the handshake

Burnaby Lake.

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:17:45 -0700

Burnaby Lake.

steelviperforce: ‘Sweet Moves - Power Play on Stephen...

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:17:11 -0700

‘Sweet Moves - Power Play on Stephen Harper’

Watch out for the ALL NEW Sweet Moves with Lance Fiero instructional video series from STEEL VIPER FORCE - launching MAY 21

*****A while back we raised some money through Indie-Go-Go to help with the pre-production of our feature-length action movie, STEEL VIPER FORCE (shooting in 2014): CAMERON REED helped us out, and to repay his generosity, he requested that we shit talk Canada’s current Prime Minister: STEPHEN HARPER.

ENJOY!

vancouvermusic: musicwaste.ca June 6-9

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:14:08 -0700

vancouvermusic:

musicwaste.ca

June 6-9

Yup.

Tue, 14 May 2013 11:38:34 -0700

Yup.

Space Oddity - First Music Video from Space - YouTube

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:05:15 -0700

Space Oddity - First Music Video from Space - YouTube:

Chris Hadfield recorded the vocals and the guitar on the International Space Station. Maybe the best thing
on the Internet. Ever.

Mom

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:00:10 -0700

Mom

(please)

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:40:21 -0700

If we ever do we will.

dadsdotcom: DADbite3 A short, digital bite from the DADS...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:24:46 -0700

dadsdotcom:

DADbite3

A short, digital bite from the DADS DadBag.

www.dadsdotcom.com

support our ideaboost campaign and BOOST us http://ideaboost.ca/products/34-dads

song by Gary Gibbs

The Dadbite 3 is out! Starring Patrick Gilmore as Tim! check it out on our ideaBOOST page! Don’t forget to Boost us - ideaBOOST is over Thursday!http://ideaboost.ca/products/34-dads
Let’s get this sucker made!

dadsdotcom: FIRST there was the trailer. NOW there is the 1/2...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:51:40 -0700

dadsdotcom:

FIRST there was the trailer.

NOW there is the 1/2 pilot?

The point is, we want make MORE!

Help us all out and “Boost” DADS at ideaboost.ca

Reblog and stuff. Write a letter. Do a drawing. Take a photo. Make a three layer paper cutting. Scrapbook even.

DADS

This is for REAL folks. This is my baby.

Last few hours poolside.

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:51:12 -0700

Last few hours poolside.

annicka: waterspirit: nataliemeansnice: alibuttons: just-a-sk...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:08:06 -0700

annicka:

waterspirit:

nataliemeansnice:

alibuttons:

just-a-skinny-boy:

I can’t decide what’s funnier, the dog, or the guy that’s dying of laughter in the background

I literally almost peed my pants from laughing so hard. Hahahaha!

I have never heard a grown man laugh like that.

i just woke up everyone in my house bc i was laughing so hard

i am literally crying

mmmmmJif

Lance the cat.

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:51:01 -0700

Lance the cat.

Thumbs up Roger Ebert.

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 23:36:24 -0700

Thumbs up Roger Ebert.

dadsdotcom: This is the first of the new DADBites for our show...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 08:43:43 -0700

dadsdotcom:

This is the first of the new DADBites for our show DADS. A little digital snippet of unseen madness to feed the beast.

Enjoy! And this is the last we will speak of bodily fluids. Promise. (fingers crossed)

Some days are just like this. New web content for our show DADS. If you haven’t checked this out yet, DO IT! And “boost” our project by going to Ideaboost!

my dad thinks service dogs are all kidnapped from private owners

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:05:52 -0700

DAD: if the right people found out about rusty...they'd want him.
ME: the right people? what does that mean.
DAD: people would want him.
ME: ...
DAD: for a service dog. he is a good dog.

dircor: thehandshake: Awhile ago I mentioned I had been...

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:28:29 -0700

dircor:

thehandshake:

Awhile ago I mentioned I had been working on creating the as of yet unseen hit TV show called DADS. Well…check out where we are at; we have been doing some pretty fun stuff.

Go to dadsdotcom.com and watch the trailer for the show, and then follow us on the reg streams FB, Twiiter, Instagram for updates. There is more coming.

BUT help us out right now! We’re in this online development competition, with ideaBOOST.ca and what would be awesome is for you to go there and “BOOST” our project. It’s simple. And pass it along.

You help and I’ll make it.

Dadam

Looks awesome.

Thanks!

Awhile ago I mentioned I had been working on creating the as of...

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 08:42:58 -0700

Awhile ago I mentioned I had been working on creating the as of yet unseen hit TV show called DADS. Well…check out where we are at; we have been doing some pretty fun stuff.

Go to dadsdotcom.com and watch the trailer for the show, and then follow us on the reg streams FB, Twiiter, Instagram for updates. There is more coming.

BUT help us out right now! We’re in this online development competition, with ideaBOOST.ca and what would be awesome is for you to go there and “BOOST” our project. It’s simple. And pass it along.

You help and I’ll make it.

Dadam

Still baby hands.

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:51:01 -0700

Still baby hands.

barelysarcasm: Here are some interesting facts about him,...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:42:53 -0700

barelysarcasm:

Here are some interesting facts about him, though:

He basically saved public television. In 1969 the government wanted to cut public television funds. Mister Rogers then went to Washington where he gave an amazing merely six minute speech. By the end of the speech not only did he charm the hostile Senators, he got them to double the budget they would have initially cut down. The whole thing can be found on youtube, a video called “Mister Rogers defending PBS to the US Senate.”

