Friday, September 26, 2008
The Great Schlep from The Great Schlep on Vimeo.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Ten people contributed $100 each. Then they gave it away.
Instant Grant Program from Steve Lambert on Vimeo.
They call themselves The Federation of Students and Nominally Employed. Check out their website. There’s really not a whole lot there, but there’s a little more information here. They take their inspiration from Jon Rubin, whose web-base is here. […]
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
This quote from Steven Harper speaking yesterday in Saskatoon can be found on the ArtistsVOTE website:
“I think when ordinary working people come home, turn on the TV and see a gala of a bunch of people at a rich gala all subsidized by the taxpayers claiming their subsidies aren’t high enough when they know their […]
Monday, September 22, 2008
A guest point from our good friend Mike McPhaden:
Since Flashpoint burst onto the scene this summer on CTV and CBS, its taut stories and sharp visuals have nabbed impressive ratings and a second season from both broadcasters. The series tells the tales of the fictional SRU, an elite tactical unit trained to deal with […]
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Jim Fleck has a great piece in today’s Toronto Star about making arts and culture funding an issue for the party leaders in the current Canadian election campaign. His arguments are extremely well thought out.
He starts with the direct impact of the cultural sector on the economy.
If anyone doubts the importance of culture to our […]
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
I have been tagged in the “why TV” meme twice now. Once by Matt Thornton over at Writerling and also by cousin Jane of If this is LA. So here goes:
My parents didn’t let me watch TV growing up. My mother, the child psychologist, would not allow any television on school nights and limited it […]
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
I loved Rob Thomas‘ 1989 series, Cupid. Who didn’t? Lots of people, I guess. That’s why it was canceled. But I loved it. I love a romantic comedy and I’m a huge Rob Thomas fan. Hence the excitement at the news that Thomas and ABC are resurrecting the series. I was even more excited when […]
Monday, September 15, 2008
Bill at Pulp 2.0 is carrying on the Blankslate conversation with a review of the first episode of the TNT Blank Slate. Unfortunately, there’s no option to embed the episode here, so you’ll have to go over to TNT to watch it. But fortunately, it doesn’t seem to be geo blocked, so you really can […]
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Take a quick look at episode 4 of the web serial, Blankslate, which Veronica Heffernan of the New York Times called “the greatest online video thriller on the Internet.” The series also won 2008 Webby award and a 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Broadband Series.
It’s terrible, right? The premise — a guy wakes up with no […]