There’s something I’ve been working on recently as part of Agent Blank that I’m really, really proud of, and now that we’ve got a few episodes under our belt I’m ready to share it with the world. It’s called “Chloe Hall: Show on the Road” and it’s a web series shot entirely by the bandContinue reading “Chloe Hall: Show on the Road”
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The War on Money
Watching the commencement speech of the new Master of Ormond College (a local private high school), I was struck by how the defining challenge of our generation will be the overthrow of vested interests, in the interest of saving the planet. Two things have become increasingly apparent to me over recent days: Government organisational structuresContinue reading “The War on Money”
Edinburgh Fringe: The Hotel
The Hotel could be the most interesting and inexplicable show that I’ve ever been involved in – quite a feat considering the current record-holder in that regard was a 36-hour show in which a fictional two-state country was invented and then one state seceded from the republic because Mark Watson wouldn’t pop up the roadContinue reading “Edinburgh Fringe: The Hotel”
Case in point on the degradation of political dialogue
While I acknowledge that the Huffington Post attracts a mostly left-wing authorship and readership, I think they hit the mark with a recent article about hate speech in the media inciting actual violence. It seems to gel with my hunch about the real-world effects of outrageous public speech in the quest for ratings and power.
Holy f-ing wow
Just got word that I’m training with Al Gore in July at the Asia-Pacific Climate Summit. Totally and utterly honoured and blown away.
Defining culture or reflecting it?
I’m not sure what to think of this. I spent the last few days at the nextMEDIA conference in Banff (Canada). At one panel I attended, a number of TV company representatives were telling the assembled room full of producers exactly what they’re looking for as far as content is concerned. They said a numberContinue reading “Defining culture or reflecting it?”
Whoops
For the last 5 days I’ve been in Banff (Canada) at the nextMEDIA festival – an event for “New Media” practitioners and those would would like to be. This event very deliberately intersects with the beginning of the Banff TV Festival, one of the world’s largest television festivals, where producers get together with distributors andContinue reading “Whoops”
AFI Digital Content Lab
Okay dear readers, get ready for this blog to get Imperially Abstract on your a$$, because Content is King! I have officially been selected as a mentor for the American Film Institute’s Digital Content Lab, which means being part of the best prototype digital entertainment projects the US of A has to offer. This, I’mContinue reading “AFI Digital Content Lab”
Running Nginx with Concrete5
I’ve been sitting here all day bashing my head against one simple problem – getting Concrete5 working behind Nginx. Concrete5 is a beautiful, simple php-based CMS – a loud answer to the complexity of Joomla and Drupal, but of course missing some of the power too. It’s perfect for web sites that aren’t managed byContinue reading “Running Nginx with Concrete5”
Dick Cheney playing noose-dodger
Dick Cheney is hard to avoid in the US media right now. His public reasoning is that he wishes to defend the Bush record and speak out against Obama’s policies, which are “making the country less safe”. I have my own theory (of course). Dick Cheney wishes to galvanise public opinion and pull just enoughContinue reading “Dick Cheney playing noose-dodger”