Howdy, long time no write. Sorry there were several reasons. One, I've jumped between Blogger and WordPress. The WordPress layout was perfect but I missed much of the functionality of Blogger. Also, I think much of the fire was out. At a subconscious level I knew partisan politics was not the big issue. As we see now, the system is defective on both sides. Don't get me wrong I'm backing Obama and think the Republican Party has been co-opted by pod people and any sane or moderate voice in it is long gone or in hiding.
Lastly, I've been preoccupied with some other writing in response to the Occupy Wall Street movement. Like the protesters, It's taken me some time to get a grasp on the central issue. I woke up laughing at what I thought Wall Street might say in response in some unified way. As if they, A. Cared. or B. Were a unified body.
I've written about a dozen ads and showed them to a producer and director and they loved it.
We shot some promos and a pitch for funding. It's a low budget affair so I'll just be passing the hat on Face Book and emailing friends. My partners are already doing this type of stuff. The director Ryan Kleier is a UCB guy and is hilarious with a sharp ear and eye for satire. You can see his stuff by visiting Funkanomics. My producer is Steven Attema who, months ago, rather presciently came up with the idea of a film where Wall Street miscreants get kidnapped and beat up on TV for the amusement of the viewing audience. (I played a particularly awful guy and well, you'll see.) His movie is called Kill Street.
So Ham Adams is back and I'll be bloviating here once a week any way. And I'll keep you updated with my project WALL STREET CARES. I'll have video posted here and on FB in a couple of weeks.
We are living in difficult, but exciting times. Solidarity and love to you all. Ham
