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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Friday, April 15, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Saturday, March 19, 2011
LCIV EPISODE 4 | "DEADMAU5"
LCIV EP04 | "DEADMAU5" | PT05 from BDM on Vimeo.
FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE:
PREMIER PRODUCTIONS INC. | DEADMAU5 | GINGY aka BRIAN WONG | PAT TIFFIN
LCIV EPISODE 3 | "IF ZEUS IS KING THEN LOLA SHALL BE QUEEN"
LCIV EP03 | "IF ZEUS IS KING THEN LOLA SHALL BE QUEEN" | PT05 from BDM on Vimeo.
FEATURED IN THIS EPISODE:
| ZEUS | BORN RUFFIANS | CARIBOU | JAMIE LIDELL | GROOVES | LOLAfest | PAT TIFFIN
Monday, March 7, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
London Calling Season 4, Wild Domestic & Pacikifa
Every single day working at Blackdog Media is a breath of fresh air; working to meet with new up-and-coming bands, old Canadian favorites, and constantly striving to bring the people a product that any music lover will embrace and enjoy. This was a special week where a lot of different things magically came together under looming deadlines and in between everyone’s sporadic schedules.
Our brand-new BDM Office and film set has come along way since my introduction to the company just over a month ago. A very SPECIAL shout out to POI Business Interiors for hooking us up way beyond our interior business dreams. Seriously, you should come visit us at our Office and sit in one of these chairs..
Our boys from Sarnia, Wild Domestic, have been in and out of the Office, gracing our set with their charm and UNIQUE senses of humour, which find its way into Season 4 of London Calling premiering on February 23rd!!!
Last, but certainly not least, Blackdog Media had the special privilege of interviewing Canadian world-music group and Juno World Music Album of the Year nominee, Pacifika, this past week on the main stage at London’s historic Aeolian Hall. The interview was a lot of fun for everyone involved, the band joked about their compulsive reading habits, their other work and passions such as motorcycle maintenance and voice acting in e-books, and finally their collective love of 1980s vinyl and tape cassettes. Please keep an eye out for more from the Canadian world-music trio Pacifika.
J. Frank, Intern | BDM
Broken Social Scene @ LMC
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| BSS @ LMH Photo by: Brittknee Withikaye |
Intern Reporting...
On a frosty Sunday evening in London, Ontario, the legendary Toronto-based indie band Broken Social Scene played the London Music Hall, gracing their fans with an epic set that gave the crowd just what they needed. The following is a tale not about how awesome B.S.S. is, because you know this, but rather how I ran three kilometers in the wrong direction, just barely making it to the venue to catch the last hour of heart-throbbing musical magic.
On a frosty Sunday evening in London, Ontario, the legendary Toronto-based indie band Broken Social Scene played the London Music Hall, gracing their fans with an epic set that gave the crowd just what they needed. The following is a tale not about how awesome B.S.S. is, because you know this, but rather how I ran three kilometers in the wrong direction, just barely making it to the venue to catch the last hour of heart-throbbing musical magic.
Let me explain. The night began with cab ride from my apartment near University campus all the way downtown to the Call The Office, where I foolishly ASSUMED the concert would be held. Don’t ask me why I assumed it was there, because I can’t answer that...a mental lapse. I ask the bouncer to check my name off the guest-list, he responds with a puzzled look on his face, “What’s Broken Social Scene? And what guest list …?” I instantly realize I ‘m at the wrong bar and the band I’m trying to see is about to hit the stage, elsewhere. “F*#K!!” I turn back to see if my cab driver was still there, but he was gone into the snow covered distance.
It’s 10:30 PM, I’m outside Call The Office, “Where’s this band playing?” I asked myself. Anyone I could have contacted about the show, was probably already inside the venue, unable to answer a phone call or text message. I pull out my cell-phone from my pocket and Google Search ‘Broken Social Scene, Jan 16 2011, the results point me in what I think to be the right direction, The London Music Hall. I enter the address into my Google Maps application on my phone and start running in the direction it points me in.
