david kalani larkins: Archive

Films, Projects, and Promises.

Oh yeah, uh huhhh…. I have been absent on the web. Oh so absent, but my commitment has been renewed. A new site in 2 weeks, tons of blogs, new and old projects to showcase, a couple short film pieces and a broadcast piece or two. For now this will do, some teasers: Diddy - Coming Home Uncut (Teaser Trailer) No Path To Follow - A Nicaragua Surf Film and Documentary (Early...

May 24th

transformation is near.

a taste of what’s to come. new site. loads of new photo’s. new films. new stories. transformation. M.I.A. - from “XXXO”

Jun 8th

WELCOME TO THE TALE OF DIDDY AND THE LAST DAYS

I do not have a whole lot to reveal about this project as of now. Just that I have had the pleasure to work with some very dynamic people in the last couple of weeks. The result of which is a very raw and intimate look into the process of creation and collaboration in the form of visual artistry. The videos will surface soon. Courtesy of Interscope, BadBoy and BET. My love to Diddy, Dirty...

May 17th

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The 2010 Earthship Pitaya Festival.

I find it very hard to believe that this is only year 2 of this very young and very promising music and community celebration. My bay area based pal Lauren Stocker and I, tired and groggy from a long day of travel were shuttled from Managua airport 2 hours in to San Juan and dropped into the lions den of pre festival celebration time. The tone was set for a 4 day rally of non-stop action....

Apr 21st

The San Juan Howler

An 18k single track off road bike race through grueling dirt roads, river beds, and untouched raw landscape. Only the toughest survive. Am i man enough to race it? Nope! I am however man enough to film it. And that I did. While the real men gutted it out in scorching nica heat, I followed on my off road quad, which I must say was almost as equally exhausting. The race brought in some of Central...

Apr 18th

Jimmy Tupper Vs. SXSW

South By Southwest Film, Music, and Interactive Festival, Austin TX. This was much cooler than I had anticipated. From past Austin visits I knew that it would be a fun week. Add in my best of friends, film premiers, actor/director panels, endless parties and receptions, all nighters, tech geek madness, and all the good music you can muster….. exhaustingly killer fun! We were there...

Mar 23rd

A View From The Road

My last update? 9 MONTHS AGO. I should be ashamed. I should be banned. I should just shut this page down? Or should I?? For a minute or two I scared myself into thinking I needed to back track and post all the fun and work the last year has handed over. Then I remembered the days when all we had was a memory.. a story, no blogs, no archives, just the memory that was it. So no backtracking. Well...

Mar 1st

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The Mother Of Invention - Trailer

Here it is, the OFFICIAL trailer for the film “The Mother of Invention”. Co Producer and Cinematography: David Kalani Larkins Directed By: Joseph Petrick and Andrew Bowser Starring Andrew Bowser, Jimmi Simpson, Kevin Corrigan, Dee Wallace and more!

Jun 5th

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CENTRAL AMERICA GARBAGE DUMP TOUR - DAY 1

in search of TRASH.HEAP.TREASURES “He lifts the poor and needy from the dust, the dung hill, the garbage dump, from the grave, and sets them among princes - even His own princes.” so it goes like this: guatemala -> honduras -> nicaragua -> costa rica words are hard to use here in giving a complete picture of the magnitude of feelings. i will use words, but more...

May 21st

“set me like a seal upon my heart, love is as strong as death”

May 15th

LONDONS CALLING

8 days in london was a success. The Mother of Invention had it’s UK premier, which seemed as good a time as any to scratch the UK off of the list of “places to go”. previous to the visit London was never very high on that list. now that my eyes have seen, i am a believer. my expectations were exceeded and the chances of a future relationship with the city in the near future is highly probable. ...

