Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The launch of a new blog: Hang a Lantern On It

The wait is over! After a lengthy hiatus, the fellows from Box Office Weekly are at it again, skewering the entertainment world with witty, quirky and thought-provoking insights.

Hang a Lantern On It (http://hangalanternonit.blogspot.com/) is the new site, named after an obscure screenwriter's catchphrase. A sample of the articles already up and available for your edification:

• "Mad Men" and the erosion of your civil rights.

• We have met Godzilla, and he is us.

• "Wizards:" A cherished fantasy classic that really sucks.

• The new 3-D craze: Enough, already.

• Coming Soon: Austin Film Festival 2009!

Hang a Lantern On It is a followup to Box Office Weekly, the popular, oft-syndicated weekly podcast and blogsite on The Podcast Network. The change to the Blogspot publishing site allows the contributors a forum with an amazing amount of content flexibility-- without the requirement of producing what is essentially a half-hour radio show every week. As co-contributor Daniel K. so pointedly wrote, "The ‘cast was just too much for me, and I put in three years, which is plenty for this kind of stuff."

So please check it Hang a Lantern On It, and feel free to comment and subscribe. We'll do our part and keep the quality articles coming!

About the Contributors:

Daniel Krause has a long and unstoried background in showbiz, having authored over ten unproduced screenplays and a number of TV spec scripts. Additionally he was a writer on and performer in SIMUL TREK, a Los Angeles radio show that improvised a new dialog track to currently airing STAR TREK episodes; he bounced around several improv groups in the 90's. He has published online blogs and journals since the mid-1990s: He was the voice of Box Office Weekly and currently podcasts DARK MEAT: MUSIC FOR DEPRESSIVES. He also acts occasionally in plays in the Los Angeles Area.

Skot Christopherson is a Bay-Area post-production and DVD expert-- and a life-long film fan. He has journaled online since 1999 (with the online chronicle of his old truck). A San Francisco State University Film Theory major, his screenwriting efforts have been awarded in four competitions-- Including this year, semi-finaling the in the prestigious Austin Film Festival. He plays bass for No Exit, a Bay Area cover band. He does not have a Facebook account and has never twittered-- due to, as anyone who has met him knows, his painful shyness.