Dumbworld: A Sacramento Based Blog on Entertainment, Media and Art

Reading about this took me back to the eighties.  Also, remember those markers that smelled like fruit? Believe me, they didn’t taste like fruit though.

“This was a great way for us to be interactive and engage the reader,” said Rob Turner, who owns and edits the magazine with his wife, Elyssa Lee. “It’s the kind of thing that brings a smile to everyone’s face. It’s nostalgic for a lot of people.”

Read the rest here.

Sactown magazine has a great article on why there aren’t more Hollywood movies shot in Sacramento and shows what some local filmmakers are doing to change it (Including the filmmakers from Redwood Palms Pictures and Joe Carnahan and Deon Taylor). 

Sacramento mayor Heather Fargo’s support for filmmaking is described as “anemic,” this despite the positive economic impact of having films shoot in Sacramento.  Just across the county line, the El Dorado County Film Commision works hard to bring films to El Dorado County– maybe Sacramento should pay attention.

Check it out if you get a chance (sorry– it is not on the web– but I guess that is how they sell magazines, right)?

I had the opportunity to work crew on a special promotional music video for the Sac Music Seen portion of the film festival.  The video was for the Bennys.  The Bennys are to appear on KXTV 10′s morning show Sac & Co. on Thursday August 7th (at 8:30am) to promote the festival.  Watch it if you get a chance.