So there’s this movie called The Rock’n'Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher. It’s about this guy, Duncan Christopher, who moves from Collinsville to Tulsa to pursue his dreams of becoming a musician. This movie has been running around the film festival circuit winning all kinds of awards.

WINNER
Best Okie Feature Film
deadCENTER Film Festival in OKC, OK

WINNER
Best Feature Film
Tulsa United Film Festival

WINNER
Audience Award
Tulsa United Film Festival

WINNER
Best Indie Feature Film
Edmonton International Film Festival

WINNER
Rising Star Award (Jack Roberts)
Edmonton International Film Festival

WINNER
Best Narrative Feature
Offshoot Film Festival in Fayetteville, AR

WINNER
Audience Award
Offshoot Film Festival in Fayetteville, AR

WINNER
Maverick Award for Marketing
The MethodFest 2010

WINNER

Best of Fest

Best Soundtrack

Idyllwild Film Festival 2011

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There are two really awesome things about this movie. The first being that it takes place here in Tulsa. It’s so cool to see your home town on the big screen like that. The second being that this film actually left a negative carbon footprint during filming. I’ve heard of leaving no carbon footprint, but to leave a negative one? That was new to me. They did so by using all existing landmarks and sets. Nothing was built for the movie. Many items were donated such as clothing to make up the wardrobe and bio-diesel fuel for the trailers and trucks. You can read more about it on their website linked above.

I think even if this movie hadn’t been set in Tulsa I would still love it. It features something that is very near and dear to my heart: karaoke. Now I haven’t frequented karaoke bars in a very long time, but I sure did my share of it back in my early 20′s. Two of the most prominent “sets” in the movie were a local bar and a coffeehouse. Karaoke and coffee? Yes please.

This movie had me in tears, both from laughing and from crying. It’s hilarious and fun and you wanna dance in your seat and root for the underdog. It also kind of made me fall in love with Jack Roberts, the guy who plays Duncan Christopher. Jack wrote the movie himself and it’s directed by Justin Monroe who happens to play his father in the movie. You can bet I’ll be keeping an eye on these guys to see what comes next for them.

I suppose you probably want to see a trailer for the movie now huh?

“You’re jogging to get alcohol?”
“It’s a double negative. They cancel each other out.”
“I once talked an entire day in nothing but double negatives.”

I’m so excited to be able to do a Duncan Christopher giveaway here on my blog. I’m not being paid to do this, I want to do this.

I came home from the private screening with three t-shirts. Two of them size L and one XL. I figured I’d use them to spread the word about the movie. And because I’m just so in love with the movie, I’m going to buy one copy of it to give away as well.

1st place winner: A copy of the movie on DVD (once it’s released) and whichever shirt you want. (they are black and have the movie title on them)
I’ll pick two additional winners to give the other t-shirts too. And if you’re local, I’ll include some bonus goodies that came in the swag bags. If you’re not local the bonus goodies won’t really do you any good since they are for local businesses.

To enter: leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite song to sing at karaoke. And if you’ve never sang karaoke then just tell me what song you would sing if you were forced to do karaoke.
You can win additional entries by tweeting about this contest or posting it on facebook. Just be sure and come back here and comment again for each additional entry.

This contest will run until 5pm Monday, February 7th. Open to US and Canada residents.

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Updated

Winner of dvd and tshirt: Bud
Winner of tshirt: Cindy
Winner of tshirt: Sizzle

I have a new obsession. It’s Live Event Trivia. They host at various restaurants around town and it’s fun. Really fun. I might be just the teensiest bit competitive. I’m sorry, I cannot help myself. It’s easy when you just can’t stop winning….

Team Name: Kathleen Turner Overdrive (KTO)

My friend Kelly makes a great teammate.

Others who help contribute to the wins are Trey, Dawn, and Malissa. Oh and that husband of mine. Thanks guys for making these nights so fun. And for creating some of the best inside jokes.

• Robert Blake
• Diamond Rio
• Law & Order
• Dark Star

Breakfast with my sister at The Wild Fork. Where we promptly scurried off to Anthropologie to celebrate them finally opening up a store here.

I finally bought a bookcase to replace the cheap Target one I broke while re-doing the craft room. Thom put it together for me since I’m pretty awful at doing that sort of thing.

Thom and I finally made our way to the Hard Rock casino. We aren’t really all that into gambling, but we decided it would be fun to check it out and eat at the Toby Keith restaurant. As much as I don’t care for Mr. Keith’s music, his restaurant delivered some of the best okra and chicken fried steak I’ve ever had.

Then we ventured on over to the Admiral Flea Market to check out the pointy boots.

Can you believe they wanted $300+ for these things? They look so painful.

We also saw some very strange things:

I don’t even know what that thing is. Other than creepy.

Do you remember this? I have fond memories of pushing cars around on one of these.

And now I’m home and ready to curl up to a nice episode of Dexter. I love weekends.