Hatchmatik & news…
2nd edition of my new party/photo residency. Took a bit longer than normal to turn these around and there are fewer photos but hope people dig em.
Been a bit sick these days and gave myself a bit of a wack haircut today but otherwise, things are looking better than they have in a while. I’ll be living with a dog soon and I’m pretty pumped about that.
A lot of good things are happening to people around me too so I want to share some of it with you…
The main piece of news is that Ottawa’s Drastik recently won the RedBull Thre3Style Canadian championships in Toronto. He’ll compete for the world title in Paris later this year. Check out his winning set (it has a great ending)…
Red Bull Thre3Style Drastik Winning Set Canadian Finals from Red Bull Thre3Style on Vimeo.
Next up, one of Ottawa’s best clothing stores recently relaunched their website at normlclothing.com. So far, they’re focusing their webstore on sneakers (which I never got hugely into since a lot of leather and suede is involved) but I’ve got my eyes on these Marshall Artists jeans in the store… Congrats to Yann, Robbie, Josh and everyone else for keeping things going!
A while ago, my pal Peter Joynt released a mixtape that needs to be heard. This week, he released a video for his song Bless It Like a Baptist. Watch Watch Watch!
Over the last few days, I was posting to the blog I run for the News Photographers Association of Canada in behalf of photographer Ed Ou, who I spoke to over Skype last week, a few hours after he got arrested and put in a Djiboutian prison. Even for Skype, it was an expensive call but I think it made for an interesting week of blogging that hopefully Ed will be able to add to at some point in the future.
On another NPAC tip, from April 23-25, there will be a photojournalism conference in Toronto. There’ll be a lot happening such as presentations given by Andrea Bruce, David Burnett and a few more. A lot of the most important information is on the NPAC message board.
Finally, one of my favourite podcasts, Bande à Part, put together a whole microsite dedicated to hardcore music in Québec. It’s informative for veteran music people as well as the uninitiated. If you’re at all curious about what was going on in the Québec punk scene over the last 30 years, you need to visit Bande à part! They even mention some Ottawa bands. En français seulement, par exemple…
That’s it. It’s the weekend. I’m going to clean out my closet.
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