The Prison Band Music Video!

One of the scenes in the movie takes place in the prison yard, and one of the things that Ryan really wanted in the movie was a prison band. Why? Because we saw the movie Penitentiary (It was released in 1979 and I highly recommend watching it!) and that is one of the many things in that movie that made it extra awesome.

So anyway, Ryan made sure to film three of the prisoners getting all funky, and this video is the result. Please note that this is in NO WAY the final cut. He just put this together real quick and dirty for fun. The song in the background is called "Hamburger Pimp" and is an homage to the character Hamburger Pimp in the movie Dolemite (Another MUST SEE movie, made in 1975).

And so, without further ado, here's the Dick in the Dirt prison band:


Yes, there are a lot of ass shots. That's because Ryan got all caught up in filming his favorite female body part!

Oh, and here's another still from the movie. This is where I do double duty and also play a pregnant chola prisoner.

Stills From Sunday's Shoot

Sunday's movie shoot went very well. Ryan had a great time directing, and I hope all the actors and actresses had fun, despite the freezing temperatures. Here's a few stills from yesterday, and hopefully Ryan will have a little video to share soon!

Weasel telling The Girl what's what when it comes to prison life.

The new prisoners being unloaded at Rospo County Women's Corrcctions

The Girl checking out the prison yard.

The Rospo County Women's Corrections sign. Yes, it's supposed to look like that. It's a cheap-ass fly under the radar prison!

Canine and Rags discussing what to do with the new fresh meat (The Girl).

I also took quite a few pictures at the shoot, so if anyone's interested they can check out the photo set at Flickr.

New! Rough Demos of Character Themes

Ryan and Doug have been very busy! Tonight they 'sketched' out some rough ideas on more music for various scenes and characters in the movie. Keep in mind that when they finally record the final product, there'll be more instruments, different arrangements in some case, and higher quality. These are just first drafts of songs that the other musicians will test out and add to them their own contributions.

First up we have the Bad-Ass Girl Theme. This will play when we see The Girl for the first time in the prison yard.

Next we have Canine's Theme. When we first see Canine, the prison bully walking through the yard to rough up her bitch, we'll be treated to a nice slo-mo of her walking tough and this music.

This is The Warden's Theme. When The Warden walks in and tells the new prisoners what's what, this will be in the background.

Ryan's calling this one Hamburger Pimp in homage to the character in the movie "Dolomite". When we see the prison band in the rec yard, this is the music that they're supposed to be playing.

When The Girl gets shown to her cell, In the Joint will play.

When Lars Thundergänk gets it on with The Warden to gain access to his woman, we'll be treated to their Love Theme.

I'm not sure what he'll do with Negro Chica. He might use it when The Girl fights Canine in the shower scene. And just so everyone doesn't freak out, Ryan realizes that the correct Spanish would be Chica Negra.

And last but not least, we have Weasel's Death Theme.

Mystery Lady: "Brown Sugar Tasty"

There's a two week hiatus between filming right now, so Ryan and Doug are busy putting together a soundtrack worthy of the genius that is "Dick in the Dirt". Ryan's pulling all his musician contacts to help him record the soundtrack, and last night he and Doug put together a quick test recording of The Girl's theme song "Mystery Lady". He's sending this out to people so they know roughly what the song will sound like so they can figure out how they want to add to it. I believe the final version will feature some fantastic smooth vocals from Amanda (the lead singer in the band that Ryan is practicing with right now AND a former Season Six Idol contestant)and some jazz flute to up the cheese factor considerably.

Anyway, here's the link to "Mystery Lady". Notice the song contains such gems as "Infinity is in your stare" and "The other side of the wind is never far away" written by Ryan himself. I just want to add that as he was grooving to his own song last night, he was proudly saying things like "This is the worst, which makes it the best!" and "It takes talent to write shit like this!"