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I enrolled in an odd fitness class

jonesy — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:36:29 +0000

Jonesy handles a heckler

jonesy — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:30:00 +0000

First fantasy football article of 2010

jonesy — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:22:37 +0000

Some of you know of my obsession with Fantasy Football. It’s what inspired me to write and shoot several episodes last year of a web series called Sundays of Our Lives – a Fantasy Football Soap Opera. Last year I wrote six articles for a fantasy football web site that ran out of money before the season started and so I am extremely pleased to announce that I am once again writing funny (yet helpful) fantasy football articles. My first piece for the 2010 season is called Jonesy’s Wacked Draft Trends and can be found here: LINK TO READ

Jonesy tries to get people to sing Journey on chat roulette

jonesy — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:02:48 +0000

Jonesy meets the World’s Greatest Story Teller

jonesy — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:45:18 +0000

The Conversation

jonesy — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:48:00 +0000

Two weekends ago, I attended The Conversation, an all-day conference about the future of independent film funding, marketing and distribution. The program for The Conversation consisted of panels, discussion groups and breakout sessions, each featuring both indie fllm stalwarts (Eugene Hernandez, Scott Macaulay, Bob Hawk) and new media trailblazers (Lance Weiler, Arin Crumley.

it was made clear during The Conversation that filmmakers are having to work harder than ever for increasingly smaller pieces of pie. As panelist Richard Lorber, CEO of distributor Kino Lorber, put it, “everything’s possible but nothing’s working.”

Just as everyone was getting ready to collectively throw up their hands in despair and looked for the nearest exit, The Conversation co-host Scott Kirsner reminded us that when the film business started over a hundred years ago, when somebody started charging people to watch thirty-second reels in a kinetoscope parlor on Fifth Avenue, the average weekend box office was $120.

“I think if you were in Manhattan back then, you would have said ‘this isn’t really storytelling, this isn’t an art form, and this certainly isn’t a business,’” Kirsner said from behind his podium. “I think we’re in a similar moment right now. It doesn’t feel like a business yet, but those of us in this room are the early pioneers, ignoring the warning signals that eventually won’t mean anything.”

In the mean time, events like The Conversation are helping bring like-minded pioneers together to share and experiment so that one day, the independent film business can truly be a business again.

HERE ARE SOME LINKS WORTH CLICKING ON from The Conversation.

Sundays of Our Lives – Episode 6

admin — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:07:29 +0000

Like a kicked football through the uprights, so are the Sundays of Our Lives. It’s a week before the fantasy football championship and the evil Jake Diablo will stop at nothing to ensure victory for his team, The Freeballers. Kidnapping, lying, cheating, an occasional stabbing, all are par for the course in this soap opera that follows the lives of those that have made fantasy football the center of their own lives… Because they have no lives….

Karaoke – part 1

jonesy — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:17:59 +0000

Note to Jonesy: was this where the video wasn’t working? Can you log in and try it now.

Cigar Quest NYC

jonesy — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:15:00 +0000

I documented an adventure in NYC. Adam Shuty and I, on the search for cigars, encountered many ladies, met a philosopher, and discuss ancient civilization.

Black Out Baby – comedy sketch

jonesy — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:22:00 +0000

Please enjoy this piece I wrote that was included in the 21 Hour Theatre Festival at the Wings Theatre in New York City a few weeks ago. In this video are: Alexander Hill, Annalyn Frame, Mara Dratfield, and Mary Lauren. Directed by Alicia Green.

Black Out Baby from jonesy on Vimeo.