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Mandy Maxwell – Featured Artist
Mandy Maxwell working on various paintings for the upcoming feature film 45 RPM. Mandy is a visual artist located in Paragould, Arkansas. You can see more of her work at mandyatlarge.com The song “Man With The Old Brown Sack” is from the upcoming album Poor Man’s Lament by Arkansas native Youell Swinney youellswinney.bandcamp.com
45 RPM receives funding grant!
45 RPM will receive 30K from The Ozark Foothills Film Fest! The Ozark Foothills Film Fest has worked hard to develop a new Indie Film Initiative and my feature film has been selected as 1 of 3 award recipients in the state! I am thrilled, honored, and ready to make Arkansas proud. Congratulations to the [...]
Summer Vacation Animation
45 RPM’s own Kandi Cook recently made this fantastic stopmotion of her family’s beach vacation. Goodbye boring family videos and 100s of lame pictures of family members trying to avoid the camera. Documentary animation is the way to go! Amazing song by Wavves too. Kandi Cook will be contributing photography and production design elements to [...]
Cigarbox Guitar
I am fascinated by the sound of the cigarbox guitar Jacob Adams built. He was kind enough to let me record him practicing. You’ll be hearing more about Jacob & this instrument from 45 RPM soon but until then you can read about these amazing handmade creations here.
“Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then” – Memphis Screening
Thanks to Indie Memphis and The Brooks Museum, I had the opportunity to catch a screening of Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then – A very unique feature film based on the unbelievable but true story of Leonard Wood, a Kentucky hardware clerk, who built a crazy “healing” house for his wife, Mary, in an [...]
2011 Little Rock Film Festival
Last Friday and Saturday I had the opportunity to attend the 5th annual Little Rock Film Festival. Moviemaker Magazine had listed this fest as one of the “Top 25 Film Festivals Worth The Entry Fee” and I would agree whole-heartedly. This festival really had some brains behind it as everything was very organized, friendly, and [...]
Voyageurs
If you’ve been paying attention to the music scene in Fayetteville, Arkansas, you may have noticed that the band Voyageurs is getting more and more buzz as their skuzzy, lo-fi psych rock gets the attention it deserves. With four free albums on their website, Voyageurs has been getting tons of blog and tumblr love, especially [...]
Facebook Giveaway: WINNER ANNOUNCED
By June 1st 2011, 45RPM’s facebook page had reached over 100 fans. The first 100 were entered into a drawing. This video shows the drawing and reveals the winner! The prize awarded was this vintage 45 molded into a bowl.
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