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Monsta Toy

Kimberly Cleave — Jun 18, 2013 2:02 PM CDT

I want this toy!!!! Super cool! Not the addiction of buying toys... But I love toys!

Don’t call me Teddy Bear anymore… by Monsta

“Don’t call me Teddy Bear anymore… or I’m gonna destroy your face with my f*cking flying rabbit costume” is the newest creation by french artist Monsta. Perfectly clean and neat, this custom Eerz features his usual simplicistic approach to his toys: plain colors, cut out malformed teeth as well as displaced eyes staring into different directions, and of course tiny fluffy wings on its back. The little dude inside just levels this whole custom to another degree way beyond perfection.

ADL 2103 Pow Wow

Digital Drum — Jun 18, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

ADL 2013 is 4 DAYS AWAY! Pow Wow Competition, Skateboard Competition, Free Concet and much more! Don't miss out! Visit http://www.aboriginaldaylive.com/ for festival information.

Javier Estrada - AMW 2013

Digital Drum — Jun 17, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Mexico's most exciting new producer, Javier Estrada delivers everything from tribal to moombahton to pre-hispanic dubstep in a unique, fun-loving, high-energy and ever-tropical manner.

Javier's prolific production portfolio is a tour-de-force through the best that Latin America has to offer in this new burgeoning tropicalized electronica scene and a show of all the possibilities that exist within the ever-expanding world of tropical bass.

http://youtu.be/aqk0kal3Yxg

Milo Creations

Digital Drum — Jun 14, 2013 4:04 PM CDT

Milo Creations has stepped beyond traditional materials (e.g. clay, yucca paint brushes and beeweed paint) while remaining faithful to the precise and intricate nature of Pueblo pottery designs. Each one of a kind piece of jewelry is hand-painted on ultra lightweight basswood using acrylic paint. All creations are complete with artist signature. (letter "M" with two lines underneath) Milo Creations is focused on providing high-quality service and customer satisfaction .

Michelle "Milo" Lowden (b.1989) is the proud founder and owner of Milo Creations formerly Milo Productions which specializes in hand-painted Pueblo jewelry. Michelle is the youngest of two, born to Roberta Charlie and Aaron Lowden, both from the Pueblo of Acoma. She currently operates and

resides on the Pueblo of Acoma Reservation in New Mexico. Michelle has been creating jewelry for nearly four years. Her inspiration to reconnect traditional designs through a contemporary medium began with observing her father's sculptures as well as studying her family's history of illustrious potters. (e.g. Marie Z. Chino and Carrie Chino Charlie)

10 Things You Need To Know Before Seeing Man Of Steel

Digital Drum — Jun 14, 2013 6:06 AM CDT

It would be a sincere challenge to find anyone on this planet who isn’t at least vaguely familiar with the name Superman. From ‘it’s a bird, it’s a plane’ to the ‘S’ on his chest to the flowing red cape, he is the classic superhero and one of the most famous pop culture figures of all time.

But Superman is much more than just a costume, collection of incredible abilities, and a design that can be put on a T-shirt. The last 75 years have been filled with epic stories, hundreds (if not thousands) of friends and foes, and microscopic details about the larger universe. It’s easy to see how anyone only vaguely familiar with the comic book character and his world would feel overwhelmed by the amount of information surrounding him, so with Man of Steel in theaters this weekend we figured we would do our best to help those who just need a little bit of guidance.

Below I have broken down 10 key elements of Superman lore present in Zack Snyder’s new film, hoping to provide some background for the audience members who are only now starting to take an interest in the comic book world. Want to know about Supes’ birth parents? Do you know how he gets his powers? Do you know who Superman’s first love was? Find all of the answers you’re looking for below!

Superman
Who Is He? Kal-El. Clark Kent. The Man of Steel. The Man of Tomorrow. The Last Son of Krypton. He has many names, but there is only one Superman. Created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster and first debuting all the way back in 1938, Supes is considered by many to be the first superhero and is in every way, shape and form a cultural icon. Chances are you’ve probably heard of him before you clicked this link.

