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RADAR NYC 9.2.10

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:09:21 GMT

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URDB – World Record Show

“WHEN THIS VIDEO GETS OVER 10,000 VIEWS, BRIAN WILL ATTEMPT THE WORLD RECORD FOR ‘LONGEST TIME TO SPIN THREE PLATES ON FACE WHILE JUGGLING THREE MACHETES AND BALANCING ON A ROLA BOLA.” – URBD

One of the records highlighted by URDB (RADAR Ep4) include most fireballs blown in thirty seconds. This guy is for real, and has a knack for pulling off mind-boggling stunts in front of the camera. It would be a shame for him not to stand in front of a camera, spin plates, juggle machetes, and balance on a rola bola. The internet needs that video, as much as his other antics. Thanks to the great folks at URBD for bringing us Brian Pankey, and tons of other world records.

Whether they like to admit it or not, everyone thinks they can set a world record. People like to believe that they can be that one person that has the largest lip balm collection in the world (a record standing at 415), or that their fro can take more picks than any other for out there (101 for those of you wondering). These are just two of the records that are showcased on The Universal Record Database, a site where people from all over the globe get a chance to showcase their whacky and random talents. Not only do people get their abilities shown to the world, but the world gets a chance to upstage former records and/or create records of their own. Check out their youtube channel, for featured content, or their website, for a large of assortment of people setting records on camera.

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Evenings – Free Album!!

We recently featured Evenings on our RADAR music page, but it is imperative to feature him once more because of his recent album release. Evenings’ album North Dorm is actually free to download on behalf Evenings at http://evenings.bandcamp.com/. This album is a low key, well put together, overall nostalgic romp, and it is essential for those that are in tune with relaxing electronic beats and genius use of samples of nature. North Dorm was recorded in and named after by Nathan Broaddus’ in his dorm room at UVA. This album represents elegant lo-fi electronic beats synched and layered delicately to weave an intricate wave of music that washes over the listener. Naturally relaxing and mellow the record flows into your ears nice and cool like a stream into the brain. Evenings is refreshing and accessible. Be sure to check out Evenings’ track Babe, featured in an upcoming Season 4 RADAR episode.

Evenings Free Album: http://evenings.bandcamp.com/

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Program or Be Programmed – Douglas Rushkoff

Let’s focus on Douglas Rushkoff’s new book, Program or Be Programmed. Douglas Rushkoff, of techno punk fame, is publishing his ninth work of nonfiction as we speak. For those of you unfamiliar with Rushkoff, his ideas about cyberculture and technology shaped the the landscape of the 90s, and later created a dialogue about the future of the social implications of the computer networks. Unlike Gary Hustwit (read below – FOLLOW) who focuses on the effects that technology has on society, Rushkoff advocates the empowerment of the consumer in matter of programming and software. In his new book, Program or Be Programmed, Rushkoff calls to arms consumers, and asks for them to take power over the way they interact with their computers. Heavy with early references to programming and the changing climate of computer software design, the book decries the power of huge companies over the way computer users interact with technology every day. Rushkoff is the champion for DIY programming and computer software design. He makes a interesting case by pointing out how since the early 90s, fewer and fewer people are creating their own cyber-realities, and more and more people now depend on corporations to create software that dictates use instead of bending to the will of the consumer. For the current times, where DIY is growing as a way of life, this book resonates with those that want a more personalized computer experience. If the name Rushkoff is ringing a bell, think back to any of the three PBS Frontline shows he did (Persuaders, Merchant of Cool, Digital Nation), or his famous books Media Virus or Cyberia and the comic book series, Testament. Take it from a pro…

Pre-order Program or Be Programmed HERE
Watch Rushkoff speak at 2010 SXSW – Program or Be Programmed

Shantell Martin Live with Rad Pony – Album Release Party

Shantell Martin (RADAR Ep26) is no stranger these days. Her psychedelic live visuals are being paired with the rock, and subtly industrial, groove of Rad Pony for their upcoming CD release party. The combination is sure to be breathtaking because of Rad Pony’s sensual singing and combination of downtempo electronic instrumentation. The groups sumptuous, velvety music already has a sound that touches upon other senses, but to see their music enlivened live with crazy designs and lights should make for a great show. There is no alcohol served at this little shindig, but don’t let it discourage you from coming out. An event like this doesn’t really need any uppers, downers, inhalants, or whatever you get from your street corner vendor because it’s already chock-full of spacey music and trippy visuals. You can’t miss this sure to win combination.

Sept 4th 9pm – 12am
Union Pool
484 Union Avenue Brooklyn, NY
$5
with w. Balls to the Wall, Hank and Cupcakes, VJ Shantell Martin and DJ Tikka Malsala (That’s My Jam) and DJ HOTTMOMZ (Anthems).
Event Info

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@gary_hustwit

Gary Hustwit is a DIY media machine with twenty years of work behind him in both music and movies. Hustwit has his own indie record label and a filmmaking company, Plexifilm, which has worked on and released more than 40 movies without major financial backers. He has also spent some time creating documentaries that center around indie bands such as Wilco. Obsessed with design and consumerism, Gary Hustwit has produced and directed a few movies concerned with the way people interact with design and products. Hustwit seems to concern himself with the way that design and objects become essential to humans. In his film Objectified, Hutwist explores what makes us addicted to gadgets. In his film Helvetica, he explores how a font became synonymous with simple modernity. Currently, Hustwit is working on his film Urbanized which concerns itself with the layout of cities and the pros and cons of how they are laid out. His twitter feed reflects his interest on the impact that design has on people because it concerns itself with everything from playful airplane graphic to the design of urban sprawl.

Twitter – http://twitter.com/gary_hustwit
Objectified blog – http://www.objectifiedfilm.com/

RADAR NYC 8.26.10

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:10:36 GMT

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WBP Discovery & Distribution Winner – One Hundred Mornings

One Hundred Mornings, written and directed by Conor Horgan, is the winner of the WorkBook Project Discovery and Distribution Award. The WBP Discovery and Distribution Award gives a filmmaker an amazing prize consisting of a week long theatrical run in LA with social media, street team and PR support. On top of that, the filmmaker gets to keep the box office and we help to pull together the independent community in an effort to drive awareness around the film. One Hundred Mornings places the audience in a grim future where creature comforts such as electricity, hot water, and supermarkets have ceased to exist. In a wake of a world crisis, two couples head up in a lakeside cabin while the events of the outside world blow over. In a time where the word “recession” is blazoned across thousands of headlines, and the term “Third World America” seems more like a grim reality rather than the subject of a fictional work, One Hundred Mornings resounds with its take on a future where there is very few resources to be had or shared by the human race. Relying heavily on storytelling and character development rather than special effects or ornate love stories, One Hundred Mornings is one behemoth of a film. It’s dystopians roots show with the interpersonal relations in the story and the way they erode as the film goes on. Though eerie, One Hundred Mornings has a definite base on the very real possibility that this might be where the world is in a few decades or years. Be sure to check this film out if you’re in LA. The theatrical release will kick off Sept 16th at the Downtown Independent Theater. Event info here.

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Noveller

Noveller is the solo project of Sarah Lipstate. Her music is soothing, but it is charged with a dramatic quality that rises from the electric distortions and peeps. The tracks are understated, but the intricate layering of audio creates drama within her musical pieces. It is amazing to hear electric guitar distortions being turned into organic sounds and musical aspects of nature. Currently, Noveller and unFact are touring (TOUR INFO) the United States of America and Canada, and will be coming to Brooklyn in September. Her latest album, Desert Fires, is available on CD via Lipstate’s own Saffron Recordings. On top of Sarah being an incredible musician and a RADAR favorite, she is also an incredible avant-garde filmmaker, with two short films that have screened at SXSW.

Listen to Noveller’s music: http://www.myspace.com/noveller
Watch Noveller’s films: http://sarahlipstate.com/wordpress/index.php/films/

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Fashion Geek – Diana Eng

Fashion Geek written by Diana Eng shines a light on the point where style and technology converge. If Diana Eng is a recognizable name, that is because her collection was featured in our RADAR episode Fairytale Fashion (RADAR – Ep 31). Others might remember her for her Project Runway fame a few years ago where she gained recognition for being a “nerdy” fashion designer. She did not win her season, but the show put her on the map as a fashion designer that chooses to infuse whimsical fashion with cutting edge technology. Her book is a direct reflection of her combined love of LED lights and bright fabrics, but instead of simply showcasing her fashion aesthetic she uses the book to show how to add technological flares to common scarfs, hoodies, and other girlie articles of clothing. The guides are simple because of the step by step directions accompanied by full color photos to see how the project is supposed to turn out. Diana Eng places emphasis on the need for girls to learn math, science, and electronics, and she does a great job infusing the art of designing with the practicalities of technology.

Take a look inside the book or buy it here

NYCResistor Craft Night

The good people at Dr. Sketchy’s are throwing one of those new fangled flash mobs! Guess what! You’re invited! For those of you out of the loop Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School is a premier underground art movement fueled by alternative stage performers and alcohol. Dr. Sketchy’s was started by Molly Crabapple in 2005, and has been a force to reckon with ever since, spreading from humble beginnings in Brooklyn to a true international sensation. As for the upcoming event, to get to go to the flash mob event you have to RSVP on Facebook (link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=144927295538627&ref=mf), and wait for Molly herself (twitter: http://twitter.com/mollycrabapple ) to tweet the address the day of! Off the cuff and spontaneous, but totally in vein of the types of events hosted by Dr. Sketchy’s. This event specifically will feature Kiki Valentine in infamous mermaid suit. This is sure to be one heck of a time down by the water. Be sure to RSVP!

August 28th: 6pm – 8pm
TBA
Event Info

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@alliebrosh

At first glance Hyperbole and a Half looks like the brainchild of a elementary school kid with a penchant for Microsoft Paint. But after reading the latest post, always accompanied by one of Allie Brosh’s hilariously disfigured drawings, the blog’s tone becomes more than apparent. Allie Brosh is a devastatingly honest and silly blogger with ability to put into words and drawings the most awkward experiences and take the severity out of them. In her FAQs she admits that she draws cruddy drawings because they are funny, and she is totally right. Her distorted figures have the voice of the common man, who has to suffer with insecurities dancing and a severe fear of horror movies. It’s hard not to smirk when scrolling down this genuinely sincere blog.

