Making the ‘One Day Soon’ Tee

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THE STORY: I had a few shirts made up for myself in the fall, one of them simply said “One Day Soon” the title of my most recent album. I did a show for Canadian Music Week that was curated my Shad and decided to wear it that evening. After the show two people, a guy and a girl, came up to me and asked if I had shirts to sell. I told them that I had just got it made up for myself and we spoke about the idea of ‘One Day Soon’ being about hope and asked them if I made some would they purchase them; they said yes. I decided to put the question out to a few more people, “if I made these shirts.. would you want one?” and within 48hrs had about 50 orders. I called my friend Javid; an artist and architecture student who started a social screen-printing and mural business called Under The Radar out of the youth space (The Loft) at Christie-Ossington Neighbourhood Centre in downtown Toronto, and asked if he could screen print the shirts for me. This is the video of his process (which I’ve never seen before).

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The Sartorialist_ Visual Life

Scott Schuman (The Sartorialist) is like a photographic gun-slinger, I like that, even though I’m not that into ‘fashion.’ Of course this is a commercial, but it’s still nice, just close your eyes when the logo comes up at the end (6:43).. lol

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Kendall Elijah_ The Wild

via That Good Good

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A Yellow Man_ 3000 Miles of Youth

I’m not a Christian, nor do I hold any other title of that nature, I do however appreciate people that believe in something and put their positive belief into what they are doing. While scrolling through my facebook I came across this video on the timeline of Amanda NK watched and appreciated the creativity of these young artists. Always appreciate music with no false pretence, just reflections of people that seem just like some good people. A Yellow Man seems like such a group of people, stay grounded. Read More »

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Maurice Sendak_ Rest In Peace

When I was employed, every few weeks I would take a trip to HMV on Yonge St. to look through the documentary aisle in the DVD section. One day I came across this Film by Spike Jonze (the director of the Where the Wild Things Are movie) called Tell Them Anything you Want a doc on artist, illustrator, writer Maurice Sendak. I didn’t know anything about him at the time other than he was responsible for one of my favourite books as a child, Where the Wild Things Are. Together with Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein and The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak made a huge impact on my life and I didn’t know who he was until my 30′s. Read More »

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Inventor Portrait_ Ralph Baer

“Would you ask a guy who’s been painting all his life ‘why do you keep painting?’” -Ralph Baer

via Le Beat La Creole

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Monopoly_ A Short Film by Bader AlHomoud

A funny little short film by Bader AlHomoud

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Spike Lee_ The Dolly Shot/Red Hook Summer

Spike is the best. Support Red Hook Summer

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A Lovers Call_ Najma Nuriddin

Last summer a friend of mine called me up and asked if a filmmaker friend of his from could crash at my place while they visited Toronto (if you watch the Cocoons video you will see her and I strolling into Afrofest 2011). I met Najma Nuriddin that weekend and had the opportunity to hear about the films she was working on. I visited DC in the fall and crashed on her couch. Najma studied at Howard University under Haile Gerima (who I also had the opportunity to meet while in DC). Glad to see that Najma has finished one of her film projects and is screening it in DC (May 18), this is the trailer for her film A Lovers Call.

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John Forte_ The Russian Winter

John Forte spent seven years in prison after being closely associated with Lauryn Hill and the Fugees and their enormous record The Score. Since then he’s been pushing at his own music and struggling to break through. This is a trailer for a documentary that documents a Russian tour he recently did and his fight to find his space again.

via Love Speak Truth

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