byGirlsRockMovie Posted on Thu May 08, 2008 at 02:36:19 PM EST
We got this great message through My Space I want to reprint here, because it helps explain why Shane and I were able to make this movie and why this isn't just about girls:
I saw this film last night at The Belcourt. Great job. It reminded me of how I got into playing guitar at age 12 after banging on stuff since I was 4. Even though this is geared towards girls and a lot of them tend to deal with self esteem etc, it was the same story (you are kind of telling a universal story that most guys can relate to) for me and most of the male musicians I played with in Junior High School and High School, kind of outcasts, broken homes, maybe parents doing drugs, in my case, parents died when I was 6, lived with my Aunt and uncle didn't fit in. I still play guitar and it has been as important as anything else in my life.
The story is the same for guys, outcasts, too short, I was tall so that wasn't an issue, but even though I love sports I sucked but when I played guitar, girls started hanging around. Music is a way of building self esteem on your own terms. As musicians, we are all trying to be the best at being ourselves.
MTV is killing the guy musicians too, you are getting half assed musicians that look great on film, it's been going on for years, but the indie scene is alive and it should be what you are teaching the girls, "three chords and the truth", which is what they say country is, but, now they are going through their boy band phase. Too glossy, unreal.
Reflex Neurovascular Dystrophy (RND): a living nightmare
byjustgottasing Posted on Mon May 05, 2008 at 05:33:13 AM EST
(Editor's Note: This is Marissa, from the movie. If you've seen it, she talks about this disease some)
I just thought I'd spread the word about it: I have a pain syndrome called Reflex Neurovascular Dystrophy, or RND for short. Many people who get it have it mainly in one part of their body; a hand, a foot, but I am a rare case: I have total body RND.
And when they say "total body" they MEAN total body.
I was diagnosed at the age of twelve-I'm seventeen now- after having many doctors look at me and say, "It's all in your head" or something along the lines of, "There's something terribly wrong with you... I have no idea what it is though. Go see this doctor and maybe they'll figure it out." I waited until I could finally get into Children's Hospital to see the adolescent medicine clinic, where they finally said, "You have RND" and went on to explain it.
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