Tomás Ford, disco prodigy and music maven, models a limited-edition TeeFury incarnation of The Wrong Unicorn t-shirt*.

* This tee is no longer sold on Teefury, but you can still get it at redbubble!

I am walking around in a daze. Obviously not while I’m typing this. But I will be.

TeeFury only sells one unique tee a day. That’s right, just one. And it’s usually pretty awesome. Don’t let me hear you complaining about having too much choice ever again.

They’re unique! They’re cheap! And … ooh, they’re screen-printed.

Keep an eye on TeeFury, you might see someone you know there soon!

(And by “soon”, I mean “this Saturday the 19th of June”. And by “someone”, I mean “me”.)

Please note that TeeFury runs on California time, which is 15 hours behind Perth.

T-shirt hint: do you like unicorns?

We shared a table with Alan Payne from the WA branch of the Australian Writers’ Guild. He appears at the best gigs in town, our Alan. Annie Murtagh-Monks from PAC was at the next table. I found David Downie and his lovely lady, Jen, at the bar after the show, and spotted Russell Woolf holding court about five feet away.

Tim Ferguson was the host of the evening, and interviewed comedians Michael Connell, Sam Longley, and Felicity Ward about what made them tick and which dark places their comedy sprang from. Michael Connell and pine cones are now forever intertwined in my brain. Felicity Ward is nimble and lovely. “Sssh!” she said to the hecklers sitting behind us. “It’s not the DVD, you know!” Sam Longley is very, very tall, and a bastion of the Perth comedy scene. I attended a writing workshop with him once. He is rather nice. And tall.

On a side note, I’d like to point out that surreal moments seem to dog the rare nights that I go out to Northbridge.

At the table behind us were three, extremely drunk girls who kept repeating what Felicity Ward was saying. At one point, Ward said, “As you know, comedians have their dark moments,” and one of the girls whimpered, “I have dark moments,” and then started crying into her chardonnay. I peered at her and she had intoxicated zombie eyes. I could have asked her and her friends to help a Nigerian prince save his family treasure and they would have handed me their ATM cards in two seconds. Ah, Perth colour.

There are plenty of fantastic acts left to enjoy at the Wild West Comedy Festival. Check what’s on at http://www.wildwestcomedy.com.au.

Russell Woolf from ABC 720′s Drive program presided as MC over this year’s WA Screen Awards, held at the Perth Concert Hall on Saturday the 6th of March.

I attended the WASAs with Tanya Beeson from Junglecat Films, who was there to represent the team of My Extraordinary Little Sister, an animated short film created as part of the Nick Shorts initiative, a joint production partnership between Nickelodeon Australia, ScreenWest and the Film & Television Institute WA Inc.

We held our breaths as the nominations for Best Short Animation were read out. And the winner was …

… not us, but the next best thing, our very good friends, animators Jesse Emmerson and Gaetan Raspanti. Congratulations to Jesse, Gaetan, and their producer, Bridget Curran, for Hairoes!

Drowning our sorrows (not really) after all the awards had been handed out.

Friends and graduates of FTI’s Diploma of Screen & Media – Digital Production course: Stephen Phillips, Aaron Dowson, and Seb Baltyn.

Image used with permission (thanks, Kate!)

Not many people can say they turned Benicio Del Toro into a werewolf on a daily basis. Recently Alan Murphy worked on The Wolfman (now showing in cinemas), a horror movie set in Victorian England, directed by Joe Johnston and starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, and Emily Blunt.

Come and hear Alan talk about his experiences on The Wolfman, including how he constructed the Wolfman suit, facts about the makeup work and gore effects, what it was like to work in Victorian England every day, and the arduous process of transforming a man into a werewolf.

Alan Murphy has had an incredible career in animatronics, costuming, and puppetry. He has created accessories for Freddie Mercury and Dame Edna Everage, constructed costumes for Red Dwarf and props for Dr Who, and brought creatures and legends to life in movies like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Fifth Element, Braveheart, Babe, Withnail and I, and The Last Emperor.

WHEN: 7pm to 8.45pm, Thursday 4 March 2010

WHERE: eCentral East Perth Campus (Presentation Room, B201.1), 140 Royal St, East Perth (walking distance from Claisebrook train station)

FEE: Free for current WAnimate members, $5 for non-members.
Please bring exact cash payment as change will be limited.

HOW TO ATTEND: Please register your attendance by emailing wanimateATgmailDOTcom (Unregistered guests are also welcome. However, as space is limited, preference will be given to registered attendees.)

Non-members can join WAnimate (the Western Australian Animation Association) on the night, the annual membership fee is $30. You can also join WAnimate beforehand by e-mailing wanimateATgmailDOTcom and requesting a membership form.

The web series that I’m helping to produce is looking for animators. Check out the ad here: http://gatestreethigh.blogspot.com/2010/01/animators-wanted.()html

Update: Schoolies changed its name to Gate Street High in April 2010.