Sundance = nowhere near the hook

[bad_roo]

Yeah, got a call from MOE right after we dropped you off. He was told to pack it up and go. So as he's trying to slip out without tossing more fuel on the fire the valet goes and locks the keys to the truck in the truck leaving MOE to wait 30 minutes for a locksmith which "the house" had to pay for. Classic.

I love this shit. You guys need a reality TV camera crew following you about.

[truth]

amazing. and I was just getting ready to tell our entertainment reporter to come look for you guys. you'd have left her in tears for sure.

We can bring our show on the road...we just need a designated driver.

Roo: I wish we had video of several things that went down. You should of seen the scene in the room next to ours at the house where the company was pimping "Lil' Mynx" portable stripper poles.

[Crinkle]

My god, i have stomach ache from laughing. MD always a class act when hard booze is involved. Need to make a scene, just let him know that the opportunity is available and pull the patron string on his back.

[backpack]

I've had reaktorcorps bookmarked forever and used to check it every day so I wouldn't miss the opening, and now that I'm unplugged down south you go and launch!

Heh.

Anyway, good work. Do you ship to South America?

[RawkFingrl]

hillarious story and pretty fly looking clothes. i'd love some... i'll be checking the site.

good luck

[Dalit]

You guys getting an online shop?

[Chica]

First of all, thanks to Truth, MD9, & Meats for all of the driving- airport, etc. We had so much fun, laughed our asses off.

I was actually standing right there for the gonorrhea story. How it goes down is, Shannon is talking to the press looking at the merch. and MD9 yells the said "STD". Her entire posse, four "bodyguards"[hot 20something guys carrying all of her swag] start laughing their asses off. One is laughing so hard, uses me as a crutch and rolls out the door.

I think Truth probably has a "lunch" w/ Stephen Sodorberg.

Meats was getting flashed w/ a lot of tittie. Good times!

Truth, your girl rocks! Say hello.

Oh, I almost forgot- I read the reaktorcorps mission statement to my kids, they laughed so hard. Jared, I think you and Elijah[11] would be tight, you remind me a lot of each other, the whole random thing.

[backpack]

bump, because I think it needs to be on the front page at least once more...

[Lumpy]

Damn glad I missed those shenanigans.

[truth]

Damn glad I missed those shenanigans.

Sorry I never got in touch man, but we had 0 free sober time.

[watersnowdirt]

sooooo bummed I never made it over to the Style Lounge. Glad that at least one half of reaktorcorps made a showing at the sweatshop though. And MD9 - I have to say that despite your state of mind, it was still a blast meeting you. In some ways it was better, since you provided some excellent entertainment for our struggling, underpaid workers on the assembly line.

But Robyn did have to fire you from the goodie bag stuffing. You kept stuffing the newsletters in the wrong way . Of course, you kept trying to get me to call Phunk and profess my undying love for him. I think that you were projecting .

I love the Shannon Elizabeth story - that's a freaking riot!!! We actually saw her ex husband on the street - how the hell did they end up together? She's a cutie and he's kind of scrappy looking.

We just got shut out of the Justin Timberlake movie. How is that possible? And did you ever think you'd hear Justin Timberlake in the same sentence as Sundance?

This has been a blast, and I"m so glad so many maggots are here - that's made it even more fun.

I'm sure I'll see a bunch of you at the Bird!

[Meat's of Evil]

I love this shit. You guys need a reality TV camera crew following you about.

It was so damn cold outside and they wouldn't let me back in the house. The lady in charge actually came out and stared me down. The sad thing is she won and she’s like 5 foot flat and 90 pounds.

Great to meet Yoga, Chica, Watersnowdirt. As well as catch up with some of the vet mags. Huge thanks to Yoga for the hook ups and to watersnowdirt for the pizza and invite.

[lph]

And for one last story from our first week in business...we got thrown out of the house. So basically we've been in business a week (since last thursday to be precise ) and we've already managed to create two very memorable moments. We've decided we can't have "press releases" on our website. They'll have to be "incident reports". Tomorrow was the last day and we were completely over the scene anyway. Hopefully we didn't get any good people in trouble, but people need to realize that reaktorcorps is about starting small fires in random places. We're also about taking skinny turds on large furry rugs. If you're not down with that....well then you're probably a good person and we're not.

Is that what got you thrown out?

So, what did get you thrown out???

[truth]

Is that what got you thrown out?

So, what did get you thrown out???

We could tell you, but then we'd have to take a skinny turd on your rug.

[tetsuma]

Couldn't find a pic of what gonarhea looks like, so have to settle for syphillis.

