Months and months later, the short feature we did with 78 collector Ian Nagoski see’s the light of day on NPR! Ian’s put together a stream of some of his “greatest hits” for this feature — pretty amazing stuff. Enjoy!
Ian Nagoski’s “To What Strange Place” is selling well, and the trailer posted a few weeks ago has around 1,100 views — not bad for a clip promoting 99-year-old 78′s sung in Greek and Turkish!
What we have here is a deeper look into Ian’s project. Shot in NYC and in Frostburg, MD in late May/early June.
As I’ve been plugging away on several two-character scenes, I keep coming back to this amazing sequence from Barry Levinson’s “Tin Men” — it really doesn’t get much better than this.
In 2003, I met Ian Nagoski at the True Vine record store while searching for 78′s in Baltimore. I quickly learned to give myself a 3 hour window any time I walked into his store, because conversation with Nagoski isn’t just academic exercise — Ian, his records, and his stories are life-affirming, presented with the kind of spirit that makes you WANT to know more about the world around you. When he told me about his “Ottoman” project, there was no question I wanted to put together a trailer. Amazing music and amazing stories — the 3-disc set from Tompkins Square will be out on 06/28/11.
Special thanks to Ian, Josh, and everyone at Zinnia Films!
I’m heading back to NOLA for some pick up interviews in a week or so, and hoping to catch something like this just one more time. I’m gonna’ miss these folks when this is over …
… but through Dimmerswitch Productions, I manage to write, produce, direct and edit promotional, documentary, and narrative videos where story and character come first.
By day, I’m a full-time producer of video/promotional content for a branch of Johns Hopkins University. By night (and at any other available hour) I work with a bunch of creative folks in Baltimore and New Orleans to produce projects like:
And there’s plenty more in the hopper! Stick around and find out more …
