Enjoy

The following pictures are of those I took for a school project that I really ended up enjoying. These are the reasons why...

I like the first one because it combines many things that I enjoy. Wine, my cellphone, the living room in general, the remotes for the tv and that big whack of cds in the background as well as the door to the balcony because the balcony is where it's at.

In the second photo, I really like the shadow of the guitar against the speaker and I really enjoy the cerulean colour of the Gibson guitar. Its a beaut.

Music an leisure activities = good

In The Chamber...

I've never been to a play like the one I attended last Thursday at the Rachel Browne Theatre. The play consisted of two sets, Part One: Last Man in Krakendorf (Gordon Tanner) and Part Two: Last Man in Puntarenas (Steven Ratzlaff).
Both were Monologues... Both 50 minutes each...

I want to state that the acting was good. It was intense, emotional and well done. But that is about it.

Each set had a very intense underlying message that frankly, I didn't feel overly connected to. Now I will admit that I was physically and emotionally tired arriving at the venue which probably didn't help me care too much about anything but I'll just give my honest opinion.

What kept me from dozing off in the first set was all the random swearing. The topic, I didn't like. It was like the audience was witnessing some guy giving some other guy shit for being the head hauncho of some terrible company. It was a lecture. I felt like I was at school. There was a power point and all. Not for me thanks. When I think of the theatre, I think of an enjoyable and relaxing time. Yes I do like different topics. I'm aware that not all theatre is romance or friendship or whatever but the topic, hogs, was just odd and it threw me right off.

After the first set, I didn't mind the second. The topic was more personal and the actual story didn't include nasty hog pictures and vulgar swearing. The actual set of the play was also better.

All in all, I like the theatre but these plays just didn't do anything for myself. The main problem for me was that the script was too much like a lecture and the topics, too boring and dry. I really didn't care about what the characters were ranting about. But who knows, maybe it'd float your boat.

But people, let us make things clear here. Like movies, music, articles, etc., ya see things ya like and ya see things ya don't like, doesn't mean you should stop seeing those genre of things. In summary, I'll still go to the theatre even though when this play was over I was too mentally exhausted to stick around for free wine and cheese. Lessons learnt.

Great Music Video Concepts..

I came across these two videos and thought, these are a couple neat concepts.
The first video is so simple and I think it is really fun.
The song has a good beat as well. I also really dig the groovy dancing.
I'm sure you will too.

Friendly Fire - Skeleton Boy


The second video is weird because the first minute is just Jack White walking through a field with a machine gun in hand. The elements of the video are so random and well, odd. Machine guns, and the suburbs. interesting.. Like other Dead Weather videos, there's a lot of randomness. But that's what makes the video so different and the Dead Weather so bad ass. Though I think the video would have been better if the two characters were dueling it out in a desert.. But check it out for yourself!
This vid is kinda intense so watch yourself!

The Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother

Pretty Pretty Woman

You know the Wonderful Wedding Show held at the Convention Center every year? Well the guide is now out and to my delight, a former CreComm and good friend of mine, Lara Reimer is on the cover! I cannot wait to see what else is inside!

check it out

Media Circus

2010. These days a lot of people want to and can create their own media circus within the public eye. Celebrities want money, they want attention, they want their names in things. You and I can both agree, this race for the public's love and the media's attention is entertaining. We can name many celebrities and companies that have made their mark in the past. Spears, Madonna, Kanye West, Paris Hilton, and how they made their mark, wasn't all just by chance... pseudo events are the golden key to all that is fame.

Here is an actually good event.
sponsored by Red Bull. The event: 2010 New Years World Record

Famous extreme sports professional Travis Pastrana sets a new world record by jumping his Subaru rally car 269 feet across some sort of sport field, landing onto a floating ramp.

This event was effective because:
1) Travis Pastrana has been in the public eye for years. He has had a successful career in extreme sports and has a wide demographic of fans.
2) people love him because he is crazy
3) people know and love Red Bull not just for it's trend setting energy drink but also because Red Bull have sponsored many extreme sport events
4) Red Bull and Pastrana set a world record on New Years! wicked!

What made this event newsworthy is the factor that the entire event was to set a world record on an already very popular and pumped up day. With the help of Pastrana, the event was a complete hit. Red Bull gets recognized for sponsoring the event, Pastrana gets his name in the books and everyone is super stoked, hurrah.

Red Bull went over the top. Many events were hosted on New Years but did those events include jumping a car over field and landing on a platform floating on water? Nope. Brilliant.

Check it.