Posted on April 7th, 2008 at 11:06 pm by thehum
Until I think of more interesting things to blog about, I’m just going to keep plugging all my friends’ artwork:

My good friend Dan MacDonald, who plays by the name Spitzer Space Telescope, was recently featured in BU Today’s arts section as “BU’s one man band.” He writes and plays energetic folk music inspired by folk of the 60s and 18th-19th century Ireland-a unique fusion indeed.
I just love how Dan managed to incorporate his love of sci-fi into a song he wrote called Mynocks in the Garden. (Mynocks are those little bastard creatures that chew on the Millennium Falcon’s powerlines in Star Wars Episode V). When was the last time you heard a folk song about Star Wars? Dan just makes wonderful music with a story to tell. Even ones about made up mythical creatures. Be sure to check out his Myspace

And I’m not the only one who loves his music. Another friend Callum Hanlon used Dan’s music in his entry for this year’s Boston Campus Movie Fest, where competing teams had one week to write, shoot, and produce a five minute long short film. This year teams were asked to submit their films online at a site called Ourstage so viewers could rate them. Cal’s Movie, titled “Hello, Love,” (the title taken from one of Dan’s songs) as of writing stands #1 in most views out of the 128 other campus movie fest movies submitted online. We’ll find out how they fare at the BU finale this friday and if they advance, also at the Boston finale on the 26th. If the film wins anything Dan will get tons of exposure and Cal and his team could be in for some prize money
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-Gorg