Sunday, November 19, 2006

about freakin' time

Tomorrow is the first day of my new job as an animator at Northwest Imaging and FX. I will be working on a new TV series called Jibber Jabber, which will air on YTV (i'm not sure when - probably not for quite a while). Wish me luck....

Sunday, October 29, 2006

5 good bands i saw last weekend

on friday, october 20 at the backstage lounge i saw

Lotus Child - a local band that i'd never heard before. I wonder what was going on when they chose a name, but they play good music.

elias - another local band whom i'd seen once before. They were the main reason i wanted to go to this show.

on saturday, october 21 was the Vancouver stop on the Mint Records/ Exclaim! Roadshow, to celebrate the 15th anniversary of both Mint Records and Exclaim! magazine. An excellent night of Canadian indie rock. The bands who played:

Novillero - from Winnipeg. Another band i'd never heard, but hope to hear again.

Immaculate Machine - My second time seeing them, but i'd have to say they definitely benefitted from a larger venue and just a "bigger" all-around show than the first time i saw them (at the cramped Railway Club). Super-fun to see live.

the New Pornographers - proved why they're one of the biggest indie bands around, even without Neko Case. Neko's absence was a little disappointing, while not surprising, but Kathryn Calder (pulling double duty as she's also in Immaculate Machine) did an admirable job singing both Neko's and her own parts. Plus, their drummer make the funniest drummer faces ever. Either the lighting was playing tricks on me or he was sporting a bit of a Chaplin moustache.

It was a good weekend.

Friday, September 22, 2006

return of the

i saw that blimp again today.

what are blimps for anyway? the only reason i can think of for the existence of the blimp is to make people say, "hey look, there's a blimp!"

discuss.

Thursday, September 21, 2006

bed bugs make me swear

i f%&#ing hate them.

also, i saw a blimp today.

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

the place to be in '93




click the link below to go to my fancy new website. okay, it's not so fancy, but you can check out my animation, and... well, that's about all you can do there for now, but hopefully in the future that will change.

http://ryan-d.sitesled.com/

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Wow

it's actually happening.....
read this