This is a trailer that Josh Robieson & I worked on over the last week or so for a movie called "Time Toupee"
It was fun to work on & learn a few new things in the process. Hope you like it & support the funding campaign if you can! Only $900 needed to reach the goal!
Thanks! ______________________________________________________________ "Time Toupee" - The Trailer
PunGent Studios w/ a TigerRAWk Film present a trailer for "Time Toupee" An angry, bald cop finds his salvation when things get too hairy. With a time altering wig in his arsenal, you know it's TIME TOUPEE!
Tony Donovan is a temperamental, clumsy police officer suffering from alopecia. When the case of a lifetime falls into his lap, he must navigate the pitfalls of the investigation without losing his temper, his sanity, or his life.
When this detective is on the case you know it's TIME TOUPEE!!
Helping him along the way is the nervous rookie Adam Fuddnuddler, his sauve and handsome best friend and partner Dominic Sprazzo, his office crush Delilah, his anger management psychotherapist, and a mysterious blind gypsy who sees much more than anyone. Oh, and did we fail to mention a mystical wig that can alter time itself? Yeah, he has that too!
In a world of thinning justice, where a bald faced lie sends a cop to his demise, you know that it's TIME TOUPEE!
Starring Josh Robieson from Flatfoot 56, wrestling superstar Tony Kozina, Kimberly Azana from Boss and Couples Retreat, and featuring international wrestling stars such as Kongo Kong, The Hooligans, Yabo Gustobo, Machine and many more!
Please visit our kickstarter to find out more & to be a part of this groundbreaking new film!
This trailer Written & directed by Josh Robieson. It narrated & also written byJames Amthor. These scenes acted by Kimberly Azaña & Josh Robieson. Additional soundtrack is Chopin's Funeral March.
Filmed using an iPhone 6 & JVC HDD Everio. Edited using Final Cut Pro on a Mac Mini. Filmed & edited by Joel A. Swanson aTigerRAWkFilm.blogspot.com
This project contains footage of Joel & Elphie celebrating the first anniversary of the commitment to be in relationship with each other. Elphie traveled by Amtrak back to Pittsburgh & arrived while I was at work. On October 30th besides watching The Crow (as EVERYONE should) we went to a Penguins game that they won 3-0 over the defending Stanley Cup Los Angeles Kings. Before we watched the movie, Elphie decided to bag up Scout.
On Halloween we officially celebrated the anniversary. We went to EatNPark for dinner then drove around the nearby South Hills neighborhoods to see the decorations & trick or treat costumes before heading out to Monroeville for some Monster Mini Golf. It's not documented apparently but we hit another EatNPark for dessert where the manager I assume was dressed in drag & costume. It was interesting. We picked up a few movies then went back to the house to watch Donnie Darko.
The next day we decided to take advantage of the Daylight Savings time change by driving to the Cincinnati area to enjoy a nice meal of Island Frydays & LIVE music from The Saudades & Leper at Joe's Java in Wilmington. We returned to Pittsburgh late then I had to work fairly early in the morning of course. Also not documented in video was the Halloween leftovers shopping trip & the visit to Burgatory.
At the end of the week, I got the privilege of driving in a brief but awful storm while at work. After work we went to Game N'at to play arcade games, pool, pinball, & other games. It was a good time. The next day we decided to stop by Klavon's Ice Cream Parlor in the strip & enjoyed some amazing ice cream.
It wasn't a bad way to celebrate our first year as we prepared to transition to the next chapter in life.
Additional soundtrack includes Tell Tale Heart by Grave Robber
Here are the LIVE clips separate from the project for those who care.