How Does He Fit? It’s kind of a silly question considering that this is his movie, but let’s just stick with the format, shall we? Man of Steel is a new take on the origins of Superman, balancing a story both about how he came to travel from the alien planet Krypton to Earth and how he grew up to become the greatest hero the world has ever seen. Even long-time comic book fans will be surprised by some of the changes that they’ve made to the story, but those details are best revealed on a giant screen in a dark theater.

Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van
Who Are They? Being an alien who was transported to Earth as a baby, Superman has two sets of parents: those who gave birth to him and those who raised him. Jor-El and Lara Lor-Van are the former. Unfortunately, this also means that their story is actually a fairly tragic one. Both were some of the smartest minds their world had to offer, but despite their assertion that the planet of Krypton was doomed nobody listened. With no time to leave themselves, they ultimately make the decision to save the life of their son, Kal-El, and die with the rest of their species on their home world. Marlon Brando famously played the role of Jor-El in Richard Donner’s 1978 film Superman: The Movie.

How Do They Fit? Lara, played by Ayelet Zurer, plays a fairly small role in Man of Steel, but Russell Crowe’s Jor-El is one of the most significant characters in the film. While his physical form is destroyed when Krypton collapses, part of him lives on in a command key that was put in young Kal-El’s ship before it was sent into the cosmos. The technology is used to help a confused Clark Kent both understand who he is and what he has the potential to become. Both parents saw their son’s potential to be a savoir for the people of Earth – a hero who could lead humanity into the light.

Jonathan and Martha Kent
Who Are They? Jonathan and Martha Kent were lovely people leading normal lives in the rural town of Smallville, Kansas when they one day discovered a crashed spaceship with a human-looking alien baby inside. Wanting to have a kid of their own and wishing no harm upon the child, they chose to adopt him and raise him as their son, keeping his real identity a secret until they believe that he is old enough to handle the truth.

How Do They Fit? One of the principal themes of Man of Steel is the idea of nature vs. nurture and the two different philosophies held by Kal-El/Clark’s two sets of parents. While Jor-El believed that his son’s powers would lead him to be an important figure in the future of humanity, Jonathan and Martha (portrayed by Kevin Costner and Diane Lane) are scared about what it would mean for their boy to reveal to the world that he’s actually an alien with supernatural abilities. It’s certainly a conflict-filled moral dilemma, but it was also Clark’s Earth parents that taught him what it meant to be a good person, and helped built the emotional foundation for his future heroics.

The Red Sun of Krypton vs. The Yellow Sun of Earth
What Are They? You wouldn’t think that the color of a sun would have that much effect on how an organism exists and functions, but then again Superman isn’t most organisms. Had the intergalactic hero stayed on his home planet (and the place didn’t implode) he likely would have had a normal existence, but instead Earth’s yellow sun has a massive effect on his body chemistry and gives him abilities that no other being possesses. Basically, it’s the yellow sun that makes Superman able to be Superman.

How Do They Fit? On Earth Kal-El has a nearly unending number of powers if you dig through all of his pop culture lore, but it’s pretty much only the most common and famous examples that actually show up in Zack Snyder’s movie. In the movie he is shown to be able to fly, run at super speed, lift incredibly heavy objects, punch extremely hard, see through solid objects and shoot lasers out of his eyes. Oh, and did we mention that he is basically invulnerable? The yellow sun does initially give adolescent Clark some problems, as he perceives and feels the entire world differently than humans, but that’s all part of his growing process.

General Zod and Faora
Who Are They? Superman is actually a pretty damn good public relations representative for Krypton. After all, he’s an alien who travels across the galaxy only to wind up standing for truth, justice and the American way. Sadly, the same cannot be said about the villainous General Zod and his right hand Faora. Before the destruction of their home, the duo and their team of followers try to lead a coup and take over Krypton, though their plan fails and they end up being banished to the Phantom Zone (a prison that exists in a parallel dimension). The problem with this is that it allows the two villains to survive the destruction of their planet

How Do They Fit? Played by Michael Shannon and Antje Traue, Zod and Faora go through the classic rebellion/banishment arc, but really start causing serious trouble when they manage to escape their imprisonment and head to Earth to try and find Kal-El. Because they were also born on Krypton, they get the same yellow-sun enhanced powers as Superman, making them both by far some of the most powerful villains that the hero will ever have to face.

