2010-03-31 13:01
"So the story is about this woman - this young woman that lives on this island in Ireland... The village wakes up one day to find out that a shipwreck has happened and all of these things fr… Read More
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the making of...a live homemade music video every week
2010-03-21 15:34
These pictures are production stills from a video that will not be seen. Sunny took the photos. Here I am trying to adjust a wireless microphone I've hidden inside Tammy's dress. The video w… Read More
2010-03-12 00:17
infinite regress n. 1. (Philosophy, Logic) A causal relationship transmitted through an indefinite number of terms in a series, with no term that begins the causal chain.Yeah. Let's have a b… Read More
2010-03-03 13:51
Quick email. Brian - thanks so much for that bucket of green paint. I finally got to use it...Here's a link to the movie. cheers, LesterAnother email. Hey Sekoiaa, again, thanks for your fil… Read More
2010-02-23 04:57
I imagine I could add a few tarantulas lose on the floor and that would be something to watch. Don't we have that mechanical bug somewhere? It's dead. Oh. This might be a good time for a sna… Read More
2010-02-16 01:17
No. I think you need to do this song and not the other one. Why? Well. I think the song goes better with what I'm doing here, flipping recipe cards. What are you doing? You won't even let me… Read More
2010-02-08 15:46
This ain't Hollywood-style Fake. No lipsyncing here. Tammy is live. Either she nails it or she doesn't. Just outside the camera's gaze, her hands are busy working overtime. She's using keyb… Read More
2010-01-28 20:47
So busy. I've hardly had any sleep this week. Multi-task. Go, go. I consistently use two computers now. When I'm busy with one, the other is quietly working; the computer is rendering. It es… Read More
2010-01-18 17:05
On YouTube I find Jon Crawford "Gator Hunter" with flashlit footage of a nighttime alligator ambush in the swamps of the bayou. He's not wrestling zoo alligators here for tourists. This is t… Read More
2010-01-12 04:33
We'll shoot for an hour. Let's see what happens. Songs might just magically create themselves... Just jam.Then. We can later take a clip from the footage and upload that. It's an old idea. W… Read More
2010-01-05 16:38
Georgia really really really wants to be in an Instant Video today. She's already got the angel wings on. She's got her violin. Dad! Dad! I'll sit right here. Do you see me in the shot? I'm… Read More
2009-12-28 14:15
For the Christmas upload, we decide to shoot on Tammy's birthday. It's only minutes before her birthday party is supposed to start. This is a first. Being a Christmas Baby, it's usually more… Read More
2009-12-19 16:44
The event is called "CUT 'N TASTE." Invites were sent out and several Instant Video friends show up at our house ready to make a collage and eat birthday cake. My birthday. We have boxes of… Read More
2009-12-12 05:08
This is a test. This is a test of will, patience, and on-the-spot creativity. This is only a test.The pair of 3-D glasses is a relic from the summer. It was an air-conditioned matinee screen… Read More
2009-12-04 22:06
At long last... I feel like myself again. Bless me. It's been four months since my last confession. We had four months to plan this next season of Instant Videos but when it comes time to sh… Read More
2009-08-09 15:36
This is what we do. Go up to Meaford, Ontario and play a couple of shows at the Funny Farm at this year's Electric Eclectics festival. We extend the weekend an extra night and camp at nearby… Read More
2009-07-22 14:00
What was once a weekly deadline, a busy summer slowed it to a steady every two weeks or so, we make an Instant Video. And I'm okay with it, for now. There's good reason. And for this idea, y… Read More
2009-07-08 20:43
Not like instant coffee but "instantaneous coffee." Our first date with collaborators. Rushing as usual. Tammy packs up the instruments. I pack up the video gear. Five minutes. We drive up t… Read More
2009-06-25 15:17
Hot summer, the air seems to buzz. There's a big pile of laundry but we are low energy. It's the slow motion time of the day. There's more work to do. But I'd rather be...anything. Let's sho… Read More
2009-06-12 20:17
Instant Video #30 wouldn't be the first video for this song of Tammy's.This is flashing back a few years ago when we lived in Toronto; another late night. I was experimenting with my new edi… Read More
2009-06-05 14:25
"Okay," says Tammy. "I'm ready." She's ready, I think to myself. But I'm not. "Where are we going?" I ask. She says "I don't know. You're the director." Okay. I pause for a second while I ta… Read More
2009-05-19 20:02
I'm up early. I send Sunny off to school and find myself alone with a double espresso WiFi surfing at the café. I'm looking for an article I read a long time ago. I'm wondering if I c… Read More
2009-05-14 03:00
We start off with a glimmer of an idea: a whim. It is unclear what will end up happening. All I know is that I want to finally take the Instant Video outside for a walk. Maybe even do that a… Read More
2009-05-07 04:06
We're back! After some false starts, we take off...and let the memories unwind. We enjoyed the hiatus and now we need to get back into this. Without the constant tug to create these Instant… Read More
2009-04-16 03:44
Flashback to Lullaby for G. Filmed in one take inside a meticulously arranged garage with symbolic totems of childhood and learning. The ever present television set...and of course little… Read More
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