It’s 10:50 PM, I’ve been jogging for nearly 20 minutes and I think I’ve finally made it the venue. I take a minute to catch my breath and look back to my phone to see where the Music Hall should be because I couldn’t see it in front of me, just a bunch of deserted factory buildings. At this time, I make the shockingly frustrating discovery that there are TWO London Music Halls (Okay! One Music Club) in London, Ontario and I had just run for 20 minutes to the wrong one, nearly 5 kilometers in the wrong direction! After a couple of hot curses muttered under frosty breath, I finally call a cab to get me where I needed to go.
After a relatively quick, yet equally embarrassing cab ride I find myself at the right London Music Hall, which is ironically much closer to my house than even Call The Office.
It’s 11:30 pm, I hop out of the cab and hurry inside. I ask a bouncer if I’m at the right place and he says, “Yes, but the show’s just about over.” He tells me I can go in to catch the last few minutes.
I finally made it! The warmth of the music instantly relaxed me and helped me forget the troubles I had been through just to make it. Even though I walked in more than halfway through the show, I still felt so happy to have made it in the end. Broken Social Scene continued to play past mid-night, encore after encore after encore, working to please every last fan, myself included. I left with a smile on my face and a sense of content, made all the more powerful because of my journey earlier that night.
J FRANK, INTERN | BDM
J FRANK, INTERN | BDM
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
The Pack A.D. Interview
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| Becky Black, Maya Miller The Pack A.D. | London Music Club | Photo by: Brittknee Wtihikaye |
Stay tuned for London Calling Season IV to see more from the interview!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
LONDON CALLING SEASON IV | PRESS RELEASE
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| London Calling Host Drew Skitt interviews A Horse and His Boy SEP 10/10 | APK LIVE | Photo By: Brittknee Withikaye |
"Alongside the launch of London Calling Season IV in January, Season III is set to be released on Rogers On Demand, making the show available to all Canadians with Rogers digital cable."
For it's fourth season, London Calling returns to Rogers TV (Cable 13 London and Area) and blackdogmedia.tv
EXPECT 10 ALL-NEW episodes, independently produced, celebrating Canada's diverse music and cultural arts landscape. From interviews with some of London's/Canada's most praised artists, London Calling is all about experiencing music and sharing our craft with fans.
Gorilla Video is back! In this raw segment, London Calling takes bands off the stage and out of the studio to perform their craft in arbitrary environments. Gorilla Video is always focused on preserving sound quality, while making the location authentic, and impromptu.
LoCo Profile focuses on up and coming talent, street performers, poets, buskers, and all the dynamic personalities of London and area. Watch out for appearances by Roy MacDonald, Anne Marie DeCicco-Best, Wild Domestic, The People, and MORE!!!
Welcome back vee-jay Emily Ames and 'Special' correspondent Pat Tiffin who takes his “awkwardness” to the streets. Watch out for the “man in charge,” Boss Man who brings viewers the hilarious, brutal realities of operating a music show. Finally, tune in for appearances by Chet “the driver” and new arrival Josh “The Intern”
London Calling profiles Broken Social Scene when BDM covers the Island Show in Toronto, PLUS! Iggy Pop, De La Soul, Eagles of Death Metal, and others LIVE at NXNE, content from Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, and on stage at Sarnia Bayfest.
For it's fourth season, London Calling returns to Rogers TV (Cable 13 London and Area) and blackdogmedia.tv
EXPECT 10 ALL-NEW episodes, independently produced, celebrating Canada's diverse music and cultural arts landscape. From interviews with some of London's/Canada's most praised artists, London Calling is all about experiencing music and sharing our craft with fans.
Gorilla Video is back! In this raw segment, London Calling takes bands off the stage and out of the studio to perform their craft in arbitrary environments. Gorilla Video is always focused on preserving sound quality, while making the location authentic, and impromptu.
LoCo Profile focuses on up and coming talent, street performers, poets, buskers, and all the dynamic personalities of London and area. Watch out for appearances by Roy MacDonald, Anne Marie DeCicco-Best, Wild Domestic, The People, and MORE!!!
Welcome back vee-jay Emily Ames and 'Special' correspondent Pat Tiffin who takes his “awkwardness” to the streets. Watch out for the “man in charge,” Boss Man who brings viewers the hilarious, brutal realities of operating a music show. Finally, tune in for appearances by Chet “the driver” and new arrival Josh “The Intern”
London Calling profiles Broken Social Scene when BDM covers the Island Show in Toronto, PLUS! Iggy Pop, De La Soul, Eagles of Death Metal, and others LIVE at NXNE, content from Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, and on stage at Sarnia Bayfest.
