Lost Film Fest

Hey all

For the past couple of years I’ve been quietly putting together a new VJ/Storytelling program. Finally It’s going to be ready to tour this fall. I’m pretty excited!

Here’s all the info. Click on the link below to book the show.

SCIENTISTS ARE THE NEW ROCKSTARS with VJ Scott Beibin

http://eviltwinbooking.com/events.cfm?view=PERFORMERS&artist_id=180

[Booking now for SATNR official launch in Fall 2009. Special preview available as part of the Lost Film Fest program]

“Scientists Are the New Rockstars” is a live multimedia spectacle exploring the fuzzy and quarky lines between hard science, social science, and metaphysics with hands-on examples of environmentally sustainable art and technologies.

Through storytelling and an immersive audio/video experience VJ Scott Beibin of the Lost Film Fest presents a holistic ‘how-to’ and ‘who’s-who’ of postmodern innovation. Topics covered in the SATNR laboratory include eco-retrofitting, appropriate power generation, evolved transportation, creative re-use, treasure from trash, architectural re-think, reverse engineering, mutant and indigenous technologies, urban permaculture, communication hacking, egalitarian social theory, sacred geometry, and much much more.

Inspiration for the project is drawn from cross-cultural generations of scientist rockstars such as Buckminster Fuller, Vandana Shiva, Theo Jansen, and Mitchell Joachim to name a few.

The key elements for the show will be the way that some of the new technologies are incorporated into the actual performance. Big surprises and discoveries await! Stay tuned….

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For booking availability and press inquiries:
Please contact Scientists Are The New Rockstars and Scott Beibin’s agent at the Evil Twin Booking Agency.

email: Liz Cole [ info (at) eviltwinbooking (dot) com ]
+1.215.473.0308 | eviltwinbooking.com

Evil Twin Booking Agency p.o. box 30726 philadelphia pa 19104 usa

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http://www.theyesmen.org/blog/yes-men-crash-bmw-gala-demand-they-stop-making-cars

Leonardo Di Caprio, Bob Geldof and and Mikhail Gorbachev were among the dignitaries momentarily blocked by protesters as they tried to enter BMW’s high-octane “Cinema for Peace” charity gala in Berlin last night.

“We aren’t leaving till BMW stops making cars,” declared Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno (also known as “The Yes Men”) as they planted themselves in the middle of the red carpet wearing ridiculous inflatable costumes. “Cars are killing the planet, and charity events that greenwash their image aren’t helping.”

Despite “tight security” (provided by Flash Security, one of the event’s sponsors), the two men were able to waddle through a gap in the fence unnoticed. They made it halfway up the red-carpeted grand staircase of the Konzerthaus Berlin, where they sat down and refused to move. Confused celebrities had to navigate around the six-foot-diameter balls for about five minutes until Flash’s tall, blond security guards clumsily removed them by force. The protesters sustained a few bruises and a bloodied nose but were otherwise unharmed.

Although BMW does have an electric car, most of their business is in phallus-enhancing gas guzzlers. The acquisition of petroleum that is used in BMW’s cars has been identified as the source of ongoing wars in several parts of the world, making them an unlikely sponsor of an event calling for peace.

In addition to ongoing violence over the acquisition of oil, burning petroleum in BMW engines is accelerating climate change, which already kills 150,000 people per year and by 2050 will make a billion homeless (according to one UN study). Historically, mass displacement of people has resulted in war, which means that if BMW wants to avert war, they should stop making cars. After that they can more honestly celebrate peace with lavish charity galas.

“This is yet another case where we treat the symptoms but ignore the disease,” said Yes Man Mike Bonanno. Andy Bichlbaum continued: “If we don’t fix our system and start regulating these companies, they will just keep on destroying the world and throwing parties while it burns.”

The Yes Men were already in town to launch their new film “The Yes Men Fix The World” at the Berlin Film Festival when they heard about the unrelated “Cinema for Peace” event and could not resist throwing a wrench in the works.

Hey Everyone, For the past week we’ve been in Park City Utah at The Sundance Film Festival. Here’s the newest trailer for “THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD” which opened to capacity crowds and standing ovations. Tim De Christopher even joined us for the premiere screening. Scroll down for more info!

