From ABSOLUTE POWERPOP -

Early Edison - Better Late Than Never. Speaking of high-energy, here's a great disc in the vein of recent discoveries like The Fizzies and The ACBs as well as the Rooneys and Weezers of the world. They can do the driving anthems like anyone else, but what sets them apart is their work on the numbers that slow down a notch or two like "Since I Left You", "Wish You Were Mine" and my personal favorite, the closer "White Socks". It's never too late to give these NY power poppers a listen.

Here are a couple reviews of our short film/video "Wish You Were Mine" -

Pretty-Scary.net (by Bunny Spiegelman) - 

Wish You Were Mine directed by Tom Wendling - Tom Wendling approached this music video like a movie, and it shows. This music video, to the song "Wish You Were Mine" by Early Edison, is an homage to the Bride of Frankenstein. One of the things I like about this film is that it proves that a simple film well done can be infinitely more effective than a film loaded down with needless and confusing twists.

The doctor (played by lead singer Tom Ashton) is overwhelmed with sadness over the death of his wife until he has the idea to send Igor (played by director and band member Tom Wendling) into the cemetery for body parts to rebuild his lost love. The film successfully captures the feel of silent films with dialogue cards, models of the castle and cemetery, and a beautiful sense of black and white cinematography. The close up of the eyes during the resurrection sequence is a direct homage to the Bride of Frankenstein and recalls the wide terrified eyes of Elsa Lanchester. The loveliest shot in the film features the resurrected bride in a white dress with ethereal backlighting. It gives the film a creepy and unsettling end to this tale of endless and obsessive love.

IndieExpress.com (by Marleah Martin) -

A music video with a cinematic approach, Wish You Were Mine is based on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. A doctor mourning the death of his wife stumbles upon an idea on how to bring her back to life- and proceeds to assemble body parts from a cemetery in hopes to recreate her.

With the look and feel of a silent film (complete with title cards and a highly expressive style of acting), Wish You Were Mine is notable for its lovely cinematography and art direction, not to mention the simple but catchy power-pop tune that accompanies it.

We know the story, and therefore know the doctor will certainly fail. The juxtaposition between this and the intense emphasis given to the doctor's obsession aptly captures the tragic element of a familiar tale.

Just wanted to give y'all a quick update on the boys in EE... since you last heard from us we've been running in a million different directions - Matt's been touring with God or Julie (opening for Chevelle, Finger Eleven and soon with Ours); Tom W has fully embraced the force and is involved with NY Jedi (check out his pics from Comic Con on his page); RJ is doing his thang sitting in with various artists and Tom A has been fully engrossed with various acting gigs.

We'll let you know when things get busy again!

Peace!

If you get a chance, please visit the website for Love, Hallie Foundation - an organization that means alot to me...

http://www.lovehallie.org

Love, Hallie was founded by Sofia and Ted Geier when their eleven year-old daughter Hallie died in 2004 after being struck by an SUV outside her home. Together with Hal's Angels LOVE, HALLIE encourages kindness, respect and positive action among young people.

Spread the word and please share this website with your friends and family!

Thanks everyone!

Tom A

So finally here's a link to see our video/short film "Wish You Were Mine" on YouTube -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioc71duYkIc

PLEASE forward this link to everyone you know!!!  Thanks!!!!

This is pretty damn funny!  Check out what someone did with our first OK Cable commercial...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20475-07-yo

We're very excited to announce that Early Edison's video/short film "Wish You Were Mine" has been accepted by the 2007 New York City Horror Film Festival! 

htp://www.nychorrorfest.com

The festival runs from October 24-28 at the NYU Cantor Film Center (36 E. 8th St.) with the opening night party on October 24th at Don Hill's (511 Greenwich St. @ Spring).

Our screening date and time has not been determined but we will post all the details when we get it!  And don't forget that on Saturday, October 27th we will be premiering the video at The Creek and The Cave in Long Island City!

Mark your calendars for our Video Premiere and Halloween Party on Saturday, October 27th!  We'll be bringing the rock to Long Island City and The Creek and The Cave - a very cool, artist-friendly bar-restaurant-theatre.  It's ONE subway stop from Manhattan on the 7 train (Vernon-Jackson Ave.) and it's one block from the subway stop. 

Steve O'Donnell (Pop Mafia) will also unveil his new band, The Proceeders, featuring AJ and Pokey of Leeway, and we'll be adding a few more bands to the lineup.

As an added bonus, daylight savings ends that night so you get an extra hour to PARTY!!!!

So we filmed the video/short film for "Wish You Were Mine" this past weekend and it was such a great experience!  Tom Wendling made his directorial debut and it couldn't have gone any better!  We had an incredible cast and crew and everything ran so smoothly - thanks especially to our fearless producer Jordan Cooke.  Major props go out to the rest of our hard working, generous and talented production team - Rommel Genciana (director of photography), Rose Barrett (art director/wardrobe/makeup/miniature-animator), Zita Vasilisinova (first assistant director), Nick Vega, Paul (I-forgot-your-last-name-but-we'll-get-it-right-in-the-final-credits), Yae Mitomi, Andrea (I-also-forgot-your-last-name-but-we'll-also-get-it-right-in-the-final-credits) and everyone else who helped work crew and set construction.

A million thanks go to actress Kat Wisener (who ironically enough has a website called - www.katwisener.com) for perfectly portraying the mortally-challenged leading lady in this production.  Very special thanks go to Matt Hogan for being the coolest gravedigger in a movie/music video. And of course we've gotta throw some love to Steve O'Donnell - videographer, gravedigger and official ambassador of good will on this shoot.  Special thanks go to Peter A. Jackson at Hunter College for use of facilities and soundstage!

The project is now in the hands of Tai, who has begun editing and we hope to have the final cut up and running in September!  Come back and visit to see some pics soon!