Lois Lane
Who Is She? Lois Lane was present right at the birth of Superman, appearing in Action Comics #1, and is probably best known for being Clark Kent’s true love. Initially inspired by famed journalist Nellie Bly, Lois is a reporter for Metropolis’ prestigious newspaper The Daily Planet, and an excellent one at that. Previous live action films and television series have seen her played by actresses including Margot Kidder (Superman: The Movie through Superman IV: The Quest for Peace), Kate Bosworth(Superman Returns), Teri Hatcher (Lois & Clark), and Erica Durance (Smallville).

How Does She Fit? Amy Adams’ take on Lois Lane doesn’t stray too far from the comics, as she is still very much that hard-nosed reporter who refuses to take no for an answer (though she has traded her normal brunette locks and gone redhead). Upon hearing about the heroics of a mystery man saving lives all around the globe, she goes on a fact finding mission to interview witnesses and survivors – but little does she know that she’s actually on the tail of a hero who is much more than your everyday good Samaritan.

Perry White, Jimmy/Jenny Olsen and the Crew At The Daily Planet
Who Are They? Clark Kent and Lois Lane may be the best known reporters at The Daily Planet, but they aren’t the only major characters in the Superman universe who works there. Working above both of the writers is the paper’s editor in chief Perry White, a boss known for being tough but fair and possessing solid journalistic integrity. Then there’s Jimmy Olsen, a young photojournalist who is close friends with Clark, Lois and Perry, and also sees them as role models. Unluckily he often finds himself stuck in dangerous situations that require him to be rescued by the Big Blue Boy Scout.

How Do They Fit? Of all the classic Superman elements in Man of Steel, it’s actually The Daily Planet crew that gets the biggest facelift. While Perry White has always been drawn as a white guy, in Zack Snyder’s film he is portrayed by Laurence Fishburne, and while it’s possible that Jimmy Olsen could show up in the movie universe at some point, the latest blockbuster only features a newspaper employee named Jenny Olsen, played by actress Rebecca Buller. Beyond these superficial changes Snyder’s Superman story doesn’t alter much about the characters – though they are a pretty small part of the overall plot.

Wayne Enterprises
What Is It? Rather than being a part of Superman’s world, Wayne Enterprises is actually part of Batman lore. The company is owned by Bruce Wayne and has existed for multiple generations. In addition to the business generating money so the Dark Knight can have cooler and fancier toys, Bruce also partially uses his position at Wayne Enterprises as a cover to hide the fact that he is actually the Caped Crusader. It’s actually pretty damn effective.

How Does It Fit? We’re still waiting for the day that Superman and Batman actually get to appear together in a live-action movie, but until at least Man of Steel is doing something to make it sound like there’s a chance that the two characters exist in the same universe. We don’t want to give it all away, but if you want to catch the reference you’ll have to keep your concentration at maximum throughout the entire film. We would especially recommend paying attention when you see a satellite on the screen…

LexCorp
What Is It? Similar to the way that Bruce Wayne uses his position at Wayne Enterprises to become a better crime-fighter, Lex Luthor – Superman’s greatest foe – uses his company, LexCorp, to ascend in the world of evil. Few are able to gain and exploit power quite like Luthor can, and his conglomerate is certainly a big part of that. If there’s a plot line involving a contract with LexCorp then you can presume that trouble is right around the corner.

How Does It Fit? Superman’s arch-nemesis doesn’t actually appear in Man of Steel, but the existence of LexCorp looms in the background like a bad omen. We first discovered that the evil corporation is in the movie when we pulled a bunch of screengrabs from a trailer back in April, but the truth is that there are actually three total references to the company in the film. Like with Wayne Enterprises I’d prefer not to give the locations away, but know that Luthor seems to have a thing for putting his name on vehicles.

