Hey folks, Harry here... I've now been up for 32 and a half hours straight with no sleep and am just now getting ready to turn in. The event went off great - Fantastic and amazing. Our guests this year included Craig Brewer (director of HUSTLE & FLOW and BLACK SNAKE MOAN), Bill Condon (director of GODS & MONSTERS, KINSEY and DREAMGIRLS), Seth Rogan (brilliant comedian/actor of KNOCKED UP, FANBOYS, 40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN), Ernie Cline/Matthew Perniciaro/Kyle Newman (writer/producer/director of FANBOYS), Zack Snyder (DAWN OF THE DEAD remake, 300 and the upcoming WATCHMAN film) -- then on dvd with special intros to the audience was Sylvester Stallone and Joe Carnahan. Check out Matt Dentler's IndieWire Blog for a more detailed account of the line-up, though not complete.

If you attended BNAT and would like to send in your comments on the fest - drop an email to Harry at AintitCool.Com - and that'll make sure that Quint, Moriarty, Merrick and I will get it so we can post it up. We saw 7 great early peeks at films - most of which are coming in 2007! So stay tuned for more.

An Additional note - not all the Geek Bags had the same stuff. And not all the postertubes had all the same stuff. I love the 5-25-77 one sheets I got and can't wait to see the film.

Thank you thank you thank you, Harry!!! You *completely* out-did
yourself with this year's installment of BNAT. I just got home,
and operating on basically zero sleep in the last 30 hours (except
for about 10 minutes here & there)

This was an extra-special BNAT for me in many ways. First, it was
my first BNAT as an official listed attendee. I made it into #6
through the standby line, but being on the list meant I could
relax and get to know some of the other Attendees better. Second,
everything seemed to line up perfectly for this one. Work schedule,
gift-wrapping, traffic, everything just seemed to fall in place.
I was even offerred a trade in seats with someone so I got to sit
on the couch in the back (which I'd been secretly hoping for). The
lineup was great and well-paced. I got to spend breaks with my
friends and made a few new ones (which involves a LOT of effort,
because I'm so terribly shy).

Everything was working out SO perfectly, nothing could go wrong...
until actually after the show. I had just met Laura Harris (aka
Daisy Adair from "Dead Like Me"), which just happens to be about my
favorite show no longer on TV (seriously, I go around looking at
people to evaluate whether they might be reapers), and who I hope
to have a chance to chat with at some future point. The encounter
was exceedingly brief, amounting to a "Hey, aren't you Daisy Adair?"
"Yes, I am." "I just LOVE that show!" "Thanks!" My first real-life
encounter with a not-really reaper. Anyway, I say goodbye to
everyone, get in my car, and check my voicemail, at which point I
find out that a gentleman who I've worked with for five years was
in a motorcycle accident and joined the ranks of the un-living on
Friday night. We weren't exceedingly close, but we'd worked together
for a long time, and after 30 hours of no sleep and in excess of
two actual gallons of Diet Coke consumed, it's needless to say I'm
a little fucked-up over this. Sleep will help, but in the meantime,
I've got a motherload of goodies to take my mind off things. Here,
for the curious (and the envious) is my complete inventory of swag.
(BNAT line-up and reviews to follow separately)
OctoBNAT Swag (Complete Listing)

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DVDs:

1) Captain Blasto
2) Ted Leo / Pharmacists Dirty Old Town
3) Drop Box
4) The Films of Matthew R. Day
5) Drive Well, Sleep Carefully, on the road with Death Cab For Cutie
6) Poultrygeist Eggs-clusive Preview DVD (I'm *SO* excited about this one)
7) The Web's Best Lightsaber Videos

CDs:

1) The Colour, "Devil's Got a Holda Me"
2) "A Name For Evil" original soundtrack recording
3) Caroline Distribution presents catalog VS catalog round 2 mixed by Caps and Jones
4) Astralwerks Fallwerks 2006
5) Alex Keller, "The Four Hundred Boys"
6) Attila & The Huns, Octobuttnumb-a-thon compilation

Books:

1) Psy*Comm
2) Random Encounter Volume 1
3) Chasing the Dead by Joe Schreiber
4) The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril by Paul Malmont
5) Viper Comics Presents "A Dummy's Guide to Danger" (Murder! Intrigue! Ventriloquist Puppets!
6) "Smokin' Aces"
7) You'll Have That, Vol 1, a comic strip by Wes Molebash
8) Graphic Illusions: Studios presents "the Rift" Vol 1 & 2
9) Dreamgirls photo album
10) And of course the BNAT8 Yearbook

Toys/Misc

1) Transformers Decepticon Starscream
2) Shrek the Third ogre ears
3) Tiny Fez
4) The Hollywood! Card Game
5) Abita Light Beer neoprene koozie
6) Turistas turkey-baster-shot-dispenser
7) Smokey The Bear pin

Small Posters

1) "Devil in the Flesh"
2) "Almost Human"
3) "Dark Waters"
4) Leif Jonker's "Darkness the Vampire Version" (Autographed)
5) "Happy Feet"
6) "Bug"
7) "Dreamgirls" (3 versions)
Deena Jones & The Dreams The Farewell Tour
James Thunder Early
8) "Ironman"

Large Posters

1) "The Transformers"
2) OctoBNAT Official Poster (by Cartuna?) (AMAZINGLY Beautiful!)
3) "Dreamgirls"
4) "Perfume"
5) "Zodiac"
6) AICN 10th Anniversary Poster (ANOTHER Incredible piece)
7) Shooter

Complete Lineup as presented (Barring any accidental omissions)

1) Chirpy (short)
2) Stunt Rock (trailer)
3) Raw Force (trailer)
4) Teenage Tramp (trailer)
5) The Telephone Book (trailer)
6) Black Snake Moan (Feature)
7) Dreamgirls (Feature)
8) Panama Blue (Trailer)
9) Female Animal (Trailer)
10) Baby Love (Trailer)
11) Girls are for Loving (Trailer)
12) Underage (Trailer)
13) Once Upon a Girl (Feature)
14) Inherit the Wind (Feature)
15) Rocky (Trailer)
16) Rocky II (Trailer)
17) Rocky III (Trailer)
18) Rocky IV (Trailer)
19) Rocky V (Trailer)
20) Introduction & BNAT Greetings from Sylvester Stallone
21) Rocky Balboa (Feature)
22) Fanboys (Extended Trailer)
23) The Mafu Cage (Trailer)
24) The Buttercup Chain (Trailer)
25) Pepe (Trailer)
26) Matango (Trailer)
27) Knocked Up (Feature)
28) Teen Wolf (NOT!)
29) Zwartboek 'Black Book' (Feature)
30) In the Nick of Time (Trailer)
31) The Informer (Feature)
32) Challenge of the Lady Ninja (Trailer)
33) The Legend of Hillbilly John (Trailer)
34) It Came Without Warning (Trailer)
35) Cannibal Girls (Trailer)
36) Curse (Trailer)
37) Raw Force (Feature)
38) Smokin' Aces (Feature)
39) Introduction/BNAT Greeting by Smoking Aces Writer/Director Joe Carnahan
40) 300 (Feature)

-August Gloop