Monday, March 22, 2010

And the hits just keep on coming!

Hey.... At last, more stuff! How long has it been, dear internet?? Well I am pretty much going 7 days a week with this edit in New Orleans, so there hasn't bee a lot of time to post new Alley Pat Clips.... but now, four new ones. So get clickin' - here we go!

First....

Here we have a little side bar about Kansas City Jazz. Now the film is 98% about Atlanta, but Pat told this KC story one afternoon, and I made a little segment out of it. In the back of my head at the time I was thinking maybe if there is a Kansas City Film Festival, this little piece would help the film win a slot. AS IF this film was going to any festivals at all, ha ha ha. Well, lo and behold, there IS a Kansas City Film Festival, and yes, as of last week WE”RE IN!



Next, in the 1980's Pat used to come with his jazz/R&B on at 3PM on WYZE, after they station had played gospel/religious all day up till then. Inevitably, he'd grab a preacher who was still in the studios, drag him on to his show, and they would tangle....





Next, the secret is revealed. Why the Alley Pat film has “The Music Is Recorded” in its title. I always wanted that line in there, even though it doesn't make a lot of sense on the face of it. Not even Alley Pat himself really gets it. It is kind of a half surreal non-sequitur, tangentially related, but a sort of a draw-you-in mystery. Am I over thinking this?




Finally, A slight departure in style from the rest of the film. Pat's old audio of a hotel commercial, juxtapositioned with contemporary stills of the hotel before it was torn down for condos.




OK back to work. For me. And maybe you.


tom in new orleans

2 comments:

Michael said...

Hello, my name is Michael Knox and I am the artistic director of the
Modern Film Fest.

We are seeking out high quality films for submission to
the festival which will take place Oct. 1 through Oct. 3 at the historic Gem Theatre, in Kannapolis, N.C., which was recently featured on MSNBC.

After extensive research we have decided that "Alley Pat: The Music is Recorded" is
definitely a movie we'd like to see submitted to this year's festival.

If you are interested in participating in our second annual Modern Film
Fest please submit two copies of the movie on DVD as well as any
promotional materials you would like us to use to spread the word about
the movie screening.

Also, we intend to use clips from the movies submitted to the film
festival to create a press release trailer to promote the films in the
festival.

We look forward to seeing "Alley Pat: The Music is Recorded" at the 2010 Modern Film
Fest. If you need more information, please don't hesitate to call or
e-mail.

Sincerely, Michael Knox
Modern Film Fest director
mknox@modernfilmzine.com

Michael said...

We would like to see "Alley Pat: The Music Recorded" submitted to our festival, Modern Film Fest. I couldn't find another way of contacting except through here.

Hope you get this and look forward to hearing back from you. Take care and thanks, Mike Knox, artistic director for Modern Film Fest
mknox@modernfilmzine.com