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I’m delighted to announce that my video “Headache” will be featured this month at the DC Shorts Film Festival. “Headache” is a remix of five separate Next To Heaven episodes with newly created connective tissue weaving the episodes into a single story line.

“Headache” will be shown on September 13 (Midnight) and 15 (9:30) at E Street Cinema in D.C. Go here for more info.

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www.nexttoheaven.net/all

There you will find all 52 episodes of NTH season one; set up for easy one-page playback.

Meanwhile, I’ll be releasing NTH Season One on Youtube – so if you want to see NTH through the prism of a crappy flash codex go on over there. You’ll also be able to follow the action on revver, veoh, dailymotion, and metacafe.

And, NTH season two is in the works. I’ll be casting and shooting his spring! See you soon!

Next To Heaven - 52

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I posted the first Next To Heaven on September 19, 2006, and today I post the 52nd. A year’s-worth of weekly short movies made from archive.org’s public domain footage – pretty impressive, if I do say so myself. I had a great time making NTH, and I think I learned a thing or two as well.

Thanks to all the people who took the time to comment. One of the best rewards of doing a videoblog is the people you get to interact with online.

Also a big thanks is due to those who helped get the word out about NTH – Freevlog, Ryanne Hodson, Michael Verdi, Karina Longworth, NewTeeVee, Blip TV, Eric Mortensen, Jay Dedman, The Daily Reel, TV Tonic, Mefeedia, Moocat, Podcast Salad, Bill Streeter, Jennifer Proctor, Cheryl Colan, Pixelodeon, Maurice Martin, The Clip Show, Cinema Minima, Rosebud Film & Video Festival, DC Shorts Film Festival, United Vloggers, and Chris Griffin.

Of course, NTH would not have happened without the amazing film archive provided free to the whole world by archive.org and Rick Prelinger. All lovers and users of media are or will be in your debt!

This is not the end; I’m working on NTH Season Two. NTH’s second season will be in the spirit of the first, but will be something very different. Stay tuned for sneak peeks. I’m looking to roll out season two in the spring or summer of 2008.

In the meantime, a best of NTH collection will be selected and re-posted here and on all of the major video portals. I’m looking for a sponsor and perhaps a curator, anybody interested?

Finally, with NTH on hiatus, I’ll have more time to make video for my first videoblog – Hopper Video. So, if you’re not already a Hopper Video viewer please check it out. I’ve got some weird and wonderful videos in the pipeline!

Thanks for watching.

Cheers
Rob

Next To Heaven - 51

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The penultimate Next To Heaven of Season 1 concerns unrequited love. The main text of this episode is a poem by Robert Burns, “Anna, Thy Charms.”

"Anna, thy charms my bosom fire,
And waste my soul with care;
But ah! how bootless to admire,
When fated to despair!

Yet in thy presence, lovely Fair,
To hope may be forgiven;
For sure 'twere impious to despair
So much in sight of heaven."

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Some say I have some interest in transsexualism. Not so, this video is really about the dangers of mid-life career changes. Really. I'm not kidding.

By the way, happy number 50 to me!! Two more and NTH will rest for awhile.

There will be goddies of over at Hopper Video during the time out! Subscribe now, beat the rush.

Next To Heaven - 49

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The good old days . . . old, not always good. Today in 720x480 "HD" vision.

Next To Heaven - 48

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Sometime the phone just won't ring. Other times, it won't stop.