London Calling Season IV will premiere the first week of January 2011.
(Until then, tune into the blog for sneak peaks, and special segments.)
Catch the show on Rogers TV in London, ON. Or online @ BDM.tv commercial-free.
-BDM | London Calling
MUSIC MINUS THE ATTITUDE
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
EAGLES OF DEATH METAL | NXNE
Eagles of Death Metal are bananas. Not only do they slay your favourite tracks, moving swiftly between them and crushing solos where need be, occasionally they open up songs for further inspection. Jesse Hughes and company know how to work a crowd. Picture what would have happened if Pierre Trudeau learned to play the drums back in the 70's and ditched politics altogether. Running with this lie, maybe Truedeau learns how to play guitar later in life ... grows a dirty-doggin-handle-bar stache and that's the kind of charisma you can count on from Hughes night in night out. If you've heard one Eagles of Death Metal, you can attest that most of the tracks revolve around sex, broken relationships, and timeless rock and roll. These guys don't take themselves too seriously. If you care about your girlfriend DO NOT bring her to this show. She will end up on stage, then back stage, and eventually out of your life.
- AJS | BDM
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
DE LA | NXNE
Few hip hop bands deserve the title 'Legends'
De la soul played a free show on the (closing night) of NXNE and they threw down. From 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Is Dead, to The Grind Date, De La threw down the classics and brought the thunder with tracks like ROCK CO KANE FLOW. I saw De La perform the same act to close out Pitchfork two years back and all three Plugs have not lost their touch. Thanks so much to NXNE for the media hook up and to my boy Adrian (A-train) for sweet talk'in the media personal. This is what happens when good luck be on your side homies.
Oodles of O's,
-AJS | BDM
De la soul played a free show on the (closing night) of NXNE and they threw down. From 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Is Dead, to The Grind Date, De La threw down the classics and brought the thunder with tracks like ROCK CO KANE FLOW. I saw De La perform the same act to close out Pitchfork two years back and all three Plugs have not lost their touch. Thanks so much to NXNE for the media hook up and to my boy Adrian (A-train) for sweet talk'in the media personal. This is what happens when good luck be on your side homies.
Oodles of O's,
-AJS | BDM
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Friday, June 4, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
LC 03 EP 04 | FRENCHIE
This week's episode! Eh, FRENCHIE!
NEW THIS WEEK | 1. Josh, who got to stay back in London throws us a new Gorilla Video, Jill and Paul.
B. I know we faked you out a little announcing the new title creds a couple weeks back. Technicalities will be technical difficulties, but we've recovered and re-cut it to feature "Electric City" by our good friends Grand Analog. [THANK YOU!] You'll see it in the first segment. Enjoy the show!
NEW THIS WEEK | 1. Josh, who got to stay back in London throws us a new Gorilla Video, Jill and Paul.
B. I know we faked you out a little announcing the new title creds a couple weeks back. Technicalities will be technical difficulties, but we've recovered and re-cut it to feature "Electric City" by our good friends Grand Analog. [THANK YOU!] You'll see it in the first segment. Enjoy the show!
MALAJUBE | WE ARE WOLVES | DUCHESS SAYS | JOSH THE INTERN | PAT TIFFIN | GORILLA VIDEO | LONDON CALLING | POUTINE
Brittknee Withikaye, PA | BDM
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
LC 03 EP 03 | BLACKDOG | PRODUCER'S NOTES
woRdsworth
Like a good mix tape, our third episode hits you hard - just before track four blows your brain. What is it with tracks four and five on almost 90% of the music that has been made in the last 45 years? These are important things to consider my friends. So, as visual and audio curators we are preparing you for the storm of gorilla music videos and chaos we encounter around musically gift mofos.
We are please to present Black Dog feat. Maestro. I was out of town, however we got some help from the Top Billin camp who scored us an interview with Canada's all time selling MC, the day he was nominated for a Gemini. Big Tings. Our super camera operator slash filmmaker, Sean Stanley, trucks it to Bayfield to complete the hip hop / black dog show where he shot segments and interviews with Ghettosocks, Tool Shed members, Fritz Da Cat, and MORE!!!
I still remember rocking the Symphony In Effect (by Maestro) cassette at my friend Afonso's after school for three weeks, while his Portuguese family waited patiently for us to come downstairs and eat.