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/

RADAR NYC 8.26.10

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:13:57 GMT

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WBP Discovery & Distribution Winner – One Hundred Mornings

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Noveller

Listen to Noveller’s music: http://www.myspace.com/noveller
Watch Noveller’s films: http://sarahlipstate.com/wordpress/index.php/films/

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Fashion Geek – Diana Eng

Take a look inside the book or buy it here

NYCResistor Craft Night

August 28th: 6pm – 8pm
TBA
Event Info

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@alliebrosh

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/

ARGFest’s Artifact Academy Puzzle Trail

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:33:47 GMT

At ARGFest 2010, Michelle Senderhauf and I ran a workshop on game artifacts – how to use them to tell a story, deliver puzzles, and reward players. We invited our workshoppers to create artifacts to continue an ARG scenario I cooked up, and lead the players to the next part of the game using physical objects.

The facts were these:

The players had been asked to help a hot brunette recover his grandfather from mysterious kidnappers who have also stolen his uncrackable safe and hidden it in an unknown location. After remotely blowing up a courier car sent to retrieve the safe, and getting the coordinates of its destination from an apparently indestructible GPS unit, the players find themselves in the woods, unearthing the safe. It’s contents may reveal a secret about the hot brunette’s grandfather that he never would have guessed, or they may raise even more questions.

We brought in the tools and materials for a little ARG propmaking jamboree, and what the ARGFesters came up with was truly remarkable. As you can see, we left the prompt wide open for participants of the workshop to create as much or as little content as they desired, and to take the story in any direction they chose.

I never expected that at the end of a frantic hour and a half of crafting, we would have a complete puzzle trail, leading players to the next “live event” in our game.

Let’s rifle through this box of treasures. What you’re about to see is written, conceived, and assembled by the workshoppers. Michelle and I just facilitated.

First, we have a postcard that looks like it was shot in the 1960’s, but the caption on the back says it’s from the 1919 Indy 500 race. Curious.

Michelle found these postcards (front and back) in an antiques store in her native Chesterton, IN, on an artifact shopping trip. Michelle gave herself a $20 budget and was able to procure a good stock of old photographs and other things to modify to tell our story.

Next, we have a compass with no directions on it. Also curious.

I found these toy compasses in the party supply aisle of my local dollar store, with the pirate hats and paper eyepatches. I think they were six to a pack. They did have a direction sticker on the bottom, which was removed for the purposes of the game.

A letter about secret government research into…time travel?

“Dear Adrian,

You were not yet born when it all started, so I do not expect you to predict what will happen should the UNRC’s predictions be incorrect. But despite the agreement I signed and the importance of the information, I feel morally obliged to tell you what our last hope is. If the speculation of our scientists – my coworkers – is correct, we will be able to change history. Time can be changed, and if it cannot then it is already too late for us. I am writing to tell you that despite my distracted behavior recently, your father loves you. Tomorrow I move to the facility constructed in the late Piedmont Park in Atlanta. There everyone is gathering to complete the Algorythm. I only hope we are correct.

God help us.

~ Stefan”

It has a mysterious glyph at the bottom – is it a map?

This letter was hand written at the workshop on some paper that I enoldenated en masse a few months ago. I bought a cheap writing pad from the dollar store and steeped it in tea and coffee at near-boiling temperature.

The scroll unrolls into a nearly unreadable map.

I drew this as a “bonus” at the end of the workshop. The “scroll” is a roll of thermal paper I saved from an old thermal fax machine. Thermal paper is cool in that it “antiques” itself when it is exposed to heat. It is also translucent, like vellum.

There’s also this strange device – is it from the future, or the past? It has a blue monocle on a reel, and a UV LED on the side.

This is cobbled together from a dollar store intrusion detector toy, a UV keychain light from an invisible ink kit, and a real antique monocle that Michelle had picked up (along with a pair of glasses) on her shopping excursion.

And here we have the easiest puzzle of the bunch. Look through the monocle, and you’ll see a US map denoting some ominous and bizarre landmarks.

However, the most interesting thing in the safe is this framed photo – is this the hot brunette’s grandfather as a younger man?

The back of the frame has scuff marks where the backing is held in place. That’s odd. It’s not like you open and close picture frames a whole lot. Or do you?

The image is a real old photo -another of Michelle’s finds. According to her, photos like this usually run a few dollars at antiques stores. The frame is from the dollar store, and was roughed up with a pair of scissors.

Oh-ho! Secrets!

There is a page with letters and holes, and clock drawn on the back of the photo – but it has no hands! However, the shape in the middle looks familiar…

This is the real back of that photo. I love it – its so pretty, and its even more gorgeous with the hand-drawn clock face on it. The letter page was done with stamps for the letters, and hand written numbers. More antiqued paper.

The compass has a notch in it – and it turns out that we can use that to line it up perfectly with the “map” on the letter. We point the compass to the arrow on the letter…

And when we line it up with a similar mark on the clock, we get a time. 6:30. Perhaps this is the time of Stefan’s meeting in Piedmont Park (two blocks from the convention.) But Stefan is a time traveler? What day are we supposed to meet him on?

At this point, we know we’re missing a piece in the puzzle. We have that piece of paper with the holes in it, but the holes don’t line up with anything on the letter, or the clock piece. Where could the missing key to this puzzle be?

Hmm….

Found it! The glue holding the two cards together separates without damaging either, and now we can see that there is a secret star chart inside.

When we stack them, we can see that some of the letters are marked with red dots. From left to right and top to bottom – J, 2, Y, 8, 0, 0, U, 1, L, 1.

I’ll leave that one little puzzle for you to solve. If anyone has spotted time travelers at Piedmont Park, please drop us a line.

The ARGFest workshop was attended by @Ancalime, @DavFlamerock, @egotist, @JimBabb, @TheBruce0, and many others, who made these awesome things. Michelle and I mostly just watched.

RADAR NYC 8.13.10

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:41:32 GMT

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Story Pirates – Tickle Monsters Are Robots

Check out the “Tickle Monsters Are Robots!!!!,” video from Story Pirates, who were featured in our latest RADAR episode (RADAR 30 – Story Pirates). There are many children’s entertainers out there, but none are quite like these guys, who actually draw their material from the children themselves. They go to schools, have children write creative stories, then the Story Pirates turn the stories into songs, and make a show out of it. The Story Pirates’ goal is to show kids what wonderful things can come from their very own unique ideas, which they hope will motivate kids to write more and to be more creative. This, along with their all-inclusive approach, which is aimed at focusing more on those who are not necessarily the best writers and are not always in the spotlight, makes Story Pirates not only creative and pretty hilarious, but also inspiration and respectable. Check out the video for their song “Tickle Monsters Are Robots!!!!” This is not only interesting and entertaining for all of us to watch from a creative perspective, but if you have kids (or maybe you’re a babysitter?) chances are they’ll be totally into this as well.

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Au Revoir Simone

Are you a fan of Au Revoir Simone? Or do you not know who they are but loved the song from our Before I Die episode? Well, that’s them! And if you’re like us and can’t get enough of this Brooklyn-based trio, you’re in luck, because they’re about to release a new remix album of their 2009 album, Night Light. The remastered will feature mixes by Neon Indian, Jens Lekman, The Dirty Projectors’ Angel Deradoorian, Tanlines, and more. Check out Sentimentalist for more info on the album, and dates for their upcoming tour.

Listen / Purchase – Au Revoir Simone’s music

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Nofilmschool – DIY Filmmaking blog

Interested in independent filmmaking, or in D.I.Y. art in general? Check out http://nofilmschool.com/, where Ryan Koo blogs about various tools, strategies, events and equipment that could come in handy for talented creative people who opt not to take the film school route. He talks about being rejected by the studio system despite his obvious talent, and explains why this model is outdated, and often a dead end, for filmmakers trying to break in nowadays. In his NoFilmSchoolManifesto, he writes, “I’m sure some people are going to think, ‘you’re only going the DIY route because you can’t make it in Hollywood!’ My goal with NoFilmSchool is to prove them wrong.” This site is in many ways similar, if not complimentary, to last week’s post about Brian Newman’s talk about reinventing innovation. The site specifically focuses on filmmakers, but it can definitely be of use to any creative person looking to build a career out of independent work.

Side note: Ryan Koo & Zack Lieberman also directed two RADAR episodes, Google Maps Road Trip and Undetermined Measurements.

SLAM theater – PLAYS

Remember our Season 1 episode on Slam Theater (RADAR 05)? If you need a refresher, this innovative group uses the model of a poetry slam and translates it to playwriting. Think of it as a workshop meets a cold read audition meets a total adrenaline rush for anyone brave enough to endure it. As Stephania Vanin, one of the producers, puts it, SLAMS are, “evenings of theater in creation, where everyone who comes through the door becomes a participant.” In other words, the actors, the playwrights, and even the audience members, play a vital role in the evolution and overall experience of the pieces. The purpose of the SLAM is not only for entertainment, but to foster community, and to ultimately make everyone better at the work that they’re passionate about. Interested in finding out more or even attending a SLAM? Check out their Facebook page for updates on new SLAMS, and also on the progress of playwrights whose plays have been previously Slammed.

SLAM winner play currently showing:

The Former Waitress by Ryan Britt
August 12, 13, 14 9:30 – 10:30p
Upstairs at The Tank
354 West 45th Street
Event Info

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@autotunethenews

Chances are you’ve heard of these guys by now. They’re getting pretty huge. Some of their newest work, Double Rainbow and Bed Intruder, have gone to the top of the charts on iTunes. For more on what they’re all about and what their latest Autotune the News projects will entail, be sure to follow them on Twitter! Also, make sure to check out our episode featuring this talented bunch (RADAR 27 – ATTN)

http://twitter.com/autotunethenews

Story Pirates – RADAR S3 ep 30 [vid]

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:05:28 GMT

The Story Pirates are a Theater Troupe like none other. Their stage is birthday parties, Public Schools and The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Story Pirates combine education, writing, music and performance to excite kids about creative writing. By bringing the kids into the writing of the performance, they are able to stimulate creativity through storytelling, as well as build the confidence a child needs to continue to be creative. The kids are able to see the fruits of their labor live on stage, as the Story Pirates compose original music and a full script, performing the very words the children wrote themselves.

