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Toshi Reagon in Toronto
Toronto Pride 2006 - Toshi Reagon - for more info on Toshi go to www.toshireagon.com.
Monday, June 26, 2006
Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner
Kaleb's performance at Toronto Pride 2006 at the "Insert Pronoun Here" show rocked the house! If you remember that fabulous 80's movie, you'll get a thrill from this genderqueered interpretation.
Stumbling Onto the Preparations...
Just happened on this while on the way to breakfast. What I find amazing is how quickly all the churchy buzz words, like chalice and holy spirit - come back to me when I start talking with old ladies. I'm such a good kid at heart, even though I try to be a cynic about religion.
A Hound Dog Interlude
It's been a while since the last dog-centric post. Here's what Hopey's end of day is like.
Friday, June 23, 2006
Back when I was a cook....
This t.v. special aired almost 3 years ago - and every so often someone will tell me that they saw me on t.v. I had never seen this segment, and then the other day when someone said they'd seen it, I though "Enough is enough, I need to see that segment". I called up Rogers Television and they sent me a copy. It was that easy. But watching the clip brought back a lot of memories of a job that really pushed me into a dark place I hope I never visit again - a place of total and complete burn-out. To this day I have difficulty walking by this restaurant (it's 6 blocks from my house) without a little cringing when I remember how stressed out I was the whole time I worked for them. Anyway. That's what this is about.
Thursday, June 22, 2006
5 New Toronto Vloggers!
Tonight I taught the "Videoblogging for Beginners" workshop for the 3rd time and it was a great success. The folks in the class really picked up quickly and were all very excited to go home and work with their new knowledge. This clip has terrible lighting, but please overlook that and meet Deejay - a taxi driver and video artist who's new vlog You See What I See? will hopefully help his friends and family in Nigeria see his videos.
Also in the class were:
Vanessa - a technician at the LIFT co-op who sat in on the class and who's new vlog is Enter Tech Woman
Chad - who works across the hall in the building at Vision TV and is interested in doing a personal site at ruby red rimon
Gina - a teacher who wants to post primarily for friends and family at YYZ
Chris - a recent Trebas institue graduate who's excited to post parody and animations at his new vlog Cow Tipping 101
I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of this third workshop. Since having just been at Vloggercon 06, I felt like this workshop was more holistic and I was able to really get into vlog theory with this group whereas before I was more confident in sharing technical tips and tricks. If you get a chance, say hi to the new kids on the vlock.
Also in the class were:
Vanessa - a technician at the LIFT co-op who sat in on the class and who's new vlog is Enter Tech Woman
Chad - who works across the hall in the building at Vision TV and is interested in doing a personal site at ruby red rimon
Gina - a teacher who wants to post primarily for friends and family at YYZ
Chris - a recent Trebas institue graduate who's excited to post parody and animations at his new vlog Cow Tipping 101
I'm looking forward to seeing what comes of this third workshop. Since having just been at Vloggercon 06, I felt like this workshop was more holistic and I was able to really get into vlog theory with this group whereas before I was more confident in sharing technical tips and tricks. If you get a chance, say hi to the new kids on the vlock.
I've finally been remixed!
Thanks to Rob Parrish at Hopper Video I am finally part of a remix with Chuck Olsen from Minnesota Stories.
Awesome! I love it!
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
not little gay girls
not little gay girls (work in progress)
This is my 2 minute video for a show this Friday night - see here: Twenty Two Minute Performances RM asked me and Kaleb to do something, and I've been mulling over my feelings about gay marriage/gay weddings for quite a while now. I have several gay married friends who I car about deeply, but I also have a really strong distaste for marriage and trying to balance the two has been difficult. So here's where I'm starting - I'll try to work this into a larger piece at some point in the near future. WARNING - This file is 30 MB so it will take a little while to download! sources: (audio) The L Word and (video) Superman cartoon from the Internet Archive.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Vloggercon 2006 - Second Post - About Walking and Talking
This is a response to a comment I read on Michael Verdi's post on innovative vlogging.
Someone posted:
- Jimmy CraicHead @ Demand Condom said on 4 Jun 2006 at 8:46 pm:
My choice for the only exciting video podcast, vlog, whatever would be http://www.secretpants.net/
I found it on Firefox searching for something that wasn’t so self absorbed as the usual citizen jester holding a camera at arms length from his face, or watching someones feet walk along a path. It may be a bit for some but never boring. Vlogging should not be an iCam on someome who is basically reading a text blog. Give it an edge!
I'm interested in the discussion of what's innovative in vlogging without the need to categorize or put down various forms of expression. I would like to see our community steer clear of loaded language like "talent" and "quality".
Thanks to the folks who helped me get to San Francisco for VLoggercon 2006 - it was a mind-expanding trip.
Vloggercon 2006 - First Post
This is the first of many posts to come on my Vloggercon '06 trip.
I had an incredible time - and as soon as the Pride Week crunch is over, I hope to have more time to start working on all my new vlog ideas.
Thanks to all the folks who helped me get to SF for the conference!
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