Audio Visual podcast rundown for April 22, 2009
Today on the show we interviewed Marcus McCann, a local poet who also happens to be the Managing Editor of Capital Xtra, the local LGBT newspaper. He is launching his first full-length collection of poetry, Soft Where, this weekend at the Ottawa International Writers Festival (OIWF). The OIWF is a two-week event that brings authors [...]
Eddie May Murder Mystery review
"It was the jambalaya," I declare. "The jambalaya is the key!" My years of reading Sherlock Holmes stories and watching CSI have given me the experience to know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that it was Mrs. Peacock, in the study, with the frying pan.
Audio Visual podcast rundown for April 15, 2009
Tina and Peter talk about Doom's new album and the controversy surrounding both his on-stage appearances and the perceived homophobia in some of his lyrics. They also talk about Billy Bob Thornton and the art of the interview, and preview some upcoming events.
Audio Visual Podcast Rundown: April 8, 2009
This week: I didn’t think it was possible to become even more psyched about Improv Awareness, but I was wrong. After interviewing Brad MacNeil and Al Connors about the event that they’re organizing with their awesome improv troupe Crush Improv, I am now completely, totally, 100 per cent… Uhhh, stoked? Enthralled? Excited? Hrm, I can’t actually [...]
This Ain’t Effective Viral Marketing
…. Or is it? The fact that I’m blogging about this may actually prove me wrong. You be the judge. This Ain’t Flintis a viral marketing campaign by Newcap Radio and an advertising firm Alphabet Creative. The first page consists of a video that argues that Ottawans should stop complaining about the recession because our situation [...]
Podcasts!
I've updated the podcast to include all of the episodes we have on file, check out the podcast links to the right. There will now be a weekly podcast updated every Wednesday afternoon around 3pm.
Review: Rideau Awards
Man, 'bystander' is quite the apt word to describe the position Peter and I were in last night at the Rideau Awards -- we knew almost no one. After shyly and awkwardly hogging the chocolate fondue fountain for a good 15 minutes, we decided to do this thing called "schmoozing," but instead of pulling our befuddled selves together and actually introducing ourselves to strangers, we went the lazy route and bugged Jessica Ruano all night to act as our schmoozing escort.
Shibari: the art of Japanese bondage @ LPM
La Petite Mort gallery (306 Cumberland St.) has always been a showcase for innovative and challenging new art. Curator and owner Guy Berube has carved out a niche in Ottawa's art market with his experimental shows, and he's taking his experimental approach to exhibition one step further this friday night, April 3, with a demonstration of Shibari, a form of Japanese erotic bondage.
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