Charles Breiner is a writer, director, editor and critic but above all a storyteller. This is his stream of consciousness. Go ahead ask him anything.Tumblr (3.0; @cbreiner)http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/<a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2012/06/play/macbeth-gets-gamed">Macbeth gets gamed: Punchdrunk moves audience participation online</a>: <p>For my money Punchdrunk is probably the most innovative artistic company working right now, in any medium.</p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/23751772026http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/23751772026Fri, 25 May 2012 14:03:23 -0700Punchdrunktheatrevideo gamesmacbethSleep No Moreshakespeare<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jj1sQ50R1qzkt6bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This was taken by Michael McNerney. A fantastic photographer, along with being one of the nicest guys in the world. Be sure to check out and <a href="http://michaelmcnerney.artistswanted.org/atts2012#.T728sQA_nUA.facebook" target="_blank">vote for his photographs here</a>.</p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/23681991340http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/23681991340Thu, 24 May 2012 11:51:28 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m487c2P8X61qzkt6bo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The best (worst) google voice transcription I’ve ever gotten.</p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/23294055502http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/23294055502Fri, 18 May 2012 09:04:50 -0700<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/23235797727/tumblr_m45jug0I2d1qzkt6b&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>Seriously folks, Chris Thile needs someone to take to the Grammy’s. </p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/23235797727http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/23235797727Thu, 17 May 2012 10:10:41 -0700Chris ThileSet me Up with one of your friendsbreakupsrelationishipscomedyfunny<object width="400" height="217" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://static.movieclips.com/embedplayer.swf?shortid=37SQ" style="display:block; overflow:hidden;"> <param name="movie" value="http://static.movieclips.com/embedplayer.swf?shortid=37SQ" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://static.movieclips.com/embedplayer.swf?shortid=37SQ" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="217" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/05/donald-duck-dunn-1941---2012.html" target="_blank">Lighting a pipe for Donald “Duck” Dunn. </a></p> <p>One of the unsung masters.</p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/23040620611http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/23040620611Mon, 14 May 2012 08:35:45 -0700Donald Duck DunnBlues BrothersTalking about live music…<br /> Me: …Oh and I've seen The Dave Matthews Band a few times they're great live.<br /> Girl: I hate the Dave Matthews Band.<br /> Me: Really? Why?<br /> Girl: It's just a bunch of hippie music.<br /> Me: Fair enough. What music do you like?<br /> Girl: Well my all time favorite band is The Grateful Dead.<br /> Me: That's funny.<br /> Girl: What is?<br /> Me: Seriously?<br /> Girl: Yeah, why?http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/21915679979http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/21915679979Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:53:55 -0700grateful deadDMBironyconversationmy stuff<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/21593701958/tumblr_m2wcngGSiU1qzkt6b&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>Found this gem on my computer today. Hadn’t heard it since college. As awesome today as was back then. Complements of <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/ChrisMcMorrow" target="_blank">CMC of Action as a Second Laugage</a>.</p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/21593701958http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/21593701958Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:54:00 -0700musicrapCMCASL<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/sjCw3-YTffo?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2012/04/the-bands-levon-helm-reaching-final-stages-of-canc.html" target="_blank">Here’s to Levon.</a></p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/21341258872http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/21341258872Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:15:58 -0700levon helmthe bandvideothe weight<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2nm957pEk1qzkt6bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>LA sunset.</p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/21305846616http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/21305846616Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:43:53 -0700my stuffphotosunset<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/J5iwoRA2Cas?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Anachronistic electricity. Keep out signs. Aggressive stares. Has someone been peaking at my christmas list?</p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/20664722964http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/20664722964Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:57:46 -0700doctor whotrailerthe doctoramy pondrory Williams<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wC8ovJYAU3U?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>So this guy named Aaron Sorkin, who created <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh4DGUNWmiU" target="_blank">my favorite TV show ever</a> has this new series coming out.  I’m not sure, looks like he’s playing it a little safe.</p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/20327748724http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/20327748724Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:22:00 -0700Aaron SorkinTVTelevisionThe NewsroomThe West Wingirony<iframe src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:cms:video:jokes.com:190644" width="400" height="325" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>It’s been 7 years since Mitch Hedberg died and consequently the world got a little less funny.