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Flipside Documentary on Life between Life Hypnosis - YouTube

2011-09-30T17:08:00.000-07:00

Flipside Documentary on Life between Life Hypnosis - YouTube:

Flipside the Radio Interview

2011-09-26T15:59:00.000-07:00

I did a radio interview with Lillian Cauldwell last week. It's a 45 minute journey into the Afterlife with yours truly working as a tour guide. RADIO INTERVIEW Working on the documentary version - will post a link as to what's going on with it as soon as possible!!!! Check this pic taken by John Glenn Photography - Ed Bradley, me, the Maestro Francis, Dean Tavoularis at the NO Jazz Fest.

Appearances for Rich Martini

2011-09-18T16:54:00.000-07:00

Appearing this week at Flying Saucers talking about my book and documentary. https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=242600715777058

New film clips on youtube.

2011-09-12T17:16:00.000-07:00

Added some clips to the Martini Ouevre. Oover? Ovray.

Coffee and Chatting in the Afterlife

2011-09-07T17:49:00.000-07:00

Wednesday FLIPSIDE: A Tourist's Guide on How To Navigate the AfterlifeFirst Public Talk! The crazy coffee fiends over at FLYING SAUCERS in Santa Monica have invited yours truly to come and pontificate about the Afterlife!!! The date is 9-22 at 8 p.m. I'll have some copies of the book for those who desire them.. or you can find it here: Okay, maybe share some research and chat a bit

My Kickstarter Campaign

2011-09-05T13:08:00.000-07:00

Getting to the end, running low on fuel... Some friends have suggested I reboot my campaign and start from scratch - a little at a time.. makes sense. Meanwhile, here we are: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/467782699/earharts-electra-eyewitnesses-to-what-really-happe

Flipside: Reviews are in...

2011-09-05T13:07:00.000-07:00

Hey all, I've been posting on a FB page about Michael Newton's work.. here's a few posts for you,with regard to my book "Flipside." Enjoy My son spontaneously began doing those movements before going to bed one night - sitting in a lotus position, moving his arms in the air in circles.. I call it "mudra" the term for those movements, so every now and then we'll ask him to do his mudra - and he

My Kickstarter Campaign

2011-08-23T18:13:00.000-07:00

Hi all, Well, I've finally posted a link to my Amelia Earhart Doc - through Kickstarter. If you have a couple of bucks in your pocket burning to be free, sign up and donate!!! It's for a good film. Best, Rich

FLIPSIDE: A Tourist's Guide on How To Navigate the Afterlife

2011-03-15T09:33:00.000-07:00

I've finally published my Kindle book about my documentary about reincarnation. Here's the Kindle book: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004RJ12R0 Here's a link to a ten minute promo for the documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9gTU1j0imY

Charles Grodin Live!

2011-02-15T09:25:00.000-08:00

Friend and mentor Charles Grodin has been doing hilarious, insightful commentary on CBS radio in NY for awhile now. Could it be ten years? Maybe more. I've had the privilege of knowing Chuck for about 30 years now, and every time I talk to him on the phone or see him in person, I come away feeling lighter, more energized, seeing the world in a different fashion. He's got a unique vision, and

Limit Up

2011-01-05T11:28:00.000-08:00

I made this film in 1989. The other day, a technician at a lab and I were chatting about it, and he asked to see it. He's 26, African American, grew up in the projects and made his way to LA. I gave him a copy and he raved about it; he wants to show it to his church, he wants to show it to his pastor father in law; he wants everyone in his life to see it. Needless to say, I was moved.

Another Tibetan tortured for being Tibetan

2011-01-02T20:12:00.000-08:00

A Tibetan Political Prisoner's Life Under Threat: Report [Thursday, 30 December 2010, 6:07 p.m.] Jigme Gyatso/File Photo DHARAMSHALA: A Tibetan political prisoner named Jigme Gyatso serving a 17-year long prison sentence in Chushul prison near Tibet's capital Lhasa is in critical health condition due to severe torture, according to a report received by the Central Tibetan Administration. In

MartiniLeaks

2010-12-17T10:30:00.000-08:00

Hmm.. could there be a trend here? Just thought it sounded funny. After a couple of Martinis, who doesn't leak? Or feel like they're leaking? "I am Spartacus!" "I am a wikileaks!" Find their mirrors here: http://wikileaks.info/ I was in India some years ago, and they had this t.v. show called "Tehelka." And it was basically the same thing, but with video - and they caught these govt. guys