The footage was shot in Pittsburgh, Warren, & Chicago (as well as along the way while on Amtrak) after Elphie returned to Chicago after our RAWkNRoll summer. The Pittsburgh Pirates played their last stretch of home games in mid to late September so I attended as many of those games as I could:
Sept 17 - Pirates WIN 9-1 vs Red Sox
Sept 18 - Pirates WIN 3-2 vs Red Sox
Sept 19 - Pirates WIN 4-2 vs Brewers
Sept 20 - Pirates lose 1-0 vs Brewers
Along with the game on Friday the 19th, my parents & I went to the Heinz History Center in the strip. We primarily visited the sports part on this trip but did get to see Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, & George Romero's directors chair for one of his Pittsburgh area zombie films. On Saturday the 20th after the game was the final fireworks night of the season:
Preseason hockey started in September in Pittsburgh as well so I went to the 2 home games which the general public could purchase tickets to (one preseason game each year is designated for kids so those tickets are not available):
Sept 22 - Penguins lose 2-1 vs Red Wings preseason
Sept 25 - Penguins WIN 3-2 vs Wild OT preseason
In between those hockey games the Pirates clinched a spot in the playoffs for 2nd year in a row on September 23rd! On September 26th, I made a trip to my hometown for the following weekend & found out that Island Frydays - a favorite food spot owned & operated by my friend Leo would be on Diners, Drive Ins, & Dives. The next day I took some time to calibrate my hunting rifles.
October 1st was the day The Pirates returned to the playoffs for one game vs the Giants. I got some footage from around Pittsburgh through the day leading up to what turned out to be a 8-0 loss. The next day we had a bonfire at the house...turned out that The Appleseed Cast were among those enjoying the fire & the Smores.
On October 4th Mike Herrera & some other guys came to the Altar Bar playing MxPx songs:
October 10th I departed on the worst Amtrak trip imaginable. I had been contacted earlier in the week that the train would travel as far as Toledo then from there busses would be provided. I boarded the train around midnight as usual in Pittsburgh. I was pretty tired so I went to sleep quickly. I woke sometime around 6am I believe only to find out we hadn't even arrived in Cleveland yet! Cleveland is less than a 3 hour drive by car from Pittsburgh. By the time we pulled into the Cleveland station it was nearly 9am. We arrived in Toledo for the chaotic transition from train to bus around noon & I didn't end up in Chicago until 6pm that evening. The trip was to meet with my current employer about the job possibility. Thankfully they are reasonable people & I got my interview done that evening. I was in Chicago just over 24 hours, much of that time sleeping from the grueling trip. Leaving Chicago then for Pittsburgh, travel seemed to go quite well through Indiana but once back in Ohio it was delayed. I was scheduled to work at 7am if I recall correctly so once I realized that wasn't going to happen, I called from the train. I got a call back at some point asking when I would get there. I couldn't give an actual time but figured it would be between 11am & noon that we would finally pull into the station. It was 11:30am so I went home then on to work by 1pm which added to the nightmarish scenario when they decided to add on to the rest of my shift indefinitely through the evening. I argued against this, finally got to go home & fell asleep. The next day I had been written up. Ha! I'm glad I don't work there anymore. More documentation on that in a later video.
That week, mewithoutYou was coming through Pittsburgh playing "Catch For Us The Foxes" in its entirety on October 14th:
On Friday the 17th, one of my housemates had guest spots on a hardcore/metal show at The Altar Bar through Gideon. She asked if I wanted to go so I figured why not?!
After the show we got to hang with the Gideon boys & ate at Primanti Bros.
The Steelers were playing on Monday Night Football October 20th so I kept my eye on ticket prices. They were surprisingly low cost. I work on Sundays so attending Steelers games isn't easy unless it's a late afternoon or more likely a night game. I purchased an upper deck north end zone seat to attend for the first time at Heinz Field. They won 30-23 & afterwards I checked out The Great Hall.
Wednesday Night Rivalry came to Pittsburgh on Oct 22nd w/ the Flyers coming to town. It was the first regular season Penguins game I got to attend but unfortunately as seems to happen, the Flyers won in Consol Energy Center.
Friday & Saturday (October 24th & 25th) I got my first chance at hunting for the season. It was the only success I had for the entire squirrel season. I realized it was a lot easier as a kid with my grandpa out there helping me. He would walk around a tree where a squirrel would try to hide. His walking would usually get the squirrel to move where I could get a shot. We had quite a lot of success in those days. This weekend, I saw a few deer on Friday & Saturday I saw a couple squirrels both in the same tree. It happened to be where I had success last fall as well. I was able to shoot a Black Squirrel & hoped to get a crack at the Grey Squirrel to but that didn't happen. The Black Squirrel would be the extent of my harvest for the small game season.
Additional soundtrack includes Pittsburgh Pirates radio highlights, Analogue Logic by Action Action, & The Pittsburgh Steelers theme song.
Though this was part of the summer film project, I decided to add this September LIVE music clip into this blog as well:
Simple Man by Lynyrd Skynyrd LIVE @ PNC Park (09.13.14)
This footage is from the summer of 2014. It is the video project documenting the Summer festival (Death Or Glory, Audiofeed & Ultrasound) travels with other trips sprinkled in. Project filmed by Elphie using a Canon Power Shot SD 780 IS & Joel Swanson using a JVC HDD Everio, iPhone 4 & Sony HD Bloggie. Project edited by Joel A. Swanson using Final Cut Pro on a Mac Mini.
Information on the project & LIVE bootlegs available at: aTigerRAWkFilm.blogspot.com. Soundtrack is "Strange Part" by The Saudades. Project filmed by Elphie using a Canon Power Shot SD 780 IS & Joel Swanson using a JVC HDD Everio, iPhone 4 & Sony HD Bloggie. Project edited by Joel A. Swanson using Final Cut Pro on a Mac Mini.
a TigerRAWk N Roll Summer 2014 Part 1 (05.14.14 - 05.16.14)
This footage from May 14-16th 2014 includes an introduction as Elphie & I travel from Chicago to Texas by Megabus with some of the cities in-between for Death Or Glory Fest in San Antonio, Texas. Also included is a visit with Raye in Austin, Texas for a few days where we wandered around town, ate good foods, & caught a punk show at The Legendary White Swan featuring F.B.S. w/ Cum Again & Ixteria Korrosiva. Additional soundtrack is "The Road To RocknRoll" by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros.
a TigerRAWk N Roll Summer 2014 Part 2 (05.17.14 - 05.18.14)
This footage from May 17th & 18th, 2014 includes the Megabus trip from Austin to San Antonio, Texas, a quick visit to the Alamo, clips from Death Or Glory Fest of Dead Words, True Til Death, Our Corpse Destroyed, Lust Control, Unchained, F.B.S., Grave Robber (feat. Basilio Carrillo), Bobby Steele (feat. Grave Robber), xLooking Forwardx, & Leper, hanging at Taco Cabana & the Muth house, church w/ Rise Above Ministries with Basilio Carrillo speaking & music from Bobby Steele, going to the Alamo, returning to Austin by Megabus, & hanging at Torchy's w/ Raye. Additional soundtrack is "The Road To RocknRoll" by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros. Please disregard the dating errors; all dates were in 2014.
a TigerRAWk N Roll Summer 2014 Part 3 (05.19.14 - 05.27.14)
This footage from May 19th - 27th, 2014 includes the Megabus trip from Austin, Texas back to Chicago, Illinois & cities along the way where we saw a drug bust in Dallas, stops in Texarkansas & Memphis, a sunrise somewhere in Illinois, seeing Grumpy Cat at Navy Pier & wandering around, leaving by Amtrak for Pittsburgh, PA, Pyrofest, a trip to Hamilton, OH for The Rose Hill's last show w/ Beneath The Destruction, Authors, & Forever At Last performing, then the return trip to Pittsburgh, PA. Additional soundtrack is "The Road To RocknRoll" by Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros. Please disregard the dating errors; all dates were in 2014.