“Certain fundamentalist preachers hated him because, apparently not getting the “kindest man who ever lived” memo, they would ask him to denounce homosexuals. Mr. Rogers’s response? He’d pat the target on the shoulder and say, “God loves you just as you are.” Rogers even belonged to a “More Light” congregation in Pittsburgh, a part of the Presbyterian Church dedicated to welcoming LGBT persons to full participation in the church.”

According to a TV Guide piece on him, Fred Rogers drove a plain old Impala for years. One day, however, the car was stolen from the street near the TV station. When Rogers filed a police report, the story was picked up by every newspaper, radio and media outlet around town. Amazingly, within 48 hours the car was left in the exact spot where it was taken from, with an apology on the dashboard. It read, “If we’d known it was yours, we never would have taken it.”

Once, on a fancy trip up to a PBS exec’s house, he heard the limo driver was going to wait outside for 2 hours, so he insisted the driver come in and join them (which flustered the host). On the way back, Rogers sat up front, and when he learned that they were passing the driver’s home on the way, he asked if they could stop in to meet his family. According to the driver, it was one of the best nights of his life—the house supposedly lit up when Rogers arrived, and he played jazz piano and bantered with them late into the night. Further, like with the reporters, Rogers sent him notes and kept in touch with the driver for the rest of his life.

Yeah and did you know…

Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood began airing in 1968 and ran for 895 episodes; the last set of new episodes was taped in December 2000 and began airing in August 2001. At its peak, in 1985, 8% of U.S households tuned in to the show.^[4]

Each episode began the same way: Mister Rogers is seen coming home, singing his theme song “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”, and changing into sneakers and a zippered cardigan sweater (he stated in an interview for Emmy TV that all of his sweaters were knitted by his mother).^[21]

In a typical episode, Rogers might have an earnest conversation with his television audience, interact with live guests, take a field trip to such places as a bakery or a music store, or watch a short film.

Typical video subjects included demonstrations of how such inanimate objects as bulldozers and crayons work or are manufactured.

Each episode included a trip to Rogers’ “Neighborhood of Make-Believe” featuring a trolley with its own chiming theme song, a castle, and the kingdom’s citizens, including King Friday XIII. The subjects discussed in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe often allowed further development of themes discussed in Mister Rogers’ “real” neighborhood.

Mister Rogers often fed his fish during episodes. They were originally named Fennel and Frieda.

Typically, each week’s episode explored a major theme, such as going to school for the first time.

Originally, most episodes ended with a song entitled “Tomorrow”, and Friday episodes looked forward to the week ahead with an adapted version of “It’s Such a Good Feeling.” In later seasons, all episodes ended with “Feeling.”

Visually, the presentation of the show was very simple, and it did not feature the animation or fast pace of other children’s shows, which Rogers thought of as “bombardment”.^[3] Rogers also believed in not acting out a different persona on camera compared to how he acted off camera, stating that “One of the greatest gifts you can give anybody is the gift of your honest self. I also believe that kids can spot a phony a mile away.”^[22] Rogers composed almost all of the music on the program.^{[note 1]} He wanted to teach children to love themselves and others, and he addressed common childhood fears with comforting songs and skits. For example, one of his famous songs explains how a child cannot be pulled down the bathtub drain because he or she will not fit. He even once took a trip to the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh to show children that a hospital is not a place to fear. During the Gulf War (1990–91), he assured his audience that all children in the neighborhood would be well cared for and asked parents to promise to take care of their own children. The message was aired again by PBS during the media storm that preceded the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

pasttensevancouver: The Big Paint-In, 1966 When the BC...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:23:21 -0700

pasttensevancouver:

The Big Paint-In, 1966

When the BC government decided to install a fountain at the court house (today’s VAG), the premier insisted that the work be kept secret until its official unveiling. Contractors were told to paint the hoarding hiding the fountain green and white (the colours of the ruling Socred Party), but Mayor Rathie had a different idea. He decided to issue permits to art students to paint the hoarding panels and give the three best pieces cash prizes.

The Big Paint-In kicked off with a jurisdictional battle between the City and Province over the plywood fence and a minor tussle between an artist and a contractor. The City won the day and pretty soon more hoarding was added to create enough space for all the artists who signed up. The streets had to be shut down to accommodate the throng of spectators who came by to witness the fence being brought to life.

By all accounts, the whole spectacle was overwhelmingly positive and an antidote for whatever they called “No Fun City” in the 1960s. Sun columnist Jack Wasserman gave his take on the unexpected success of the Paint-In:

The stunt has burgeoned into one of the brightest episodes in our town’s recent history. The response has been spontaneous, youthful and exciting … Everybody has approached the scheme with a single unabashed aim – to have a little fun. It’s the kind of thing one takes for granted in San Francisco. Most attempts to promote similar ventures in our town are usually submerged in serious-minded under organization. For a change it was all very San Vancouver …

The crowds that clustered around the young artists all day long illustrated a lesson that is often lost on the planners and architects. It has to do with the heartbeat of a city, and the places where you find the action.

In our town the action is on Robson street, out around First and Commercial, or Nanaimo and Hastings, and a few other neighbourhoods that are so beat up the bureaucrats keep filing them away for future action. Nobody really cares what anybody does to the store fronts so the design panels and zoning commissioners don’t make too much of an issue of garish cafes and awful neon signs. Nobody, that is, except the people, who don’t really understand all the technicalities, but they know they can breathe in that atmosphere and they happily do.

After the success of the Paint-In, Calgary, Victoria, and other cities soon followed suit. As for the secret fountain, its December unveiling was upstaged by a major downpour and a prankster had dumped soap in the water causing it to spew suds all over the place.

Source: Photo by Leslie F Sheraton, City of Vancouver Archives #2009-001.171