May 4th

THE UNDERGROUND

It seems a small organization called MTV has taken a liking to some past collaborative work of Andrew Bowser, Joseph Petrick, and myself. A series of phone calls, mixed with a series of meetings, resulted in an offer to develop a comedic TV show for the network. Joseph and Andrew went to work writing a clever series titled The Underground. We recently completed a presentation pilot for the network...

Apr 24th

FORGIVE DURDEN

This post is a bit dated, but I was just sent these great photo’s and video fromThe Bamboozle Left festival in Irvine, CA at the verizon amphitheatre. The fest was great. We played an hour long set of the Razia’s Shadow musical from start to finish. The 2 day fest included the likes of 50 Cent, Taking Back Sunday, The Used, Thrice, Fallout Boy and more. Pretty amazing to play in the company of...

Apr 19th

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to be happy now

one of the first artists i ever had the pleasure of being part of a music video with was Copeland(pin your wings), that was some time ago. I shot this video with friend and director Joseph Petrick for a song on their new album out on Tooth and Nail Records. we shot this on pretty much $0.00 budget. Copeland shot one video for each song on their new album. This was one of them. In total our...

Apr 18th

Here it is. A very preliminary extended trailer for the early titled “Eyes of a Beggar” documentary I shot last year in India.The film documents the lives of beggars covering such topics such as Child Labor, Beggar Mafia’s, Forced Beggary, and Political Corruption. Set for release in 2010/2011. enjoy!

Apr 1st

five days in san juan del sur

im pretty sure that this is the shortest period of time that i have ever spent in nicaragua. mission: to throw the first annual earthship pitaya music festival. mission accomplished and much more! the vision for the earthship pitaya festival is to connect the local population with visiting tourists through art and music. the festival is a platform to feature local artists and inspire the...

Feb 15th

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“the salvation of man is through love and in love”

Jan 21st

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THE COLOR FRED

So my good friend Fred Mascherino of The Color Fred has a new acoustic EP album hitting stores this april. We thought it would be fun to shoot a video for each song on the EP in a more stylized fashion, and LIVE of course! We shot on a cold day in Washington D.C., you can find all five videos on my youtube page, wherever that may be. These are 2 of those videos. The Intervention was a myspace...

Nov 7th

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Making the Video - The Hush Sound "Medicine Man"

this is the new video for my good friends The Hush Sound. Andrew Bowser and I shot this. he directed and edited while I was cinematographer and producer. we were happy to work with the band a second time on a video. my only video commentary is this…. THE MEDICINE MAN LOOKED A LOT SCARIER IN HIS HEADSHOT! ...

Oct 25th

GOING ON TOUR!

6 weeks of playing Razia’s Shadow.

Oct 17th

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razia's shadow

i spent a lovely day in seattle taking some promo photo’s of Thomas Dutton, the singer of my new band Forgive Durden. we wanted these to have a different look than the usual “band guy” photograph and went for more of the GQ guy look. on a plus side i got to shoot in what has become my 2nd home in seattle, which is a fabulous water front home full of love! click on images to...

Oct 7th

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PHOTOSHOOTIN

photo’s from my shoot with This Providence are starting to show up here and there. below are some of the shots. it’s funny that the label chose to use my least favorite shot of the day and turned it into the print ad that has been showing up all over the place. not surprised. click on any image to check out the entire session. DO IT,enjoy!!

Oct 1st

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Sep 15th

Watch

Here is the trailer for our recently wrapped “The Mother of Invention” feature film. Watch and Enjoy!! imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1274589/

Aug 17th

sleep well my dear...

it’s 4am, somehow through a series of post editing, online links I’ve ended up on half.com. my fav place to load up on books to add to the reading waiting list. if you’ve never tried that site I suggest it. used books for barely nothing. anyways, i just suckered myself into buying 6 books. 4 of which i found nice pretty pictures of. the other 2 rather obscure and so old there...

Aug 8th

This is Providence!