</p> <p><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2005/05/last_laugh.single.html" target="_blank">If you don’t know who he was check out this well written obituary (though I always thought he was closer to Steven Wright than Seinfeld).</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.laughspin.com/2012/03/30/listen-to-6-minutes-of-mitch-hedberg-radio-spots-for-jimmy-johns-gourmet-sandwiches/" target="_blank">If you do check out his stint pitching delicious Jimmy John’s Sandwiches.</a></p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/20181422612http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/20181422612Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:35:26 -0700mitch hedbergstand upvideoRIP<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FrHkKXFRbCI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><h1 class="entry-title">The Story of Keep Calm and Carry On</h1></p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/19630487389http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/19630487389Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:49:49 -0700videohistoryfuninterestingkeep calm carry on<iframe src="http://www.collegehumor.com/e/6739482" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>So I consider these rules to live by and unrealistically expect the same from everyone else.</p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/19222128392http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/19222128392Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:17:48 -0700spoilerstvmoviesvideo<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/dUK8XcrinRQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>This one is for you Indy.</p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/18902599383http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/18902599383Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:30:22 -0800peyton manningbob dylansophie madelinecurrent events<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzrtacGjLW1qzkt6bo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>The police were no help. I’m hoping the public might help facilitate a safe return.</p> <p>(Currently our prime suspect is Grandma. She says she doesn’t know anything about it. But she was awful shifty during the interrogation.)</p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/18042988133http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/18042988133Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:30:27 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzk2z39qNT1qzkt6bo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Oceans Apart<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzk2z39qNT1qzkt6bo2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> #1<br/><br/> <h1>The 3000 mile/24 hour projects.</h1> <p>A few weeks ago I designed these one sheets for two films I edited/directed. Each was a similar experiment where we had 4-5 people working on projects where each of us was no closer than 400 miles to each other (collective distance was more than 3300 miles). Collaborators submitted from Chicago, Minneapolis, Calgary, Corvallis, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.</p> <p>Each project was conceived produced and finished within 24 hours. That either one of these films exist and at the quality they do is an <span>unbelievable source of pride for me. Check them out here:</span></p> <p><span><a href="http://www.charlesbreiner.com/videos/oceansapart.html" title="Oceans Apart" target="_blank">Oceans Apart</a></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.charlesbreiner.com/videos/film1.html" title="#1" target="_blank">#1</a></p> <p>or </p> <p><a href="http://ericbuist.tumblr.com/post/5612948817/how-we-did-it-24-hour-short-film" target="_blank">Read about how we did it.</a></p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/17831205656http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/17831205656Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:16:00 -0800mineoriginalone sheetoceans apartnumber 124 hour film“I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. Now the skilful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain-attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order. It is a mistake to think that that little room has elastic walls and can distend to any extent. Depend upon it there comes a time when for every addition of knowledge you forget something that you knew before. It is of the highest importance, therefore, not to have useless facts elbowing out the useful ones.”<br/><br/> - <em>Sherlock Holmes</em>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/17780132738http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/17780132738Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:43:51 -0800quotessherlock holmes<object width="400" height="258" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://movieclips.com/e/zRsZ4/0/133.122/" style="background: #000000; display: block; overflow: hidden;"> <param name="movie" value="http://movieclips.com/e/zRsZ4/0/133.122/" /><param name="FlashVars" value="autoPlay=false" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://movieclips.com/e/zRsZ4/0/133.122/" flashvars="autoPlay=false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" movie="http://movieclips.com/e/zRsZ4/0/133.122/" wmode="transparent" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object> <br/><br/><p>“All You Need is Love”</p> <p>Happy Valentines Day!</p>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/17607469638http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/17607469638Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:50:00 -0800all you need is lovebeatlesclipsmoulin rouge“Police? Aren’t they too busy winning the war on drugs?”<br/><br/> - <em>Luke Dunphy</em>http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/17558026383http://blog.charlesbreiner.com/post/17558026383Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:00:05 -0800Modern FamilyquotesPolice