a TigerRAWk N Roll Summer 2014 Part 4 (05.31.14 - 06.27.14)
This footage from May 31st - June 27th, 2014 includes my broken windshield, hanging with Justun, Josh, & Charlie at In The Blood Tattoo, grilling burgers w/ Dylan, a long walk home from work along train tracks, getting a tattoo from Justun @ In The Blood Tattoo, The Brewers beat The Pirates & The Goo Goo Dolls, Gregory Polanco's debut as The Cubs beat The Pirates, driving to Cleveland to pick up Elphie, going to IKEA, EatnPark, Page's Ice Cream, Szmidt's Old World Deli, Broken Bones Bible Study at In The Blood Tattoo, Emma & Scout frolicking, going to Warren, PA, getting dirt from the filming location of Night Of The Living Dead at Evans City Cemetery, Elphie holding a chicken, hanging around a fire in the yard w/ friends, Pirates beat the Mets on Fireworks & Faith night w/ Clint Hurdle, Andrew McCutchen, & Josh Harrison speaking, driving through Wabash Tunnel - a filming location for The Dark Knight Rises, enjoying a Gavino's seafood calzone on Mount Washington then ice cream at Pages. Additional soundtrack is "Broken Dreams; Broken Bones" by F.B.S., & "Pardon Thy Monster" by White Collar Sideshow . Please disregard the dating errors; all dates were in 2014.
a TigerRAWk N Roll Summer 2014 Part 5 (06.28.14 - 07.01.14)
This footage from June 28th - July 1st, 2014 includes waking up to begin our road trip, a visit with Jon Sonnenberg & Kristen including seeing the newly remodeled studio used for Travelogue & other project, a stop @ the Ohio State Reformatory - filming site of Shawshank Redemption, a strange restroom sign, hanging @ the 86 for comedy night, hanging with the Humans @ Findley Market, a gathering of Goths at the Sheehy home, visiting Chateau LaRoche in Loveland, Ohio, road tripping to Chicago through a storm with a Steak N Shake pitstop, & Chicago hanging w/ Lisa @ The Lincoln Park Zoo, downtown, Garrett's Popcorn, Giordano's, & Millennium Park. Additional soundtrack is "Pardon Thy Monster" by White Collar Sideshow, "Lost In The Crowd" by Travelogue, & "The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts" Sufjan Stevens. Please disregard the dating errors; all dates were in 2014.
This footage from July 2nd, 2014 includes driving from Chicago to Champaign, IL for Audiofeed, setting up camp, going to Meijer, visiting & catching up with lots of friends while enjoying Mama Linda's delicious meal, Tyler Hentchel speaking, clips of The Saudades, Von Strantz, & Burlap To Cashmere, & finishing the night with friends at The Asylum. Additional soundtrack is "The Man Of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts" Sufjan Stevens. Please disregard the dating errors; all dates were in 2014.
This footage from July 3rd, 2014 includes clips of the campsite, Buck Buck, This Heart, Dougle McMysteron, The Saudades, Desiring Dead Flesh, Sean Huncherick peddling stuff from the phone book, Insomniac Folklore, Elphie bringing joy to children with bubbles, Destroy Nate Allen, Tessa autographing a pot holder for Elphie after Elphie helps lead exercises, dinner on the grill, Must Build Jacuzzi, chatting with Josh, F.B.S., In Exile, chatting with Jesi, The Scurvies, Keyoung, Grave Robber w/ blood spraying from Ben & Dougle, Nate attacking me w/ cardboard, Flatfoot 56, Anemia, & The Illogical Spoon. Please disregard the dating errors; all dates were in 2014.
This footage from July 4th, 2014 (the third day of Audiofeed) includes clips of the campsite, Shane Claiborne, Exegesis, Jesi Neaves, Household, Strengthen What Remains, hanging with Nate, Josh, Josh, as Jesi gets a haircut, Red Sweater Lullaby, hanging with Dan, Keyoung, some dude's butt, Spoken Nerd, grilling dinner, a Zanelfie, The Homeless Gospel Choir, food court, Those Who Fear, Listener, War Of Ages, Dark Valentine, '68, Leper, My Epic, some fireworks, hanging near the restrooms, DJ Mr. Nasti, & late night jams & other shenanigans. Please disregard the dating errors; all dates were in 2014.
