Watch I, Mike Phelan O'Toole, Lawrence and Quincy Brisco on Random Acts: A Needham Reunion debut @ 10:30PM

Watch myself, Lawrence, and the one and only Quincy Brisco on Random Acts: A Needham Reunion debut @ 10:30PM on Needham Channel's Comm Channel - http://needhamchannel.org (replay Mon @ 12:00AM/ Fri 3PM). I have been hosting solo with "Not The End of The World" for a little over a month, but this episode is our official Needham Channel re-debut.

Check out our "New Views" blurb on the Needham Channel site:
http://greisnet.com/tnc.nsf/Page%202!OpenPage&TableRow=1.1.2.1.2#1.1.2.1.

"Random Acts –
You may recall an article which ran in the Needham Times last month about this program. This episode was shot as that article was written, and it has a pretty meta-take on publicity. It is definitely an episode to watch if you are willing to scratch your head a little!"

And here is a link to the article in question :

http://www.wickedlocal.com/needham/news/x1001331782/Needham-resident-promotes-creativity-through-cable-access-show

Stay tuned to http://www.MIKEOCAST.blogspot.com for audio commentary from me!


OTHER TOWNS / TIMES to watch Random Acts on TV :


Random Acts is now on
Newton's NewTV Blue Channel
(Channel 10 on Comcast; Channel 15 on RCN;
Channel 34 on Verizon)
Saturday 10:30pm

Random Acts is now on CCTV Cambridge
Public Access Television. (Channel 10).

(Schedules subject to change without notice.
)
Monday 11:30pm
Wednesday 11:00pm

Random Acts is now on The Needham Community
Channel (Comcast Ch. 9; RCN Ch. 15; Verizon Ch. 29).

Monday 12:00am
Friday 3:00PM
Saturday 10:30pm

Random Acts is now on The Waltham Channel
(Channel 8 on Comcast; Channel 3 on RCN)
Thursday 11:00pm
and various times over the weekend.


Enjoy!!!

"EXPERIMENTALLY ILL 2" : An Indie Showcase of Alternative Film (UPDATE)

Updates! Press is okay.


(Previously we received coverage for the first "Experimentally Ill" -
featured (interview/event preview) in Metro Boston's entertainment
section, pg. 13 of the 7/10/08 edition - "License to ILL" by Sarah Shanfield. http://www.metrobostonnews.com/us/article/2008/07/10/02/3327-66/index.xml?print=1
)

A bigger, two page article, with, me, Mike Phelan O'Toole on the front page of The Needham Times paper in their "Week of 9/3 " edition is out now, available online at
http://www.wickedlocal.com/needham/news/x1001331782/Needham-resident-promotes-creativity-through-cable-access-show




"EXPERIMENTALLY ILL 2" : An Indie Showcase of Alternative Film

A little piece of insanity returns to the historic Coolidge Corner
Theatre at 290 Harvard Street in Brookline, MA, as spoken word
performer, Vh1 hopeful, actor and video artist Mike Phelan O'Toole and
cable access
legend and WBCN radio personality Quincy Brisco (of the Toucher and
Rich Show) host a brand new entertaining, eclectic D.I.Y. filmic
tapestry!

If funky animation, quirky cult flicks, comedy and non-pretentious art
movies sound cool to you, sit back and relax in the Coolidge's
incredible Video Screening Room from 7-9PM on Thursday, the eleventh
of September, 2008! This venue welcomes us back for another big live
event, featuring visually stunning, odd and entertaining underground
films, video shorts, music videos, and live action tomfoolery with a
crew of unique personalites like no other. Admission is two dollars to
help allow future shows. The first "Experimentally Ill" was very
popular, so plan to arrive early.

Peep out moving images never before screened at the Coolidge! Marvel
as special guest speakers provide A's for your Q's after the
screening!

And what flicks and which guests are in store for you this time 'round? Read on:

*Collaborations from Mike Phelan O'Toole and Lawrence Hollie's "Random
Acts" community television show

*A spoken word audio performance by Mike Phelan O'Toole, coupled with
videography of model Jennifer Mitchell. Videography by Lawrence Hollie.

*The best, most colorfully insane of Quincy Brisco's "Quincy's Perspective"

*Orrin Zucker and Jerry Zucker's EMMY-winning "It's Jerry Time!"
animations (of the ongoing web series "It's Jerry Time!")

*Local artist/writer/filmmaker D.L. Polonsky's surreal comedy "Urban
Fairy," edited by Mike Phelan O'Toole, and starring special guest for
the evening, Richard Berman.

*Sketch comedy shorts and the docu/mocumentary "Burning Ambition of A
Solutionist - A Love Story" by comedy team "The Peanut Butter
Solutionists" (Trevor Martin and Conor Sullivan)

*The world premiere of a far-out visual collage, "Indie-visuality" by
D.L. Polonsky

*James Bernardinelli's cult sensation series "Perfect Jimmy Gone
Wild," featuring avant-garde sketch comedy and surreal, hilarious
animation

*Mike Clement's latest wacky puppetry, laced with biting social commentary!

*Jesse Kreitzer's "Pearlswig" documentary about Boston's forty year
veteran, #1 celebrity autograph hound and paparazzi - Jerome
Pearlswig.

*Lauren Rossi's psychedelic visual journey "Outer Layers," and
experimental documentary/reality-based pieces.


*DJ Benny Appell's commentary and comedy "The Price Is Wrong" music video

*Dom Portalla's short films "Jimmy's Birthday," "Double Date," and more.

