Conversations with Keefy

When the morning Sun bakes my eyes awake I do not know what this day will bring. Still, I cherish every moment of this unpromised, uncompromised life. I rise day after day like a ritual since not living life is also a form of death. The paralysis of analysis can cripple or empower. What you do when you choose to know the ledge is crucial. I choose to live unbound in the water rather than feast on mental slavery in the burning wastes of life. I long to sleep on a pillow of winds and not the thorny brush of memories. I will do what I must to get by with devotions. Not of gods or false masters, just my free will. Guiding me straight and real as ever. And continue to hope someone hears my whispered pleas of “what if, this time.” I will not play Apollo’s lyre of woe or feel the chariot lash on upon my back. As I toil on this coil braced for fire, I push the bloody pen along the page. Trying to reason with the deaf, blind, yet wise gho...

Written and Directed by Evan Glodell (Oscilloscope Laboratories) I had the opportunity to screen the new indie film BELLFLOWER and I must say it is a powerhouse of a flick. The film is released by Oscilloscope Laboratories who is building a reputation for great out-of-the-box movies that make you think and produced last years HOWL which I loved. Written, directed and staring Evan Glodell (BEFORE BREAKFAST); who is not just a triple threat here, but may be bringing back the Auteur Theory in the best sense of the concept. Glodell turns conventional film making on it's ear with an exciting visual style, original story-telling and his own emotional performance. The Medusa Car is one more step to awesomeness..and ruin.  As for the story it is eye-opening and full of smart left turns. It centers around two best friends Woodroe (played by Glodell) and Aiden (Tyler Dawson) who grew up together in Wisconsin obsessing over the Max Max films and plotting a more interesting life. The ...