Enjoy!! - Scotty

Scott Beibin, Andy Bichlbaum, Survivaball, Mike Bonanno, Liz Cole all standing in front of The Solar Saucer at The Sundance Film Festival 2009.

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“THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD” OPENS AT SUNDANCE TO CAPACITY CROWDS,
STANDING OVATIONS

“As entertaining as it is effective” - Sundance Film Festival 2009

“The Yes Men Fix the World” has premiered at Sundance before extremely
enthusiastic audiences. The film was directed by the Yes Men, in
collaboration with Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 911 editor Kurt
Engfehr, and follows the political prankster group through a number of
hilarious impersonations of some of the world’s biggest corporations.
The film begins with the Yes Men’s famous 2004 impersonation of a Dow
Chemical spokesperson on BBC World News, in which they took
responsibility for the largest industrial accident in history before 300
million people. It ends with the much-reported distribution of a hundred
thousand copies of a fake New York Times - a ‘good news’ edition
announcing, among other things, the end of the Iraq War.

Along the way, the film shows the Yes Men posing as Exxon and
Halliburton and presenting shocking and ridiculous solutions to climate
change to audiences of oil industry people and others - as well as
appearing alongside the governor of Louisiana and the mayor of New
Orleans, and showing how government could do things right.
Besides covering the Yes Men’s daring hoaxes, the film investigates and
attacks the worship of the free market that has led so many corporations
and government agencies to put profits above people. It ends with a
rousing call to action, to give Obama the pressure he’ll need to do what
we’ve elected him for.

The Sundance Festival says “The Yes Men Fix the World is as entertaining
as it is effective.” The film is represented by Cinetic Media, who are
already in discussions for distribution in North America and Europe
following Sunday’s premiere and today’s packed industry screening. It
will have an extensive outreach campaign to make it useful to activist
organizations.

“The Yes Men Fix the World” will open the Berlin Film Festival’s
documentary section February 6.

* Movie description, stills, and credits:
http://www.theyesmen.org/theyesmenfixtheworld

* Trailers and excerpts:
http://www.theyesmen.org/theyesmenfixtheworld#video

* Sundance blurb and list of screenings Jan. 21-23:
http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/yes_men_fix_the_world

* Press, publicity, and event booking please contact:
Scott Beibin - Evil Twin Booking Agency - info (at) eviltwinbooking (dot) com

It’s been a very eventful month for Liz and I with regard to the Evil Twin Booking Agency. We kept mum while deluged with hate mail over Bill Ayers. When Obama won, we were overjoyed at the historic significance and danced in the streets. Rather than publicizing what we were going through pre-election, we decided to focus all of our energy on a project that we believed would really inspire a sense of true Hope and Change. That project, of course, was to work in a coalition of dozens of organizations and thousands of volunteers to blanket US cities with 1.2 million copies of a hopeful, albeit fake edition of The New York Times with fantasy headlines like “Iraq War Ends”, “Troops to Return Immediately“, “National Health Insurance Act Passes“, “Nation Sets Its Sights on Building Sane Economy”, “Public Relations Industry Starts to Shut Down”, and a letter of resignation by Thomas J Friedman.

Today was the big day, and we’ve made headlines. This huge collaborative project happened only with the dedication, hard work and brilliant minds of so many people we respect and love. It is interesting that so many people seem to be pointing the finger at The Yes Men - and, why not? Their brilliant antics and pranks have captured the imagination of a generation that believes another world is possible.

Without going into too much detail (yet)about our own personal involvements, we present to you these artifacts of a thrilling day of days:

* PDF of the fake New York Times: http://www.nytimes-se.com/pdf

* Ongoing video releases found here: http://www.nytimes-se.com/video

(be careful - if you blink, you might miss Lili Taylor talking about her “compassion muscle”)

* The New York Times responds: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/pranksters-spoof-the-times/

Oh the hilarity…

xo Scotty + Liz

ps. I’m going to be telling stories and showing footage from this in all the upcoming Lost Film Fest shows.

pss.

Hey all

I’m honored to announce that over the past little bit I’ve been curating source materials for the new TV Sheriff / Nomig / Coldcut video - and It’s finally done. yay!

Please check it out!
xo Scotty

REVOLUTION 08.