a TigerRAWk N Roll Summer 2014 Part 9 (07.05.14 & 07.06.14)
This footage from July 5th (the fourth day of Audiofeed) & 6th, 2014 includes clips of a sign in the restroom, Aaron Lee Martin, Dödsmarsch, Destroy Nate Allen, Jesi & Elphie breaking the rules, Elphie's bubbles, Spirit & The Bride, 6'10, Corpus Christi, Barb doing goth makeovers, Insomniac Folklore, Analecta, Honz praying w/ Lisa, Lessons, Elphie getting deep friend candy bars, Comrades, New Heart vs Strengthen What Remains, Rebuker, the Masqueraud @ the Asylum w/ Jamie B., Levi The Poet, Steve Taylor & The Perfect Foil, Timbre, late night hanging & translations from Josh, proposing to Elphie (she said YES!!), Community worship, praying at the Asylum, some geese, packing up & leaving Audiofeed, a stop & a poop at Jimmy Johns, driving to Chicago. Additional soundtrack is "Haunt" by Leper (taken from their set at Audiofeed & "Burning Wheels" by The Scurvies. Please disregard the dating errors; all dates were in 2014.
a TigerRAWk N Roll Summer 2014 Part 10 (07.06.14 - 07.10.14)
This footage from July 6th - 10th, 2014 includes arriving in Chicago, clips of The Homeless Gospel Choir, '68, Listener, hanging at Everybody's Coffee, & driving back to Pittsburgh. Additional soundtrack is "Burning Wheels" by The Scurvies. Please disregard the dating errors; all dates were in 2014.
a TigerRAWk N Roll Summer 2014 Part 11 (07.11.14 - 08.09.14)
This footage from July 11th - 10th, 2014 includes clips of Human Petting Zoo, The Homeless Gospel Choir, '68, Listener, hanging after the show at Mr. Roboto & Derek's porch, Pirates 3-2 win vs Rockies & fireworks, editing this video, Pittsburgh blimp parking, filming location of "South Paw," clips of Silent Planet, Those Who Fear, Phinehas, This Or The Apocalypse, & Sleeping Giant at Rext Theater, Pirates win vs Padres, Gasoline Heart & Pirates Postgame Fireworks. Additional soundtrack is "Burnin' Wheels" by The Scurvies.
a TigerRAWk N Roll Summer 2014 Part 12 (08.15.14 - 08.29.14)
This footage from August 15th - 30th, 2014 includes a trip to Detroit, a tire blowout, Leper @ Small's, a return to the filming location of Night of the Living Dead in Evans City, PA, going to Warren, PA then Jamestown, NY to see the Jammers lose to the Spikes 7-3 while Elphie won a free pizza, getting ice cream, & hiking around the upper reservoir & Jake's Rocks outside of Warren, PA. Additional soundtrack is "BackPack" by 6' 10.
a TigerRAWk N Roll Summer 2014 Part 13 (08.30.14 - 09.05.14)
This footage from August 30th - September 5th, 2014 includes a trip to Cincinnati, hang out at the Sheehy home, WEBN Fireworks, a trip to Chicago, clips of Horror Is Dead, Leper, Every Knee Shall Bow, & Abated Mass Of Flesh from LIVEWIRE, & going to a Pirates game vs Cubs at Wrigley which resulted in a rain out. Additional soundtrack is "BackPack" by 6' 10.
a TigerRAWk N Roll Summer 2014 Part 14 (09.06.14 - 09.07.14)
This footage from September 6th, & 7th, 2014 includes a trip from Chicago, IL to Fort Wayne, IN for Ultrasound Fest, giving Carcass Craig his dirt from the filming location of Night of the Living Dead, clips of Filthy Rags, Desiring Dead Flesh, MayFly, Scarlet Raven, Shawn Browning, Relesser, Leper, Exegesis, & Grave Robber, hanging at Gateway Fellowship where we stayed, worship & Shawn Browning preaching @ The Gathering, & driving to Pittsburgh, PA. Additional soundtrack is "BackPack" by 6' 10.
a TigerRAWk N Roll Summer 2014 Part 15 (09.13.14 - 09.16.14)
This footage from September 13th, - 16th, 2014 includes the Pirates 6-4 loss to the Cubs, Lynyrd Skynyrd live clip, Elphie leaving by Amtrak, & credits for the project. Additional soundtrack is "BackPack" by 6' 10.
