Those Crazy Canadians . . . and a few more links
In the vein of Mr. Splashypants, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has been duped by it’s own generosity. Inviting the whole internet to come up with a new theme song for its hockey show (attracting C$100,000 plus royalties for the winner), they have been offered this gem, featuring babies, sheep and cats.
And it’s doing quite well.
And now to links . . . photographer Phillip Toledano has created an interesting project interviewing and photographing phone sex operators. Sounds lurid, but it’s actually really fascinating.
And for all you Christmas in July people, here’s a stop motion animation from 1913 (apparently) that’s rather cute. It features skiing insects and Santa making out with a dead frog. Wheee!
Oh, I nearly forgot! If anyone in the Melbourne area is interested, my Bellydance teacher along with others around Melbourne are putting on a Halfa next week at Carni in Preston. I’ll be dancing with some of the other beginners, so come along and laugh at me if you like (I’m still struggling with the whole left vs. right concept).
Just popping by . . .
Just a quick post as I still have a bit of housework to do yet and a tonne more to write on this damn play – it’s Script Tease tomorrow night and I want to be able to take something for a read (Script Tease is a monthly meeting of writers and actors at Dante’s where we read through scripts in development and get feedback – immensely helpful, laid-back, and non-threatening).
But anyway, I came across a couple of interesting things today. Firstly, the Steampunk Workshop . . . drool! These guys mod stuff to make them look all futurist/modernist/steampunkish and it is amazing. Loads of cogs and gears and etching. Makes me wish I had some mechanical and artistic skills and a place big enough to house it all in.
The second thing I came across today is another eastern European photographer, Andrzej Dragan. Hailing from Poland, this guy is not only a photographer, but a lauded physicist and composer. Talk about over-achiever! Anyway, check out his site (warning: contains sound you can’t turn off). His portraits under portfolio:personal are intense and some of the stuff under advertising is worth checking out too. Sadly, I can’t post an example here but trust me, his stuff is really worth seeing.
