visual madness

Yesterday afternoon, it was brought to my attention by my friend Spencer Peterson that the venerable Jack Carpenter (not to be confused with Halloween director John Carpenter) had mentioned on The Magic Cafe that he was a fan of my material. » Read the rest of this entry «

Canon HV30:
$570.

Røde VideoMic:
$150.

Raynox DCR-6600 Wide Angle Lens:
$140.

Canon XH-A1 Lens Hood:
$24.

Shooting amazing HD footage with a badass camcorder for only a fraction of what it normally costs:

Priceless.

-Kev

During my early teenage years I listened to a lot of what I now consider to be sub-standard music – I won’t name any particular artists for fear of trampling on anyone’s tastes, but let’s just say that for the longest time I was perfectly content with the onslaught of whiny voices, unimaginative power chords and love/above rhymes that dominated the charts at any given moment.

Then came the event that changed everything – in 2005, my friend Sean made a mix CD for me that compiled a plethora of music by Indie Rock artists, most of whom I’d never heard of before. Within a few weeks I had abandoned most of my prior music library, replacing it with the songs that Sean had given me.

Out of the hundreds of new tracks that I had added into my iTunes playlist, the ones I ended up listening to the most were Raw Sugar, Combat Baby, Hustle Rose and Calculation Theme – all songs by Canadian band Metric. The combination of masterful lyrics, playful yet pensive synth chords, as well as Emily Haine’s beautiful, mesmerizing voice just completely sucked me in and they’ve been my favorite band ever since. » Read the rest of this entry «

So it’s been over a week since I last updated the site – been meaning to get around to it for a while, but I’ve just been busy with, well…

Still, somewhere in the midst of all the Easy Mac, Peter Serafinowicz and just plain ol’ lying-around-and-doing-nothing, there have been a few notable events that have taken place since you last heard read from me. With that having been said, here we go: » Read the rest of this entry «

As soon as I read that Don Hertzfeldt was going to be in LA on the 30th to screen his new film, I immediately had a heart attack, went to the hospital, recovered, came back home and then bought tickets for the 9.30 screening. After about a month of playing Calendar Countdown, the day finally arrived and I got to see the madness first hand. » Read the rest of this entry «