Lana Lang
Who Is She? Lois Lane may be Clark Kent’s true love, but his first love was actually someone else with L.L initials (no, not Lex Luthor). Lana Lang grew up with Clark in Kansas and was his teenage girlfriend. Because she was a part of our hero’s life before he put on the red and blue tights, she has never been a major player in the previous Superman movies, but she was a key character, played by Kristin Kreuk, on the long-running series Smallville.

How Does She Fit? Lana Lang fans will be disappointed yet again with Hollywood, as the character really doesn’t play a very big role in Man of Steel. But, as you probably figured out because I’m writing about her, she does make an appearance. Played by young actress Jadin Gould, she is featured in a flashback with an ill-fated school bus. Listen for her name.

Skateboard ADL 2013

Digital Drum — Jun 13, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Skateboard Park Competition 2013
Brought to you by STREETZ 104.7 FM
Saturday, June 22, 2013
at The Skateboard Park, the Forks
12:00 – 5:00pm

STREETZ 104.7 FM will be on-site with LIVE radio broadcasts throughout the day at one of North America’s top rated skateboard parks.

Great prizes to be awarded thanks to STREETZ 104.7 FM, Sk8 Skates and Native Threads.

Best Trick Skateboard Competition
Open Registration for all ages! Sign up just prior to start of completion, wear your number and show us what you got!

12:00 PM

Ages 13 and under

1:00 PM

Ages 14 – 17

2:00 PM

Ages 18+

3:00 PM

Sk8 Skates / Red Riding Media Demo

Go Bombers Go!

Arlene Mousseau — Jun 12, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Game Day with my fav player "Two-One" - Alex Suber

AMW 2013

Digital Drum — Jun 11, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

AMW 2013 - Aboriginal Music Week

Reigning Red Bull Thre3style Canada champion and one-third of critically-acclaimed producer crew A Tribe Called Red, DJ Shub is a proven battle DJ of Cayuga ancestry based in Ottawa, Ontario.

Along with his Thre3style title, Shub is a two-time Canadian DMC DJ Champion and a DMC Canadian Supremacy Champion.

Shub has been moving crowds for more than 12 years.

Lambo

Digital Drum — Jun 10, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Michael Bay Unveils Mysterious New Transformer

John Ford, Stanley Kubrick, Sergio Leone: all filmmakers that have made iconic use of Utah's extraordinary Monument Valley. And joining that elite pantheon now is Michael Bay, for the no-doubt equally classic Transformers 4, which has just started shooting in the rocky desert vista. To celebrate the occasion, Bay has revealed a mysterious new Transformer, taking the sleek form of a 2013 Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Coupe.

The car is, says Bay, "extraordinary and exhilarating", although he gives no indication of which space robot it'll be unfolding into. Lamborghinis in the original toy line included Autobots Sideswipe (red) and Sunstreaker (yellow), but given Bay's free and easy attitude to Transformers canon, that may not be an indicator of anything.

Lambo (as we're going to call it for now) is joining the rest of the Autobots and Decepticons alongside humans Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Sophia Myles, Li Bingbing, Jack Reynor, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci and TJ Miller, in a tale that sees humanity still recovering from the horrendous Battle Of Chicago but facing new threats from within and without.

As well as Utah, Bay is shooting in Texas, Michigan, Illinois and China, with Transformers 4 set to arrive in cinemas on June 27 next year.

Aboriginal Day Live & Celebration

Digital Drum — Jun 9, 2013 8:08 PM CDT

SAY CHEESE!

With so many people taking part in the festivities during Aboriginal Day Live & Celebration, we know they’ll be lots of smart phones snapping photos. We want you to share them with us using either Instagram or Twitter. Just upload your pictures like you do every day but make sure to include #ADL2013 so we can find them. Not only will the pictures be available online here at aboriginaldaylive.com, they will also be projected on to the huge screens beside the stage at The Forks in Winnipeg throughout the day and during the live concert broadcast.

