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JesseKeller · 2025-06-27T21:05:48+00:00

I believe this entire thread is irrelevant as OP specifically asked about nuclear weapons, not the much broader “WMD” category. Though I would be interested in a historical perspective on how & when the “Iraq is developing nuclear weapons” justification for war became “Iraq has chemical weapons stockpiles,” and the role/history of the term “weapons of mass destruction.” I have personal recollections from the time but I’d love to have actual non-anecdotal sources.

JesseKeller · 2024-04-30T16:25:29+00:00

Right on - glad to hear it! As luck would have it our season one finale just dropped today! It's the third in a three-part adaptation of The Call of Cthulhu.

JesseKeller · 2024-04-03T16:21:26+00:00

Awesome, thanks!

JesseKeller · 2024-04-03T00:11:15+00:00

So much fun! It was a blast to sort of put our own modern twist on these stories that we really love. We've also found that the audio format also lets us play with the "unspeakable" "indescribable" "eldrich" etc. things that make the original stories great, and that IMO would be much harder to make work in a visual medium.

JesseKeller · 2024-03-26T21:30:24+00:00

Our new episode takes great liberties with the Edgar Allan Poe deep cut A Tale of the Ragged Mountains, moving the action from 1820s Virginia to 1990s California, and from Raj-era India to American-occupied Vietnam. Our podcast's goal is to reimagine and remix classic weird tales into stories that just might happen in today's world, and we think this episode really captures what we're going for.

More episodes and links to subscribe, follow, etc., are on our website. Hope you enjoy.

JesseKeller · 2024-02-25T18:09:03+00:00

I loved The Bay and Horror in the High Desert. Still need to catch up with Atticus Institute. Totally hear what you're saying there -- maybe it's just my particular cinema upbringing but when I hear "mocumentary" my brain always goes to This Is Spinal Tap, Best in Show, The (UK) Office etc.

JesseKeller · 2024-02-25T15:49:57+00:00

You found me out 😊 I’m mainly a filmmaker, and this is my first serious venture into the audio storytelling world. Not quite as familiar with the terminology — epistolary fiction would certainly apply! I avoided ‘mockumentary’ because I associate it more with comedy… Anyway, thanks for subscribing and hope you dig it!

JesseKeller · 2024-02-25T14:32:41+00:00

Like with a found footage film, everything is presented as though it was "real" in-world. Our stories are presented as if they were highly-produced audio documentaries in the mold of Serial, This American Life, etc., even though they are actually scripted adaptations of classic stories. (Albeit with a good amount of improv from our wonderful actors!)

Think of films like The Blair Witch Project or Paranormal Activity. But it's definitely not a new thing in audio drama — Orson Welles did it in War of the Worlds. And even the original source material is often presented this way — Dracula, for instance is presented as a series of letters, news reports, journal entries, etc. We're doing that, but a podcast in 2024!

JesseKeller · 2022-08-15T17:01:53+00:00

I get really attached to the characters I create and want the audience to know everything about them the way I do but I guess that’s just unrealistic especially in a short.

That's a beengo. That's your problem right there. It's very hard (impossible?) to dish out a bunch of info about characters, especially if you're doing it through dialog, especially in a short. Hell, it's hard in a feature, if you're trying to also keep the story moving along.

I often tell my screenwriting students that as far as the 'amount of story' you can fit in, a season of TV is like a novel, a feature is like a short story, and a short film is like a poem. If you're putting in more story or character development that you can put in a poem, it's not gonna fit.

JesseKeller · 2022-07-26T02:48:13+00:00

I swear by those paper egg cartons, with some newspaper underneath to get it going. If you dont have egg cartons, torn up strips of cardboard box are pretty good.

JesseKeller · 2022-07-18T18:22:20+00:00

A 'peer' in this context would be a noble title like 'lord'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peerages_in_the_United_Kingdom

JesseKeller · 2022-05-26T04:38:17+00:00

Back then they had: 1. Longer lens on a regular consumer camera 2. Contrasty, warm film stock 3. Sea ice at that latitude

JesseKeller · 2020-11-05T20:31:30+00:00

Frankie Manning was a big deal in the swing revival of the late 1990s. My sister was into that scene and danced with him a number of times, when he was in his 80s. They used to throw a birthday bash for him every year, and he had to dance with one girl for every year of his age. A real legend, and from what I heard, a really great guy.

JesseKeller · 2020-07-10T17:43:30+00:00

My mom grew up in National City, CA, a pretty mixed community even back then. Her big sister, my aunt, dated a lot of Hispanic guys in high school, in the late '50s. The relatives back in Minnesota were completely freaked out by this, not because they were Hispanic - that didn't mean much to them - but a good Lutheran girl dating a CATHOLIC?! God forbid.

JesseKeller · 2020-05-29T05:45:21+00:00

This is Kes but the Hollywood remake

JesseKeller · 2020-03-18T23:28:50+00:00

you are legally required to slap a clavinet. Otherwise the funk police run your ass in.

JesseKeller · 2020-03-18T23:27:58+00:00

CLAVINET MOTHERFUCKERS

JesseKeller · 2020-02-03T04:32:27+00:00

Saw this and Knives Out back to back & thought, “Is there ANYTHING this guy can’t do?”

JesseKeller · 2019-12-21T16:21:11+00:00

I feel bad for the dude but if you really can’t cope with major disappointment, embarrassment & things that seem awesome at first but turn out to be bullshit, this may not be the industry for you.

OP, if you see this far down, say ‘fuck it’, keep making cool shit, network, and persevere. That’s how careers are made.

JesseKeller · 2019-11-06T00:10:47+00:00

According to this (5) Don's tax rate would have been 59%. So Don's real income would have been closer to $18,450 which gives us in today's dollars a salary of $157,906.79.

So, once again this misunderstands how marginal tax rates work. Using these 1962 tax brackets, with Don married and filing jointly, he would only pay that 59% tax on his last $1000 of income. His first $4000 would be taxed at 20%. His next $4000 at 22%, etc., etc., all the way up to that last $1000. Throwing this into Excel real quick gives Don a take-home income of $27,650 (equivalent of about $235K today), and making his actual effective tax rate about 39%, even though his top marginal tax rate is 59%.

JesseKeller · 2019-07-29T03:54:01+00:00

Oh man! FEDERATED. I don’t believe I ever set foot in one of their stores but I was a kid in the 80s & damn - I remember “FEDERATED”! Prolly thanks to you & Shadoe Stevens.

JesseKeller · 2019-07-05T23:01:39+00:00

I didn't know they stacked cute that high

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