Two thousand dollars in cash and three thousand dollars worth of film stock will be awarded on the opening night of Hot Docs (May 10) to a single emerging filmmaker. The 3rd Annual Lindalee Tracey Award, named for the award winning filmmaker and author, have sent out the call for submissions. Guidelines are below, and…
Life, the Universe and Everything
So for awhile now I’ve been writing out ‘My Platform’ (still a ways to go on that). Part of the reason for writing this was to get ideas out there but it was also, in part, because I get invited to join alot of people’s political causes, so I thought I should lay out exactly…
Life and Times of Laura Barrett in the Globe
The Globe and Mail’s Robert Everett-Green did a lovely article yesterday on the Life and Times of Canada’s Sexiest Musician Laura Barrett. Give it a read and find things you never knew before. ” I grew up surrounded by singers and dancers,” one of whom was her mother, Barrett says. “My father ran a dinner…
New Immaculate Machine Video & Comic
Via the bands myspace blog a new video and comic from Immaculate Machine – one of Canada’s most under-appreciated bands. You Can show them some love by being their fan on Facebook. Immaculate Machine – C’mon Sea Legs Click to Enlarge
When Did Harper Know About Economy?
November’s GDP Numbers are out now: “Canada’s economy continued its slide in November as the country’s economic output shrank by 0.7 per cent, according to figures released Friday. Statistics Canada said slumping construction activity and an ailing manufacturing sector led an industrial race to the bottom in the month, the third one in four in…
Canada’s Top 10 Kicks Off Friday
The Toronto International Film Festival Groups screenings of their top ten Canadian features and shorts this friday in Toronto with Kari Skogland’s – ‘Fifty Dead Men Walking’ at 7 pm and Lea Pool’s ‘Manan est chez le colffeur’ at 9:30 at Cinematheque Ontario, located at the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas Street…
Peter Project Podcast
An entire podcast devoted to to Toronto’s Peter Project – not sure who’s podcast this is, it’s on the mypodcast.com network and it loads kind of slowly but it is entirely all about Toronto’s Peter Project and features an exclusive interview recorded in the nearly famous Rivoli Bathroom! You can grab it at http://www.mypodcast.com/cached/specialfm_20081210_0723-356499-171528-2-25.mp3! Peter…
Coming Up in Toronto
Thursday, January 29IndieCredit No. 1Lovely Killbots, The Wilderness of Manitoba, Wendy LeungFacebook Event Page Drop Your Shorts VIFacebook Event Page Outnumber the Lobbyists! Final Billboard Bylaw ConsultationFacebook Event Page the Nature of ThingsFacebook Event Page DANCE LIKE YOU FUCK Ft. VIOLCA (MANSION)Facebook Event Page Friday, January 30TV Screenplay Festival Event – Friday January 30th at…
Boost This Week
If you don’t know what Boost is already check the bottom of this page for details. So, this week: Boost Music:the Pack A.D. – Making Gestures Boost: TV and Film:Bruce McDonald’s Pontypool Boost: Literature and Boost: Art are still growing fast but given that each has only a few hundred members right now I just…
My Platform: Labour and Workplace Reform
I think over the course of this post I’ll manage to make alot of people mad, but so be it. I’m going to say what I think anyway. It’s been a long time since there was a serious examination of labour and the workplace. The Labour movement of the early 20th century accomplished much of…