{"id":776,"date":"2016-07-12T02:41:34","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T02:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/?p=776"},"modified":"2019-01-31T20:24:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T20:24:14","slug":"snubdom-blog-building-108-world-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/?p=776","title":{"rendered":"SNUBDOMIZER: &#8220;Building 108&#8221; world premiere!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This project has come a long way since my first rough <em>Rube Goldbergesque<\/em> conceptual thumbnails a year ago (see image below). I\u2019ve been working very hard on this with producer <em>Ari Cohen<\/em> of <em>Big Cheeks Studio<\/em> on &amp; off since 2015 &amp; now I\u2019m incredibly pleased to announce that my new animated short <em>Building 108<\/em> will be having its world premiere on the big screen at the prestigious <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fantasiafestival.com\/2016\/en\/films-schedule\/305\/building-108\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Fantasia International Film Festival<\/em><\/a><\/span> this Saturday, July 16 at 5:15 PM. And I couldn\u2019t be happier that it\u2019s opening for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifeofastar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Anna Biller&#8217;s<\/em><\/a><\/span> new film <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fantasiafestival.com\/2016\/en\/films-schedule\/229\/the-love-witch\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Love Witch<\/em><\/a><\/span> since I\u2019m already a huge fan of her first feature <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/?p=788\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Viva<\/em><\/a><\/span>! This is going to be an amazing screening! Get your tickets now <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fantasiafestival.com\/2016\/en\/films-schedule\/305\/building-108\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a><\/span>!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re hoping this initial pilot episode develops into a series of some sort. Here\u2019s our official synopsis: &#8220;Building 108 chronicles the misadventures of a ragtag trio of young broke mutant musicians who live &amp;&nbsp;rehearse in a dilapidated building in a post-apocalyptic predatory urban environment that has pesky hazards like bumbling hucksters, zombies, &amp; aliens from other planets &amp; dimensions around every corner. Each episode is based around the charmingly quirky way the crew fends off a different antagonist to their routine of trying to make ends meet and playing music at their neighborhood hangouts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Montreal Music Trivia: Did you know that the theme song for <em>Building 108<\/em> was written &amp; performed by one of the longest lasting post-punk bands anywhere, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theamericandevices.bandcamp.com\/releases\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The American Devices<\/em><\/a><\/span>? And the voice(s) of <em>Building 108\u2019s<\/em> character \u201c<em>Cobweb<\/em>\u201d is\/are by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sacralnerves.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sacral Nerves<\/em><\/a><\/span> singer <em>Esther Splett<\/em>? BTW come see my band <em>Sacral Nerves<\/em> play with Ishi Tishi &amp; Nobro this Monday night, July 18 at Bar Le Ritz PDB (179 Jean Talon West)!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/rick_trembles_braindead_walk_02-1.gif\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-779 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/rick_trembles_braindead_walk_02-1.gif\" alt=\"rick_trembles_braindead_walk_02\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Braindead<\/em>,&#8221; one of the characters from <em>Building 108<\/em> says; &#8220;Come see my new movie!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Rick_Trembles_BUILDING_108_thumbnail.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-777 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Rick_Trembles_BUILDING_108_thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Rick_Trembles_BUILDING_108_thumbnail\" width=\"936\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Rick_Trembles_BUILDING_108_thumbnail.jpg 936w, http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Rick_Trembles_BUILDING_108_thumbnail-300x248.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Rick_Trembles_BUILDING_108_thumbnail-768x634.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Original rough <em>Rube Goldbergesque<\/em> conceptual thumbnail from 2015.&nbsp;(To see image full-sized, click on it to open in a new window &amp; use the magnify function).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This project has come a long way since my first rough Rube Goldbergesque conceptual thumbnails a year ago (see image below). I\u2019ve been working very hard on this with producer Ari Cohen of Big Cheeks Studio on &amp; off since 2015 &amp; now I\u2019m incredibly pleased to announce that my new animated short Building 108 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-snubdom-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=776"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1089,"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions\/1089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.snubdom.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}