I’ll be doing Tha Jackal’s Head radio show this Saturday, April 23rd, at 10:30 p.m. EST. The show is broadcast on the web, so click here when it’s time and you’ll hear yours truly talking horror, filmmaking, The Bunker, and who knows? Probably the blind thing, too. http://www.psn-radio.com You can call in, the number should [...keep reading...]

Was out and about today with Robert, scouting some storefronts and locations for an upcoming video shoot. Going to be working with a local musician and some theatre actors, and eager to get rolling with it. Project has a strong thriller/horror angle (which is one of the big reasons I want to do it), plus [...keep reading...]

Depending on where you check out my blatherings, you’ll probably be noticing some renovations going on at some of the sites. This week? It’ll primarily be happening at my official site: http://www.joemonks.com The upgrade’s long overdue, we’re going to be changing things around, updating the design, some other spiffy web doohickies to go along with [...keep reading...]

Seems like forever since I’ve had the chance to bang out a new blog. Basically, because it has been. I know, we posted a gallery and the link to my acceptance speech from the Gasparilla International Film Festival, but since I got back it’s been pretty much non-stop. A while back, it was pointed out [...keep reading...]

Video of yours truly giving my acceptance speech at the Gasparilla International Film Festival after receiving the Achievement in Cinema award. Hope you like it. –Joe

The Gasparilla International Film Festival opens tomorrow (Thursday as I write this), and at the moment, I’m in between packing up my tech stuff and clothing for the ride up to Tampa. If you’re going to be in the Tampa/St. Pete vicinity over the weekend, drop in and say hi. My presentation will be held [...keep reading...]

Now that the press conference is over and Gasparilla is getting the word out, I can flap my gums about being a speaker at the festival, where I’ll be discussing the making of my first feature film, The Bunker. This had been in the works for quite a while, but now it’s official. The talk [...keep reading...]

Okay, no, the photo shoot wasn’t that bad. In fact, largely thanks to knowing what to expect, it wasn’t bad at all. Good tuneage on the sound system at CSE, an expert photog on the lens, and fast recycling equipment enabled us to knock out everything we needed in less than four hours. While we [...keep reading...]

The photo shoot for The Bunker media kit is today, so yesterday was spent running around, getting things packed up, hitting Hair Cuttery to make sure my home trim-job was fixed enough to make me presentable, etc. Got some shuteye earlier, now just waiting for Pam to wake up (man, has she had a long [...keep reading...]

First off, thanks to all who hit me up via FB or MySpace or e-mail w/birthday wishes. Much as I hate to mark another trip around the sun, it’s still better than the alternative. On to what’s happening around here. Eric is working on The Bunker final sound mix, and an alternate version which removes [...keep reading...]