Martini On The Rocks CD

2010-11-22T16:03:00.000-08:00

Okay, after waiting 20 years, I've finally posted a smathering of my tunes. Still waiting for itunes to put them online, but in the meantime, Amazon.com has put them up here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_seeall_1?rh=k:rich+martini,i:digital-music&keywords=rich+martini&ie=UTF8&qid=1290469417 Apologies for the off key notes, the clams, and the other obvious mistakes that I've made

You Can't Hurry Love

2010-11-01T17:18:00.000-07:00

You Can't Hurry Love is finally available. While being released as the second film on a two bill - with some other Love title, I found a place where you can get the title by itself. Here it is: YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE starring David Packer, Scott McGinnis, Bridget Fonda with appearances by Charles Grodin, Sally Kellerman and Kristi McNichol. Enjoy!

Remembering Paul Tracey

2010-09-23T12:38:00.000-07:00

I ran across the eulogy I gave at my friend Paul Tracey's funeral in Phoenix seven years ago. I'm a fan of honoring those odd incidents that occur in your life in some way, and so I'm reprinting it here. In light of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" debate, it bears repeating that gay people are part of our families... funny how archaic this debate will seem in 5 or 10 years. Like the Civil Rights or

Windy City White City

2010-09-10T11:57:00.000-07:00

In light of the brouhaha over Muslims v Christians, I've posted my two part documentary "White City/Windy City" - the film was made at the behest of Layalina.tv., and organization created by former Ambassadors Richard Fairbanks and Marc Ginsberg to foster understanding between cultures. In this case, I chose Chicago and Casablanca as Sister Cities that exhibit tolerance - the documentary

Martini On The Rocks

2010-08-23T23:26:00.000-07:00

I finally decided to take the tracks out of my closet and put them into a CD... I've been playing Chicago Blues and Boogie Woogie Piano for longer than I can remember, frequently in some piano bar in some far corner of the world. Over the years, people would ask me if I had a CD, and I would chuckle and say CD? Moi? I played alongside Craig Cole at Les Deux in Hollywood for six months, played

Charles Grodin's paean to yours truly...

2010-05-06T11:43:00.000-07:00

I got an email from the amazing, hilarious, loyal pal Charles Grodin the other day. When he's not writing plays, starring in films, directing/producing/emceeing, he's saving people in prison who've been incarcerated under bizarre circumstances. He's an all around amazing guy, and happens to be Godfather to my son. That being said, I was a bit flabbergasted to read this - which will be posted in

"Salt" to theaters in July...

2010-05-06T11:19:00.000-07:00

Just a few words here in praise of "Salt." I had the great opportunity to work on this film the past year.. I created a previsualization site where everyone on the cast and crew could view the Director's Vision on a daily basis - Phillip Noyce would ask me to search things out for him, and I'd post them daily on this web page. There was character background info for the actors, links to the

Rome Center

2010-05-06T10:33:00.001-07:00

Looks like I won't be teaching at the Rome Center this summer after all.... La Prossima!

Tibetan Filmmaker sentenced to six years for his documentary

2010-01-21T22:50:00.000-08:00

Zurich, 6. January 2010. Dhondup Wangchen, the Tibetan filmmaker who is currently in Chinese detention, has been sentenced to six years imprisonment by the provincial court in Xining (capital of Qinghai province). The sentencing took place on 28 December 2009 but his relatives in Xining were neither informed about the trial nor the verdict. Outrageous!!! This filmmaker made a documentary in

Adventures on Pandora

2010-01-13T12:40:00.000-08:00

The beautiful alien planet Pandora depicted in James Cameron's 'Avatar' is so captivating that some audience members are becoming depressed and even suicidal when they fail to find meaning in real life after the film is over. Writes Jo Piazza for CNN.com: On the fan forum site "Avatar Forums," a topic thread entitled "Ways to cope with the depression of the dream of Pandora being intangible,"

Black Like Me

2009-12-21T02:02:00.000-08:00

When I was a kid growing up in Chicago, I remember reading "Black Like Me." It was an impressive story, about a white man who masquerades as a black man in the South. But then I was set straight by the Autobiography of Malcolm X.And Langston Hughes. I grew up in a white suburb. The only black person I knew well was Kelly, the guy who bagged groceries at the Jewel. He, along with Ben the Shoeman,

Food, Inc

2009-12-21T01:13:00.000-08:00

For those of you who haven't seen this film, make sure that you do. It's one of those things that you always knew was happening, and is really disturbing to have it in your face. To recap: 1. Chickens grown by Tyson, Perdue, and the other major manufacturers are grown in darkened sheds. The chickens are filled with antibiotics. Chicken nuggets will turn you into a chicken nugget. The answer: