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Posted By Brooke Burgess

It looks like Mooshoo

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You see…that’s what I’m talking about. Get CREATIVE. Surprise us!!! We’ll pimp you to the moon 😀

Posted By Brooke Burgess

There’s been a lot of political sword rattling and cock-blocking between the US and North Korean administrations as of late, obviously focused on the PRNK’s desire for armaments of the nuclear variety. But remember, the West has always wanted to use DIPLOMACY in dealing with them. Why? Well, while many pundits consider Kim Jong-il to be nothing more than a Snickers bar packed with more nuts, they also admit that he’ssomething akin to the yappy little sidekick dog from the old WB cartoons. You remember the one? Yeah…and he had a VERY big friend – the quiet muscle who let the little bitch do the talking for him.

I don’t think I need to spell it out for you. And I also don’t think I need to back up this position with statistics on the Dragon’s economic and military expansion over the past decade. Let’s just say – unless North Korea suddenly announces the largest hidden oil, gas, and uranium reserves on the planet – that the Yanks won’t be invading anytime soon. Wouldn’t be prudent…not at this juncture.

So it remains a war of words. And though I’m staunchly opposed to Jong-il’s brutal and poverty-ridden regime, I can’t help but smirk when he launches the following verbal volley at the bulldog currently flanking the marionette Commander-and-Thief:

“Cheney is hated as the most cruel monster and bloodthirsty beast, as he has drenched various parts of the world in blood.“

At least he doesn’t pull his punches, eh?

Posted By Brooke Burgess

Just got word that the online store at Future Shop is finally getting restocked this week – hard to believe that they sold out so quickly, but I guess they only put 50 or so copies for cyber sale. So far, it looks like we’ve sold well over 300 sets in just over 3 weeks at FS, which is really great news!

And as I mentioned in the last newsletter, if we’re somehow able to rock through 1000 before the end of June, then it’s almost an assured thing that BEST BUY (US) will make a very healthy order for stores below the 49th! So obey the ad to the right, dear Saints (if you wanna keepsake, it should be in select Canadian newspapers next week) – storm your local Future Shop en masse, scope out the HD Trailer on their mongo screens, and snap up the cheapest edition of the saintly saga anywhere on the planet.

Just think…the harder we hit ’em, the sooner we can stop acting like dimestore hos! (yes, yes…I’m feeling particularly saucy today 🙂 )

Posted By Brooke Burgess

Hate the old haircut

But the interview is cool

You should go here now

🙂

Posted By Brooke Burgess

Quite the ‘birthday week’ surprise waiting for me upon returning home from some forgettable errands. Actually, the related news was also something I tried to ‘forget’ about, as I’ve found over the years that the Buddhists and Hindus are indeed right – excess longing for any Earthly reward tends to breed its own melancholic gravity. But lo’ and behold – a text message from our old friend Simon Conlin of the Switchstance crew in Toronto, saying that the Fates had smiled down and graced me with the 2005 Producer of the Year nod at the Canadian New Media Awards!

So…uhh…what can I say? Truthfully, not much – if I learned anything from my main industry mentor, it’s that producers (or ‘talking monkies’, as artists and coders affectionately call them) are only as good as the team they assemble. His analogy was something akin to playing chess; you need to find the right Pawns (short-term contractors), Knights (creative mavericks), Bishops (tangental process drivers), Rooks (broad-skilled managers), and a powerful Queen (project lead) to protect your sorry, Kingly ass. Otherwise…?

“You’re just playing chess with checker pieces.“

Consider this a heartfelt public ovation to an incredibly talented core crew – and a slew of eager artists and engineers – who gave their collective all (and then some!) to make the Broken Saints DVD Set really shine. I doubt I’ll have the opportunity for such a wonderful and spirited collaboration anytime soon, so trust me when I say that each and every memory is a treasured one – far more than any phallic piece of glass could ever be.

Word is bond.

Posted By Brooke Burgess

With a milestone bday in less than a week, the start of a curious new forum thread, and some intensely personal seeds for the next project being planted, this crusty old Solar Twin is being forced to look through the fat end of the chronoscope. More accurately, I can’t help but think of that riff in Waking Life – two friends talking about the cyclical nature of cellular decay, and how our bodies are completely NEW every seven years. Think about that. Every quark and atom and molecule and cell in us all has been born, put to work, sloughed off, and replaced – several times over. Five cycles here, if you must pry.

Who will I be on this next spin of the fleshy wheel of Chance and Karma? Something new? Something better? And will that lonely little guy – the one in the gingham button-up and hand-me-down sweater vest – will he finally feel safe enough to smile when the cameras aren’t looking?

Posted By Brooke Burgess

Just before young master Kirby heads off on a two-week European ‘tour’, he decided to pop his overworked head out of his cramped techno-cave (you remember the studio from the Production Featurette? Exactly.) and hang in the sun with Drew and Tara (Drew’s main squeeze, and the same gal who played the adorable stewardess who wakes up Kamimura in Chapter 10).

Ian’s finally moved on from the massive and all-consuming Corporation project, and is taking a bit of a breather before tackling a major editing gig (congrats, bro!). But he’s still been a huge help with all things BS, especially the Future Shop stuff ads and trailer – and is still going to be front and center at Anime Evolution in August, as well as our big BS Summer Show.

So there’s the Saturday report from the homefront. A few of you have been asking about Ian’s whereabouts, and we agreed with GI JOE on this one – knowing IS half the battle! 🙂

Posted By Brooke Burgess

Oh that JoshSpazJosh

Always so entertaining

And artistic too!

😀

Posted By Brooke Burgess

Fangirl MOOSHOO sent us this adaorable take on the BS ‘vagina eye’ – it’s crying, and has lashes!!! So much to say…and so little time 😉

Also, as the forum folks have already heard via email, we got some initial sales numbers in from Future Shop. After just two weeks in stores (and with no major ads or promotion), we’ve sold over 250 copies of the Broken Saints DVD! Thanks so much to all of you who’ve stormed the shops and/or told your friends to plunk down 40 bones for a trippy good cause. We’re damn overwhelmed!!!

If we sell another 750 in the next 5 weeks, there’s a VERY good chance that Best Buy in the US will pick us up – at least that’s the way things are looking (we’ll have an official meeting with them at our booth down in San Diego in July). Cross anything that CAN be crossed (fingers, toes, eyes, and…uhh…whatever else works for you), say a little prayer, and keep spreading the good gospel far and wide.

Just think – the sooner we lock the US and Europe down, the sooner we stop pestering you for favors on a weekly basis 😛

Posted By Brooke Burgess

Really nice surprise to pop by the Forums today and see a thread announcing that Broken Saints has officially made it on the Internet Movie Database! You can check it out and vote for us HERE. Big ups to JoshSpazJosh, Efraim, Richard, Zeek, and anyone else I’ve missed that might’ve played a part in spreading the saintly gospel. With friends like you folks, who needs family? 😀