Philly, Brooklyn and Beyond.

Hey friends,

Wow if you guys were anywhere near Philly the other night....there was one heckuva show. G Love and Special Sauce, The John Butler Trio and Tristan Prettyman. Tristan kicked things off....she was like this mellow catchy folk singer. Good breezy stuff to hear while hanging out at an outside show. She's from San Diego and gave her city props through the whole show.

Then The John Butler Trio came out there and just blew the doors off of that place....now, I've talked about these guys before on this blog, but the live experience was really something else....John Butler just jammed, played some big songs...and then played guitar with his teeth. That was some of the best live music I'd ever seen. Seriously folks. Try the JB3. You'll be glad. You'll be in the audience thinking "I'm sure glad I read Tim's incessant rambling".

Then G Love came out to his hometown crowd...and just pounded through his set...that place was just hopping. He brought out all kinds of guests....he brought out John Butler to do a harmonized version of the Beatles "Blackbird", he covered Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" while mixing it up with Tribe's "Can I Kick It?"...for the encore he brought out Tristan Prettyman to do "beautiful" off of his LEMONADE record (which for all you folks who barbecue....it's the perfect cd for that) and knocked us out with "Peace, Love and Happiness". You'd think that would be it. There was one more thing up his sleeve...he brought out all the bands from that night...Tristan and her band, the fellas from the John Butler Trio...everyone was out there....and with 3 drummers, a hand full of guitar players some tambourine players....G and John Butler went ahead and ended things with a huge version of the Rolling Stones "Sympathy For The Devil". It was an inspiring show. I was ready to take on the world after that...which is a good thing because....

Well, it's back to work. LEAF is back in NEW YORK, we're playing BROOKLYN on Sunday September 7th, I'm bringing some trailers for some movies too. Some stuff you haven't seen yet. We're tearing it up at the BWAC GALLERY, I think...though I'm not 100% sure on the venue...I'll have it this week for you though......but we're not done....we're also pounding through big 2 shows at the Newark Film Festival in Newark, Delaware. From Sept 4th-11th www.NewarkFilm.com We just got a little press in a magazine from that area....it's a pretty good article and it's right here....so please enjoy it.... I'll have dates and times for all that this week. San Diego film fest? Could it happen? We're talking, I'll let you know how that goes. Here's the article...

Newark filmmaker Tim Carr is on a roll. His film "Leaf" will make its local splash at the Newark Film Festival this month. As the reels turn, Carr will negotiate with major networks to acquire and distribute the film.
"'Leaf' is doing incredibly well at test screenings all over the country," says Carr. In July the indie earned four awards at the Accolade Festival in Southern California, including Outstanding Feature Film.
Carr wrote, directed and played the title role of NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf, a No. 2 draft pick who fumbled a promising career.
"Leaf was a train wreck," says Lyman Chen of Hockessin, who plays a sportswriter in the film. "But Tim is a very optimistic person in a very pessimistic business. He creates his own opportunities."
Carr got his break when he landed a recurring role on NBC's "Homicide: Life on the Street" in 1997. A succession of soap opera appearances, indie film roles and larger parts followed. In 2005 Sylvester Stallone cast Carr in "Rocky Balboa."
Carr also recently acted in local director JJ Garvine's "13th Grade" and Jack Knapp's "Down With The Boogey." Last year Carr nabbed a screenwriting nomination for the locally produced film "A Deeper Shade of Soul" at the Hypefest Film Festival in Hollywood.
Next up is Carr's autobiographical "Mr. North America," but he first hopes to enjoy some downtime at his famous house.
"I bought Ryan Phillippe's grandma's house," he says. "Hollywood is a small, small world."             —Maria Hess


I'm also locking up the final days of the "BALTIMORE" project that we're working on. I can't wait to get down to that city again...good folks, good food, beautiful Harbor. I like being down there so much....I'd almost want to do a "BALTIMORE" part 2. Don't worry, I think I say everything I need to with "BALTIMORE" part 1. By the way I'm keeping "BALTIMORE" low key with very little details, and I know it. But I'll tell you this much...we're giving it away. Yep. You'll all get to see it for free. I never liked that some of these filmmakers I've seen, that were like "buy my movie for 25 bucks and buy my movie's tee shirt for 20 bucks." Seriously?  Who charges 20 Bucks for a tee shirt? Who are you, Metallica?

Until next time. Take care and be good.

Stay Lucky,
Timothy