Relevant sites:

storypirates.org

Credits:

CREATED by Lance Weiler & Alex Johnson
DIRECTOR Josh Cramer
DP Tom Quinn
EDITOR Jawad Metni
SERIES PRODUCER Josh Cramer
SEGMENT PRODUCER Janine Saunders
TITLE SEQUENCE Jordan Gray
POST PRODUCTION House of Trim
ADDITIONAL MUSIC by:
The Notwist “Boneless”
Mossyrock “I Know I’m Not Wrong”
Inside Voices “How is You Was”

EVENT: Transmedia Next

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:20:21 GMT

I’m often asked about transmedia and how my company Seize the Media is using it in the projects that we’re developing or producing. Besides being an excellent story R&D tool, transmedia also offers a wide range of benefits for those wishing to tell stories in the digital age. It’s a given that media consumption is changing and much has been written about an entertainment industry that finds itself smack in the center of a major transition. And while transmedia might not be for every storyteller, there are things that can be learned from the process of adapting and designing a story that travels beyond one device, platform or medium that can apply to anyone. For instance transmedia can create new opportunities to fund, develop, write, produce and / or distribute the stories you wish to tell.

This coming fall I’ll be part of an exciting training program called Transmedia Next which takes place in London on September 8, 9, & 10th. Over the course of three intensive days we’ll share an approach that my company has been employing on various films, TV, and games that we’ve produced. The event is funded by EU Media and will be open to those in Europe. We’ll be working with a small group of people as we pull back the curtain and share our process. Space is limited so if you’re interested you best hurry. There are also a number of scholarships for those based in the UK thanks to support from Skillset.

For more info on Transmedia Next and to see how you can attend visit www.transmedianext.com

EVENT: Transmedia Next

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 06:20:21 GMT

For more info on Transmedia Next and to see how you can attend visit www.transmedianext.com

RADAR NYC 7.23.10

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:32:10 GMT

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Auto-Tune The News – Ep10 Turtles

There’s a good chance that if you’ve ever used the internet to procrastinate/look at YouTube/link your friends to ridiculous videos, you’ve seen “Auto-Tune the News.” The concept is simple: take the day’s freshest, most serious news, T-Pain the voices, and add some funky background music. The result: hilarious. The brains behind the zany wigs, blue screens, and manic beats are The Gregory Brothers and Sarah Gregory. Check out the latest RADAR episode for some behind-the-scenes action of ATTN making Ep10 – Turtles, or just shoot over to their YouTube page. Just don’t forget to subscribe. Turtles:

Watch more videos from Auto-Tune The News
www.youtube.com/user/schmoyoho

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Tall Firs

We like Tall Firs and their indie rock jamming, even using one of their tracks in season 3 of RADAR. The trio sounds like a compilation of 90s-era Dinosaur Jr., live Neil Young, and aggressive Galaxies 500, but don’t take our word for it – Head to their Myspace to hear what’s up. We recommend “Axemen” or “Hairdo.”

Listen / Purchase – Tall Firs music

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Red Light Properties – Chapter 18

If you’re anything like us, you’ve been following Dan Goldman’s work since we featured his Red Light Properties series (RADAR Ep22 – Red Light Properties). The unique webcomic experience is still going strong, with a new chapter prepped for launch on July 27th. The online graphic novel follows a group of ghostbusting realty agents in Miami who turnover previously-haunted houses well-below market value. The self-proclaimed tropical-horror‘s most unique aspect has got to be its delivery; instead of one massive JPG or PDF shoved onto your screen, the comic unfolds panel-by-panel, one word-bubble at a time, all at the pace of your mouse clicks. Catch up with the eighteen previous chapters now.
Chapter 18 – view here.

NY International Independent Film & Video Festival

In case you didn’t know, the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival is one of the largest indie festivals in the world. Greats such as Abel Ferrara, Andy Garcia, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Walken, Daryl Hannah, Guy Pearce, George Clooney, and Willem Dafoe have all done work in the festival and the NYIIFVF also accepts submissions from all over the world. If that sort of gravity doesn’t already attract you to the event, our own Daniela Croci has a film entered in the festival, Everything Is as It Seems. Scope the fest’s website for info on film schedules, locations, and tickets. Watch Daniela’s short:

Saturday July 24th – 2 pm
VILLAGE EAST CINEMAS
181 2nd Avenue at 12th Street, New York
Event Info

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@Urbanfarming

We’ve showcased sustainability pieces here at RADAR a couple times before, most notably, the Waterpod project (RADAR 017 – Waterpod). Well, some of the guys and girls behind that awesome art satellite have a website and a Twitter dedicated to appropriate technology and green living. Yes, both are definitely worth bookmarking/ following for updates on all things efficient, useful, and green.

Urban Farming’s twitter

RADAR NYC 7.23.10

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:32:10 GMT

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Auto-Tune The News – Ep10 Turtles

Watch more videos from Auto-Tune The News
www.youtube.com/user/schmoyoho

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Tall Firs

Listen / Purchase – Tall Firs music

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Red Light Properties – Chapter 18

NY International Independent Film & Video Festival

Saturday July 24th – 2 pm
VILLAGE EAST CINEMAS
181 2nd Avenue at 12th Street, New York
Event Info

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@Urbanfarming

Urban Farming’s twitter

RADAR NYC 7.15.10

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:44:35 GMT

LATEST RADAR EPISODE

RADAR Ep26 – Hidden Oras

“Hidden Oras began as a live drawing project within various music clubs in Japan before moving to NYC. Shantell Martin an artist and VeeJay armed with her projector, and trusty digital drawing tablet, turns members of the audience into living art. When an audience member steps up against the projector wall Shantell creates a unique and original drawing that engulfs them. Fusing technology and art at every turn, Hidden Oras is just the first step of many towards the next wave of Live Art.

www.shantellmartin.com

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Shantell Martin at PSFK conference

Shantell Martin (RADAR 026 – Hidden Oras) spoke at this year’s PSFK conference, discussing not only her process, but the tools she uses to keep herself in touch with her “creative seed”. Throughout the day, we as New Yorkers keep ourselves busy with emails and appointments, worrying about the guy you don’t trust next to you on the train, keeping us from nurturing our inner artist. By “checking in” with ourselves, stepping out of our head and focusing on our hearts and souls, to let them speak for themselves once in a while.

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There Will Be Fireworks

Check out the new video for Ash Wednesday by There Will be Fireworks, a yet to be released song, in a video shot by They Shoot Video, Don’t They. “They” are a Viennese video blog, who feature “artists that can be vaguely described by the blurred out term indie”. There Will Be Fireworks are featured in the upcoming episode of RADAR season 3.

Listen / Purchase – There Will Be Fireworks music

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The Pekar Project

On a solemn note, this week we remember Harvey Pekar, best known for his American Splendor comic series, who passed away early on Monday, July 12th. Pekar’s first ongoing online web series, The Pekar Project, is hosted by Smithmag.com, a comic’s collective who has touched the RADAR family in many ways. Harvey Pekars’s graphic novel, The Quitter was also illustrated by Next-Door Neighbor’s editor, Dean Haspiel. RADAR sends out a big hug to the many folks who were touched by Pekar and to Smithmag.com’s Comics Editor, Jeff Newelt, who co-founded The Pekar Project and has worked with RADAR to make so much possible – we are so sorry for the loss of Jeff’s dear friend. Please check out The Pekar Project, as it’s a great service to Pekar and everything he stood for.

Art Show – “PAINTINGS”

Jay Shells (RADAR 025 – Subway Etiquette) made a big splash with his Subway Etiquette project, getting him national attention, as well as the respect and appreciation of annoyed commuters citywide. This Friday, at the 21 Ludlow Gallery, you can see some of Jay’s other work on display alongside Gray Edgerton, Timothy Mearini, Charles Martin, Eddie Ochoa, Fedele Spadafore and Nicole Wilson, at the Paintings exhibit, from 7-10 PM, at 21 Ludlow St on the Lower East Side.

Friday July 16th – 7p to 10p
21Ludlow
21 Ludlow St. New York
Event Info

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@URDB

Follow this twitter from URDB (RADAR 04 - URDB) for the most up to date world records from the bizarre to hilarious to just plan old f***ing genius.

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RADAR NYC 7.15.10

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:44:35 GMT

LATEST RADAR EPISODE

RADAR Ep26 – Hidden Oras

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Shantell Martin at PSFK conference

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There Will Be Fireworks

Listen / Purchase – There Will Be Fireworks music

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The Pekar Project

Art Show – “PAINTINGS”

Friday July 16th – 7p to 10p
21Ludlow
21 Ludlow St. New York
Event Info

FOLLOW

@URDB

Follow this twitter from URDB (RADAR 04 - URDB) for the most up to date world records from the bizarre to hilarious to just plan old f***ing genius.

URBD twitter

Hidden Oras – RADAR S3 ep 26 [vid]

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:42:06 GMT

Hidden Oras began as a live drawing project within various music clubs in Japan before moving to NYC. Shantell Martin an artist and VeeJay armed with her projector, and trusty digital drawing tablet, turns members of the audience into living art. When an audience member steps up against the projector wall Shantell creates a unique and original drawing that engulfs them. Fusing technology and art at every turn, Hidden Oras is just the first step of many towards the next wave of Live Art.

Relevant sites:

www.shantellmartin.com/

Credits:

CREATED by Lance Weiler & Alex Johnson
DIRECTOR Josh Cramer
DP Doug Emmett
EDITOR Jawad Metni
SERIES PRODUCER Josh Cramer
SEGMENT PRODUCER Janine Saunders
TITLE SEQUENCE Jordan Gray
POST PRODUCTION House of Trim
ADDITIONAL MUSIC by:
Roger O’Donnell “Endlessly”
Runaway “The Poltergeist”
Taigaa “This Is Called Lonely Brass”

Hidden Oras – RADAR S3 ep 26 [vid]

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:42:06 GMT

Relevant sites:

www.shantellmartin.com/

Credits:

RADAR NYC 7.9.10

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:40:43 GMT

LATEST RADAR EPISODE

RADAR Ep25 – Subway Etiquette

RADAR Season 3 Launches with Ep 25 – Subway Etiquette. Find more of Jay Shell’s work here.
“Jay Shells is the man behind Subway Etiquette, a new project that uses silk screen signs, which look identical to official transit signs, to speak not just to New Yorkers but all commuters, asking for a simple thing: Respect. Jay’s signs request that the reader does not do things like eat messy foods, preach their own religious beliefs or cut their toenails while riding the subway. What seems to be common sense is actually happening at every turn – bothering everyone around them. However our own concern with politeness keeps us from speaking up. We follow Jay from his silk screening studio in The New School, through the stairwells and tunnels of the New York Subway System, posting signs that hopefully remind us all to be a little more courteous.”

