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Quittin’ Time

Punching out for the weekend after a busy week. Another busy one coming up. Exciting!

Great Glebe Garage Sale tomorrow. I’ll be selling stuff on Clemow. Come say hello.

Here are two out takes from the last few weeks that I enjoyed. Arms cross’d.

Video about a new building in the Market

This past Winter, I was invited to contribute to an interesting project aimed at promoting a new apartment building that will get built on Cumberland Street in Ottawa. The ambitiousness of the project was a large part of what drew me to it. After a few meetings, I  figured out how I could produce a collection of photos with the intention of stitching them into an engaging video spot using motion graphics.

I’m pretty happy with the end result, which was carefully pieced together by Garry Tutte. Huge shout outs go out to all the models and locations we used to create these. A special mention is owed to Models International Management for providing a significant amount of talent and being awesome to work with. Merci, merci! Also to my pal Hayden Menzies whose art happened to be on display the day we shot the gallery scene.

Suffice to say, a lot of people were involved in this project. Maybe even someone you know. So, give it a watch!

More info on this new building can be acquired at 360lofts.ca.

In other real estate/photo-related news, about a month ago, I covered Urbana, Dharma Developments’ annual charity fundraiser. This year, over $17,500 was raised for Options Bytown,  who offers affordable housing and counseling to “individuals who may have very low incomes, a history of homelessness or special needs that may relate to mental illness, HIV/AIDS or substance use.” Great cause. Photos from that are now online.

This week, editing + a shoot in Wakefield + si j’ai le temps, catching up on some French horror movies. C’est vrai.

Two songs I like this week

Vous aviez peut-être vu que j’ai récemment ajouté le plugiciel Audio Player à mon blogue. Je planifie d’en prendre avantage et partager, de temps en temps, des chansons qui m’inspire ou qui m’excite. J’écoute beaucoup de musique et je suis toujours à la recherche de nouveaux artistes alors si vous en avez à suggérer, allez-y!

J’expérimente encore avec le plugiciel, mais j’espère comprendre son fonctionnement ici peu! Laissez-moi un commentaire si vous avez des problèmes.

En tout cas, le premier est d’un groupe d’Ottawa avec un nom qu’on ne devrait pas répéter trop souvent et/ou trop fort mais j’ai sincèrement hâte qu’ils finissent leur cassette (oui…CASSETTE) que Bruised Tongue publiera bientôt. La chanson est un peu psych, un peu garage et la production lofi suit certaines tendances qu’on trouve dans la musique underground depuis un bout de temps. En gros, se servant d’un moindre montant d’équipement, d’un 4-track et suivant certaines conventions que l’on retrouve dans la musique pop, ils ont pu créer une musique intéressante qui est autant dense et bruyante qu’elle est mélodique et dansable. Écoutez:

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Fucked Corpse – Denim Outta Here

Le second n’est pas d’Ottawa mais de Londres, en effet. Je trouve ça un peu drôle de m’intéresser en musique anglaise lorsque ces jours-ci, je concentre mes recherches musicales plutôt à la France, l’Australie et le Canada mais bref, je vous présente Eros Gold. C’est un duo qui m’a apparu grâce au nouveau mix par Passions (aka Math Head aka 1/2 de Trouble & Bass) que Mishka a gracieusement partagé avec le monde. Si ce mix, le plus récent par Jokers of the Scene et les récents spectacles de Throbbing Gristle indiquent une nouvelle direction vers une plus intense amitié entre la musique techno et la musique industrielle, j’ai très hâte d’entendre ce qui va sortir d’ici six mois.

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Eros Gold – CPIBTA (Passions Broken Mix)

Here’s a photo of Fucked Corpse. Go see them on Tuesday with Tyvek.

Jessamy & Looie

Hope everyone had a killer weekend.  I went to the Cineparc Templeton last night in Gatineau. Hadn’t been in a few years. $10 double bills. Totally worth it!

Here are some brother & sister photos I shot last year. If y’all want family photos of yr own, chat me up!

Quoi d’autre? Oh yeah…living a block away from an indoor skatepark is awesome. Some people pump iron. I pump trannies.

Man on Wire + The Bridge

Been catching up on a few movies lately. First, The Bridge, which came out a few years ago.  I didn’t really think it was super awesome but still I found it to be pretty challenging and brave. Next up was Man on Wire. Someone told me a few months ago that while the trailer was good, the movie didn’t add much to it. Wrong wrong wrong. Man on Wire was really well edited and everything from the expressionistic re-enactments to the talking head interviews were executed in a way that made you feel like you might as well have been watching The Usual Suspects.

What impressed me most though was the archival still photography. I was initially impressed by the photo used on the movie’s poster but being able to see a collection of similar photos throughout the movie is awesome.  Here are a few examples.

look closely and you can see Philippe Petit as a black speck floating

can you see him now?

On that note, if yr in Toronto this month, check out Contact and Hot Docs festivals. Tonnes of stuff happening.

Indian Express business card

Check out the design of a business card for an Ottawa shop. They were printed in India which is pretty far away even if the owner is from there. Each card is bit different since the stamp with the business info isn’t always perfect. To boot, the reverse features a handy 12-month calendar with a useful list of Hindu holidays. Obviously, major props are given to Shiva too. Kind of charming.

Anyway, if you’re in town and looking for an awesomely intense dessert, check out Indian Express for real. They sell sweets by the pound and don’t really taste like any same old same old cake or pie or cookie you might normally have. Tonnes of dairy-free options too. 1104 Somerset St. W near Wellington.

Vitaminsforyou

So Friday night’s big photo plans were a bit foiled by the fact that Vitaminsforyou were playing a live set. I should have had the foresight to predict this outcome but I pulled out some stops anyway. Oh well…roll with the punches and work with what you’re given, right? It was nice to capture some familiar faces I hadn’t really photographed in a while.

This afternoon, I shot something for Capital Xtra with Pierre doing a lot of the heavy lifting. Tonight is one of the year’s biggest garbage nights in town. I’ve already scored an old made in Canada desk chair and I’m off to see what other gems I might land. xxx.

Boards of Health

Just borrowed these from my girls at Victoire for Disorganized tonight featuring Vitaminsforyou.  They’ve gotta be pretty old. Pre-swine flu anyway. Loving the type on them.

See you at tha party. Get ill not sick.

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