*The inspiring insanity of "Monsterface TeeVee" by muli-media rock and
sock extravaganza band Uncle Monsterface

*A comedy horror film "The Leaves" by Andrew Eldridge

*A horror thriller - the award-winning "Denoucement"

*The debut of the video created by Lawrence Hollie and Mike Phelan
O'Toole for rising Boston and Ireland rock band MidAtlantic (formerly
The Bleedin Bleedins)'s song "Shine"

And more to be announced!
Line-up subject to change.

e-mail mikeovideo@gmail.com for more info or press interviews.

Visit MikePhelanOToole.com , Youtube.com/Captureman,
Youtube.com/randomacts73, MySpace.com/MikeOToole, and
MikeOCast.blogspot.com for news as it breaks!
Visit http://coolidge.org for venue info and directions.

The "What I Did Yesterday" Kind of Affair Begins - 9/2 & 9/3/07

It’s been a weird week, and I’m wiped, but if I don’t post this, I won’t be able to sleep - here is my attempt at simply recounting things - nothing too breathtakingly detailed; just a “what I did yesterday” log, so that my day-to-day is not lost forever in the matrix of my mind, and maybe you, brave reader will enjoy it to some degree.

The week begins on Sunday 9/2/2007 -

I Wake up around 4:00PM, get a call from my bud and video production partner Lawrence, wanting to hang out. I get in a brief workout, shower, then head out with him, looking for eats. With most places closed due to it being the Sunday before Labor day, it’s a challenge finding a decent place to feed. We stop at a Dunkin, with Larry picking up his trademark black coffee (you know, because he is monk-like and no frills.... And black.) Ready to splurge, I go for some famous Waltham pizza but am let down when I see that the door of the joint is locked. On that note, I grab McDonald’s, making a sad sad token attempt at “healthy” by ordering the grilled chicken sandwich, with lettuce, tomato with no mayo, and a DIET coke of course.

We head back to his place, gorging ourselves on his work-supplied free cable’s on-demand service. I crack open my back pack to share “Clerks II” with him. He pops in the DVD and is blown away. Larry crashes soon after. I watch some more shit, until I submit to heavy eyelids, sleeping in my clothes - dreaming of Kevin Smith’s return to Larry’s TV station, man. Good shit.

Monday 9/3 -

Wake up around 10:00 or 11:00AM at Lawrence’s apartment to cliché video game sound effects and a sore back from sleeping fucked-up on the floor. Assuming the FX are radiating from Larry attacking his Nintendo DS, I’m none too impressed by the stimuli, going back to sleep without a word until 2:30PM, wherein Lawrence suggests we hit the beach (THE beach? Yes, that one. Heck, I don’t even know where exactly it was - some derivative of The Charles River I presume).

Summer is almost at a close, as short as it is here in New England - I’m game for a trip, so I grab my wallet and watch, take a leak, and we pile into his car, which vaguely reeks of something that once permeated out of an edible - maybe Indian cuisine - as per-usual.

We wheel it to Kelly’s Roast Beef, encountering the mundane nature of the food service industry to a tee, man. The experience is only redeemed by my spying this cute, short chick at the counter that I’m all about. Upon placing and waiting for our order, we grab the classic roast beef grub and head out, navigating through a small crowd of rotund white yuppies during the epic journey toward the exit.

Once outside, we marvel at the lack of benches at the eatery - with no other option, we plunk down on the curb and shoot the shit for a half hour or so regarding future media projects, talking’ shop, as well as laugh our asses off pulling quotes from the greatest motion picture of all time, WINDY CITY HEAT. It’s a beautiful day - with the sun beating down and the afternoon ticking away, we’re back in the car.

We get to the water’s side - jumping out and hitting a convenience store for caffeine and the like. We walk a length, eventually climbing up a hilly area, settling on a bench atop what over looks the water and a series of cliffs. It’s serene - Lawrence walks down and checks out the cliffs further down. I relieve myself from the Coke I purchased from the mom and pop store from a ways back .

We plant ourselves back on the bench, chilling there until around 8:00PM, lost in the picturesque backdrop, jawing about different family dysfunction, as well as future projects and marketing strategy stuff. We talk about Quincy, and how badly he wants to become a star, and how we’ll manage to deliver that fame to him - he deserves it.

After it gets dark, I figure we should start heading back, dodging bats and rats on the way. Back in the car, we hit Whole Foods, and back in my town, 7/11, where I pick up some soda and a chicken salad sandwich. I realize that I ingest Coca-cola to put a diabetic to shame. Yes, that’s right, I’m addicted to Coke.

We part, with Law wishing me good luck regarding my next college semester, starting that tomorrow. I head inside the home base, saying hello to grandmother, and do some internet work, checking e-mail and approving folks for the Straight Edge Facebook group. I also check our promo stuff, seeing a couple of new youtube subscribers to my page, and managing Quincy’s myspace.

I throw clothes in the wash, getting in a workout, cranking the stereo, before hitting the bathroom, reading’ some comics while it’s “going on.” When my laundry load is done, I throw it in the dryer. I down a blender’s worth of my protein shake, regretting it minutes later. I “snap one off” and hit the hay around 1:00AM or so.

Read more updates tomorrow - e.g. “The rest of the week" at http://www.thesoulenigma.livejournal.com and coming soon, http://www.mikeotoole.blogspot.com and http://blog.myspace.com/mikeotoole

What do you kids think of this format? I even used spell check, fools.

-- Mike Phelan O’Toole