WATCH

WBPLabs – Inspired By Design

If you’ve ever found RADAR adding a little too much art to your diet and not enough architecture, construction, or inventive design, you’re going to want to check out Labs’ brand new series, Inspired by Design. Yes, you’ve caught us rooting for the home team, but we can’t help but showcase the new site’s intuitive look into the world of homes as creativity. Each episode visits a different environment – beachfront, lakeside and urban – and explores new architecture that elevates the everyday. If you dig the way we do things here at RADAR, definitely give them a look. More episodes here.

LISTEN

Gregory and The Hawk

Harps, guitars, and a voice, oh my. Gregory in the Hawk aka Meredith Godreau is one talented singer-songwriter. We’re pretty big fans of the New York native and her peculiar brand of folk music. While Godreau hasn’t released anything since 2008’s Moenie and Kitchi, we’re hopeful that changes soon and you should be too. In the meantime, check out her artful Beyonce cover down below.

Listen / Purchase – Gregory and the Hawk music

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Found Magazine

The explanatory paragraph on Found Magazine’s website reads “We collect found stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids’ homework, to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles – anything that gives a glimpse into someone else’s life. Anything goes…” As it turns out, that’s the must accurate, succinct description for a site that turns one person’s “trash” into the internet’s treasure. Chock full of sweet, charming, heartbreaking, honest, and emotional discovered items, the site is a must-bookmark. In other words, just like Post Secret without all the melodrama.

Small Black and Beach Fossils – Music

Let’s be honest, this ridiculous-sounding “chill-wave” label is going to stick. In case you haven’t heard the recent-ish blogism, chill-wave is the all-encompassing genre of lo-fi, catchy, down-tempo, fuzzed-out, noise-pop, usually associated with small bedroom bands from Brooklyn. Whew, that was a lot of hyphens. Anyways, two of the genre’s (and indie music in general) best acts are Small Black and Beach Fossils and if you’re lucky enough to be in NYC on July 14th, you get to see ‘em both play live at the Mecury Lounge. Not sold yet? Listen to Small Black’s “Despicable Dogs” (RADAR Season 3) or Beach Fossil’s “Vacation” at their respective Myspaces. Myspi?

Saturday July 14th, 9:30pm
Mercury Lounge
217 East Houston St., New York, NY 10002
Event Info

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Bambi Killers

We devoted an entire Radar episode trying to explain just what exactly the Bambi Killer are. Though we still can’t sum them up one sentence, their blog offers a whole bunch of insight and understanding into their horror rock cabaret. Check it out if you’re a fan of Glenn Danzig, Marilyn Monroe, show tunes, fake blood, alien invasions, or performance art.

Bambi Killers Blog

RADAR NYC 7.9.10

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:40:43 GMT

LATEST RADAR EPISODE

RADAR Ep25 – Subway Etiquette

WATCH

WBPLabs – Inspired By Design

LISTEN

Gregory and The Hawk

Listen / Purchase – Gregory and the Hawk music

READ

Found Magazine

Small Black and Beach Fossils – Music

Saturday July 14th, 9:30pm
Mercury Lounge
217 East Houston St., New York, NY 10002
Event Info

FOLLOW

Bambi Killers

Bambi Killers Blog

RADAR NYC 7.1.10

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:32:20 GMT

WATCH

Aakash Nihalani – Stop Pop & Roll

Check out Aakash Nihalani’s (RADAR 021 – Tape and Mirrors) new YouTube video “Stop, Pop & Roll” as it follows him through a short installation on New York’s Manhattan streets. Aakash’s name is synonymous with street art, visible at every turn in all five boroughs, finding beauty in the symmetry of the city’s architecture. He might not have a fancy documentary film about his work, or have filled a pop-up store with exotic animals, but from the way things are going, he’s not too far off.

LISTEN

Milieu – A Blanket of Infinite Repetitions

A Blanket of Infinite Repetitions has just been released by Milieu (“Cropduster” RADAR season 3). This exclusive set of recordings were made at the same time as their most recent album Phosphene Weather, yet never saw the light of day. Finally they are available as a limited edition of 50, available on the Milieu website.

Listen / Purchase – A Blanket of Infinite Repetitions

READ

Music Video Case Study – Leah Meyerhoff

Read / View it here
Award-winning director Leah Meyerhoff (RADAR 017 – Waterpod) has allowed us into her world by creating a breakdown of the entire music video making process, from storyline to references to behind the scenes, for the song “Like Our Fathers” by Luff, who were also featured on the Waterpod episode. If you’ve ever wondered about the amount of work and planning that goes into making a music video, you’ve got to have a look at this invaluable study. And don’t forget to head over to Leah’s website to check out more of her work.

3 Great events – ALL FREE

Art Battles (RADAR 015 – Art Battles) returns again with another four artists that will go head to head (to head to head) at the prestigious Brooklyn Museum, this Saturday, July 3rd at 7:00 PM. This time it’s Concep, Lexi Bella, Marthalicia, and Zito on the center of the floor, racing against the clock to claim the bragging rights for their 15 Minutes of Fame. The Boogie Brothers will be providing the live music, the artists will provide the entertainment, all you have to do is show up. Art Battles Presents “15 Minutes of Fame” @ The Brooklyn Museum , 7-8:30 pm, July 3rd 2010.

Saturday July 3rd, 7pm
The Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY
Event Info

@lanceweiler

Lance Weiler does it all. Not only has he written, directed and produced two feature length films, 1998’s The Last Broadcast and 2006’s Head Trauma, but he also partnered in creating the transmedia production company Seize the Media and founded the creative network The Workbook Project. Us over here at RADAR think a lot of Lance, not just because he gives us a job, but because he is truly committed to exploring new and innovative ways for creative individuals to come together and express themselves. Follow Lance on twitter to stay up to date with all his goings-ons, and check out Filmmaker magazine to read his regularly featured column on the impact of technology on entertainment.

@lanceweiler

RADAR NYC 7.1.10

Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:28:40 GMT

WATCH

Aakash Nihalani – Stop Pop & Roll

Check out Aakash Nihalani’s (RADAR 008 – Tape and Mirrors) new YouTube video “Stop, Pop & Roll” as it follows him through a short installation on New York’s Manhattan streets. Aakash’s name is synonymous with street art, visible at every turn in all five boroughs, finding beauty in the symmetry of the city’s architecture. He might not have a fancy documentary film about his work, or have filled a pop-up store with exotic animals, but from the way things are going, he’s not too far off.

LISTEN

Milieu – A Blanket of Infinate Repititions

A Blanket of Infinate Repititions has just been released by Milieu (“Cropduster” RADAR season 3). This exclusive set of recordings were made at the same time as their most recent album Phosphene Weather, yet never saw the light of day. Finally they are available as a limited edition of 50, available on the Milieu website.

Listen / Purchase – A Blanket of Infinate Repititions

READ

Music Video Case Study – Leah Meyerhoff

3 Great events – ALL FREE

Saturday July 3rd, 7pm
The Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY
Event Info

@lanceweiler

RADAR NYC 6.25.10

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:50:35 GMT

WATCH

Slush Pile Funnies – Joe InFurnari’s

Take one really talented comic writer/illustrator, a handful of his worst ideas, and website to showcase all of it and you have Joe Infurnari’s Slush Pile Funnies. Infurnari, who’s related to Smith Mag’s excellent Next Door Neighbor webcomic (RADAR 001 – Next Door Neighbor), has been making comics for a while now, and with great creativity comes true travesty. Best to let him explain: “Every artist has ideas that we reject. We call them ‘bad ideas’ for any number of reasons and choose to focus our efforts on the ‘good ideas’. What if we did the opposite? What if we forced ourselves to entertain these denizens of our cerebral Salon des Refusés?” Slush Pile Funnies is the result of all that “hard” work. It’s one funny, ridiculous, and thought-provoking creative experiment.

LISTEN

Tin Pan Band

You may have caught the work of the Tin Pan Band soundtracking our Poetry Brothel episode (RADAR 020 – Poetry Brothel), and if you dug their retro vibes then, you’re going to want to check out their new tunes now. Self-described as, “Ray Charles and Tom Waits hanging out on Bourbon Street,” the Brooklyn band sounds like a speak-easy come to life and since they’re constantly playing shows, there’s always an opportunity to catch them playing live.

LP available to listen and purchase via CD Baby

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How I Met Your Motherboard – Jason Bitner

Jason Bitner loves the past. He’s the mind behind Cassette From My Ex (RADAR 003 – Cassettes From My Ex), the co-creator of Found Magazine, and editor of Dirty Found and the Found Polaroid Book. His latest historic excavation? How I Met Your Motherboard, a documentation of early computer memories – We’re talking photos and stories of ancient PCs, Macs, Commodores, and Ataris. It’s like a time machine taking you back to Doogie Howser’s bedroom for a diary session.

3 Great events – ALL FREE

Ham radios, the original pranking, hacking, trucker device, has been around since the early 1900s and it still has a cult following. To celebrate the amateur radio icon, NYC Resistor is hosting this year’s ARRL Field Day from June 26-27th. For those far removed from the dial, the field day is a national event during which “radio operators promote ham radio by setting up stations and transmitting in parking lots, open fields, etc.” The bash promises to be a two-day party full of demos, dancing, and debauchery, plus one of the sponsors are RADAR-friends MakerBot (RADAR 019 – Makerbot). Go back to a time before cell phones and Twitter, check the website for more info.

Saturday June 26, 8pm-1am
NYC Resistor
87 3rd Ave., 4th FL., Brooklyn, NY
Free

AND

Eclectic Method: Free show at Puma City in South Street Seaport – Event Info
New Mind Space: Bubble Battle NYC in Time Square – Event Info

@elizaskinner

We last checked in with Eliza Skinner, she was showing off her improvisational musical skills as part of the I Eat Pandas (RADAR 002 – I Eat Pandas) tandem. Unsurprisingly, it turns out that Eliza is pretty funny off the stage too. Follow her on twitter or check out her new blog chronicling her new adventures in wedding planning. She’s like Jennifer Lopez, but actually funny.

@elizaskinner

Comic Con Tip Box

Thu, 27 May 2010 08:14:25 GMT

San Diego Comic Con is a massive gathering of smart, tech savvy, nerdy folks. Every year, there are tie-ins there to all sorts of transmedia campaigns, and this summer Culture Hacker will be there, rounding them up.

We will be scouring the conference, but you can make it easier for us to find the good stuff. If you know where a great transmedia project can be found at Comic Con, and you want to see it here on WBP, please drop a line to our tip box.

All tips are treated as anonymous. Be sure to let us know where to go (booth number or room name), and when. Spoilers not necessary.

Lead photo courtesy Gary Scott.

Comic Con Tip Box

Mon, 24 May 2010 16:23:05 GMT

All tips are treated as anonymous. Be sure to let us know where to go (booth number or room name), and when. Spoilers not necessary.

Lead photo courtesy Gary Scott.

RADAR NYC 5.14.10

Fri, 14 May 2010 17:39:59 GMT

WATCH

Ry Russo Young – Nobody Walks

Nobody Walks, co-written by Ry Russo Young and Lena Dunham, is one of thirteen projects to be accepted into this year’s Sundance Screenwriting Lab. A synopsis of their script: “When a driven young artist invades the home and family of a Hollywood sound designer helping her finish her first film, their professional connection triggers a sexual and emotional entanglement that lays bare the needs, narcissism, and questionable morality of everyone involved.” Director Ry Russo Young (Director of RADAR 015 and RADAR 024) was awarded the 2009 Gotham Independent Film Award for “Best Film Not Playing At A Theater Near You” for her last feature, You Won’t Miss Me.

YOU WONT MISS ME trailer from Ry Russo-Young.

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Small Black – 7”

Small Black and tour mates Washed Out scratch each others back on split a 7″. Released on Lovepump United, Small Black’s “Despicable Dogs” gets a reworked by Washed out for a more synthy, airy feel, while the flip has Washed Out remixes Small Black’s “You’ll See It”. The original “Despicable Dogs” will be featured on an upcoming RADAR episode. You can hear the remix here

Listen / Purchase Small Black 7”
LPU 033 Small Black / Washed Out 7″

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The Double Life Is Twice As Good – Jonathan Ames

Jonathan Ames is a busy man. Apart from being a contributor to the RADAR featured webcomic series Next Door Neighbor (RADAR 001 – Next Door Neighbor), Mr. Ames is also the author of numerous written works, and creator of the HBO original series Bored to Death. Check out his latest book, a collection of hilarious and insightful articles, essays, and cartoons, titled The Double Life Is Twice As Good.

http://www.jonathanames.com/

Poetry Brothel at The Back Room

If sensual, scantily clad spoken word happens to be your thing, you must check out the lovely ladies and gents of The Poetry Brothel (RADAR 020 – Poetry Brothel) this Sunday, May 16th at The Back Room in NYC. The cost is free and the performances are always pleasurable, so don’t miss it.

Sunday, May 16th, 8pm-Midnight
The Back Room
102 Norfolk St. NYC
$$ Free*

http://www.thepoetrybrothel.com/

Aakash Nihalani Flickr Photostream

Check out the newest creations from street artist, Aakash Nihalani (RADAR 021 – Tapes and Mirrors) by following his Flickr photo stream. Love the new geometrical shapes, Aakash!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aakashnihalani/

RADAR NYC 5.14.10

Fri, 14 May 2010 17:39:59 GMT

WATCH

Ry Russo Young – Nobody Walks

YOU WONT MISS ME trailer from Ry Russo-Young.

LISTEN

Small Black – 7”

Listen / Purchase Small Black 7”
LPU 033 Small Black / Washed Out 7″

READ

The Double Life Is Twice As Good – Jonathan Ames

http://www.jonathanames.com/

Poetry Brothel at The Back Room

Sunday, May 16th, 8pm-Midnight
The Back Room
102 Norfolk St. NYC
$$ Free*

http://www.thepoetrybrothel.com/

Aakash Nihalani Flickr Photostream

Check out the newest creations from street artist, Aakash Nihalani (RADAR 021 – Tapes and Mirrors) by following his Flickr photo stream. Love the new geometrical shapes, Aakash!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aakashnihalani/

Hosted Screenings – an interview with Sol Tryon

Thu, 13 May 2010 20:58:57 GMT

Recently, Ted Hope posted a list entitled 38 More Ways The Film Industry Is Failing Today the first point on the list focuses on building richer theatrical experiences.

1. We cannot logically justify any ticket price whatsoever for a non-event film. There are too many better options at too low a price. Simply getting out of the house or watching something somewhere because that is the only place it is currently available does not justify a ticket price enough. We still think of movies as things people will buy. We have to change our thinking about movies to something that enhances other experiences, and it is that which has monetary value. Film’s power as a community organizing tool extends far beyond its power to sell popcorn (and the whole exhibition industry is based on that old popcorn idea).

This and the other 37 points are definitely worth reading. They raise numerous questions while hinting at possible solutions. In relation to the first point that Ted raises I was struck by the fact that “Hosted Screenings” present an interesting option for those looking to roll something out in today’s theatrical market.

We had a chance to catch up with filmmaker Sol Tryon from Mangusta Productions to hear about his recent experimentation in the hybrid distribution world and how he and his team are working around a “Hosted Screenings” model for their theatrical releases.

What lead to your hybrid distribution efforts around your slate of films?

Over the past few years we have seen the independent film industry flip on it’s head. With the number of films getting big advances for all rights deals dropping drastically, it became apparent that in order to be independent filmmakers with sustainable careers we were going to have to know how to market and distribute our films ourselves. We began exploring and comparing the different options for self, hybrid and traditional distribution. Fortunately, there have been a few other filmmakers blazing these trails already giving us some points of reference to work from. For the most part though, these strategies are only being implemented as a one off sort of thing for specific films. Seeing this as a developing trend, we decided to try to shape our company around eventually being prepared to release all of our films ourselves theatrically. With that as the strategy, we have begun including a modest P&A (prints and advertising) budget into our production budget in order to finance a theatrical release. This puts us, the filmmakers, as well as the initial investors in a greater position of power when it comes to managing the distribution options. If one of the precious few large all rights deals comes our way, we can take it and just distribute the remaining funds back to our investors. If there aren’t any offers we are jumping up and down about, we have the ability to distribute the film ourselves in a way we feel it deserves. The ideal situation being that we develop this strategy for distributing our films to a point where other filmmakers and distributors want to work with us because they see the value we are able to add to a project.

Can you explain how you’re approaching theatrical and the results you’ve seen so far from your efforts?

Our first theatrical release was FIX (directed by Tao Ruspoli; starring Olivia Wilde and Shawn Andrews). We opened in New York and played for two weeks at the Village East. We generated a lot of press and saw a real tangible jump in awareness for the film. One of the most effective strategies we employed was setting up hosted screenings where we invited cast, crew, friends and influential personalities to take part in themed post-screening Q&A’s. For instance, we invited Daniel Pinchbeck, a proponent of hallucinogens, to participate in a discussion with Tao Ruspoli titled: “Drugs: Culture, Addiction and the Exploration of Altered States of Consciousness”. Pinchbeck promoted the screening on his Reality Sandwich blog which, combined with our promotional and marketing efforts, enabled us to sell out a Tuesday night screening.

With our two current films, The Living Wake and 2012: Time For Change we’ve continued in this direction. With 2012: Time For Change we partnered with Green Festivals (the largest green expo in the U.S.). They hold five events throughout the year (San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, Washington D.C., and San Francisco again). We premiered the film April 9th at the San Francisco event where we organized panels on the green festival main stage featuring participants in the film and set up a booth to promote our screenings, build our mailing list, and sell merchandise. Outside of the festival, we booked a Landmark Theater for one screening a night for three nights. With the awareness we built up at the green festival and our grass roots marketing, we sold out all of our screenings and built a strong base of interest in the area for our film. Each night the film was followed by a Q&A featuring a different lineup of luminaries from the film. These events became great opportunities to bring together an eclectic mix of personalities into one space for unique discussions. The guests included Paul Stamets (Mycologist), Rob Garza (Thievery Corporation: Musician), Tiokasin Ghosthorse (First Voices Indigenous Radio), Richard Register (Ecological City Design), Barbara Marx Hubbard (Futurist, Writer), and many more.

We are continuing this approach next in Chicago and are expanding the idea in Seattle to incorporate a full one week theatrical run. The thinking is that Seattle is a great market for this film and with the green festival’s outreach, as well as the attention we received from our San Francisco event the time is right to explore taking things to the next level. We are also planning an event screening in NYC for early July with Sting, Paul Stamets, Ganga White, Daniel Pinchbeck and director Joao Amorim where we will be doing simultaneous screenings through several platforms and streaming the Q&A/panel discussion live after the film.

With our latest release, The Living Wake, we are collaborating with Dylan Marchetti of Variance Films on our theatrical bookings. We started by booking theaters in New York (May 14th) and LA (May 21st). From there we used those dates to build around with other cities. We currently are planning on releasing the film in Seattle (June 4th), Chicago (June 25th) and several other cities through June and July. We have also recently secured separate deals for the DVD and VOD rights, coordinating them both to be released on August 3rd.

Can you share how you design your self hosted screenings?