ADL 2013

Digital Drum — Jun 9, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

MICHELLE THRUSH

Main Stage Host

Michelle Thrush is an epitome of a role model for Aboriginal Peoples in Canada. She’s an accomplished actor and continuously gives back to her community. She makes it a priority to engage and work with youth through the arts.

Michelle brings her award-winning presence to the main stage with an extensive background in film, television and theatre. Her latest achievements include a 2012 Rosie Award for Best Performance by an Alberta Actress, and she was appointed 2012 Alberta Aboriginal Role Model of the Year.

Many know Michelle for portrayal of Gail Stoney from the ground-breaking and award-winning APTN dramatic series Blackstone. In 2011, she was awarded a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role.

She’s compelled to share her experience for the empowerment of the people.

http://www.aboriginaldaylive.com

Don Amero

Digital Drum — Jun 7, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT – FRIDAY JUNE 14

Don Amero & Friends Performing At The Forks

Riley Boland

Kimberly Cleave — Jun 7, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Riley Boland Skater Profile

Sponsors: Oakley, Vans, Creature, Power Rider Wheel, Ace, Goodwood, Source Skate Shop, Stance, Saxx Underwear
Hometown: Calgary Canada, Stance: Goofy, Age: 26, Status: Am

Check this Canadian out!

http://youtu.be/L2ezF91FSMo

The RED

Kimberly Cleave — Jun 6, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Red 101

Upscaled 1080P vs Native 4K

Posted 14 days ago

Upscaling attempts to utilize higher resolution displays without higher resolution content. In this article, we compare how low resolution, upscaled and native high resolution content appear, along with discussing the motivations behind each solution.

High Dynamic Range Video with HDRx

Posted 28 days ago

High dynamic range (HDR) imaging is a powerful technique that combines multiple exposures into a single frame that encompasses the brightness range of the entire set. This has been an established technique with stills photography, but has only recently emerged as a possibility with motion capture—where the applications are even more expansive.

Chroma Subsampling Techniques

Posted about 1 month ago

Video compression is commonly thought of as being unique to digital, but it’s also been around since the early days of analog. Compression has just become more sophisticated since then. In this article, we will take a look back at one early strategy in particular: 4:2:2, 4:1:1 and 4:2:0 chroma subsampling.

ISO Speed Revisited

Posted 2 months ago

Most are familiar with how ISO controls a camera’s sensitivity to light and susceptibility to film grain. However, ISO has other consequences with digital, and its implementation often varies. This article explores how ISO is evolving and influencing camera technique in the digital era.

Motion Capture at 4K and Beyond

Posted 3 months ago

High resolution capture is beneficial even when the output resolution is reduced. These benefits include better image quality, but also extend to less familiar areas including creative flexibility, post-production, prints and future-proofing. This article summarizes how each of these aspects is influenced.

Intro to Slow Motion Video

Posted 4 months ago

Slow motion video can provide new and interesting views of otherwise everyday events. This enhances their emotional impact, but also pushes the technical abilities of a camera system. In this article we’ll provide a background on how slow motion works in addition to discussing best practices.

Black Shading Calibration

Posted 4 months ago

Black shading maximizes image quality by ensuring that pixel sensitivity remains consistent throughout an image. The technique has been used for a variety of high-end applications in digital capture over the years. In this article, we’ll discuss when this is beneficial and how it is applied.

Shooting Video For Stills

Posted 4 months ago

High resolution video has now surpassed the detail necessary for professional-sized prints. Techniques that make it easier to pull stills from video are therefore becoming increasingly important. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the best practices and possibilities.

Stills Photographer Intro to Video

Posted 5 months ago

With the advent of digital cinematography, many stills photographers are beginning to explore the possibilities of motion capture. Although the fundamentals remain similar, other aspects are likely unfamiliar. This article gives an overview of the key differences in order to make the “cinephotography” transition as straightforward as possible.

