Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
January 7th, 2012Comments 2
Coupla dudes
I’ve been toying with the idea of attempting another stop motion project. My last attempt – almost 10 years ago now – was a (mild) success in that we walked away with something and we learned an important lesson: Stop motion is fuggin hard.
The idea of creating characters and stories that aren’t bound to reality is very appealing but the logistics of stop motion are daunting. To build a simple character that will move fluidly and won’t mutate during production is just one of the many hurdles you have to clear to make a short.
To get the ball rolling I created these two dudes. They look okay but they’re totally unusable for animation (despite my efforts to do so). I’ll keep experimenting but I’m starting to think looking for a material other than clay might be the best solution.
November 8th, 2011Comments 0
Din Dins
Marilyn is recording every dinner we eat for (hopefully) the next year. We’re a month and a half in already. So far so good. Some pretty meaty weeks here and there but overall our diet doesn’t appear too heinous. See the project here: Another Day Another Dinner.
Also…
Too true Ira. Toooooo true.
February 12th, 2011Comments 0
Dave Niehaus Tribute
If nothing else, Macklemore knows how to fuel civic pride.
December 15th, 2010Comments 0
Wikileaks Doc
October 29th, 2010Comments 1
Something dark will happen to them anyway
Recently this blog has turned into little more than a place for me to post videos. That’s fine. People like videos. I like videos. Everyone wins.
I came across this “interview” soon-to-be mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, did with the CBC’s As It Happens. Admittedly I’m not particularly well informed when it comes to municipal politics in cities I no longer live in. That fact will not stop me from voicing my ignorant opinion!
I wanted to give this guy the benefit of the doubt. Maybe, just maybe, he’ll reinvent himself and bury his past humiliations. Maybe he’ll learn to temper his emotions and think, to filter, before he speaks. Maybe he’ll make an effort to empathize with those that hold values unlike his own. Maybe.
Maybe not.
Only a day after elected mayor he has already proven himself a complete ass. Listen to this interview. The mayor of Canada’s most populous city, the 5th largest in North America, can’t afford even 10 minutes to give an interview his own handlers had scheduled for that time. This schlub is too busy barking orders at his (high school football!) players and taking stock of “the juniors” to even acknowledge the completely reasonable questions posed by interviewer Carol Off. Off persists in her questioning and Ford soon cuts the interview short and abruptly hangs up. Very professional Mr. Ford.
I stumbled upon this editorial gem over at the National Post defending Ford’s boorish behaviour because well, Radio 1 (and by extension, As it Happens) is a joke and “it wouldn’t surprise me if he’d never heard of it — or if anyone else had never heard of it, for that matter.”
Okay. I understand a lot of people think the CBC is a turd. When listening to certain shows I feel the same way (Afganada I’m looking at you). Despite its debatable quality, As it Happens does in fact have a good many national listeners, and as such, should be given a certain degree of consideration from the newly elected grand pubah. As mayor of Toronto you have an obligation, as a public figure accountable to those you serve to act in a professional, sensible, mature fashion. Rob Ford did the exact opposite. He was dismissive, provided little more than boilerplate responses (gra-gra-gra-gravy train!!!!) and perhaps worst of all, reinforced the fears that many of his detractors harbour; that he’s a narrow minded, divisive simpleton completely unwilling to work with those that aren’t fully supportive of him or his policies.
I’m amazed nearly 380,000 people actually believe this clod has the ability to lead. WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR BRAIN? THIS DUDE IS BAD NEWS AIIIIGHHHHT??!?!?
Perhaps the only upside to this sordid mess is the fact that Rob Ford will surely continue to do all sorts of idiotic stuff, which will fill us with laughter and shortly thereafter, crushing despair.
To lift your spirits I now present to you a charming clip from an appearance Stephen Merritt made on some godawful program down in Georgia.
And an amusing short on Chat Roulette.
September 1st, 2010Comments 0
One night stand
The beat material taped to the ceiling is a stroke (yuk yuk) of genius. I can’t think of a better way to capture the overall wretchedness of her situation.