May 19th, 2009
Dear Friends and Family,
Today is a big day for me - Dane Cook's ISolated INcident CD and 30 "Premeditated Acts" DVD has finally been released. It debuted at #4 on the iTunes Pop Charts! To quote the Grateful Dead, "What a long strange trip it's been!"
In addition to producing the audio for the CD (my third Dane Cook CD production), Dane entrusted me with directing and producing the DVD documentary that is being released with the CD. This hour long documentary chronicles the evolution of the set that became the CD and "ISolated INcident TV Special."
For the documentary, I shadowed Dane as he performed night after night at the Laugh Factory, often to crowds as few as 20 people. I watched him as he fearlessly mined his own personal tragedies, such as the suicide of a friend, the death of his parents, and the myriad of detractors and haters, for all the comedy he could find within these terrible circumstance. The result was a set filled with tears of laughter and sadness, all within a space of a few minutes. It's a Dane Cook that has never been seen before.
The documentary is framed around a two hour conversation I had with Dane - just the two of us sitting in a coffee shop, looking through the hours of footage we had shot, and talking about what he was seeing. Being on camera with Dane, asking him questions that probed his very personal tragedies, was one of the most intense experiences I have had.
Dear Friends and Family,
Today is a big day for me - Dane Cook's ISolated INcident CD and 30 "Premeditated Acts" DVD has finally been released. It debuted at #4 on the iTunes Pop Charts! To quote the Grateful Dead, "What a long strange trip it's been!"
In addition to producing the audio for the CD (my third Dane Cook CD production), Dane entrusted me with directing and producing the DVD documentary that is being released with the CD. This hour long documentary chronicles the evolution of the set that became the CD and "ISolated INcident TV Special."
For the documentary, I shadowed Dane as he performed night after night at the Laugh Factory, often to crowds as few as 20 people. I watched him as he fearlessly mined his own personal tragedies, such as the suicide of a friend, the death of his parents, and the myriad of detractors and haters, for all the comedy he could find within these terrible circumstance. The result was a set filled with tears of laughter and sadness, all within a space of a few minutes. It's a Dane Cook that has never been seen before.
The documentary is framed around a two hour conversation I had with Dane - just the two of us sitting in a coffee shop, looking through the hours of footage we had shot, and talking about what he was seeing. Being on camera with Dane, asking him questions that probed his very personal tragedies, was one of the most intense experiences I have had.
You can preview/purchase the ISolated
INcident CD and 30 "Premeditated Acts" DVD on iTunes here:
