Award winning short “palm swings”gets release date, teaser
Back in Fall of 2020 I wrote, produced, and starred in a short and I’m thrilled that it’s finally coming to Youtube after a successful festival season. Palm Swings took home “Best Dark Comedy” and “Best LGBTQ Short” at both the Independent Shorts Awards and IndieX Film Fest, and will make its world premiere on October 15, 2021. It features a stellar lineup on independent musicians including Yukon Blonde, Jeffertitti, Black Mekon, Natey, and B11CE as well as and original score by Kyle Lane. Palm Swings was directed by Marques Mallare and executive produced by Brandon Dermer, George Nienhuis, myself, and Bree Essrig who also stars in the film and will be releasing it on her youtube channel. Also starring Nathaniel Moore and Chelsea Frank, with cinematography by DeAngelo Harding and editing by Kyle Boston. Synopsis below:
A bisexual couple take a romantic getaway to the desert, which is turned upside down by a too-clingy vacation rental host and an impromptu threesome with a male friend. Feelings are hurt, tensions rise, chaos reigns...and that's all before they find a dead body in the pool.
knotfest launches “the whitney Moore show” on their brand new twitch network!
From Knotfest.com:
Knotfest is excited to embrace the new era of fan interaction that Twitch offers as it expands the Knotfest.com media site into a full blown Twitch network that encompasses all of the community culture that Knotfest has strived for since its launch in 2012. The first of its kind network features recognizable talent throughout its variety programming from major Twitch streamers, Youtube and Podcast Stars spread out over its 40 hour a week content
Follow the network here – https://www.twitch.tv/knotfestofficial
The network kicks off with Knotfest Daily, an hourly 1pm PT M-F news show hosted by Youtube’s “Interview Queen” Alicia Atout. Popular streamer Hardcore Keem will host the daily music video countdown series, Countdown to Oblivion, which will utilize Twitch’s engagement opportunities to create an interactive fan voted experience every 4-5pm M-F. Vote daily here at https://knotfest.com/cto-voting/. Closing M-Thursdays will be Tyler Shelton of the band Traitors at the helm of The Late Night Gaming Show, a gaming playthrough/late night talk show blend that focuses on utilizing co-op gaming as an outlet for conversation and promotion for its guests.
Mondays will see Pulse of the Maggots, Knotfest’s emerging artist brand, focus on cultivating an artist/fan community conversation on the best artists needing additional spotlight in a roundtable discussion hosted by Staypuft Mallow and featuring input from the fans. Up and coming bands will also be able to submit their music to the panel. Additionally Staypuft will host The Breakdown, a two hour dive into the intricacies of the hard rock/metal scene expansion into the mainsteam and focus on topics affecting the community.
Tuesdays’ focus is on the entertainment portion of Knotfest as Ryan J. Downey brings his Knotfest film/TV brand, Screen Crusades to the live interactive community of Twitch. The Whitney Moore Show will see the multi-talented star in a wide ranging open conversational series that will encompass all of the Knotfest Community.
Wednesdays will offer the audience chances to test their skills against the best with Trivia Legends, an interactive trivia show hosted by Atout that will pit participants against Downey in a challenge of knowledge, and Defender of the Riff with Daniel Dekay, that sees the streaming star/BangerTV personality/ Exciter & Diemonds’ Guitarist hosting a guitar shred-off between submitted audience members against some of the biggest names in Rock & Twitch.
Josh Toomey (of the popular podcast Talk Toomey) hosts Throwback Throwdown with Toomey on Thursdays. The two hour rabbit hole exploration series will start with a throwback topic riding the timeline all the way to the now. Later in the night he’ll team up with Hardcore Keem for First Listen for an audience participation first look at a just-released album.
