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Ego Maniac of the Week:
Peter Monro
Peter is a filmlover and filmmaker originally from the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Now in LA a total of 7+ years, Mr. Monro has started his own film production company, Film Habit, Inc. His first feature, Days Together, which he wrote, directed, produced, and edited, is currently being finished in post-production and will be submitted to film festivals the world round!
While you wait for the film, you can see Peter’s web TV series The Bedheads here, and watch the trailer below:
Not only does he possess incredible talent as a film director, but he has also played his first live musical performance with yours truly, Icky’s Ego. It was really out of sheer determination that he accomplished this. Most people would say “Oh, no! I can’t perform in front of an actual live audience!” But Peter grabbed the horns by the bull and did it. It was one of the most satisfying experiences of his life and he will never forget the night that he became a rockstar. He thanks Icky’s Ego for that.
Now, he wants to digress and talk about religion. While Mr. Monro respects religion deeply, he finds himself aligned with Mr. Marx in that he believes religion is the opiate of the masses. He would like to quote a GZA track in saying that “Religion has done nothing but divide.” Damn right!
He remembers the first day he approached his father and asked “Dad, do you believe in God?”
“No,” his father replied, “there’s no proof.”
“Well, I don’t have any proof China exists,” Peter replied.
“Yeah, but that’s different. People come back from China,” his father retorted…
Peter is now an Agnostic and maintains a great deal of pride in his ignorance towards all things metaphysical.
Moving on to Hip-Hop. Mr. Monro also loves Hip-Hop and has been known to freestyle when having smoked enough weed and/or drank enough whiskey.
The great misconception that people have about hip-hop is that it’s all about gangtas, bitches, hoes, killing, shiny rims, ice, and the like. But if you look up some of the deeper, more poetic of Hip-Hop artists (ie Mr. Lif, Mestizo, Qwel, Aesop Rock) you’ll find that some of these “rappers” are true poets of the modern day.
Recommended film viewings:
Hunger, Directed by Steve McQueen (no, not that Steve McQueen.)
Children of Men, Directed by Alfonso Cuaron
Los Muertos, Directed by Lisandro Alonso
My Night at Maud’s, Directed by Eric Rohmer
The Last Detail, Directed by Hal Ashby
Deforce, Directed by Daniel Falconer
