakers Forum and who should show up (EVERYONE!), he gives out free advice on how to make some cash with building a local soundstage, Firebaugh gets a few name drops, we ask Ray if he’s ever seen The Day The Clown Cried, and what Ray thinks of Alan Autry’s new radio show. This episode runs in at 2 hours & 20 minutes so beware that this little file will take up about 117MBs on your computer. Thanks to Adrian at LateUpdate for all the help with the live podcast! You can direct download here, grab it over at iTunes here or listen to to the whole thing by pushing play down there.

The DUmb #10 • Return Of The Swede

As we reach double digits, come along with myself and Bryan Harley as we welcome Barrazie & Jay From Sanger to sit around and discuss the happenings in our nerdy worlds including the exclusive announcement on the details for the next Fresno Swede Festival. **Language in ALL our podcasts are NSFW so be warned**

• We discuss the plethora of film festivals (Reel Pride & Latino Film Festival) going on in Fresno this week.

• Find out how to get a free beer at tonight’s Dumb Drum Gettogether.

• Talk about The Fall, Burn After Reading & Lord Of The Rings Extended Editions.

• Chinatown exists and it has tunnels. We talk about the 2nd Swede Film Festival.

• We discuss Fresno’s upcoming Public Access Channel which will birth Dumb Drum TV.

• Why I’m going to buy the Chevy Volt.

• Hackers access the Large Hadron Collider as we creep closer to the end of the world.

All this & so much more! Download now & remember: if you listen to this podcast, you have a chance to score a free beer. DO IT!

 
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The DUmb #9 • I’m Pregnant

Once again our heroes return….what heroes do I speak of you ask? Well none other than myself, brodiemash, & our new co-host of The DUmb, Bryan Harley from AMF Productions. Back again for the first time, we talk about all kinds of stuff relating to film and some other things….not so much:

• We talk about films we saw over the Labor Day weekend including The Wackness, Pineapple Express, The Clone Wars, Babylon A.D., Tropic Thunder & more.

• Next weeks DVD releases and how nobody else loves Wings but me (and Quagmire).

• How we’d make an R-rated Star Wars film.

• We reenact the conversation between Sarah Palin and her pregnant daughter.

• My lunch at Livingstone’s and their horrible customer service.

• The active film festivals going on in Fresno in the month of September, including the F.F.I.L.M.M and the Latino Film Festival

• The death of Don LaFontaine

• We overload on nerdiness as we discuss the awesome RED Camera.

All this and much, much more. All for free. Download it, listen and let us know what you think.

 
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The DUmb #8 • Swede Crazy

And it’s that time again for another episode of The DUmb! This time (again) we welcome back some of the usual suspects from our Swede Festival entry as Adrian Rodriguez from Late Update, John Rios from Dead Days, Bryan Harley from AMF Productions and Jay Montes from….Sanger join us for the round table discussion, which includes:

• A wrap up from this past weekend’s Swede Festival over at Corridor 2122 and we address some negative feedback over at The Beehive’s comment section, some discussion on the actual swedes and some early details on the next festival.

• Talk about the new “Cheap-O Theater” format the Clovis Towne Center has adopted and probably bumping The Wackness out of playing here in town.

• The Tropic Thunder & Star Wars: The Clone Wars controversy.

• Bryan tells us how he met the stars & creators of the BBC series Spaced.

• How I tried to buy Henry Perea‘s support for the new Film Ordinance.

• John discusses his workflow with Dead Days.

• Bryan reveals another word in the title of his upcoming secret project.

All this and and more! Download it, listen and let us know what yout hink. If your interested in coming on as a guest, please drop us an email at thedumbdrum@gmail.com.

 

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The DUmb #7 • Nerd Overload

Yup, number 7 so pay no attention to the fact that I refer to this as our 8th podcast in the actually podcast. Yeah, I can’t add. So this week, Adrian Rodriguez from Late Update returns as he brought with him a new special, special guest: John Rios! Rios is the creator/artist/writer of Dead Days, the awesome web comic. Joins us as we talk all types of NERD. Be warned! This episode contains more nerdiness than usual. Please be advised! So much in fact that Adrian’s presence was almost not felt (it didn’t help that the poor guy had the stomach pain of a million warheads). So what did we talk about?

• The Dark Knight, of course. Swear, this will be the last time we beat this dead horse…this week. • The Watchmen and it’s newly released trailer. • San Diego Comic Con 2008 overview. • A Rodriguez/Rios soundboard prank call. • We talk about our entry for the upcoming Fresno Swede Festival. • E3 2008 overview: The best of the Microsoft, Nintendo & Sony announcements. • Some graphic design flubbs. • Old school video game nostalgia.

And there’s more! Download it, check it out and let us know what you think. As usual, NSFW as we tend to cuss a little bit. Feel free to email us comments or if you have any questions or want to be a guest on our humble podcast, drop us a line at thedumbdrum@gmail.com. Thanks to Late Update for hosting the podcast for us!

 
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