IT'S A ROY THING

"I Surrender" Behind The Scenes

2011-06-26T17:02:00.000-07:00

5 dolla holla!

Last weekend I co-produced a music video for a wonderful artist from NYC, Gabrielle Taryn. While on set, I shot a bunch of behind-the-scenes footage and put together a little teaser for the video. You can watch it on Gabrielle's YouTube channel at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wlpsjfNsp4

I will probably be posting exclusively on YouTube from now on, because blogspot can't handle much in the way of video files. So, for future "It's A Roy Thing" adventures, please turn your attention to my official You Tube page (link below)!

www.youtube.com/itsaroything

Bye for now!

Episode 12

2011-04-19T22:22:00.000-07:00

The Year of High Adventure official Scavenger Hunt video is now available for viewing at the "It's A Roy Thing" youtube channel!

Go here and watch it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysdImuyVvKM

You won't be disappointed. I mean, I was kinda disappointed that the file was too big for blogspot to handle, but whatever. YouTube's got my back.

Episode 11

2011-02-21T20:34:00.000-08:00

This is probably the best episode yet, so get excited! It's a recap of Bonnie Dune's (aka Cory Monteith from Glee's band) first live show EVER at The Roxy in LA. With Cory Monteith, Chord Overstreet, Kevin McHale, and VERY special guest Simon Curtis.

Music by Simon Curtis and Bonnie Dune.
Also available for viewing at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeWAAYKZBZs

Episode 10

2011-02-21T16:40:00.000-08:00

New Year's Eve 2010: On The Moon!

And an additional gem, sent to me by my penguin-enthusiast cousin, Erick. Thanks cuzski!

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Music by Queen.
It's A Roy Thing now has a YouTube channel! Watch this one here: http://www.youtube.com/user/itsaroything#p/a/u/1/LDT9Ub7ZvPA

Episode 9

2011-01-23T13:30:00.000-08:00

Summer 2010! Sorry this took so long.

Music by Lykke Li...and Alec Foley.

Time After Time

2010-12-05T22:22:00.000-08:00

Rebecca Lear's interpretive dance to "Time After Time" at the Coldwater Canyon 80's party (inspired by Romy and Michelle).

Code Red Music Video Reel

2010-10-20T22:11:00.000-07:00

Throwback alert! Thought I'd post this gem to remind you of the good times. Here's a reel I made for Code Red Productions, my former (and currently non-functioning) college production company. One day it will live again! ...maybe.

Music by Joey Boulanger

Sleeping Lessons

2010-10-10T10:38:00.000-07:00

One day, this happened. Just because we felt like doing it.

"Sleeping Lessons" by The Shins.

Mikey, This One's For You

2010-09-21T19:07:00.001-07:00

I'm the worst at posting vids lately. I don't even have a good excuse, I've just been busy and too unmotivated during my down time to put together something awesome. Rest assured, I have a lot of excellent footage of all you wonderful people, and eventually, it will all come together. For now here's a video of Mikey being trashed. It's from like...2 or 3 months ago. I'm awful.

Funeral Kings

2010-08-13T20:12:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't been posting, I've been working on an independent feature film in Rhode Island called "Funeral Kings." I'll be here until the end of August, so until then here's some behind the scenes footage of one of our directors (Kevin McManus) and one of our lead actors (Dylan Hartigan) being ridiculous in a church:

Episode 8

2010-07-13T15:18:00.001-07:00

Road trip to NH with mom and dad. Greystone Mansion (A.K.A. Chilton). Beach Bonfire. Backwards. Because I can.

Music by The Strokes.

Episode 7

2010-06-22T11:09:00.000-07:00

Code Red reunion - Brian Karp = this episode.

Music by Matt & Kim.

BONUS FOOTAGE!

2010-06-16T11:41:00.000-07:00

Sonya and I wrote and recorded a song titled "Code Red is Dead," and when we tried to shoot the music video this is what happened. We never finished the video.

Music by The Floppy Bones.

Episode 6

2010-06-03T14:50:00.000-07:00

Mary's Birthday!

...it might be best to keep Paul O'Neill from watching this until AFTER the season finale of Glee. Just saying.

Episode 5

2010-05-26T21:47:00.000-07:00

Ways to recognize a Tour Guide George:

1) They usually wear a tie and become hostile if you try to touch it
2) They are skilled at creating false, elaborate stories on the spot
3) They will always introduce themselves as such: "Hi, I'm George Hrico."

Music by Neutral Milk Hotel.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARY COSTA!

Episode 4

2010-05-01T23:39:00.000-07:00

Miscellaneous adventures from the past month or so.

Music by Band of Horses.

Episode 3

2010-04-20T01:29:00.000-07:00

Meet my roommate Ellen, who took me to the 2010 GLAAD Awards:

Music by Jens Lekman.
And Happy Birthday to my mom!

To find out more about the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, visit their website at www.GLAAD.org

Episodes 1 and 1.2

2010-04-10T19:34:00.000-07:00

I went home (to NH) for a week and a half. We danced a lot, as evidenced by these 2 videos.

EPISODE 1: Easter and North Garden

EPISODE 1.2: My Dad's 50th birthday

Intro

2010-04-06T17:09:00.000-07:00

You're checking this out because you know me (or you don't). We've met (or we haven't). You were dazzled (You were definitely dazzled regardless of whether we actually met), and now you want to know what I'm doing on a weekly-ish basis. Honestly I don't blame you. I find myself very interesting too.

It is a (not so) secret ambition of mine to one day star in my own reality television show. I like to think of "It's A Roy Thing" as the predecessor to that dream.

I also recently moved to Los Angeles from New Hampshire (one of those tiny New England states), and a lot of my friends and family are still back east. I wanted a place where they could see what I waste my time with so they stop asking "What on earth are you doing over there?" For some reason they're never satisfied with my answer of "kicking ass and taking names."

Every post after this will contain a video of something I have deemed important and entertaining. I'll never type this much again, I promise. To kick things off, I present you with this video of my brother Leo, his girlfriend Amanda, and my friend Marie visiting me in L.A. WATCH!

Music by Passion Pit.

Seahorses foreva,
Megan