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Canadian producer Brad Fox blogs on visual media, and living in the digital wild west

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I’ll tell you where Matt is…

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

… he’s all over the freaking internet and still going strong. I remember Matt Harding’s 2005 “Dancing” video pretty clearly. A friend of the family was doing a world tour around the same time, so I’d often contrast his e-mails with what Matt was up to. But this… this is just awesome. It’s raising the […]

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Tags: A series of tubes · media ramblings

Copyright, more like copywrong… amirite?

June 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments

Thank you, well intentioned people who keep hitting my contact form, I’m well aware that a revised bill C-61 to amend Canada’s copyright legislation was tabled more than a week ago, and I’ve still yet to say “boo” about it. I don’t want to say too much on it, until I have a chance to […]

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Tags: Uncategorized

Harry Knowles does not care for “The Love Guru”

June 19th, 2008 · No Comments

I can’t recall the last time I read a Harry Knowles movie review. I’m not really big on review-sites in general – but I used to use AICN as a vague barometer for “genre movies” I was on the fence about seeing in theatres – a role which (for me) is now much better suited […]

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Tags: filmmaking

The game is afeet

June 17th, 2008 · No Comments

A fifth severed human foot (the first left) has washed ashore in British Columbia. From the (strangely irreverent) article: (RCMP Const. Annie) Linteau said the first four feet showed no signs of foul play. Within the broader context of the article, I believe that Constable Linteau was trying to indicate that the feet were not […]

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Tags: canadiana · eh?

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June 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments

More information on traditions can be found on the internet (specificially on Balloonjuice via Mightygodking, of course).

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Tags: A series of tubes

Not Happening

June 15th, 2008 · No Comments

I guess it’s become de rigeur to bash M. Night Shyamalan lately – but I don’t consider myself part of that bandwagon. For starters I count “Unbreakable” among my favourite films, and it was far from a critical darling. So please use that as some kind of calibration to take heed when I feel compelled […]

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Rise of the pop-culture tribes

June 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A weird combination of Chris Sims awarding winning comic-blog-stylings and an interesting interview on Jazz FM got me thinking about the concept of tribalisim today, and how the future may be ruled by distinct groups with unique languages, customs, and idioms – based on how much they loved “Alf”.

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Tags: media ramblings · Uncategorized · welcome to the future

Defending Publishers (aka Several reasons self-publishing sucks)

June 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Almost a week ago, D.J. Coffman announced that he’s putting his (really fun) Hero by Night on hiatus due to late payments by Platinum Studios. His post immediately reignited the eternal argument about the importance of creators rights in comics (see, pretty much any post from this site two weeks ago). And while I agree […]

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Tags: electronic entertainment · funnybooks · personal