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Monthly Archives: October 2008

The Rally

Writer/director Will Pascoe turns out to be a photographer too. He shot some great pictures at today’s Rally for Canadian Culture. Thanks to him we have some great shots of the event.
Mark McKinney addressed a pretty big crowd. He was funny and smart… and he has a new show airing Monday night […]

One More

I just found the cache of Gone In 30 Seconds election videos on YouTube inspired by the Department of Culture’s contest.  Here’s one of them, you can find the rest — where else? — on YouTube.

Artists Have Their Way With Stephen Harper

Check out Trinity Square Video’s collection of YouTube videos.  There are about ten of them now with more to come.

Then head over to MySpace to check out Mike Canada’s Harpernomics of Doom comic.   Here’s a little taste.

If that doesn’t leave you feeling all cultured out, head over to the Pheonix for the Department […]

Under the Gun: An interview with Flashpoint’s Creators - Part 2

The second part of Contributor Mike McPhaden’s interview with Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern:
How did you educate yourselves about TV pilot craft and structure?
MORGENSTERN: Well, we’ve got a pretty substantial shelf of books by now: How To Write This, How to Fix That, How to Make Things Better.
[Laughter.]
ELLIS:  And we watched a lot of cop […]

Under the Gun: An interview with Flashpoint’s Creators - Part 1

Contributor Mike McPhaden had the chance to sit down with Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern:
Flashpoint, CTV’s new procedural about a tactical police unit handling Toronto’s most extreme incidents, hit the bull’s-eye with audiences this summer.  As the ratings continue to rise, CTV and U.S. broadcaster CBS announced plans to bring the show back for a […]

Elizabeth May on Cuts to Arts

I wish I had the video clip, instead a quote from Green Party leader Elizabeth May on Harper’s cuts to the arts:
I don’t think Mr Harper personally hates the arts.  Nor do I think he personally supports the arts
He has appropriated all the levers of government to one sole end; increasing his politcal electoral power.  […]

TV Torrent RSS

How much television is available for download via torrent?  A ton.  Every day, just about every major program from last nights US broadcast offerings is up on the net for P2P download.  I have an TV torrent RSS feed delivered to my newsreader along the feeds from my favourite blogs.  Here’s what became available on […]