Links
Friends of The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz
RAEchel Running (awesome photographer)
Patrick Kirst (composer extraordinaire)
Bobby Garza, Jr. (sound editor/audio whiz)
Spencer MacCallum (anthropologist who "discovered" Juan Quezada)
Diana Acosta/Agave Lindo Tours (need a bilingual tour guide in the Mata Ortiz area?)
Modern Mata Ortiz (Mata Ortiz pottery dealer)
DeSilva Imports (folk art and jewelry from around the Americas, including Mata Ortiz pottery)
VideoToolShed (SubBits subtitling software)
Filmmaking, Documentaries, Entertainment Industry, Media
indieWIRE (news from the indie filmmaking world)
Filmmaker Magazine (cool magazine about indie filmmaking)
Independent Feature Project (not-for-profit indie filmmaking organization)
Chicago Underground Film Festival (coolest film festival around)
Doculink (doc filmmaking listserv and community)
International Documentary Association (nonprofit doc organization)
The D-Word (doc film site)
Netflix (rent anything and everything)
Amazon (buy anything and everything)
YouTube (watch anything and everything)
MySpace (read about anyone and everyone)
imdb (info about any and every movie)
Hollywood Reporter (entertainment industry trade mag)
Variety (entertainment industry trade mag)
Artbeats (stock footage house)
Selected Documentaries to See
Spellbound (spelling bee competition)
The King of Kong (dorky Donkey Kong players)
Iraq in Fragments (three stories from Iraq)
War/Dance (musical kids in Uganda war zone)
Dogtown and Z-Boys (skateboarders in 70s Venice)
Murderball (wheelchair rugby)
JUMP! (kids jump roping)
Abel Raises Cain (funny media prankster)
Errol Morris (doc filmmaker)
Werner Herzog (doc/narrative filmmaker)
Final Cut Pro/Photoshop
Ken Stone (FCP discussion, reviews, help)
Los Angeles FCP User Group
Apple's FCP Support
You Suck at Photoshop (hilarious Photoshop tutorials)
Scrabble
Scrabylon (my documentary on the cutthroat world of tournament Scrabble)
Scrabylon clip on YouTube
Jim Geary (expert Scrabble player and professional poker player)
National Scrabble Association
Great Food in Los Angeles
Tacomiendo (cheap Mexican)
Border Grill (upscale Mexican)
Sham (Mediterranean)
Paru's (Indian)
Akbar Cuisine of India
Miscellaneous
Macfaqulty (for all your Mac consulting needs)
GRAMMYs (more than just awards)
The Onion (funny mock newspaper)
Joshua Tree National Park
Death Valley National Park
