My Favorite Song by Patrick Hennessey

Most people cannot muster up definitive answers to certain questions, and with good reason. I, personally, cannot choose my favorite movie. I cannot decide upon a single favorite food. I cannot pick a novel which is the best beyond all others. Etc, etc, etc. But, there is one choice in which I am completely certain. This is my favorite song of all time...

"Sir Duke' by Stevie Wonder

I'm proud to say my parents had great taste in music. "Sir Duke" was the first 45 I was given as a child (flip side, "He's Misstra Know It All"). I played it constantly. Written and produced by a genius blind musician, Mr. Stevie Wonder. It has one of the greatest horn sections and arrangements ever conceived in popular music. The guitar line is subtle, yet impeccable. The hook is unforgettable. Overall, this is a song about the simple wonders and joys of music, and that's probably why it remains so magical and important to me after all these years. I will listen to this song with the same reverence and awe when I'm an elderly 80 as I did when I was a 4 year old kid. Long live "Sir Duke"!!!

Max Black

Check out Max Black, a new chillwave project I ghost wrote and ghost recorded. Long Vacations, Radio Stations, Good Vibrations, and Mexican Sandwiches....

http://maxblack.bandcamp.com/album/the-rockafire-implosion-ep

"Black & White Film" by David Lynch ft. Michael McDonald (Music Video)

Here's a new song I wrote and recorded. Video directed by Dave Schilling (http://daveschilling.tumblr.com). It's a b-side from "Crazy Clown Time", auteur filmmaker David Lynch's foray into the music industry. Michael McDonald (The Doobie Brothers) makes a guest appearance on vocals. That fool still believes...

"I am a Janitor" (Music Video)

The Custodial Arts.

"Lily" (A Short Film)

Here's a link to "Lily," a short film. My credits include producer, co-writer, art direction, set designer/builder, and bird wrangler.

Starring Peter Facinelli of "Can't Hardly Wait" "Nurse Jackie" and "The Twilight Saga".

'The Drunk Monster' (A Screenplay)

My newest screenplay 'The Drunk Monster' reached the quarterfinals in 2011's Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Contest and was a prizewinner in 2011's Script Pipeline Competition. http://scriptapalooza.com/Winners.html
http://www.scriptpipeline.com/screenwriting-competition    


It can be read in full here: http://tiny.cc/s8b8l 


Logline
A high school football star consumes alcohol for the first time during his senior prom weekend; 'spirits' literally transform him into a bloodthirsty, murderous monster.


Synopsis

'The Drunk Monster' is an allegorical screenplay which tackles the subject of hereditary alcoholism. Its roots are planted in the horror genre, coupled with moments of levity. The story contains twists on the themes from "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde".

The main character, Shane White, is an adopted eighteen-year-old high school student. A football scholarship to Brown University in the fall sets him apart from fellow graduates.

Shane and his teammates rent a lush beach house for senior prom weekend. They plan to party hard. Having resisted drugs and alcohol for years, Shane suddenly folds under peer pressure due to a jealous moment involving his prom date. Alcohol literally transforms him into a bloodthirsty, savage monster. The monster sets out on a rampage and mauls hundreds of residents in the tiny beach town, including fellow teammates. Shane morphs back to normal once the alcohol wears off, but is left with a wicked hangover and a guilty conscience.

Police investigate the maulings. With minimal leads, they believe the attacker to be a bear. Without warning, Shane's adoptive parents sell him out as the culprit. Shane begins drinking as a defense mechanism and escapes the law by force to avoid prison. With a manhunt hot on his trail, he sets out on a quest to learn information about his birthparents.

Following uneasy revelations concerning his lineage, Shane must come to terms with what he truly is – The Drunk Monster. He is faced with two choices: simply embrace his newfound inner-demon or somehow find the strength eradicate it.

Finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest!

My song 'Mr. Benjamin's Car' has been chosen as a finalist in the rock category of the 2011 John Lennon Songwriting Contest (http://jlsc.com/winners/2011a/finalists.php). Rock is alive and well ladies and gentlemen, unless I just singlehandedly murdered it.