For our New York release of The Living Wake this week we have a total of twenty hosted screenings set up, and are planning to do the same in Los Angeles next week. Many of the screenings will be hosted by the Filmmakers and Cast members themselves (Sol Tryon, Jesse Eisenberg, Mike O’Connell, Jim Gaffigan), while others will be hosted by special guests such as Shirin Neshat (Women Without Men), Mark Webber (Explicit Ills), Cory McAbee (American Astronaut), Daniel Pinchbeck (2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl), Steve Conrad (The Pursuit of Happyness), and Jimmy Miller (Step Brothers). Several companies and film festivals we have screened at are also jumping in and hosting select screenings in support of the film.

Our goal is to create an event type of experience within the traditional theatrical format. The approach with each host is slightly different. Some hosts are trying to just promote us and our film by bringing people that they think would enjoy it to a specific screening. Others it works two fold for, where they are promoting us, but we are promoting them as well and it becomes a mutually beneficial experience. All of it though is targeted at creating a particular experience around each and every screening for the audience.

What tips would you offer for someone who is interested in booking their own event / hosted screenings?

Give people as many reasons as you can to go out and see your film. It’s hard to get people into the theater, it’s expensive, and you’re competing with a zillion other things so you have to work to make the experience unique and memorable. Form partnerships whenever and wherever possible with groups and individuals and help promote each other. Get as much advice from people who have done it before as you possibly can, but remember that Self and Hybrid Distribution is still very new, there are no set rules as to how it is done so be creative. Lastly, be prepared to work harder than you ever have. The only guarantee in going this route is that the fate of your film rests on you and how much work you are able to put into it.

What’s next and will you be releasing theatrically in more cities?

The Living Wake and 2012: Time For Change will be rolling out to more cities throughout the summer and fall. The next film on our slate for distribution is Being In The World, a documentary directed by Tao Ruspoli (Fix). This project we have been with from the beginning and are devising a strategy for a theatrical tour building on the experiences gained from Fix, 2012: Time For Change and The Living Wake, but gearing everything specifically for this film. We have also decided to work on supporting other indie films that we think deserve a theatrical release, but have not had the opportunity for what ever reason to make it happen yet. In that vein, we are providing the P&A financing for Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench to be released by Variance Films. We have a few projects in development and plan on continuing to do theatrical releases on our own films as well as others. Our goal is to work with filmmakers on establishing a sustainable environment for us all to continue creating the projects that inspire us.

Hosted Screenings – an interview with Sol Tryon

Thu, 13 May 2010 20:58:57 GMT

Recently, Ted Hope posted a list entitled 38 More Ways The Film Industry Is Failing Today the first point on the list focuses on building richer theatrical experiences.

1. We cannot logically justify any ticket price whatsoever for a non-event film. There are too many better options at too low a price. Simply getting out of the house or watching something somewhere because that is the only place it is currently available does not justify a ticket price enough. We still think of movies as things people will buy. We have to change our thinking about movies to something that enhances other experiences, and it is that which has monetary value. Film’s power as a community organizing tool extends far beyond its power to sell popcorn (and the whole exhibition industry is based on that old popcorn idea).

What lead to your hybrid distribution efforts around your slate of films?

Can you explain how you’re approaching theatrical and the results you’ve seen so far from your efforts?

Can you share how you design your self hosted screenings?

What tips would you offer for someone who is interested in booking their own event / hosted screenings?

What’s next and will you be releasing theatrically in more cities?

RADAR NYC 5.6.10

Fri, 07 May 2010 00:06:47 GMT

WATCH

Cindy Gallop on IfWeRanTheWorld.com

“IfWeRanTheWorld.com is a simple, playful platform that harnesses good intentions and downloads them into tangible, do-able microactions that anyone and everyone can do. IfWeRanTheWorld is about complete transparency – you are what you do. And it is with these same principles that we are developing IfWeRanTheWorld: what you experience today is an early, alpha release of a platform that is rapidly evolving thanks to the actions of a remarkable and growing and talented tribe of unruly nerds and dreamers.” IfWeRanTheWorld was created by Cindy Gallop who is currently on the Advisory Board of URDB (RADAR 004 – URDB)

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The Antlers – Sylvia Live in studio

At the moment we’re loving Brooklyn’s The Antlers (RADAR 016 – Missed Connections). If you need a falsetto fix, look no further. Check out this clip of “Sylvia”, performed for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert (complete with tiny, fun-size amps!). RADAR featured their song “Shiva” in Missed Connections.

Listen / Purchase The Antlers
Antlers Music

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Cassettes From My Ex – Jason Bitner

Having trouble letting go of your old flame’s mixtape? Jason Bitner (RADAR 03 -Cassette From My Ex) wants you to know that you’re not alone. Bitner has taken his blog sensation and turned it into the now critically acclaimed book, Cassette From My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves. Finally, you can revel in another’s romantic sorrow as you sit quietly in your candlelit room, fingering the stickers on that old cassette that you just can’t quite throw away. Find “Cassette From My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves” here

http://www.cassettefrommyex.com/

Art Battles Presents Green Street

On May 8th, Art Battles (RADAR 015 – Art Battles), an event based art competition, is at it again, with the latest battle taking place at The Garment Room, 112 Greene st, New York, NY from 7-11 PM. Concep, Sean Bono, Meres One, and Yatika Starr Fields, will battle each other, exploring the future of street art, using only the materials they have brought with them, to create a piece that will accurately “communicate the progression of this ever evolving form.”

For all the info, and to buy tickets, follow the link.

May 8th – 7-11 PM
The Garment Room
112 Greene St., New York

http://www.artbattles.com/

@mattheldstudios

Follow the world travels of Portrait Artist Matt Held (RADAR 009 – Matt Held – Facebook Portraits) as He travels from the Jacques Putzeys Gallery in the south of France, onto Germany and beyond!

@mattheldstudios
http://portraitpainted.blogspot.com/

RADAR NYC 5.6.10

Thu, 06 May 2010 22:54:59 GMT

WATCH

Cindy Gallop on IfWeRanTheWorld.com

LISTEN

The Antlers – Sylvia Live in studio

Listen / Purchase The Antlers
Antlers Music

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Cassettes From My Ex – Jason Bitner

http://www.cassettefrommyex.com/

Art Battles Presents Green Street

For all the info, and to buy tickets, follow the link.

May 8th – 7-11 PM
The Garment Room
112 Greene St., New York

http://www.artbattles.com/

@mattheldstudios

Follow the world travels of Portrait Artist Matt Held (RADAR 009 – Matt Held – Facebook Portraits) as He travels from the Jacques Putzeys Gallery in the south of France, onto Germany and beyond!

@mattheldstudios
http://portraitpainted.blogspot.com/

DIYDays NYC Dan Rollman [vid]

Tue, 04 May 2010 15:43:50 GMT

The Universal Record Database, otherwise known as the “definitive site for human achievement” is an interesting crowdsourced project that encourages users to share, break and tell stories around the world records they set. President and co-founder Dan Rollman shares how URDB has grown into an online and offline community.

UNIVERSAL RECORD DATABASE – DAN ROLLMAN
What do ‘Most money destroyed for profit’, the ‘Longest shhh’ and ‘Most flaxseed cracker people created in one minute’ have in common? They are all records held on Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson’s Universal Record Database, otherwise known as the ‘definitive site for human achievement’. Dan Rollman takes us through the thinking behind the project and shares how URDB has built a dedicated community.

More on URDB
www.urdb.org
http://twitter.com/urdb

RADAR featured URDB in Season 1

DIYDays NYC Dan Rollman [vid]

Tue, 04 May 2010 15:43:50 GMT

More on URDB
www.urdb.org
http://twitter.com/urdb

RADAR featured URDB in Season 1

DIYDays NYC Jeff Gomez [vid]

Sat, 01 May 2010 02:08:55 GMT

Jeff Gomez and his company Starlight Runner Entertainment are leaders in the transmedia space. Jeff was instrumental in helping to establish a transmedia producer credit with the PGA (Producers Guild of America). During his talk at DIYDays NYC he gave a heartfelt presentation about his own background and what lead him to transmedia storytelling.

TRANSMEDIA STORYTELLING: CREATING BLOCKBUSTER WORLDS – JEFF GOMEZ
Growing up in the projects of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, Jeff Gomez dreamed of fantastic realms full of strange creatures, amazing heroes and high adventure. Today, as the President and CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment, Jeff engages audiences around the world by producing spectacular transmedia storylines for Disney, 20th Century Fox, Hasbro, Microsoft and Coca-Cola. DIY Days invites you to hear Jeff tell his remarkable tale, and learn about a vanguard form of writing, creative development and production that is taking the entertainment and advertising worlds by storm.

For more on Jeff
twitter @Jeff_Gomez
Starlight Runner

Special thanks to Raffi Asdourian and his team for all the help with documenting the event
http://twitter.com/zaffi

DIYDays NYC Jeff Gomez [vid]

Sat, 01 May 2010 02:08:55 GMT

For more on Jeff
twitter @Jeff_Gomez
Starlight Runner

Special thanks to Raffi Asdourian and his team for all the help with documenting the event
http://twitter.com/zaffi

ARGFest heads to Atlanta

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:20:36 GMT

I had the opportunity to speak at ARGFest in 2008 and had a wonderful time. It’s a great group of people doing some amazing work in the transmedia space. I was thrilled to hear that ARGFest this year would be getting bigger and better. I had a chance to ask ARGFest Chair Brooke Thompson a few questions about this year’s event which will be traveling to Atlanta, GA.

What is ARGFest?

ARGFest is a four day event (July 15-18 in Atlanta, GA) celebrating the best in alternate reality games & transmedia entertainment. It started back in 2003 when Steve Peters (then of ARGN) and Sean Stacey (of unfiction) wanted to get together over drinks instead of over email (or chat). A dozen or so others decided to join them, named it ARGFest, and an annual event was born! Over the years, it has grown from a small group of us hanging out in Vegas into a full-fledged conference that attracts some of the most innovative and influential minds in the field. But, despite the changes, we’ve never let go of our roots – it is still a community oriented event, created by fans & creators for fans & creators. This helps to keep the conference from ever taking itself too seriously – you don’t come to ARGFest for the sessions, you come to have fun and meet (or make) friends with people who share your passion. What’s great is that actually makes the sessions more interesting and the conference all the better. I love how that works!

Brian Clark at ARGFest 2008

How will the fest be expanding this year?