In February, Leper had a couple shows that I was privileged to attend. The first show was at a sports bar/pizza pub in Aurora, IL - the city where Wayne's World was set. Unfortunately Wayne & Garth did not make an appearance on this night (though one person resembled Garth). Leper opened & played a set while screens should sports all around the room. The crowd was decent & some friends from other areas outside of Chicago were able to make the trip as well. I captured a new song possibly performed for the first time LIVE to an audience called Lies That Bind. It sounded good:
Lies That Bind by Leper
Filmed LIVE at Mike & Denise's in Aurora, Illinois on Saturday
February 7th, 2015.
I realized my friend Jonathan Hape would be in town so after I got home from work & enjoyed a quick dinner then made my way to The Burlington Bar. Jonathan is the one artist (so far) that I have been able to see play a show in every town that I have lived in during my adult life. Of course some of that is due to taking matters into my own hands & booking Jonathan (he was the first show I booked while a part of Covenant). Jonathan played on this night with some other interesting acts. Adam Glass was travelling with Jonathan so it was good to catch up with him as well. I filmed a song called Inaction In Action which is thoughts & a response to recent civil & social issues:
Inaction In Action by Jonathan Hape
Filmed LIVE at Burlington
Bar in Chicago, Illinois on Monday February 9th, 2015.
On Valentine's Day, Leper had a show in Kalamazoo, Michigan. We decided to travel along for the show & spend time with friends who would be there. It turned out there was a blizzard in Michigan so it took all the extra time budgeted to travel so we had to make our way straight to the venue instead of stopping where we would be staying for the night. It was another pizza pub but this time it wasn't a sports bar. Leper played second. There was an interesting moment while Leper played 13 Silver Bullets making me glad I filmed that song:
13 Silver Bullets by Leper
Filmed LIVE at Papa Pete's in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Saturday February
14th, 2015.
On Saturday, January 31st, 2015 a friend from Pittsburgh came through to play a show in Chicago. It occurred at Reggies which I had heard about before moving here. It was good to see Derek again. This was a good show to be part of & turned out to be a sold out event as is the case for the next show for Derek in Chicago.
The opening band was a local hardcore/reggae hybrid called Still Alive. I really enjoyed their set I filmed their song United By Defiance. Derek played his tunes as The Homeless Gospel Choir next & shared his heart of love for others & the music scene. I picked his song Musical Preference to film. Next was Such Gold, a pop punk/metal band. I'm not as into what they played but I filmed their song Nauseating. Anti-Flag headlined the night with a set featuring "Terror State" in it's entirety with a few other songs after that. I filmed Power To The Peaceful.
My current place of employment is run by the folks at Jesus People USA who live in community on Wilson Avenue in Chicago. These same people brought the festival I loved & spent 9 summers attending - Cornerstone Festival. Across the street from the community house is a coffee shop called Everybody's Coffee & venue space called Wilson Abbey.
On Saturday, January 17th, 2015 there was a show at Wilson Abbey put on by some folks from the electronic music scene, primarily industrial, noise, & drone styles for a guy who is part of JPUSA as well as an artist in their scene. As an artist he is known as Millipede & as a man he is known as Don Hill. I have had a few brief encounters with him…enough to know he is a kind & loving man who unfortunately developed a fatal cancer. It seems this night was a success in many ways & financial support was raised for Don beyond expectation. It was RAD to see this.
Though Don did not perform, many friends of his did so I put together this playlist of the artist including a clip from a couple of the guys who helped organize the event.