Friday celebrates new music with the Hardcore Keem hosted New Flesh, providing a listen along of the newest Friday releases impacting the genre. KNOTFEST Power Hour gets the weekend kicked off aggressively with 60 one minute song clips for a fast paced weekend playlist. Lastly, Jeremiah Red (formerly of KROQ) will provide the aggressive soundtrack vibes for your weekend with his world famous mix show ROCKN’ BEATS.
Additional shows, performances, guest announcements, AMAs and more will be announced via Knotfest.com and through the newly launched Knotfest Discord over the next few weeks.
Subscribers of the channel will be granted exclusive access to guests and hosts, Meet & Greets, unique voting opportunities, private Discord channels and more.
Watch the trailer below:
Mondays:
1-2pm PT Knotfest Daily with Alicia Atout
2-4pm Pulse of the Maggots Roundtable moderated by Staypuft Mallow
4-5pm Countdown to Oblivion with Hardcore Keem
5-7pm The Breakdown with Staypuft Mallow
7-9pm The Late Night Gaming Show with Tyler Shelton
Tuesdays:
1-2pm PT Knotfest Daily with Alicia Atout
2-4pm Screen Crusades hosted by Ryan J Downey
4-5pm Countdown to Oblivion with Hardcore Keem
5-7pm The Whitney Moore Show
7-9pm The Late Night Gaming Show with Tyler Shelton
Wednesday:
1-2pm PT Knotfest Daily with Alicia Atout
2-4pm Trivia Legends with Ryan J Downey, hosted by Alicia Atout
4-5pm Countdown to Oblivion with Hardcore Keem
5-7pm Defender of the Riff with Daniel Dekay
7-9pm The Late Night Gaming Show with Tyler Shelton
Thursday:
1-2pm PT Knotfest Daily with Alicia Atout
2-4pm Throwback Throwdown with Toomey
4-5pm Countdown to Oblivion with Hardcore Keem
5-7pm TBA
7-9pm The Late Night Gaming Show with Tyler Shelton
9-10pm First Listen with Hardcore Keem and Josh Toomey
Friday:
1-2:30pm PT Knotfest Daily with Alicia Atout
2:30-4pm New Flesh with Hardcore Keem
4-5pm Countdown to Oblivion with Hardcore Keem
5-6pm: Knotfest Power Hour
6-8pm: TBA
8-9pm ROCKN’ BEATS with Jeremiah Red
Watch: SYFY wire’s metal crush monday!
With Pustulus Maximus and the Berserker Blöthar of the band GWAR!
I’m so thrilled to announce that today is the premiere of a show that has been a total DREAM of mine to make: SYFY Wire’s Metal Crush Monday! Every Monday in August, you can catch me interviewing some of the biggest names in the metal and heavy music scene about their favorite genre films- because if you’re a metalhead, there’s also a pretty good chance you also love horror, fantasy, and sci-fi. You can watch the first episode right now on YouTube, and listen to it as a podcast as well on all platforms if that’s how you prefer your content! Then tonight at 7:30 pm PST, tune into the SYFY Channel to watch Lake Placid with us. Here’s some of the great press we’ve had so far!
Announcement write up from SYFY!
SYFY WIRE: AFTER DARK!
Missing SDCC this year and all the exclusive art and merch you get to buy? SYFY Wire has you covered, because in this upcoming hour long special you’ll get to see me (and several other talented folks from the net! AND A CAT PUPPET!) feature some very badass comics, merch and art- that you can actually buy! By using QR codes, if you see something that strikes your fancy you can scan it and buy it in real time, and if you’re a Neil Gaiman fan, let’s just say you’ll want to stick around for my segment. Watch it at 8 PST/ 11 EST this Saturday, August 1st on the SYFY channel, and if you want to check it out after it airs you can catch it both on the SYFY Wire youtube and official site. Here’s some press from Variety to whet your whistle!
‘Seed’ short film press!
My writing and directing debut short ‘Seed,’ is getting love over at Bloody Disgusting and Metalsucks! Click through to see what they had to say about my very NSFW short, and give it a watch yourself over on youtube.
poster drawn by me :)