Color vs. Monochrome Sensors

Posted 6 months ago

Monochrome camera sensors are capable of higher detail and sensitivity than would otherwise be possible with color. However, to understand why requires a closer look at sensor technology. This article gives an overview of the key differences between each sensor type, along with how these influence the resulting image.

Kinnie Starr & Tanya Tagaq

Digital Drum — Jun 5, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

Live at the APCMAs October 5th 2010.

Don't miss Tanya Tagaq as she performs Aboriginal Day Live 2013 at The Fork, Winnipeg MB.

http://www.aboriginaldaylive.com/

EDZERZA

Digital Drum — Jun 4, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

The Freshest Native Clothing and Jewelery, the most cutting-edge Paintings and installations, beautiful glass work and Wood Carvings, and the best Print Editions in Vancouver!

Check out the Amazing Styles!

Dustin Martin - S.O.L.O

Digital Drum — Jun 4, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Designer Profile | Dustin Martin

Dustin Martin was one of the first designers to support my dream to launch the Beyond Buckskin Boutique over a year ago. I had sent out messages to various artists to get their feedback about this idea to launch a boutique that focused solely on promoting and selling Native-made fashion. His response to my inquiry was thoughtful, and his words found their way into BBB's initial mission statements to reclaim Native America's right to determine what is 'Native,' 'authentic' and 'traditional' when it comes to fashion.

Since those initial conversations, Dustin's designs for his company S.O.L.O. (Sovereign Original Land Owners) have been sell-out favorites on the Boutique site. The graphics are not only eye-catching, but the thoughts and meanings behind them are developed and effectively combine fashion with intellect. The first 'Designer Profile' that I published about his work was over 2 years ago, and I thought we were due for an updated profile so continue reading for BB's interview with him:

BB: I first found out about your work when you were a student at Columbia. How has your work changed since then?
DM: I got a real job. First as a printer in a high-volume t-shirt shop in NYC; and now as the program director of Wings of America. I've loved both experiences but I'm sorry to say that they made creating and printing designs feel more like a business than a passion at times. I'm only just learning how to balance the two. That being said, I'm more confident in the way I approach my designs than I've ever been. Now it's time to get back to indulging more of my creative impulses. I want to generate a body of work that moves way beyond t-shirts. I want to make mistakes.

BB: Can you tell us a little bit about when and why you started creating fashion?
DM: The "feathered cavalier" (S.O.L.O.'s logo) was an image I had stored in my head for a long time. It represented everything I wanted to stand for that a polo jockey couldn't back up. In the summer of 2009 I cut out a stencil of the image and spray-painted it on a few t-shirts. They were pretty lame. The next fall I took a printmaking course to learn the skills I needed to do the logo justice. After a few classes my dorm room became a makeshift silkscreen shop fueled by blank tees I picked up at second-hand stores. Suddenly people started placing orders and asking serious questions about my design inspirations. I'm still astounded by the quality conversations S.O.L.O. products spur. That's why I keep grinding.

BB: I love the idea that fashion can spark conversations. People are responding positively to your latest tee design, Ceci Nest Pas Un Conciliateur. Can you tell us the general process you go through to create your work?
DM: Usually I let an idea for a design brew for a couple weeks before I put pen to paper. Some concepts are weak and I naturally let them go. But the good ones keep me busy researching inspirations and relevant histories until I NEED to see them materialize. Then it's just a few late nights of work. I work best during the early hours of the morning when those few restless birds start to chirp.

BB: What matters to you most as a designer?
DM: It's hard to explain but I would liken it to "harmony". And I don't necessarily mean symmetry. More than anything I want an image or product I create to appear balanced. I think this is best done by complimenting the natural forms that give a design shape and/or purpose. But you can do this without sacrificing creativity or complexity. I love filling a generally harmonious design framework with the most bizarre and jarring angles I can dream up. This way the end result takes more than a quick glance to fully comprehend. But even a quick glance might offer a symbol or shape that musters up some memory or emotion.

