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The English Surgeon

A good documentary does more to stimulate my mind than the best fictional films. The English Surgeon is above and beyond a spectacular documentary. Most scriptwriters couldn't dare compete with the sheer drama and uncomfortable tension filmmaker Geoffrey Smith captures in his real-life story of English neurosurgeon Henry Marsh, who became fed up with the inability of Ukrainian doctors to treat patients in need of brain operations and decided to do something about it. When a young Ukrainian man needs an operation to remove a tumor in his brain, Doctor Smith is his only hope for long-term survival. Unfortunately for this patient, modern luxuries are nowhere to be found in modern-day Ukraine and the only the way the operation can move forward is by using nothing but local anesthetics to reduce the pain of drilling thru the scull and scraping away the cancerous cells growing on his brain--In other words, doing the entire operation while completely awake and conscious. Beyond the unbelievable situations throughout the film, the simple message of humanitarianism shines.  In today's consumerist smorgasbord of a world we live in, it can be easy to forget the simple things that make being a fellow human being a rewarding experience. This film helps remind us. -Clayton Hauck

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Brain Stuff.
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HowStuffWorks.com offers a nice variety of interesting podcasts but the first one I stumbled upon was Brain Stuff. It's a short but sweet look into, well, how stuff works. Each podcast gives a straight and to-the-point explaination on a wide variety of topics of which you are sure to find a few that interest you.

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Entries in beauty bar chi (19)

Tuesday
Sep142010

Tuesdays Are Famous #24

Gotta keep it breif but here are the shots from last Tuesday from Dave Rentauskas. Don't forget to stop by tonight! No cover, hosted Svedka 10pm-11pm. I'm leaving town for a few weeks tomorrow afternoon so the next 3 weeks there will be no Tuesdays Are Famous...

Click here to see the photo booth shots from Tuesdays Are Famous 24 at Beauty Bar...

Tuesday
Sep072010

Tuesdays Are Famous #23

Here are last week's shots from Tuesdays Are Famous. I didn't take too many photos since I was busy DJing a large portion of the night, but here are the few that I did pull off. You can see, based on the comparison, that I did quite a bit of photoshopping on them. It's generally best to put in some extra work before you actually take the photos to save you time down the line. Had I brought along a backdrop I could've helped myself out quite a bit, for example. You live, you learn.

Click here to see all the photo booth shots from Tuesdys Are Famous #23...

Friday
Aug132010

Tuesdays Are Famous #20

Friend of everyoneisfamous.com Kyle LaMere from IshootRockstars.com stepped in and manned the (colorful!) photo booth this past week along with DJs Mad Dog 20/20, Cheap Champagne and The Mike Perry who played some amazing old jams. I wore a tie.

Next week it's myself and Just.One.Duran on music duty. As always, no cover and free vodka 10-11pm w/ rsvp (or without, ya know, whatever..)!

Click here to see all the photos from Tuesdays Are Famous #20 at Beauty Bar...

Tuesday
Aug102010

Tuesdays Are Famous #19

One week ago I did a voyeur photo booth in a photo booth at Tuesdays Are Famous. Execution was not exactly as I'd envisioned but you get the idea... Had a light inside the booth (you can see the stand in a few shots) along with another 2 lights hitting the booth from outside to add some environment fill. Young Josh from Flosstradamus provided the tunes and we all had some fun. Hope to see you there tonight for the Sock Hop! In the meantime...

Click here to see all the photos from Tuesdays Are Famous #19 at Beauty Bar...

Thursday
Jul292010

Tuesdays Are Famous #18

This week at Beauty Bar was very fun! From Buenos Aires, Argentina, ZZK took over the bar and laid down some fantastic beats. I set up a simple photo booth by the front door using one of the new circular benches. Lighting was simple--one light thru an umbrella. Be sure to RSVP for next weeks fun. Young Josh from Flosstradamus will be in the building, there is no cover and complimentary drinks from 10pm-11pm!

Click here to see the photo booth shots from Tuesdays Are Famous with ZZK...

Thursday
Jul292010

Tuesdays Are Famous #17

A bit of a delay on these photos from Tuesdays Are Famous no doubt, but here they are! We had Mister Joshua and Scotty Brandon in the house on tunes and I set up a simple little photo booth with my Panasonic GF1, a key light thru umbrella and a spotlight on the background wall. Throw in some photoshop actions and there you have it...

Click here to see the photos from Tuesdays Are Famous at Beauty Bar...

Thursday
Jul082010

Tuesdays Are Famous #15

I did a "film noir" photo booth this week at Beauty Bar. Everything was light with 2 lights, one directly behind the subject(s) for edge and another in front with a homemade snoot (pasta box) blocking out a good portion of the light (and also causing random light leaks for fun).

Click here to see all the "film noir" photo booth shots from Tuesdays Are Famous at Beauty Bar...

Thursday
Jun242010

Tuesdays Are Famous #13

I walked into Beauty Bar to discover an actual photo booth in one of the corners. Apparently they are trying to tell me something. Oh well, I clearned out all the crap in the dormant coat room and set up a photo booth in there anyway. I liked the idea of having a mirror as the backdrop, which in theory would reveal all the lighting and behind-the-scenes-type stuff. In the end, the space was kind of small and it was hard to see everything, but I still like the way the shots look!

Click here to see all the photo booth shots from Tuesdays Are Famous at Beauty Bar...

Thursday
Jun172010

Tuesdays Are Famous #12

I did a little faux-Soul Album cover photo booth this past Tuesday at Beauty Bar. Everyone had the option to come up with their own musical name and soul backup band name. It was pretty fun and I like the way the shots turned out! (Cover inspiration came from Nicole Willis and the Soul Investigators Keep Reachin' Up, which is a legit album!)

Click here to see all the Soul Album Photos from Tuesdays Are Famous...

Monday
Jun142010

Tuesdays Are Famous #11

Sort of an impromptu photo booth this past week at Beauty Bar. It was lit simply with a large umbrella directly behind camera and a smaller light on the side hitting the glasses on the table. All in all, it was a super fun night!

Click here to see the photo booth shots from Tuesdays Are Famous at Beauty Bar...