A recent audio document of winter destruction. The other night, while raking snow off the roof, I took the opportunity to knock off some of the gargantuan icicles flourishing there, with pleasingly cacophonous results. Edited from a somewhat longer session. No EQ or dynamics processing applied.
This is not an “arts” issue; it’s a jobs issue. Minnesota film community: It’s time to contact our elected state officials and urge them to support two measures on production incentives in the 2019 legislative session.
1. An appropriation to fund the current rebate incentive at $10 million. This request will go through the jobs committees of the House and Senate.
2. A bill to establish a transferable tax credit incentive. This request will go through the tax committees of the House and Senate.
Governor Walz will issue his budget recommendations to the Legislature next week, so it's critical that he and state senators + reps hear from supporters! Find more info + talking points on MN Film & TV’s web site: https://mnfilmtv.org/incentives/advocacy-2019/
I was never cool enough to come out here when Prince did the live shows, but it was great to tour Paisley Park yesterday. No photos were allowed inside, and unfortunately we only got to go into the studios’ live rooms and not the control rooms, but that’s understandable I guess. And we got to see his Linn drum machine, and play some ping pong in Studio B. Kind of emotional at times, thinking about Prince and all the great music he gave us. Glad I took the time.