Video: Memories of Kiddyland

July 15th, 2010

Here’s a video I just completed for my friend Erna, who used to take her kids to Kiddyland in LA in the 60’s and early 70’s, and where her husband Ken shot lots of 16mm film of this fondly-remembered but long-gone attraction.

I think the images and music combine to make a very poignant little piece. I was never there and I get a little misty-eyed watching it!

This is the last of a series of four Kiddyland videos, all of which are available on the Kiddyland Facebook page.

Music with strings… attached! Copyright trouble with Apple’s “free” music tracks

July 15th, 2010

I was editing a friend’s video yesterday, and when I uploaded it to YouTube I came across the strangest thing.
As I’ve done many times, I used one of the supposedly royalty-free, “use however you like” music tracks, provided by Apple as part of their iLife suite, for the background. I’ve done this before and uploaded [...]

“Priscilla” souvenir poster now available!

July 9th, 2010

If you attended and enjoyed the Broadway Chorus musical, “Priscilla, Queen of the Damned!” last month, here’s your chance to have a truly unique keepsake. I took my custom promo art for the show and expanded it into a full-on, glossy poster!

Video: Lush garden and heritage house on North Shore

July 9th, 2010

This lush garden and uniquely furnished house is bursting with character – my idea of a true “dream home”. And thanks to the magic of video, you can get a quick tour.

My sitcom-like roadside experience

June 29th, 2010

Looking friendly and helpful can really delay you sometimes! Here’s a strange but true tale of what happened when I tried to walk down a road that was actually a Bermuda Triangle of lost tourists.

Drag Queens vs. Vampires in “Priscilla”

June 1st, 2010

June 16th (preview) to 19th at the Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island
Transylvania’s only modern musical theatre group battles the undead in Priscilla, Queen of the Damned, an uproarious, outrageous musical “monster mashup”!
It takes a queen to fight a queen, so when the Vampire Queen next door abducts the entire second soprano section, a trio of cross-dressing [...]