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This is the final version of the 2 min Promo Video I just finished editing for the Crucible’s 2007 Fire Ballet: Romeo & Juliet, with footage from the 2004 & 2005 Fire Operas (Yes that’s me getting killed by the flame-thrower). The Ballet plays January 11-13 and 17-20 2007 at the Crucible in West Oakland.

Tickets are available online through The Crucible’s website. Buy your tickets soon because this popular event has sold out every year!

Click on the image to play the 2 min flash movie.

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Ok, a few more adjustements and Michael Sturtz and the Crucible DIEsel Moto Crew are ready to take the bike out on the freeway! The clock is ticking as they are planing to bring the bike down to the El Mirage races in Southern California OCt 21-22nd. to see the video..
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They did it! We got the DIEsel MOTOrcycle out on the road! Congrats! Here’s the video:

You’ve come a long way baby….

Michael Sturtz and folks at the Crucible are building a biodiesel motorcycle to take out to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah to set the world Land Speed Record! Here is a little video clip from one of the first days of construction showing. I’ve been documenting the project and I’ll be heading out to Utah next week for the first trial run. I’ll try to post some updates as we go along….

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I just got back from Southern Oregon, visiting my friend Laurel & Mookie’s Farm! I forgot to get video tapes, but the one I had in my camera had 13 minutes on it so I waited till sunset on the last day and shot some footage. The light was beautiful and a couple days later I edited together a little short.

All that is missing now is a little voiceover from Laurel explaining a little bit more about the farm….

Can’t wait to go back!

My friend Daniel Pinchbeck spoke last night at the Supperclub in San Francisco. I shot this with my Canon Optura miniDV and did a quick edit in Final Cut Pro. Daniel read from his new book “2012 : The Return of Quetzalcoatl”

Duration: 10 min | Film & Edit: Tom Sepe | Client: The Evolver Project

Soldiers Speak Out is a powerful, first-hand testament to the reality of the military experience told entirely in the words of American veterans who have been to war and are now opposing it. We hear how they came to join the military, about their experiences in training and in war, and what led to the turning point when they decided they could no longer, in good conscience, participate in the war or keep silent. This half-hour documentary sheds light on the growing and courageous anti-war and anti-occupation movement within the military and their families, and serves as a counter-recruitment and organizing tool for activists, schools and organizations. It provides a sober view of the war in Iraq and an important counterpoint to the ’stay-the-course’ rhetoric of the Bush administration.

source: empowermentproject.org
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This is a beautiful song and video written by Ian Rhett.

http://www.sharedvoice.org/unamerican/

lyrics:
http://www.sharedvoice.org/unamerican/lyrics.html

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i’m really emotional today.
this song makes me cry

tired of watching all my friends party party
tired of watching myself struggle struggle struggle
trying just to get by
trying to bring a smile to another
trying to find what happiness looks like for me

while greed, war, disease, destruction ravage our heritage, our family

tired of feeling like nothing matters
tired of feeling like we have no voice

tired of being ineffective
tired of being afraid

tired of being lied to
tired of not knowing the truth or anything close to it.

tired of being american

Yoga for the Heart and Mind
Laughing Yoga for Stress!
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Here’s a rough draft timelapse of the takedown of Flock at Coachella 2006. (Music by Cortex Bomb) I’m planning to document the creation of Michael’s next sculpture for Burning Man 2006 and combine it with footage from Flock’s temporary residence in front of City Hall, SF last year, and the Coachella footage to create a documentary of Michael Christian’s art and the migration of the Burning Man Art Festival aesthetic to the Urban experience. Stay tuned!