** removing the image; sorry about that! **

from a british medical textbook.

[KANUTTEN]

So I was driving back from the mountains yesterday, listening to the radio. Somebody was interviewed about the Sundance festival. Suddenly I realized; "I know this guy, it's Bjørn Olaf". And he had won - WON! - the Sundance award for best European screenwriting.

I met Bjørn Olaf last time on the plane last May, and he told me he had quit his regular job to do screenwriting. I thought that was pretty cool - and risky. And now it turns out he could be well on his way to celebrity status.

Very cool indeed!

Couldn't find a better link;
http://www.nfi.no/english/_nyheter/vis.html?id=1865

Did any of you who were there by any chance meet this guy?

[watersnowdirt]

Very very cool, Kanutten. So much incredible talent there, it's silly. You're walking down the street and you pass people, and then that night you might see them being interviewed on TV. So weird!

We had a guy stay with us from New York who was a cinematographer. He called me the night of the awards and left me a message that his film had won both the Grand Prize and the Audience Award for Documentary. That hasn't happened since 1999 that a film has won both. So, clearly worth checking out "God Grew Tired of Us" if it makes it to your hood.

Other films I'll recommend when they come out:

"Half Nelson" with Ryan Gosling and an amazing unknown 13 year old girl who steals the show.

"Little Miss Sunshine" with Steve Carrel playing a slightly different but still fantastic role.

"Puccini for Beginners" with Gretchen Mol (who we saw constantly in town and the airport). Very funny stuff.

I'm already excited for next year. This is an annual for me now...

[Hutch]

clearly worth checking out "God Grew Tired of Us" if it makes it to your hood.

This was a great great great film. So psyched it won. What the Sudanese refugees went through is absolutely staggering.
[plug] I'm involved in a nonprofit helping the Lost Boys who have resettled in Utah - we funded several guys' full tuitions at SLCC this semester. even the smallest donations are appreciated...
www.chierfoundation.org
[/plug]

[moresnowplease]

Here's one short story before my brain melts and I have to go back up there. There will be countless more to follow. A quick thanks Yogachik for hooking us up everywhere, and truth for not setting me on fire. Meats is kicking ass. Chica rules. She tore her ACL but is still rocking up there. MoreSnowPlease is as cool as they come and hooked us up tremendously. His whole staff are kick ass as well. WSD and LPH are blurs, but they're here too. We went to their place after "the incident". Under no circumstances ever am I allowed to drink shots. Holy crap. My brain shuts down, but then my body procedes to cause as much mayhem as absolutely possible while the brain is on vacation.

So we're in our "Style Lounge" house (a private house). Celebs come through and check out your stuff. truth and I started a clothing line and we decided to unleash it at Sundance. We all take turns working our table, talking to celebs, doing interviews for fashion hollywood special people style shows etc... At one point I decide I'd do a much better job if I got drunk. Holy crap was I right. I was on. Making jokes, people busting up everywhere, doing some hilarious interviews and generally spinning funny shit as fast as I could.

Then there's a lull in the traffic of people coming through. Some other people in the house come down to our room to party during the break. Their affiliations will remane nameless. At that moment we entered into something we'll call "the Patron Plastic cup Pact". The pact meant we'd swear allegiance to a half full plastic cup of patron and pound it straight. That's about the last thing I remember clearly.

Details are fuzzy, but Shannon Elizabeth was on her way down to our room with a huge entourage. There are photographers in tow and they come into the room. All of what I will tell you now does not come from my own memory, but those of everyone else who was there. Shannon Elizabeth begins to approach me too talk about our line/check out the clothing/take some pictures etc...

At this point there a number of possible things I could say to start the conversation. For example:

A). "I'm a huge fan. I love your work. Let me tell you a little bit about our line."
B). "Nice to meet you. This shirt would be perfect for you." (at which point the celeb usually holds up the shirt and the photographers take some shots).
C). "Is there anything you'd like? I'd be happy to get it for you. What's your size? What are you doing up at Sundance this year?" etc

or you could go a completely different route and try:

D). "Gonarhea!!"

That's right. When Shannon Elizabeth approached me to talk about our clothing I shouted: "Gonarhea" as loud as I could to a full room of famous people. Then I and and everybody else in the room started laughing hysterically. I then said a bunch of other really random stuff. Like: "Here at Reaktocrops we're important and we do stuff." She left with one of pretty much everything we make. Thank God meats of evil has a better brain than mine.

I am a horses ass.

This is why I stayed on the snow most of the time.

Welcome to my world.