It’s official. Holly Dazed won first prize in AFCOOP’s Super 8 Holiday Party and Screening at the Seahorse tonight! More importantly, it was magically in focus. There was tough competition from filmmakers Megan Wennberg (”Tis The Season”), Cam Erais (”A Shitty Christmas”), Jamieson (”Agoraphobia”), Joel MacGregor (”Fortune Cookie”), Steven James May (”Memoria”), Josh Edmonds (”How [...]
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It’s a Wrap!
December 5, 2005 – 10:21 am
Production wrapped on the no-budget, 3 minute short Super 8 film Holly Dazed. As co-producer, camera-person, light supplier and part of the creative team, I would like to thank the rest of the cast (Sam, Scott, Amanda and Markus) and crew (Lynn, Steve and Glen’s mom’s sweater) for all their hard work and dedication on [...]
Column
November 2, 2005 – 12:19 pm
Atlantic News Perspective #156 (Nov 1, 2005)
Immoral theatrical performances, tomato fights and churches for sale.
By: Iain K. MacLeod
Quote
October 27, 2005 – 1:05 pm
“The odds of hitting the Lotto 6/49 jackpot by plunking down a toonie and picking all six numbers are one in 13.98 million.
To put that in perspective, math gurus say those odds are roughly equal to your chance of dying within 15 minutes of buying your lottery ticket - or flipping a coin and getting [...]
Column
October 24, 2005 – 2:51 pm
Atlantic News Perspective #155 (Oct 24, 2005)
Enormous eggbeater, family feuds and the drinking olympics.
By: Iain K. MacLeod
Music
September 1, 2005 – 9:47 pm
From Fat Possum Records:
R. L. Burnside
November 21, 1926 - September 1, 2005
We at Fat Possum are sad to announce that R.L. Burnside died today at his hospital room in Memphis.
Blues artist R.L. Burnside, who redefined the blues genre by incorporating indie rock acts and hip-hop production, died September 1, 2005, at St. Francis Hospital in [...]
DVD
August 27, 2005 – 12:28 am
Directors Label Volumes 4-7 f/ Anton Corbijn, Jonathan Glazer, Mark Romanek & Stephane Sednaoui released on September 13th
Music
August 20, 2005 – 10:43 am
Do They Know It’s Hallowe’en? from the North American Hallowe’en Prevention, Inc. (NAHPI) (courtesy of The A.V. Club)
Column
August 15, 2005 – 3:05 pm
Atlantic News Perspective #154 (Aug 15, 2005)
The “Racino” opens in Charlottetown, students build a house using phonebooks and the Canso Causeway turns 50.
By: Iain K. MacLeod
Column
August 11, 2005 – 10:52 am
Atlantic News Perspective #153 (Aug 8, 2005)
Beer Bandit on stage, a horse named Drop Off dies and breaking accordion records.
By: Iain K. MacLeod
Film
August 11, 2005 – 9:12 am
“After the film debuted on January 24, 2005 at Sundance it was picked up by Warner Independent Pictures for distribution. The Warner Independent website had shown that the limited Fall release (I didn’t say ‘full release’) was scheduled for October 21st-with a wider release planned for the following weeks-but their Strangers With Candy page has [...]
Column
August 2, 2005 – 11:12 pm
Atlantic News Perspective #152 (August 2, 2005)
Emergency bikes, voting my mail and Chapel Island goes national.
By: Iain K. MacLeod
Fake News
July 30, 2005 – 2:36 pm
“In terms of who I channel, my natural inclination was Stone Phillips, who has the greatest neck in journalism…and then I also used Geraldo Rivera, because he’s got this great sense of mission. He just thinks he’s gonna change the world with this report. He’s got that early-’70s hip trench coat “busting this thing wide [...]
Photo
July 30, 2005 – 12:25 pm
“I’m so pleased to be coming to Halifax. I should be in Bermuda. But who cares? I’m home,” said Nancy Shakleton (CBC Nova Scotia)
Column
July 26, 2005 – 10:30 pm
Atlantic News Perspective #151 (July 25, 2005)
Playing chicken with chickens, knifed in church and lending a harp.
By: Iain K. MacLeod
Column
July 18, 2005 – 8:43 pm
Atlantic News Perspective #150 (July 18, 2005)
Salmon cams, backyard wrestling and the gay market.
By: Iain K. MacLeod
Quote
July 17, 2005 – 12:03 pm
“If you are a lonely sort, as internet folks occasionally are, you will be relieved to know that, as always, there is someone on the internet a hundred times worse off than you are.” - Drew on the Insane Clown Posse Personal Ad Site (Klepto Pepto | .net)
Quote
July 17, 2005 – 12:32 am
“Some choice is better than none, but more choices don’t make things better,” - Carl Honoré (Time to switch off and slow down | BBC News)
Books
July 14, 2005 – 1:40 am
GTD: A New Cult for the Info Age | Wired
A Guide To Getting Things Done | Wired
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