{"id":4351,"date":"2012-01-17T11:00:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=4351"},"modified":"2014-09-06T14:52:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T20:52:54","slug":"cublog-word-count-on-the-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/?p=4351","title":{"rendered":"CUBlog word count on the rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know what, dearest readers? C-U Blogfidential<\/strong> expects nothing less than the very best to emerge from the creative denizens of Champaign, Urbana<\/strong>, and the cities beyond in 2012! No more bemoaning the doldrums of 2011 and mock-fearing both the presidential election and \u201cMayan Armageddon\u201d coming soon, for we have work to do! That includes the \u201cwe\u201d who slave away within the Secret MICRO-FILM Headquarters<\/strong> to provide you<\/em> with the most informative and illuminating editorial possible.<\/p>\n

While we\u2019ll reserve our philosophical perspectives and valid diatribes for the annual \u201cIn My Backyard<\/strong>\u201d address in February, we\u2019d love to give you the skinny about what specifically lies ahead for CUBlog<\/strong>, particularly during the next six months. So, here goes!<\/p>\n

Our man in Indianapolis<\/strong>, drive-in manager and independent filmmaker Tyler Tharpe<\/strong>, will begin the second year of his quarterly column \u201cThe Double Life of a Cin\u00e9aste<\/strong>\u201d on Tuesday, January 31<\/strong>, by contemplating the switch to shooting digitally. Champaign movie producer Robin Christian<\/strong> will also contribute his annual, wintertime report from the floors of industry events he attends; we\u2019ll post the next one in February.<\/p>\n

More immediately, we\u2019ll commence a journey through the mind of Champaign filmmaker Mike Trippiedi<\/strong> starting tomorrow, Wednesday, January 18<\/strong>, with a never-before-published interview about his original B-movie play, Caged Vixens<\/span><\/strong>! This will be followed in March by a second vintage talk concentrating on Trippiedi\u2019s first feature DOGS IN QUICKSAND<\/strong>, and again in the spring with a brand-new feature chronicling his current projects including AMBER ROSE<\/strong>, Way Off Broadway<\/span><\/strong>, and the soon-to-be-filmed C-U comedy SCARY NORMAL<\/strong> in which he\u2019ll play a lead role. We hope this will kick off a second wave of long-form interviews in the CUBlog<\/strong> tradition<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Also in March, news briefs which first appeared on the original MICRO-FILM<\/strong> Web site in 2002 and 2003 will begin to reemerge so readers can relive what our friends and neighbors were up to cinematically a full decade ago! Later that same month, your humble editor will finally make due on his promise to reveal why April in the C-U is not<\/em> exclusively \u201cAll About Ebertfest<\/strong>\u201d for lovers of the movies and performing arts. Last but hardly least, we\u2019ll keep up the flow of news announcements, Calendar<\/strong> listings, \u201cImages of the Week<\/strong>,\u201d and \u201cC-U Biz-en-sc\u00e8ne<\/strong>\u201d columns for all the relevant details you<\/em> need to know!<\/p>\n

We\u2019re not finished with the rundown, believe it or not, for we can\u2019t forget the upcoming sixth print issue of C-U Confidential<\/strong>, the delayed print special C-U Confidential \u201999<\/strong>, or even \u2013 knock on really<\/em> hard wood \u2013 the oft-dreamed eighth issue of mighty MICRO-FILM<\/strong>! However, it may be time to put a lid on it for we wouldn\u2019t want to spoil too<\/em> many surprises right away. 2012 has only just begun.<\/p>\n

Come back soon for some good readin\u2019, gang!<\/p>\n

~ Jason Pankoke<\/p>\n

p.s.<\/em> Do you<\/em> love exploring the movies and dig the CUBlog<\/strong> concept? If so, we want you<\/em> to write for us! Please send article or column pitches and\/or writing samples to your humble editor at cuconfidential [at] gmail [dot] com<\/strong> with a polite and proactive introductory message. We\u2019ll hopefully talk soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While it sometimes feels like C-U Blogfidential has a lot of catching up to do, it’s not for the lack of effort in planning ahead. Here’s proof as we preview CUBlog editorial due to post in the first half of 2012!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[1705,1702,457,102,72,584],"class_list":["post-4351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c-u-blogfidential","tag-c-u-blogfidential","tag-c-u-confidential","tag-mike-trippiedi","tag-robin-christian","tag-roger-eberts-film-festival","tag-tyler-tharpe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.micro-film-magazine.com\/cublog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}