“MICROSOFT-SHOE” - “BILL GATES BOOGIES AT SUNDANCE” by STEPHANIE SMITH and LUKAS I. ALPERT/NEW YORK POST
Page 3 - Wednesday, January 27, 2010 (nypost.com).
FILE THIS UNDER: SOMEBODY’S INTERN IS GOING TO BE FIRED !!
or: WHO DROPPED THE BALL - THE NEW YORK POST or the MICROSOFT P.R. TEAM ??!!
in a big full page spread on this year’s SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2010 - in today’s NEW YORK POST, on Page 3 - no less !! - BING - THE TRENDY NEW MICROSOFT ‘SEARCH’ ENGINE ?? - and - BILL GATES - THE NEWLY ‘SWINGING’ TECH NERD and BRAND NEW INDIE MOVIE FAN - and - THE NEW YORK POST - and I guess, IT’S SO-CALLED - ‘MOVIE’ TEAM - ALL LOOKED BAD - witness - second paragraph up from the bottom. quote:
“At another bash, GATES chatted up filmmaker ONDI TIMONER, the auteur behind documentaries ‘DIG!’ and the upcoming ‘We Live In Public’, sources said.”
don’t they have fact checkers at the POST - for this kind of stuff ? - I mean ‘We Live In Public - not only isn’t
“upcoming” - but it goddamn won !! - last year !! the 2009 GRAND JURY AWARD FOR BEST U.S. DOCUMENTARY !!
hope they didn’t rely on a BING ‘SEARCH’ to come up with that faux-pas !! so, who takes the fall here ?
probably the MICROSOFT P.R. team - the POST can’t seriously be expected to know what’s happening in the ‘cutting edge’ arts. in fact - they didn’t even post any serious coverage on last year’s 2009 festival - except for maybe 2 PARIS HILTON/CHEESY CELEB SWAG stories !! if I had to guess - since from all appearances - MICROSOFT & BING are ($$) footing the bill for the POST’S new found interest in Indie filmmaking !! - !! LOL !! I’d say - that it was the MICROSOFT P.R. TEAM who dropped the ball !! in their ‘communication/for immediate press release’ - re: all things BING - SUNDANCE party blitz - !! don’t look too good for a ‘SEARCH’ engine, esp the new trendy one - to get simple, important and basic facts like that - all wrong !!
if it was the POST - who blew it - wow - guys: where are you - in the ICE AGE ? - just another New York City player playing big shot - without a full deck. what else is new / you’re a whole year behind the rest of the world - even the NEW YORK TIMES - that so-called - by the POST - gray lady - gave ‘We Live In Public’ - and, ONDI TIMONER !! and JOSH HARRIS !! - tons of press last year !! SHAME SHAME SHAME - for making BILL GATES and BING - look like the - real ‘cutting edge’ losers !! - they probably - really are. not that I am a big fan of google - but that’s another story !! !!
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DISCLAIMER #2: NANCY SMITH - the editor of this site and - the author of this post - was a paid employee of JOSH HARRIS/PSEUDO.COM - the subject of the film - ‘WE LIVE IN PUBLIC - at the time the filming took place (1999-2000).
DISCLAIMER #3: NANCY SMITH - the editor of this site and - the author of this post - also appears in the film - ‘We Live In Public’ - as a participant. I was a founding crew member - of the ‘QUIET’ MILLENNIUM BUNKER ART PARTY - and part of the in-house production team - and, ok ok - - I’m the crew member who - surprise surprise - !! - got into a fight and kicked out !! I also got ‘a last word cameo’ (another surprise, NOT !!) at the end of the film - when Ondi came back for a follow-up, several years later !!
I’m the one in the black hoodie - who says: “Josh has set sail on the sea for places unknown but far away’ - without really knowing why - but I was right. (surprise. surprise. duh.)
ok .. I even made the trailer !! towards the end, well after mid-point - I’m the one - in the green-and-yellow puffy North Face jacket !! having a (teary) fit !!
yep - that’s me. JERSEY SHORE - ‘SNOOKUMS’ - move ov-er !!
you can find the trailer - right there on the home page: WE LIVE IN PUBLIC - official website - !!
(watch out for ALFREDO’S SHOOTING GALLERY !!)
here’s another trailer - it might be the original - uncut & uncensored - rowdy !! one: because - oops - looks like its been censured for content - on YouTube !! LOL !!
if so … it was first posted by Josh Harris on RADARONLINE - before they re-booted - as whatever the hell - a babyfood celeb sheet ? - they are now.
but, it might just be the official one - censured ?? dunno. I gotta find my (adult) google password !! yikes.
in fact, here’s another really cool clip: “ONDI TIMONER/MEET THE ARTISTS”/WE LIVE IN PUBLIC/YouTube !!
the guy naked in the see-thru communal shower ? JOSH HARRIS, of course !!
the next frame - the woman - with the rosy aura - in the bunker with her young son - yo, that’s me !! it was the bunker built for the 100+ live-in artists at ‘QUIET’ - and it was wired with multiple cameras - pointing in all directions for 24/7 surveillance & each ‘pod’ had ‘live’ feed/real time screens. JEFF GOMPERTZ designed and built the ‘Japanese’-based pod hotel bunker. OWEN BUSH designed and built that (gorgeous !!) ‘bubble wrap’ communal dining room.
don’t believe me ?
check out SUNDANCE 2009: WE LIVE IN PUBLIC / ONDI TIMONER - WINS !!
WE LIVE IN PUBLIC - STILL RULES !! . . . and, WE DID IT FIRST !!