Sundance / Slamdance 2008 Day One

Me, David Lowery (A CATALOG OF ANTICIPATIONS) and Toby Halbrooks (former member of The Polyphonic Spree) headed to Park City, Utah early, Thursday morning to the airport, only to discover our flight had been delayed an hour. After finally meeting our destination, we met up with fellow filmmaker Michael Tully (SILVER JEW) and made our dissent into Park City for the Sundance / Slamdance festivities.


After dropping Michael off, we met up with Bill Sebastian (MIDLOTHIA) at his condo. After a bit of catching up, we decided to try out the Good Karma restaurant just around the corner. I had the Tandoori Lamb Kebab and loved it.


After Bill and Toby posed for this picture, David tried to murder me with a table knife:



After drinking a bit of whiskey, me and David went to the Slamdance opening night party (first picture above), which was actually fairly lame. Given the fact that we really knew no one else in the festival, it felt like a typical night club gathering. David left early and I stuck around for a bit and mingled with some fellow filmmakers. Eventually I left and took a picture of a moose and the streets before I caught a bus to Bill's condo.





After shuttling back to the condo, I drank another glass of whiskey and sat down to blog about tonight's events. Not a whole lot happened tonight, but I'm really excited about the upcoming week: films, snowboarding, mingling and partying! And I'll keep you all posted as I make my way through the festival.

Finally, David wanted me to let you all know that his ability to blog is temporarily disabled. Just as soon as he's capable, he'll share his own experiences of whatever he feels like. But for right now, he's quietly sleeping like a baby a mere ten feet from me. Speaking of which... I'm out. Goodnight!