BB: What or who is your inspiration?
DM: Infinitely changing horizons. For individuals. For societies. For land masses. Moving through landscapes in the southwest has taught me a lot about the inherent restlessness of things. In a place where flash floods cut deep arroyos in an afternoon and marine fossils can be found on mountain ridges, it is impossible to ignore the promise of a change in elevation. I think this sort of perspective is crucial to recognizing the fractures and fusions we experience in our personal lives and making the most of them. There's quite a bit of order in all that chaos if you make a point of observing. Other than all that jazz, the sight of a new run of shirts neatly organized. I like museums a lot too.

BB: What does Native fashion mean to you?
DM: It has something to do with an awareness of place and identity that breeds a special type of humility. Native designers must take absolute pride in their creations while simultaneously recognizing their material insignificance. At the end of the day, a t-shirt is just a t-shirt. But the idea a t-shirt ignites might become wildfire. It's the idea, not the object, that empowers people. I rest easy knowing my designs express pride in where and who I come from without asserting superiority over another group. Perhaps that's the most control over an idea one can have.

BB: Who are your favorite Native designers?
DM: Any person willing to put in the time and effort it takes to immerse themselves in their local community and use the lessons they learn to articulate a message with some self-esteem. But I really like Sho Sho and Jamie Okuma.

BB: What is your favorite quote or life motto?
DM: It's only money.

BB: What is something that a lot of people don’t know, but should know, about your tribe/home community?
DM: I grew up in and around Gallup, NM. During WWII, the city refused to send nearly 800 Japanese-American residents to U.S. government-run internment camps. I've always been proud of that- especially because Navajos from the same area were rounded up and sent to Bosque Redondo barely 100 years before. Now they call Gallup "The Indian Capital of the World". I like to think the influence of Native perspectives had a lot to do with keeping my hometown unswayed by foolish McCarthyists.

BB: It's been exciting for me to see your work grow and expand. What's next for you and S.O.L.O.?!
DM: I plan to keep doing my best to build the S.O.L.O. portfolio while staying the course at Wings for at least the next year. Be on the lookout for new one-of pieces. I'll decide whether I need to go back to school to become a better designer/artist or a more-effective community organizer/businessman come fall 2014. Hopefully I'll find some place that lets me further explore the middle ground. Also, we got some cool collaborations in the works for summer/fall that I'm excited to watch play out.

Crystal Shawanda - ADL 2013

Digital Drum — Jun 3, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

It’s a Time to Celebrate

Posted on June 2, 2013

We can’t deny that the concert lineup for Aboriginal Day Live & Celebration is definitely worth the trip but did you know there is an entire schedule of family-friendly activities planned in Winnipeg too? It’s all part of our Celebration Village. Let’s take a tour, shall we?

The Celebration Village highlights the diversity and talents of our First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples in Canada. Each group will have their own pavilion location at The Forks to share their culture and traditions with Celebration-goers.

The Inuit Pavilion will feature artists and carvers, traditional dancers and singers, and at The Winnipeg Art Gallery tent, learn how to create your very own Inuit art print using the techniques of artist Andrew Qappik.

The First Nations Pavilion will be represented by the Cree, Ojibway and Dakota Peoples. It will include handmade arts and crafts, traditional dances and songs; and it wouldn’t be a party without food! Have a taste of bannock, chokecherry jam, and tea from our various food vendors. The Manitoba Museum will be on-hand to help kids create mini tipis while the Aboriginal Languages of Manitoba will be providing fun story-telling.

From jigging to sash making, the Métis Pavilion is sure to thrill Celebration-goers. Come and listen to the fiddle music or join in on the jigging! As a spectator or participant, you’ll be happy you came to experience Métis culture. There will also be story-telling in the Michif language. The Métis Club Traditional Dancers, The Ivan Flett Memorial Dancers and The Métis Culture and Heritage Resource Centre will be on-site to make sure you’re having a good time through dance, song, and crafts!

The Celebration Village will be running on June 22 from 11am to 5pm at The Forks. So come out and learn a few new skills, meet some new people and have a fun day with your family. We’d love it if you stopped by for a visit!

