The Dumb Are Mostly Intrigued By The Drum

No excuse, you should go out there. The date is finally here and the entries have been received! This Saturday, 2pm is the date & time for Fresno's 1st Swede Festival and I'm hoping to meet some of your guys out there. At the show, we will be premiering our newest swede, The Usual Swede-sepcts. That shot up there is the only official screen shot released so far as to not spoil the surprise for those attending the gathering. If all goes well, I'll post it up here after the show sometime Saturday evening as well as some of the other local entries (which, if you really wanted to check 'em out, you could find online). So if you haven't made plans to attend, do so now! Mark it in Entourage, your iPhone, Crackberry's, whatever. Just show up and bring some friends. If we get a good response, maybe we can expand this to an annual or bi-annual event to keep the community here growing! Now I'm off to go buy some Swedish Fish for the event!

What: Fresno 1st Swede Festival

Where: Corridor 2122, 2122 Mono St., Fresno, CA 93721

When: Saturday, August 9th at 2pm

Who: Presented by The Dumb Are Mostly Intrigued By The Drum & Corridor 2122

So here it is: the final weekend to work on your stuff is here. Oh wait, you think the deadline is today? Nope, it got extended until Monday in order to give you some more time to tweak and perfect. But that's just right around the corner so stop lagging! As a reminder, email the links to us here at thedumbdrum@gmail.com or to Corridor 2122 at info@corridor2122.net and entries are due by midnight on Monday, August 4th. Don't forget to make plans to swing by Corridor 2122 on Saturday, August 9th at 2pm to see what your fellow Fresnans were able to come up with (spread the word!) as well as experience all the cool stuff that will be on display at the gallery for William Raines' SPLASH show. NYUP!

So the other day, William Raines and I were having tea & biscuits and I asked him "Why is the deadline Aug. 1st? Wouldn't it be better if we gave the people an extra weekend to work on their swede by extending the deadline to Aug. 3rd instead?" And after a brutal tea & biscuit eating contest, I came out the victor and the deadline has indeed been pushed back to August 3rd so get cracking on those swedes, [insert your hometown here]! Remember to check out the original post for any more details or if you have a question, please email us here at thedumbdrum@gmail.com or info@corridor2122.com. And if you don't have a swede to submit, feel free to come on by Corridor 2122 on Aug. 9th and see what your community has created. Bring a friend (or twenty) and spread the word. It's gonna be TIGHT! (tightness not guaranteed)

UPDATE: So the deadline (which was originally August 1st) has been pushed back a couple days to August 3rd, in order to give everyone an extra weekend to work on their stuff. Can't wait to see it!

Aight, so it's been a while since we put our swede out there for you all to see. We got some positive feedback from people wanting to do their own but as of yet, no one has stepped up (I'll attribute that to that fact that only my mom and 5 other people read my blog; and my mom can't even use a computer) Well, now here is a more officialer gauntlet being thrown down. We've teamed up with Corridor 2122 (located in beautiful downtown Fresno) to offer an official venue to hold Fresno's very first Swede Film Festival as part of the gallery's SPLASH Show on Saturday, August 9th at 2pm (BYO Popcorn—it's a gallery, not a theater). We're trying to make this very simple for everyone so once you have your swede ready, upload it to YouTube and send the link to info@corridor2122.com or to us here at thedumbdrum@gmail.com. Please be sure to include your name and contact information in case your swede is chosen and we need to get a hold of you. There are some rules, though. We need to have all entries by August 1st (pressure makes all productions better) and they musn't be over 5 mins. in running time. Also, the films must not use any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening, sexually-orientated or any other material that may violate any laws (so you can axe that planned swede of that one snuff film....maybe next year). So here's you opportunity, Fresno. Get off your ass, jump into that blazing sun and get cracking! If you need inspiration, go rent Be Kind Rewind, get some friends together and start a list of films to do. Embedded after this post is a little overview of what swedeing is all about coming from the horse's mouth: Michel Gondry. Enjoy and hope to see Fresno come out swinging on this one.