Jared

Hello, this is a short I worked on with a bunch of my friends for the 48HFP in Portland: youtu.be/xjVWKoa0d4g

It’s Motern Monday once again. If you can believe it.

If you can believe it, I watched many films in 2023, and I even had some favorites out of the ones that I saw! Here's 50 of them: letterboxd.com/bj_slive/list/…

@spinnewebmusic @MoternMedia Will this in mind. I’d love to have a guaranteed audience

@bj_slive @MoternMedia That’s amazing. If you ever make any music I’m switching over!

A few months ago, @bj_slive challenged me to see who’d have a higher daily walking average for the year. Now…the moment of truth:

@Jma48Mitch @MoternMedia I actually didn’t even go on walks every day! There were just some where did Matt Farley amounts which got the average up

@bj_slive @MoternMedia Lol look at you both topping an average 7 miles PER DAY in DECEMBER. Fierce competition!

Many people are talking about Matt Farley's Yearly Walking Averages and comparing them to Jared's: 2019: 4.3 miles per day 2020: 5.8 miles per day 2021: 4.8 miles per day 2022: 4.1 miles per day 2023: 4.7 miles per day

@MoternMedia Still at 4.5!

Trying to get in lots of miles in the final month of the year. @bj_slive

@IainND @HeyThatsMyLeg That’s right Iain

This is why its the Beatles greatest song

@DeclouxJ There's also interview here where he talks about the documentary. This is how I found out they don't film coverage in Japan! Goes a long way in explaining why Japanese directors movies look and feel very different when they work in the US: screenanarchy.com/2009/04/hideo-…

@DeclouxJ I actually added this movie to Letterboxd! I was trying to figure this out years ago, and as far as I could tell it got more of a release in Japan and was just screened at festivals in the US

Does anyone know if FOREIGN FILMMAKERS’ GUIDE TO HOLLYWOOD (2009) ever came out? It was a documentary directed by Hideo Nakata about his miserable experience making THE RING 2 in America.

@MoternMedia From checking previous years, it seems I was at 2020 – 5.8 2021 – 4.8 2022 – 4.1

@bj_slive I'm getting nervous.

@bj_slive How’s your daily mileage?

@MoternMedia Wow, the competition is heating up!

@bj_slive 4.2

@MoternMedia I was thrilled that you did this song when I saw you perform!

Song of the day: “The Killer Clown Came to Our Town” Enjoy! youtu.be/fyDeBu1xPrs

@MoternMedia We’re both tied now!

They said it couldn’t be done. But after a terrible start to the year, Farley has lifted his walking average to 4 miles per day! Now the goal is to keep it there through December. @bj_slive

@Jma48Mitch @MoternMedia For sure! I love the Beach Boys so much though that I like all their "bad" albums, even when half (or more!) of the songs aren't great like 15 Big Ones, Light Album, and the self-titled one. Each of them has a gem or two on there, such as Had to Phone Ya or Love Surrounds Me

@bj_slive @MoternMedia Lots of their “lesser” albums have real gems. Including the early ones where fluff was expected, and hit albums had titles like “Sherry & 11 Others” (Four Seasons). No Go Showboat and Custom Machine are underrated tracks!

Top Five Beach Boys Albums 5. Friends 4. Sunflower 3. Surf’s Up 2. Pet Sounds 1. Love You

@Jma48Mitch @MoternMedia Matt has a pretty respectable top 5. Love You is my favorite one too But my favorites shift a lot – a while back I would've agreed with you on putting one of those 3 in there, but lately I've been liking Little Deuce Coupe a lot, and oddly, Smiley Smile!

@MoternMedia i want @bj_slive to weigh in on this, he's a beach boys fan too. your list is controversial but totally defensible. i personally would probably sub 3 & 4 for any of All Summer Long / Today / or Summer Days and Summer Nights.

@MoternMedia I’m still bragging to people about how you played this song live because I mentioned to you that I hoped to hear it!

This song is so good. open.spotify.com/track/0ydV6VDz…

@bj_slive How are your stats?

That's not interesting. That's what people have been saying about Lynch for nearly 50 years