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As We Enter is my new favorite song. It’s the first one on the new Nas and Damian Marley album, Distant Relatives. Fortunately for me, I was introduced to it live, shooting a secret show at the Roxy for Last Call with Carson Daly.

Parks and Recreation Director Ron Swanson is the funniest new TV character I can think of. Nick Offerman, the actor, also builds things like canoes at his woodshop.

Pete Alton and I were on the two Canon 7Ds. Dee Nichols and Field Producer Mike Hammer Hammeke were on the other cameras, which I think were an HVX and a DVX. And Joe Lamattina was the editor!! Directed by Rich Bond. Parks and Rec is on NBC Thursday nights. Last Call with Carson Daly is on weeknights at 1:35, after Jimmy Fallon.

Episode 7. Jason[ROVE]‘s worst police encounter was not the time he was arrested. Here he tells how he tried to resist a bicycle ticket.

The MY WORST Video Podcast brings you short, true stories. It’s what people are willing to share about their worst jobs, decisions, embarrassments, etc. No mud, no lotus.

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Daisy worked for a mortgage guy whose parrot ruled the workplace.

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This week’s story is from Michele, who once had a job harassing people by phone about clock accounts.  It did not end well.

The MY WORST Video Podcast brings you short, true stories. It’s what people are willing to share about their worst jobs, decisions, embarrassments, or dates. No mud, no lotus.

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Hampshire College.  Optical printer.  1997.

Welcome to The MY WORST video podcast.  These are short, true stories about our worst experiences. Prepared with love, just for you!

This first episode is a 2-minute story from Jordan, a musician.  His worst job was a wedding where he had a wardrobe dysfunction and had to provide the soundtrack to a tragedy.

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MY WORST job - Jordan from Patrick Burke on Vimeo.

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Here’s a performance by the Bright, a band led by Megan Hook.  Please enjoy.

The Bright, The Rough Cut from Patrick Burke on Vimeo.

The song is called, Some Image in Your Head.  I shot the performance with my DVX and did the editing.  I used a Gaussian Blur/Screen Composite to create a foggy dreamscape, compensating for the fact that I was shooting with available light.

The venue was Cafe Muse in Hollywood.

My current project is a radio piece (with supplementary video) about the recent firing of more than 1,500 undocumented garment workers at American Apparel. A government audit of personnel files forced the exodus. This has been a favored approach in the Obama Administration, in contrast to Bush’s detention raids.

Peter Schey is representing American Apparel as part of his private practice. He’s also the Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law and has a suit pending class action suit seeking an end to immigration raids. I visited him at the center to talk about workplace enforcement under Obama.

SCHEY excerpt from Patrick Burke on Vimeo.

This is, of course, just a sample of that long interview. More background on the story is laid out on spot.us.

I recently finished co-shooting a feature-length comedy called Not Porn. Fortunately, that’s an accurate title. It’s about a guy who makes sexy movies, his colleagues, and their romantic complications.  Here’s a visual sample.

NOT PORN!! teaser test from Patrick Burke on Vimeo.

And here are some production stills, taken by Rocky and Ojay.

That’s a Glidecam rig that I used a lot on this movie, with an HVX-200 on top.   Respect and thanks also to Willie Tipp,  the other cameraman, as well as Director Chris Kessler, Gaffer Wilson Gabbard, Grip George, AC Ro, and ExecProd Henry.

Also gratitude and respect to Radiohead for their inspiring song that I put in the sample, Trickster.