Signs point to yes

UPDATE 5:28 EST : Twitvid of Jake and Michelle at SXSW by Carlos Urreta



Jake's in Austin and getting ready for tonight's premiere at the Paramount Theater (7:00pm CST). Jake will be joining Michelle, Vera, Duncan and writer Ben Ripley on the red carpet. The premiere kicks off SXSW's 25th year anniversary.

IFC will be streaming live from SXSW
- check it all out here.

UPDATE:
Film Interview: Director and Cast of "Source Code"
Vera Farmiga, Writer Ben Ripley and Director Duncan Jones

Streaming live at 4:00 PM C/5:00 PM ET

There's a new feaurette with SC's writer,producers, cast and crew AND theoretical physicist Dr. Michio Kaku, who explains the phenomenon of Source Code in terms of physics. Some advice via Firstshowing.net "This video is pretty much straightforward explanation as to the plot and dynamics, so if you don't want any of it ruined, stay away. Otherwise - enjoy!"



While in Austin Jake might be seeing some of these Austin signs.


And this one too.
And seeing Austin in Austin too?

Whaaaaaat?

Is Austin saying he's in Austin? Well as the Magic 8 ball says:


What sign ? Remember comments about Austin non sequitur tweets actually saying more than what the tweet appears?

It seems like Austin has done a repeat tweet.

Back on September 30th he tweeted :
Do you like Phil Collins? "Sussudio" is a personal favorite. -Patrick Bateman

and well yesterday he posted the same thing
Do you like Phil Collins? Sussudio is a personal favorite.
about 13 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

While it is a great line from American Psycho, don't think he tweeted it twice because he's channeling Patrick Bateman, has a thing for Phil Collins or Sussudio is his go-to song for karaoke.

No the chessmaster is much smarter and sneakier than that.

Where was Austin when he tweeted it the first time in September?
He was in Austin TX.

Where is he when he tweeted it again?
All signs point to Austin TX.

Why would he be in Austin? Hmmmm....

As the Romper Room Magic Mirror would say.

"Romper, bomper, stomper, boo.
Tell me, tell me, tell me do.
Magic mirror, tell me today.
Did all my friends have fun at play?"
I see Jake and Austin in Austin today .

Maybe something subtle for the next trailer?

Happy Austin Friday.

photo credit: atxtrina ,IHJ, Flicker, OMG, OTH-Caps

Friends in Not Low Places ...

....aka A Play in Hill Country or Austin's Wednesday night in Austin

Austin 360's blog gives more detail about what Austin as doing on Wednesday night, and play with the very briefest of rehearsals.

Writer Edwin “Bud” Shrake was working on a new novel and staging a play when he died almost a year ago. "The Friends of Carlos Monzon" was the play, and Wednesday, director Jeff Nichols brought it to the stage, in a celebration of the writer, for an invitation only audience at the Long Center's Rollins Studio Theater.

The play "is based on a writing assignment gone awry: In the ’70s, while writing for Sports Illustrated, Shrake was assigned to cover the Carlos Monzon-Bennie Briscoe middleweight title fight. At the time, communists and terrorists were blowing things up, death squads found good sport in disappearing people by tossing them out of airborne planes and exiled president Juan Peron was on his way back from Spain to make it all better.

One night, while sitting in a bar, Shrake had the misfortune of being swept up in a post-bombing raid, thrown into a secret prison and held incommunicado. No one, not even his editors in New York, knew what had become of him. Prisoners were interrogated and tortured. The unluckiest went skydiving without a chute."

The production, it was noted was minimal in its scenery using Spanish music Ray Benson and film and photographs to create the setting. It had a very brief prep for those in it with most of the actors flying in Sunday for rehearsals starting Monday, and the performance Wednesday. Talk about acting by the seat of your pants. Even Black Box productions have more rehearsal time.

As is in any live theater, whether with days of rehearsals or weeks, there are no second takes. But there is something about, that different kind energy of performing before a live audience after acting in front of a camera that you can see would appeal to Austin. Especially after doing a weekly television show. Totally changing directions from what you have been doing, your acting is now right there open and exposed for instant critique and reaction from your audience, not waiting weeks or months to see the audience's response.

While there were some bumps in the performance on Wednesday it sounded like it was overall a success, and was another experience to add to Austin's growing list.



For those celebrating Easter May we remember the sacrifice made and rejoice in the triumph over it and
gift that is given to all from it.