I’d heard about RiP: A Remix Manifesto on CBC’s very excellent Search Engine podcast a couple of weeks ago. I’m not sure how it bubbled up (probably through Facebook), but I ended up going to see it at the Royal on opening night with Morty and Bebe.
WARNING: You will come out of this movie hating the Disney Corporation with the red-hot intensity of a thousand suns. (You know… if you didn’t already.) (more…)
Last night my friends Kali and David invited me to a memorial for Lupe Rodrigues, the CBC’s artist-at-large. I’d heard Lupe reviewing art exhibits on CBC radio’s Here and Now program, hosted by Matt Galloway.
As it turned out, I had intersected with her a couple of other times, but hadn’t connected. A few years ago, on my way to a play at the Canadian Stage, I had dinner at Hernando’s, and had admired the colourful paintings. It turned out they were all by Lupe Rodrigues.
Lupe, it turns out, was a regular at Kali’s very crowded parties. Not a surprise I hadn’t met her there: I’m usually happy to have met and chatted with 3 to 5 people in an evening. Kali’s friends are too interesting not to spend time with.
But Lupe was actually from David’s crowd. They’d both gone to Jarvis Collegiate; as had many of the musicians and artists who helped us celebrate her life and work. Among them Victor Bateman, Jaron Freeman-Fox, Fergus Hambleton, Cindy Jones, Joanna Kidd, Kevin Laliberte, Amanda Martinez, Kathleen McDonnell, Don Rooke, Anjellica Scannura, Roger Scannura, Valeria Scannura, and John Sheard, the Music Director for the evening.
Our host was Matt Galloway, and speakers included Linda Rosendbaum, David Liss, Bianca Roberts, Lupe’s sons, Sebastian and Liam Cushing, and her husband, Danny Cushing.
Many of the people there had met in high school at Jarvis Collegiate, so it was a bit of a reunion for them. I know that’s a powerful thing. It both, reminds you of your youth, and the long road you’ve travelled. There’s great joy in the thought that at least part of that road was travelled together.
What cool people I work with! Today at 12:30, we gathered in the boardroom with our lunches. Buddy Richard hooked up his MacBook Pro (oh! How I’m missing Bender. And it’s only the first day…) to the projector, and regaled us with the first episode of Joss Whedon’s latest effort: a micro-miniseries (3 episodes, 15 minutes apiece) entitled Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog.
It’s high camp, to be sure, and artfully showcases Harris’ impeccable comedic timing, as well as Whedon’s mastery of the genre. (more…)
Sitting in a bar with friends, a familiar tune comes on. I’m trying to figure out what it is and where I know it from. Then I remember: a video of the Russian Army, dancing, to Run DMC’s It’s Like That. Loved it.
Sharing it with you here to keep my hand in at placing videos in WordPress posts. It took me a while to figure it out.
Shawn Chittle writes that he was there at the beginning of Tucows, when it was just one cow. Before they had a barn, even. I love these impromptu histories. They remind me of my days as a young geek in my high school’s computer room.
I can’t claim to be on the bleeding edge of pop culture. But, hey! Even the 26 yr olds I work with hadn’t heard of this. And I was twigged onto this by my buddy Ray, who’s about my age.
So, check out Frisky Dingo, by the creators of Sealab 2021, Adam Reed and Matt Thompson. Sadly, AdultSwim won’t play their videos to international visitors (like Canadians).
On the upside, another buddy just told me about this cool tool which lets you choose which country you want to appear to be coming from, and it hooks you up! More info in an upcoming post.
In the meantime, feel free to ream the boneheads at AdultSwim by viddying the Frisky Dingo goodies at http://www.sidereel.com/Frisky_Dingo.