A whopping $1500 to these two local comedians for this web short entitled Christmas Tree from their Living Room series. Good work guys.

www.lvroom.com

Oh hi, we’re doing a ridiculous New Years party that’s only $25 and you can bring your own booze. Oh hi, I’m DJing it with Kellen Powell and Jon Hennessey. Check out the full details here. Here’s a little mix to give you an idea of what I’ll be contributing to the evening. Tracklisting which includes Snoop. R. Kelly, NaS, Ben Folds, Ladyhawke, The KLF, Guns n’ Roses and Kenny Loggins after the jump.

PS I think I’m joking about throwing Estranged down. Perhaps not. I think it’d make for a pretty epic 9-minute plus slow dance with someone special.
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This Saturday local pop-surrealist artist Camilla D’Errico will be having a release party for a limited edition series of clothing, handbags and art prints at El Kartel. Starts at 9. Goes till late. Pop on by for a drink and some great and affordable Christmas gifts. Preview pics of some of the adorable wares for sale after the jump.
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If you’re not the type of person who frequented the short programs at the Vancouver International Film Festival last year, you might have missed A.J. Bond’s fun sci-fi short Hirsute. But now you can watch it here… FOR FREE! Enjoy.

www.thesiblings.ca

More shameless self-promotion.

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/emd/949070381.html

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Um, yeah.

3-2 Canucks over Detroit in overtime. What the hell?

All too often with Canadian comedies you’re forced to say a movie is funny with the qualifier “for a low budget Canadian production.” Odd for a country that has a long track record of turning out some of Hollywood’s funniest and most successful comedians. This is not the case with Cooper’s Camera. True, it’s a low budget Canadian production, but it’s brilliant and funny, no qualifiers necessary. Starring The Daily Show wife-husband duo Samantha Bee and Jason Jones, along with Billable Hours star Mike Beaver, the film follows the most world’s most dysfunctional family on Christmas in 1985, all told from the perspective of the family’s handheld video camera.
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Did you know that international makeup superstar Jon Hennessey is also killer at making playlists? Did you know that Todd M Duym, an artist on Nobasura, the talent agency that Jon Hennessy runs, is having an art show at grace-gallery at second and Main on Friday? Did you know that Jon will be providing the tunes for this show? Show up between 8-12 (as if it’s ending that early) and check it out. This weeks playlist is a taste of some of the songs you’ll here. If you can’t make it the show will be running till January 2. Download it from here or the link on the sidebar.

Tracklisting after the jump which includes Black Lips, Suicide, The Concretes, The Stooges, Sonic Youth and a whole lot more.
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The holiday issue of ION Magazine is now on the streets. This slick looking issues features a year in music roundup, an article on Canadian graffiti artist Other (he refused to be interviewed and submitted a short story instead), an article on Tittsworth and an interview with Jason Jones from the Daily Show about his new movie Coopers’ Camera.

Grab a copy from the following locations or download it from here.

…the Canucks have a brand new third jersey that’s infinitely better than the regular ones. They’re also doing quite well apparently.

Check out Jim Cuell’s entry for the Bloodshots 48-Hour Horror Filmmaking competition. Each team was given a weapon, sub genre, prop and a phrase that must be included in the film. He got Occult Book, Werewolf, Record and “That picture looks strangely familiar.” If you’re digging it, email bigsmashproductions@gmail.com with “I VOTE FOR BOOK OF TERROR” in the subject line of the email by Oct. 31st. Check out the rest of the Bloodshots Canada 2008 videos at myspace.com/bloodshotscanada