So many ways! The most noticeable is that we’re going from two days to four. In the process, we’ve expanded the conference to two days and added a weekend long game festival. It’s all quite huge and seems a bit drastic, but it was a very natural move for us to make.

For the last five years, ARGFest has been a weekend event with Saturday devoted to a conference. This has worked well, but we reached the point where we were turning away some fantastic speakers & conference sessions. While we could have just expanded the conference to two days, the thought of spending our entire weekend shut in some conference room made us all a bit crazy. Last year, when we had a few creators talking about and showing off some of their location-based games, we realized that two worlds were converging. There’s always been an interest in urban play (from street games to geocaching to live events, ARGs have used real-world spaces for years), but with the rise in location aware phones, people are really beginning to look at place as a platform for transmedia entertainment. With that, we realized we could manage a two day conference and, if we moved the conference to Thursday & Friday, we could have the entire weekend for urban play, location based games, and explorations into the ways in which transmedia creators can play with space and/or live interactions.

It’s a bit of an experiment, I’ll admit, but we’re really excited about it all. Not only does this allow us to both talk about and showcase the various ways that people are exploring transmedia, it lets us reach out to the general community in ways that we’ve never done before. I like to think of urban play (especially if it has a strong narrative) as one of the gateway drugs to the transmedia world – it’s accessible and just strange enough to make you feel like you’ve experienced something special. Once people get a taste of that, their minds open up to all sorts of possibilities and they want to see & experience more.

What can be done to make ARGs and transmedia experiences more accessible?

Transmedia experiences, especially alternate reality games, can become very complex very quickly. This means that making experiences accessible is incredibly important – even when they are not aimed at a large or mainstream audience. Its no surprise, then, that over the years designers have played with a number of ways to make (and keep!) experiences accessible to their audience (and potential audience). I’m not going to say that time has been wasted – there is definitely much to learn and, even, a few techniques worth using. But I am going to say that there has been an abundance of over-thinking. In my mind, it’s quite simple… an accessible transmedia experience connects with the audience on their terms, where they already are, with tools that they’re already using, and in ways that they already understand. Ok, maybe it’s not that simple – but it’s only four things! How hard can that be? More than that, it’s four things that make sense! Think about it…

After you’ve put all this time and energy into creating your transmedia masterpiece, you want to show it off. That means, you want to make it as easy as possible for an audience to discover you. But you don’t want people to just see the front page, get confused, and walk away – so you need to do things that they already know and understand. And, while it might be interesting, you don’t want to make them angry before they’re committed to the experience – so do things on their terms. All of these things can change the deeper someone falls down the rabbit hole. But, until they get there, don’t force them to jump through too many hoops.

Once you’ve mastered those four things, then you can start exploring other techniques such as narrative guides and tiered experiences designed to immerse the audience at different levels of engagement. But, until then, you’ll only have minimal success with anything else.

For those wishing to design their own games where does one start?

Talk to people who have created and played games. They’re fairly easy to find – unfiction and the IGDA ARG SIG are good places to look if you’re interested in alternate reality games and twitter has become my tool of choice to connect with all sorts of people working in and with transmedia. There’s a strong feeling floating around in the transmedia sphere that we’re at the start of something huge. The thing is… nobody really knows how huge or, even, what that something is. The only way we’re going to figure that out is by encouraging people to create in this space. So, ARG & transmedia folk love to talk… a lot. They like questions. They like to think. They like meeting new people. And they love to share ideas and advice. So don’t be shy, come find us and say hi.

What are some of your favorite ARGs / transmedia experiences of the last year?

It’s so hard to choose – a lot of interesting things have happened in the space in the last year. Personal Effects: Dark Art seems to jump out for me. If you aren’t aware, Personal Effects: Dark Art is a book that comes packaged with a number of artifacts (business cards, ids, notes, etc.). In addition to supporting the text of the book, these items lead to websites and phone numbers that help bring the world to life. Granted, the idea and execution isn’t new – Cathy’s Book did the same thing a few years ago (and both were created by Jordan Weisman who was the ARGFest keynote last year). However, they each reached very different audiences as Cathy’s Book was geared towards girls in their early teens and Personal Effects was an adult thriller. Publishers seem to be more willing to try transmedia experiences with books geared towards younger audiences, so seeing a similarly executed experience succeed for two very different audiences has been great! Hopefully this will help encourage more publishers (and authors!) to explore the potential of transmedia storytelling.

If someone wants to attend, speak or volunteer where can they find out more information?

The ARGFest website (www.argfest.com ) will have all of the information that you will need. For more up to the moment news & announcements, you can follow us on twitter (@argfest). Whether or not you’re familiar with alternate reality games, I want to encourage you to come. ARGs are but one type of transmedia experience and, if you’re at all interested in transmedia entertainment, you’ll find like minds at ARGFest. If you are interested in speaking and/or have a great idea for a session – let us know! There are submissions forms on the website that we review on a regular basis and they really do help guide us as we pull this thing together. With more space to play with than ever before, we really do want (need!) your suggestions to help us fill it. This truly is a community driven event and that makes it your event… What do you want to see? Who do you what to hear? Let us know so that we can try to make it happen! And, of course, we’ll see you in July!

ARGFest heads to Atlanta

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:20:36 GMT

What is ARGFest?

Brian Clark at ARGFest 2008

How will the fest be expanding this year?

What can be done to make ARGs and transmedia experiences more accessible?

For those wishing to design their own games where does one start?

What are some of your favorite ARGs / transmedia experiences of the last year?

If someone wants to attend, speak or volunteer where can they find out more information?

RADAR NYC 4.29.10

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:29:58 GMT

WATCH

Bre Pettis – Screen-printing tutorial

As part of his Weekend Project series, Bre Pettis of Makerbot (RADAR 019 – Makerbot) and Matt Stinchcomb (Etsy) demonstrate how to screen-print your own super cool t-shirts. Watch other Weekend Projects from Bre Pettis!

LISTEN

We Have Band

We Have Band (RADAR S1 Sizzle) , the London-based band who have been described as “Part Hot Chip, part Talking Heads” by The Guardian, have just released a new album, WHB, with two fresh singles: “Divisive” & “Honeytrap”. Have a look at the music video for “Honeytrap”, and if you like it download “Honeytrap” for free on the band’s website.

Listen / Purchase WHB
WHB, We Have Band

READ

Scarlett Takes Manhattan – Molly Crabapple

This week’s read is “Scarlett Takes Manhattan”, the newest graphic novel by Molly Crabapple (RADAR 008 – Dr. Sketchy’s) and John Leavitt. Described as “A young woman orphaned in tragic circumstances (by a pair of copulating circus elephants) rises to become the foremost burlesque performer of her era: Scarlett O’Herring. “Scarlett Takes Manhattan” is a delightful erotic romp through the exotic world of Gilded Age New York”. Find “Scarlett Takes Manhattan” here.

Super Power Party – Sarah Seely

On May 8th, Sarah Seely (RADAR 024 – From The Desk of Sarah Seely) is having a Super Powers party and you’re invited! All proceeds go to help support From the Desk of Sarah Seely, the RADAR-featured dance theatre company. With live music, free food, and free beer, this party is sure to be totally awesome.

For all the info, and to buy tickets, follow the link.

May 8th – 4-9 PM
The Backyard
209 Powers St., Brooklyn

http://www.sarahsdesk.org/whatsshakin.html

@marchorowitz

Keep yourself updated with culture-jammer Marc Horowitz, one of the minds behind Google Maps Road Trip (RADAR 018 – Google Maps Road Trip), and all his current projects including his newest TV show, “Effin’ Science!” and numerous short films.

@marchorowitz
http://www.ineedtostopsoon.com/

RADAR NYC 4.29.10

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:29:58 GMT

WATCH

Bre Pettis – Screen-printing tutorial

LISTEN

We Have Band

Listen / Purchase WHB
WHB, We Have Band

READ

Scarlett Takes Manhattan – Molly Crabapple

Super Power Party – Sarah Seely

For all the info, and to buy tickets, follow the link.

May 8th – 4-9 PM
The Backyard
209 Powers St., Brooklyn

http://www.sarahsdesk.org/whatsshakin.html

@marchorowitz

@marchorowitz
http://www.ineedtostopsoon.com/

DIYDays NYC Brian Newman [vid]

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:27:59 GMT

This week we’ll be rolling out more of the vids from DIYDays NYC. In the following talk Brian Newman (former CEO of Tribecca Film Institute and founder of SpringBoard Media) gives a talk on innovation within the media space. The following is from the program.

REINVENTING INNOVATION – BRIAN NEWMAN

The future of media is being invented today, but it is increasingly being defined by the terms of the old models for media production and consumption. This is for the worse, because instead of a new era of innovation we are in danger of a new era of sameness. The future of media is not just about new distribution models and building a fancy new TV that can show 3D, pull down an endless library of content and let us chat with our neighbor about which products to buy. This is precisely what passes for visionary by those controlling the future of media now, and unless media artists take an active role in creating the future, that may be the best we get. What would true innovation look like and what are the historical models we can turn to for innovative thinking about the future of the field?

Slides from Brian’s presentation

Diy Days Speech on Innovation

View more presentations from Brian Newman.

For more on Brian Newman
www.twitter.com/bnewman01
www.springboardmedia.blogspot.com

Special thanks to Raffi Asdourian and his team for all the help with documenting the event
http://twitter.com/zaffi

DIYDays NYC Brian Newman [vid]

Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:27:59 GMT

REINVENTING INNOVATION – BRIAN NEWMAN

Slides from Brian’s presentation

Diy Days Speech on Innovation

View more presentations from Brian Newman.

For more on Brian Newman
www.twitter.com/bnewman01
www.springboardmedia.blogspot.com

Special thanks to Raffi Asdourian and his team for all the help with documenting the event
http://twitter.com/zaffi

DIY DAYS NYC – Ted Hope [vid]

Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:00:45 GMT

Ted Hope, co-founder of This is that & Good Machine, has produced close to sixty films, including three Sundance Grand Prize winners and the first features of Alan Ball, Todd Field, Michel Gondry, Nicole Holofcener, and Ang Lee. A strong supporter of a truly free film movement Ted believes that– due to the democratization of the tools which enable & spread creative expression — a self-supporting artistic middle class is now establishing itself. But in order for all those who are creating to also sustain, we must be as rigorous in thought & action towards the creation of an independent infrastructure. Are you up for the challenge?

