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Hamlet on YouTube

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

I was looking at something on YouTube the other day (maybe it was this animated project from Bud.TV), and noticed a so-called “Director Video” (I gather these are pay-for-placement) featuring an 18-year-old doing a monologue (not “To Be Or Not To Be”, to his credit) from Hamlet, apparently in a vacant lot:

He’s certainly givin’ ‘er, […]

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Dueling Shows as Clever Marketing at The Winnipeg Fringe

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Jason Neufeld and Alix Sobler have a clever idea for a pair of Fringe shows. They’ve been together as a couple on the Fringe circuit for five years, but this year they allegedly broke up.
They’ve written two hilariously named shows about their relationship: “Alex Sobler Slept With My Brother” and “Jason Neufeld is Impotent”. From […]

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Coupland’s Apocalypse

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Via Metafilter, I read this essay by Douglas Coupland that apparently appeared in AdBusters back in 2002. It’s seven days that ends with the earth “not much more tan a waterlogged, barbecued briquette”:
Colossal lightning activity in both hemispheres triggers fire even in those areas most remote from what was once the human civilization. Residue from […]

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My Photos of the Hungarian State Opera House
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The Right Metaphor for DJs
For the Locals: Go See The Syringa Tree

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