sharky h. towers.com

I'm an artist, photographer and musician living in Malibu & Santa Barbara, California. I have several music projects including "Jaws", a rock project with former and current members of RKL, Lagwagon, Bad Astronaut, Mad Caddies, King City & others. I also have a solo project that I record in my home studio which consists of gear & instruments I've collected in the past couple decades. Sometimes I produce and write songs for other people and friends. I shoot pictures using my Mamiya 6, Nikons D70 & F100 and a variety of esoteric 120 & 35mm film cameras (Agfa, Braun, Holga, Lomo). I also shoot moving pictures on a Canon HV20 and on my collection of 8mm cameras. I'm involved with several Websites/RSS feeds. A few of them are Liberation Media, Jaws Attacks!, Drunken Audible and SharkyTowers.com.

June 17

Southland Tales: The Worst Movie of the Last Decade?

When I heard “Donnie Darko” director Richard Kelly was making a post-apocalyptic film set in LA I thought we were in for good things. Especially when I read he had almost complete creative control. Not only is “Southland Tales” singularly awful, but it is actually so bad it makes his previous effort worse. Donnie Darko was a film that had some gaps of logic that ultimately worked because aesthetically they somehow managed to fit the film as a whole. They seemed intentional and calculated. After viewing the absolute abortion that is “Southland Tales” you can’t help but wonder if this dude just got lucky.

It also makes you wonder if he’ll ever work again.