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  • Erik deLange on Media Monday: Jan 23.2012
    I definitely agree that it didn't seem to pick a direction. A few pointed moments showing public schools having to sell ad space on the inside of their school buses, and I really appreciated the trip to Sao Paulo, Brazil. However, I felt a little violated after leaving the theatre. Like I had just paid to see a 90 minute infomercial. After all, ironic advertisements are still advertisements. He may have told me to buy POM with a twinkle in his eye but I was still considering buying one when next I saw it at Safeway. reply here
  • Erik deLange on Media Monday: Jan 30.2012
    Watching Tree of Life (Again. Much easier to process the second time. Equally Transcendent) The Exploding Girl The Trip Reading Mere Christianity Listening to Lana Del Ray, mostly her single Video Games. CBC Radio 2 Morning and Drive Experiencing My sister moving back in at home after a 6 month stay in New Zealand. reply here
  • Dave Von Bieker on Media Monday: Jan 30.2012
    WATCHING Up All Night (meh) Twin Peaks (Pilot) Gullivers Travels (not at all horrible) City of Ember Mary and Max (wow!) LISTENING Over The Rhine, The Long Surrender (better with each listen) Dan Mangan, Oh Fortune (and other shuffled tracks) Matthew Barber, Matthew Barber CBC Podcasts (Under The Influence, Wiretap, The Vinyl Cafè) READING The Gift, Lewis Hyde Acts Psalms EXPERIENCING New galleries at The AGA. The Untimely Transmogrification of The Problem by Chris Millar is a world or two to get lost in. Not sure that little RBC New Works Gallery ever has been, or ever will be again, so large inside. Excitement planning a trip to Vancouver/Seattle and who I get to chat with there. A bit of trepidation over the upcoming Tree of Life discussion. Reactions so far from our community have tended towards the 'what the heck was that and why did I waste time watching it?' camp. Oh oh. reply here
  • Kristi on Media Monday: Jan 30.2012
    WATCHING All I Can - Street Segment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua26CixwnKs READING Mythologies - Roland Barthes LISTENING Imperial Mammoth- All the Good things LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean The Paper Kites- Bloom Oliver Koletzki and Fran - Bow and Arrow CREATING A short drawn animation that shows off my very first drum beat that I learnt this week. reply here
  • amv on Media Monday: Jan 30.2012
    Thanks, I'll collect my reward shortly... I thought 50/50 was the kind of movie that epitomizes the phrase "yeah, that was good". I didn't really have any issues with it, nothing really that I would have wanted it to have done differently, but it wasn't essential viewing by any means. A good balance of humor and heart without forcing either, but not funny or moving enough to warrant a strong recommendation. I guess what I'm saying is that if you watch it, you'll probably enjoy it, but if you go your whole life without seeing it, you won't be missing out. reply here
  • Dave Von Bieker on Media Monday: Jan 30.2012
    Fastest post ever AMV. How was 50/50? I'm curious. reply here
  • Dave Von Bieker on Media Monday: Jan 30.2012
    WATCHING Parks and Recreation Up All Night Selling God (documentary) LISTENING Matthew Barber, Matthew Barber Wiretap, CBC Podcasts The Vinyl Cafe These Friends of Mine, Rosie Thomas READING The Gift, Lewis Hyde Acts Psalms EXPERIENCING The vertigo feeling of looking down as I cross over the often scary abyss between jobs. Excitement for what comes next, including an inspirational trip to Vancouver and Seattle. CREATING Marketing and more for The Bleeding Heart Art Space Conversation fuel for upcoming Urban Bridge discussion of The Tree of Life and this year's Oscars. reply here
  • amv on Media Monday: Jan 30.2012
    Listening Lana Del Rey, Born To Die The Promise Ring, Nothing Feels Good First Aid Kit, The Big Black And The Blue Garth Brooks, In Pieces Real Estate, Days Elliott Smith, From A Basement On The Hill Sparklehorse, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot Pulp, His 'n' Hers John K. Samson, Provincial Watching 50/50 dir. Jonathan Levine Pulp Fiction, dir. Quentin Tarantino The Dark Night, dir. Christopher Nolan My wife was watching this on TV. At first thought "I wonder why I didn't like this movie more?". Then I watched more of it and it started coming back to me... Reading Lewis Carroll, The Adventures of Alice In Wonderland Creating Finished the set of photos from last week Experiencing Tip Of The Iceberg Festival (Brazilian Money, Jessica Jalbert, Field+Stream, Mitchmatic, Scenic Route To Alaska) @ Churchill Square reply here
  • Dave Von Bieker on Media Monday: Jan 30.2012
    Best Oscar news - and I quote - "Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie. reply here
  • Dave Von Bieker on Media Monday: Jan 23.2012
    LISTENING Strange Negotiations, David Bazan Matthew Barber, Matthew Barber Cell Phone Song, Acres and Acres Metals, Feist Only Then Will Your House Be Blessed, Harry Manx Rosie Thomas, These Friends of Mine (great collection from Noisetrade) The Long Surrender, Over The Rhine Hold Time, M Ward So Runs The World Away, Josh Ritter Hooked, Mayer Hawthorne Metronomy, The Look READING The Most Human Human, Brian Christian (DONE!) Steve Jobs, Walter Isaacson (DONE!) Aesop's Fables Psalms, Acts CREATING New music with The New Eyes. Really enjoying this journey. reply here

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