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Hey people.
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted here, and now I need your help!
I have a friend who loves Danny Elfman and everything he’s done. From Boingo to Nightmare, this guy is an Elfman fanatic. And I don’t know what to get him for Christmas! Any ideas? Anything clever, new, and creative? I’m interested. Please respond; I know you people are clever.
(It doesn’t necessarily have to be bought, for example, a drawing or a sketch, some kind of memento that I could write a message on, something hand made, etc.)
Thanks for the help!
-S
maybe a custom printed t-shirt with a picture of Danny on one side, and a quote on the other. How good are you at crafts? You could do a custom Boingo cd case with Boingo skulls and lyric blurbs and pics of the band all over it. That way the case will coordinate with the music inside…I should make these for myself.
It’s not exactly clever or creative, but I know what I’d like to get:
The “Big Fish” soundtrack! (coming out at 12/23)I thought Danny was jewish.
(I am, of course, just being playful)
I’m broke this year–so here’s what I’ve been doing. I got some old frames sitting around, and I up and cut some cardboard slabs to fit into the frames. Then, I got some acryllic paint, and painted various things onto each cardboard piece to fit with whatever person I was giving it to. (In your case, a Boingo logo or something would work nice). Afterwards you pretty much just glue the cardboard into place.
It’s very cheap and looks somewhat snazzy–and you don’t even need glass or backing or anything. You can find cardboard just about anywhere for free (and if you want to go a bit fancy, you can buy some matte board instead), acryllic paint is about a buck a bottle, and covers the cardboard rather nicely. And if you buy the frames without anything else you can usually get a pretty good deal. Hopefully, you’ve got paintbrushes and such–but you can usually snag some of those for a couple of bucks, if you don’t use the pricey ones.
(If you’ve never worked with acryllic before, you’ve gotta apply about three coats, alternating brush strokes with each layer, and letting each layer dry inbetween–otherwise you’ll get a streaky mess. Also, it’s water-based so you can water it down a bit if it’s too thick–and it dries rather quickly, so you don’t have to wait forever between layers. Oh, and wear old clothes and such–because once it gets on cloth, it ain’t coming out).
I’m broke enough this year that I’m making everybody cookies. You could try that, and write a message in frosting or something dumb like that.
Burt
If you have the $$$$. Perhaps commissioning a life-size bronze bust of our favorite composer would make a most spectacular gift. In fact, I know the perfect sculptor who could produce the most amazing likeness of Mr. Elfman. me!
mr.EI’m making everybody compilation CDs – 18 of their favorite songs (or however many fit on an 80 min. CD), or songs that remind me of them, etc. Kind of cheesy and boring, but hey, I’m broke (common theme on this board, ain’t it?) and unimaginative. I wrote stories for most everybody last year, had them professionally bound. Like I said, not the most original but you might try that…
…or better yet, combine my idea with Burt’s – title the book or CD in frosting!
-E
Luckily I have money this year, but last year I painted portraits of family pets, and the year before that I produced a documentary on my grandparents growing up during WWII (complete with archival pictures of them and everything). It was bittersweet because my grandmother passed away just 2 months latter (I will never forget my families’ reaction).
I once had a notion of putting together a documentary on Danny Elfman, using clips from the DVD interviews and commentaries. Maybe, if you got the equipment, you could do that, or perhaps put together a music video using Danny Elfman cues and home movies. I know it might be too large a project (as well as sounding a little stupid), but I’m just tossing it out.
Nat
Nat – hey, your documentary on your grandparents sounds like a wonderful idea! My older cousins actually transferred an “heirloom” tape to CD and gave every family member a copy for Christmas last year. The original tape was where my grandfather reluctantly related his experiences on D-Day in WWII. It was also bittersweet in a sense, as many of my cousins and I were never able to meet our grandfather.
Elfmanfan – Onto the subject of Elfman…possibly making a compilation CD of all the “Elfman bests” (if there is such a thing)? Not to sound overly sappy, but as long as there’s effort put in, I don’t think it matters what the present actually is. Call me cliched, but I’m a firm believer in the idea that “it’s the thought that counts…” especially around the holidays with mostly everyone I know being quite strapped for cash!
Good luck!
-E
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