I spent the day hanging with some rad dudes. Im currently in Seattle and had the pleasure of photographing promo’s for Fueled By Ramen/Atlantic Records band “This Providence”.good times were had. we bonded like boys do. we golfed. we sailed. we made art. and art is hard. at least that’s what i heard in a song once… To say Seattle has treated me well would be an...

Aug 5th

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oh how i love me some annie clark. she performs under the moniker “St. Vincent”. im not sure if this video is new or not, but this is the first time im seeing it. i didn’t shoot this video. just a fan. a creepy creepy fan. =D

Aug 3rd

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pura vida!

12:06am. Eco House Rainforest Terrace. Howler Monkey’s singing. Im Blogging. this term “pura vida”. it has many a translation. contextually, it means “Full of Life” “Purified life”, “This is living!”, “Going great!” etc… some view it as an expression of a leisurely lifestyle or to express a philosophy of strong community,...

Jul 20th

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3 more days to Nicaragua #4

Im headed back to Nicaragua in 3 days with Mr. Clint Stelfox. This time around it is more of a pleasure trip rather than for the kids. A few days on the crystal clear pacific coast should clear one’s mind. In celebration Iv’e posted some old photo’s and a video from last December/Jan. ...

Jul 14th

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Christmas and New Years ‘07-08. Hanging at Casa Betesda Orphanage in Nicaragua. 3 more days till i go back =D

Jul 14th

Jul 10th

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that's a wrap!

We officially wrapped “The Mother of Invention” yesterday. I will keep updates with trailers, promo’s etc. Below is a bit of the fun we were able during this wonderfully pleasant month of hard work! :frolicking through san diego: a mojave desert jetski ride! :mark boone jr. and...

Jul 3rd

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“…the one who has love, courage, and wisdom moves the world””

Jul 1st

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TOP GUN

my life came full circle today when Michael, Joe, Andrew and I found the bar in San Diego where the “Sleezy Bar Scene” was filmed. Oh the 80’s. Oh TC, we still love you!

Jun 28th

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"The Mother of Invention" starts...now!

MOTHER OF INVENTION FILM PROMO POSTER. by yours truly David Kalani ...

Jun 14th

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Watch

Yesterday I said goodbye to these ladies, which reminded that I had these videos to post. Well here they are. 2 in-store performances of Meg and Dia that we shot while on the Angels & Airwaves tour. Check it!

Jun 12th

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Videos that Joe and I shot while on the last 4 days of the Angels & Airwaves tour. This was an In-Store performance that our lovely ffriends Meg And Dia did in the Macbeth store. enjoy!

Jun 12th

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“another world is possible… she is on her way… i can hear her...”

May 28th

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May 27th

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15 days and a mixed bag of feelings.

india is getting to me. getting to me in the best and worst ways. i’m recovering from what was the worst sickness my sturdy body has ever known. with travel to a plethora of 3rd world countries (and 2nd, respectively) , never ever has my body yearned for good health. the doctors here tell me that if i were in the states i would have been hospitalized for severe hydration. still i go on...

May 26th

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RAW SAMPLE CLIPS FROM THE FIRST DAY OF FILMING. THE COLORS HERE LOOK BEAUTIFUL ON FILM

May 17th

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“never have i seen so many people in one place as in this country! it’s...”

May 16th

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3 days into India.

love it. love it. im 3 days into my journey through india. im filming and directing the still yet to be titled documentary of the lives, culture, and relationships of maimed beggars, and their beggar masters. arrived to smiles and flowers. the people look at me like im a celebrity. i always considered myself a “brownie” but here im just another “white-skin”. my crew is...

May 16th

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FLY fly flyyy international!

“Ill take the red wine w/chicken please, sure coffee and desert would be just fine”. International flights are generally long, tiring, uncomfortable maybe? At least those are the grievances that I normally hear pass from others lips. On the other hand there is me whom happens to Love international flights. At this point I have easily boarded the passageway of over 100 flights, so inherently the...

May 11th

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May 10th