Lance Weiler intros DIY DAYS NYC and Ted Hope. Ted comes in at 5 minutes in.

*Special thanks to @zaffi and his team for covering DIY DAYS NYC

It Takes a Community

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:13:25 GMT

In a little more than a year and half we’ve held 6 DIY DAYS events (LA-twice, Boston, San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York). All of these events have been made possible thanks to a community. A community of passionate people who have been willing to give their time and talents and as a result we’ve been able to hold a series of quality events that are FREE for those who attend.

DIY DAYS NYC was a turning point for us. The community that we’ve supported for the last 3 1/2 years via the WorkBook Project came through in a big way when a sponsor for the event stepped away at the last moment. In less than 36 hours via an indiegogo campaign we raised $4,600. And THANKS to the community DIY DAYS NYC became a reality.

This past Saturday in NYC we held our largest DIY DAYS event to date. Close to 400 people attended the event which consisted of 30+ speakers, 27 sessions and a brand new addition called Incubator.

The DIY DAYS Incubator was an exciting experiment that enabled two media startups (openindie and gigaplx) to kick the tires on their biz models with the assistance of experts from various industries. The final presentations to the conference attendees were exciting and they seem to already be baring fruits.

Over the coming days we’ll be starting to release the videos that were shot at the event as open media for all to embed and spread.

We want to hear from you

If you happened to shot video, record audio, snap pictures or intend to share thoughts on the event we’d love to see, hear and read what you’ve documented.

Erin from Briefly Noted

The creative collective behind yesterday’s DIY Days, an open think tank for content creators, has requested that attendees pay it forward by sharing insights and knowledge from the day with our community. I’m happy to oblige.

On the table, we talked transmedia and social media storytelling, strategies for innovation and personal branding. We rose up and screamed “we’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore!” (a queue from Network) in response to the sad state of the industry for artists, and we were introduced to new models from OpenIndie and GigaPix (site in development) that could very well change everything for filmmakers and musicians.

READ MORE

Angela from MediaRights

On Saturday, Ashley, Jolene, Felix and I attended DIY Days, a roving conference for creative folks brought to you by the Workbook Project.

My favorite workshop was “The Real You: Personal Branding, Social Media & Storytelling.” It was by run by Michael Margolis, the founder of Get Storied—a publishing, education, and consulting company. His talk was pretty inspiring. Other workshops provided more concrete tools through successful case studies but in the end, you have to be in the right mindset to embrace all of the various opportunities out there.

READ MORE

Guy from Loudpoet.com

You might think that after three months of attending multiple publishing and technology conferences — not to mention enduring weeks of Applings (Apple Lemmings, as Forrester’s James McQuivey calls them) bleating about the Rapture of the iPad — that I might be a bit burned out on talking about doing things and want to get back to actually doing things. As Wendig so perfectly put it, be “inspired to Make Shit and Make It Awesome”.

READ MORE

NEXT STOP LA

With invites pouring in to take DIY DAYS to other cities around the world. We’re focused on our next stop which will be LA this coming fall. If you’re interested in lending a hand or have a suggestion for a speaker or topic of discussion please let us know.

It Takes a Community

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 04:13:25 GMT

This past Saturday in NYC we held our largest DIY DAYS event to date. Close to 400 people attended the event which consisted of 30+ speakers, 27 sessions and a brand new addition called Incubator.

Over the coming days we’ll be starting to release the videos that were shot at the event as open media for all to embed and spread.

We want to hear from you

If you happened to shot video, record audio, snap pictures or intend to share thoughts on the event we’d love to see, hear and read what you’ve documented.

Erin from Briefly Noted

The creative collective behind yesterday’s DIY Days, an open think tank for content creators, has requested that attendees pay it forward by sharing insights and knowledge from the day with our community. I’m happy to oblige.

On the table, we talked transmedia and social media storytelling, strategies for innovation and personal branding. We rose up and screamed “we’re mad as hell and we’re not going to take it anymore!” (a queue from Network) in response to the sad state of the industry for artists, and we were introduced to new models from OpenIndie and GigaPix (site in development) that could very well change everything for filmmakers and musicians.

READ MORE

Angela from MediaRights

On Saturday, Ashley, Jolene, Felix and I attended DIY Days, a roving conference for creative folks brought to you by the Workbook Project.

My favorite workshop was “The Real You: Personal Branding, Social Media & Storytelling.” It was by run by Michael Margolis, the founder of Get Storied—a publishing, education, and consulting company. His talk was pretty inspiring. Other workshops provided more concrete tools through successful case studies but in the end, you have to be in the right mindset to embrace all of the various opportunities out there.

READ MORE

Guy from Loudpoet.com

You might think that after three months of attending multiple publishing and technology conferences — not to mention enduring weeks of Applings (Apple Lemmings, as Forrester’s James McQuivey calls them) bleating about the Rapture of the iPad — that I might be a bit burned out on talking about doing things and want to get back to actually doing things. As Wendig so perfectly put it, be “inspired to Make Shit and Make It Awesome”.

READ MORE

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RADAR NYC 9.2.10

URDB – World Record Show

Evenings – Free Album!!

Program or Be Programmed – Douglas Rushkoff

Shantell Martin Live with Rad Pony – Album Release Party

Sept 4th 9pm – 12am Union Pool 484 Union Avenue Brooklyn, NY $5 with w. Balls to the Wall, Hank and Cupcakes, VJ Shantell Martin and DJ Tikka Malsala (That’s My Jam) and DJ HOTTMOMZ (Anthems). Event Info FOLLOW

@gary_hustwit

RADAR NYC 8.26.10

WBP Discovery & Distribution Winner – One Hundred Mornings

Noveller

Fashion Geek – Diana Eng

NYCResistor Craft Night

August 28th: 6pm – 8pm TBA Event Info FOLLOW

@alliebrosh

RADAR NYC 8.26.10

WBP Discovery & Distribution Winner – One Hundred Mornings

Noveller

Fashion Geek – Diana Eng

NYCResistor Craft Night

August 28th: 6pm – 8pm TBA Event Info FOLLOW

@alliebrosh

ARGFest’s Artifact Academy Puzzle Trail

RADAR NYC 8.13.10

Story Pirates – Tickle Monsters Are Robots

Au Revoir Simone

Nofilmschool – DIY Filmmaking blog

SLAM theater – PLAYS

The Former Waitress by Ryan Britt August 12, 13, 14 9:30 – 10:30p Upstairs at The Tank 354 West 45th Street Event Info FOLLOW

@autotunethenews

Story Pirates – RADAR S3 ep 30 [vid]

Relevant sites:

Credits:

EVENT: Transmedia Next

EVENT: Transmedia Next

RADAR NYC 7.23.10

Auto-Tune The News – Ep10 Turtles

Tall Firs

Red Light Properties – Chapter 18

NY International Independent Film & Video Festival

Saturday July 24th – 2 pm VILLAGE EAST CINEMAS 181 2nd Avenue at 12th Street, New York Event Info FOLLOW

@Urbanfarming

RADAR NYC 7.23.10

Auto-Tune The News – Ep10 Turtles

Tall Firs

Red Light Properties – Chapter 18

NY International Independent Film & Video Festival

Saturday July 24th – 2 pm VILLAGE EAST CINEMAS 181 2nd Avenue at 12th Street, New York Event Info FOLLOW

@Urbanfarming

RADAR NYC 7.15.10

RADAR Ep26 – Hidden Oras

Shantell Martin at PSFK conference

There Will Be Fireworks

The Pekar Project

Art Show – “PAINTINGS”

Friday July 16th – 7p to 10p 21Ludlow 21 Ludlow St. New York Event Info FOLLOW

@URDB

RADAR NYC 7.15.10

RADAR Ep26 – Hidden Oras

Shantell Martin at PSFK conference

There Will Be Fireworks

The Pekar Project

Art Show – “PAINTINGS”

Friday July 16th – 7p to 10p 21Ludlow 21 Ludlow St. New York Event Info FOLLOW

@URDB

Hidden Oras – RADAR S3 ep 26 [vid]

Relevant sites:

Credits:

Hidden Oras – RADAR S3 ep 26 [vid]

Relevant sites:

Credits:

RADAR NYC 7.9.10

RADAR Ep25 – Subway Etiquette

WBPLabs – Inspired By Design

Gregory and The Hawk

Found Magazine

Small Black and Beach Fossils – Music

Saturday July 14th, 9:30pm Mercury Lounge 217 East Houston St., New York, NY 10002 Event Info FOLLOW

Bambi Killers

RADAR NYC 7.9.10

Sept 4th 9pm – 12am
Union Pool
484 Union Avenue Brooklyn, NY
$5
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August 28th: 6pm – 8pm
TBA
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August 28th: 6pm – 8pm
TBA
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The Former Waitress by Ryan Britt
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Upstairs at The Tank
354 West 45th Street
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Saturday July 24th – 2 pm
VILLAGE EAST CINEMAS
181 2nd Avenue at 12th Street, New York
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Saturday July 24th – 2 pm
VILLAGE EAST CINEMAS
181 2nd Avenue at 12th Street, New York
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Friday July 16th – 7p to 10p
21Ludlow
21 Ludlow St. New York
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Friday July 16th – 7p to 10p
21Ludlow
21 Ludlow St. New York
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Saturday July 14th, 9:30pm
Mercury Lounge
217 East Houston St., New York, NY 10002
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Saturday July 14th, 9:30pm
Mercury Lounge
217 East Houston St., New York, NY 10002
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Saturday July 3rd, 7pm
The Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY
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Saturday July 3rd, 7pm
The Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY
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Saturday June 26, 8pm-1am
NYC Resistor
87 3rd Ave., 4th FL., Brooklyn, NY
Free

Sunday, May 16th, 8pm-Midnight
The Back Room
102 Norfolk St. NYC
$$ Free*

Sunday, May 16th, 8pm-Midnight
The Back Room
102 Norfolk St. NYC
$$ Free*

May 8th – 7-11 PM
The Garment Room
112 Greene St., New York

May 8th – 7-11 PM
The Garment Room
112 Greene St., New York