Thanks for all the support we have been getting from all the artists we have been shooting Gorilla Videos with. For more on GV, hit DIS BUTTON.
Let your backbone slide world
- AJS, BDM
Like a good mix tape, our third episode hits you hard - just before track four blows your brain. What is it with tracks four and five on almost 90% of the music that has been made in the last 45 years? These are important things to consider my friends. So, as visual and audio curators we are preparing you for the storm of gorilla music videos and chaos we encounter around musically gift mofos.
We are please to present Black Dog feat. Maestro. I was out of town, however we got some help from the Top Billin camp who scored us an interview with Canada's all time selling MC, the day he was nominated for a Gemini. Big Tings. Our super camera operator slash filmmaker, Sean Stanley, trucks it to Bayfield to complete the hip hop / black dog show where he shot segments and interviews with Ghettosocks, Tool Shed members, Fritz Da Cat, and MORE!!!
I still remember rocking the Symphony In Effect (by Maestro) cassette at my friend Afonso's after school for three weeks, while his Portuguese family waited patiently for us to come downstairs and eat.
Thanks for all the support we have been getting from all the artists we have been shooting Gorilla Videos with. For more on GV, hit DIS BUTTON.
Let your backbone slide world
- AJS, BDM
Friday, April 23, 2010
GORILLA VIDEO | GRAND ANALOG | ELECTRIC CITY
Early this week we bumped into Grand Analog after school, and using the very little lunch money we had left over, they threw down our latest segment of Gorilla Video...
- Brittknee Withikaye, PA | BDM
- Brittknee Withikaye, PA | BDM
Monday, April 19, 2010
LC SSN 03 EP 02 | HOLY FUCK
Last week we packed Episode 1 full of great tunes and interviews with three awesome Canadian bands including a two-part profile on Elliott Brood.
This week's profile is Holy Fuck, inspiring the theme to Episode 3.
Thankfully, because this is the Internet, all of the NEW segments to this re-mastered episode will remain uncensored, and COMMERCIAL FREE.
In this episode we've got LIVE footage of Holy Fuck's performance at Phog Fest last summer. That Guy is BACK to ask people what makes them go "Holy Fuck" Boss Man makes a special appearance. Josh the Intern gets a good rant in about our Producer Drew. For LC Concert Series we're featuring awesome footage of Kings of Leon performing at the JLC that will make you go "Holy Fuck!" The sound is so crisp! Pat is also back out on da street asking the people of Richmond Row what their favourite curse word is. Just to make it easy for you, I cut it out of the line-up and posted it as a stand alone.
NEW this edition:
TITLE CREDS! Huge shout out to Arkells who so graciously allowed us to use their song "Deadlines" as our theme this season.
BIG NEWS: We've got the premiere of our Gorilla Video segment feat. the People. You'll find that hidden gem in part 3.
- Brittknee Withikaye, P.A | BDM
This week's profile is Holy Fuck, inspiring the theme to Episode 3.
Thankfully, because this is the Internet, all of the NEW segments to this re-mastered episode will remain uncensored, and COMMERCIAL FREE.
In this episode we've got LIVE footage of Holy Fuck's performance at Phog Fest last summer. That Guy is BACK to ask people what makes them go "Holy Fuck" Boss Man makes a special appearance. Josh the Intern gets a good rant in about our Producer Drew. For LC Concert Series we're featuring awesome footage of Kings of Leon performing at the JLC that will make you go "Holy Fuck!" The sound is so crisp! Pat is also back out on da street asking the people of Richmond Row what their favourite curse word is. Just to make it easy for you, I cut it out of the line-up and posted it as a stand alone.
NEW this edition:
TITLE CREDS! Huge shout out to Arkells who so graciously allowed us to use their song "Deadlines" as our theme this season.
BIG NEWS: We've got the premiere of our Gorilla Video segment feat. the People. You'll find that hidden gem in part 3.
TUNE IN NEXT WEEK FOR A NEW EPISODE!
Like what you see and hear? Get more here...
HOLY FUCK | PHOG LOUNGE | JOSH THE INTERN | GORILLA VIDEO | BARAKAT | KINGS OF LEON | JLC | BDM
- Brittknee Withikaye, P.A | BDM
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