"They didn't throw my shirt back."

Over the last eighteen months, I and Old Abbot have done a lot of growing and discovering. We purchased several new pieces of vital equipment including a Mac Book Pro to replace Old Betsey our dying iMac that would overheat and die mid-render. She’ll now live out her remaining years surfing the net and working in word processing documents. With the new equipment and a working edit bay I really wanted to begin production on a episodic series of some kind.



After filming a commercial spot for Prime Time Wrestling titled Live In Your Face Action in the Spring of 2012, and durning their annual Summer hiatus we made a partnership with the promotion and began production on a internet television series starting with their September show at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Bloomington. The series debuted in the Spring of this year and features many of the top names in Minnesota’s independent pro-wrestling scene in jaw dropping in-ring matches such as Mitch Paradise, “The Persian Sheik” Ariya Daivari, Renny D, Arik Cannon, Billy Blaze, Ryan Cruz, The Black Stallion, and Scarlett Bordeaux.



In June of last year Jon Sadeh and I returned to Las Vegas. This time it wasn’t to film anything, but rather due to the fact that we were finalist in Tropfest’s Road to Vegas Contest. We got to stay over sixty floors above the strip at the Cosmopolitan and see our short film along with James Woods, Toby Migure, Rob Corddry, and hundreds of others in attendance as 1,300 Miles played on a giant screen over looking the the strip.



In the Spring of this year production began on our second internet television series. An intimate concert series set in the Firehouse Room at The Happy Gnome in Saint Paul. The series is titled The Happy Gnome Presents, the first episode features I Like You singing Fireflies, Take Us, and Tippy Toes.



We didn’t just film series and enter contests we did a variety of productions for a wide array of clients like City Pages, Date for Life, Eatiply, Mi5 Fitness & CrossFit Lakeville, and Games N Go. The last year and a half I’ve seen a lot of growth in Old Abbot and in myself, and I look forward to what the rest of 2013 into 2014 and beyond has in store for the company and I. Until next time folks, same URL, some other time, stay tuned.

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