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LEE & GRANT

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Mon, 30 May 2011 16:23:00 PDT

I was the Visual Effects Producer of this Special Documentary. Check it out if you can. Premieres May 31st at 9:00 PM on The History Channel

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FINAL CUT X NAB PREVIEW

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:53:00 PDT

After months of rumors, Final Cut X was announced today at NAB. Taking the feed from somewhere, I respond... FINAL CUT PRO X -- people say the new interface looks more like imovie. I think it's...

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STUCK WITH HACKETT

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:33:00 PST

Stuck With Hackett Premieres tonight on the Science Channel. Check it out... It's a fun show. I know, I edited it!

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The smartphone

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:56:00 PST

Yes, 1 in 4 or you -- or some inordinate percentage, already have iphones and blackberries and androids -- but until two weeks ago, I was stubbornly holding onto my old dumb txt-ready-but-not...

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I was on Jeopardy

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:19:00 PDT

Last night, on Jeopardy, the 1600.00 question in double Jeopardy, under a Movies section was -- Pretty cool. I was, well a movie I made, was a question... wow. Still feeling giddy, but as I was...

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The Bit Rate Calculator is all wrong!

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:28:00 PDT

Facebook has killed the blog. That's kinda true, isn't it? There was a time when I would spin a ten word thesis thought into an essay. Admittedly, some were better than others - and that was the...

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working and rendering

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:12:00 PDT

To the left of me, my Mac-Hac-Pro is rendering away at a major show -- 18 hours that will span 9 DVDs. It has occupied my time non-stop for the last two months. At last, I see light and it is with...

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Avalos, Eisenson to intervene in WGA case

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:45:00 PST

Avalos, Eisenson to intervene in WGA case Posted using ShareThis

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Italian Musings

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:29:00 PST

Entries into this blog have been sadly absent this year. As I’ve written before, it means that I’m busy in life. Should I make a New Year commitment? Is that a cliché? Is it destined to...

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Time to make a movie

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:43:00 PDT

The updates on this blog have been getting spottier than ever. That's obvious. Time is being fragmented by so many things that it becomes difficult to maintain a routine. With this blog, I make...

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Maurice Jarre 1924 - 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:20:00 PDT

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Why so slow?

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:54:00 PDT

A month old cut and paste news article about a punk rocker that died constitutes a blog? I check the statistics and see that there are the faithful that return to my writings, or lack thereof - with...

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Lux Interior dies at 60

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:34:00 PST

Founder, front man of punk band, The Cramps… As a Teenager, I had a lot of fun playing covers of some of this band's tunes. The GOO GOO MUCK, as simple and silly a tune as it is, will always bring a...

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I had the hiccups

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:32:00 PST

Three days ago, I had a few bouts with the hiccups. I used to get them frequently when I was a child, but this was for a different reason. After ruling out a few things, I realized it was the eating...

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Loyalty in the New Year

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:36:00 PST

These meandering thoughts began with my attempt to fix the sync. No, that's not a typo; this all began when Yahoo.com, my internet homepage for quite a few years, stopped synchronizing with MS...

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From Matewan

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:09:00 PST

Squeaking, clacking and low rumbles of a mile-long coal train are echoing outside of my window as I write this. The tracks are only a quarter mile away and it is sound I have heard often over the...

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What day, what hour, what state?

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:49:00 PST

We are getting to a point where we really have lost track of what day it is. Since our day off doesn't fall on any particular day, certainly not the weekend, it is no help, chronologically speaking....

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From Austin

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:09:00 PST

Road journal? No, sorry. The days have been too long and I've been rolling into bed pretty quickly after shoots. I happily watched Obama's victory in Mercedes, Texas. For our day off, I went to...

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Hittin’ The Road

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:20:00 PDT

Got a gig that will be taking me out of town for about eight weeks over the next three months. When a job happens, it tends to happen fast. For this one, I had about a week notice and just got my...

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Those who don’t remember the past… etc.

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:07:00 PDT

"We're in the Money," lyrics by Al Dubin, music by Harry Warren We're in the money, we're in the money; We've got a lot of what it takes to get along! We're in the money, that sky is...

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Mystery Berries and taste alterations

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:49:00 PDT

My close friend, B, ever the curious and adventurous person, read about the newest "rage" among food-hounds several months ago; a mystery Berry that originated from Ghana or some other...

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Crazy times in the Valley

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:34:00 PDT

I am just now catching up on email – flagged at the time of receivership, to be replied to promptly. My gosh, there's nearly a month of responding to catch up on! The last few weeks have been...

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More coming soon... In the meantime enjoy this clip

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:32:00 PDT

Disney Lab Unveils Its Latest Line Of Genetically Engineered Child Stars

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Panavision Cameras and Gillette Razors - Authentic and Pricey

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:24:00 PDT

Several days ago I went to a screening at Panavision, a name synonymous with "cinema". Located in Woodland Hills, this is where well-financed productions go to rent camera equipment (one cannot...

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California Sun

noreply@blogger.com (Stefan Avalos) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:51:00 PDT

And we're out there having fun, In the warm California sun… The Rivieras Yesterday was spent in a way that is actually not very difficult to do when one lives in Southern California; it's just...

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