Crystal Shawanda perfomes live along with many other artists. Don't Miss Out!

'After Earth': The Review

Digital Drum — Jun 2, 2013 10:10 AM CDT

When Will Smith makes a new movie, people come out in droves to see it. But will critics love it as much as audiences? It's tough to say, especially in the case of "After Earth," co-starring Smith's son Jaden and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, whose pedigree has fallen a bit since his days as Hollywood's biggest purveyor of twist endings.

Not that any of those hesitations are real problems for regular moviegoers; the movie may be fantastically entertaining, a massive success that keeps Smith at the top of the industry food chain. But before you make any decisions on which movie to watch this weekend, check out the reviews below.

MTV Rough Cut: 'After Earth'

The Shyamalan Comparison
"Shyamalan continues to passionately search for the elusive project that will elevate him back into the storytelling stratosphere he once occupied following the universal acceptance of his rug-pulling 'The Sixth Sense.' And he may have found it with his latest film. That's not to say this movie is nearly as airtight an endeavor as 'Sense,' because it isn't. But the loyal Night watchers who were deeply disappointed by his last few forays into moviemaking, 'The Happening' and 'The Last Airbender,' will find enough to enjoy once they accept 'After Earth' for what it is: a subdued, small survival story with a calculated family hook that softens the sci-fi so it can aim at young adults and their parents." — Sean O'Connell, Cinema Blend

The Effects
"Despite more corn than Mel Gibson grows on his farm in 'Signs' (another Shyamalan effort), 'After Earth' is worth a look. With a production design that mixes futuro-tech with a hippie Pier 1 aesthetic, this [is a] beautifully shot tale.... [It's] refreshing in that it's not rife with fast-cuts, whooshing camera shots, and overblown visual effects. The Ursa and the baboons, a pack of predatory feline beasts, and a giant condorlike bird are all rendered in expert CGI, seamlessly embedded in the action." — Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer

The Visuals
"For the most part it is an uninteresting slog alleviated only by the occasional unintended laugh and moments of visual beauty. Mr. Shyamalan generally torpedoes his movies with overweening self-seriousness. But here and there he also offers up an image — as with a close-up of Kitai's [Jaden] face dusted with glistening snowflakes — that rises out of the torpor." — Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

Jaden Smith
"The young Smith has energy, but not the acting chops. And he's no miracle worker. The burden of carrying this dull, lifeless movie is just too much." — Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

The Final Word
" 'After Earth' is very straightforward, and there is a sincerity to it that is easily mocked but also admirable in an age where almost everything has a sort of winking post-modern stance. There are certainly choices here that baffle me, like naming a character "Cypher Raige' or some of the dialogue that sounds like it comes out of a self-empowerment seminar, but for the most part, I think this is a strong example of a certain type of film that rarely gets made these days.... "After Earth" seems like a movie that would be beloved by a generation of kids if it had come out between 1983 and 1989." — Drew McWeeney, Hitfix

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Digital Drum — May 30, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Meet LightningCloud, L.A.'s Indigenous Hip Hop Heroes

Adrian Jawort

May 29, 2013

Described by LA Weekly as “L.A.’s subterranean Bonnie and Clyde, inhabiting new worlds of underground hip hop,” the indigenous duo of MC Red Cloud and Crystal Lighting broke into the mainstream with thunder earlier this year. The duo, which performs as LightningCloud, won the prestigious “Who’s Next? Battle of the Best” contest, which showcased top talents representing top rap hip hop groups from the west and east coasts in Austin, Texas in March.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of N.W.A.'s Straight Outta Compton, and the importance and diversity of Los Angeles hip hop is well established. But even so, a Native American act gaining recognition -- and selling tickets -- is out of the ordinary. LightningCloud looks to change that.

“Believe it or not, there’s a lot of Natives in Los Angeles—a lot of them,” explains Red Cloud, a lifelong L.A. resident whose indigenous roots stem from the Huichol Indian tribe of Jalisco, Mexico. “But it’s also a small circle so we all know each other. There’s powwows here all the time, there’s Mexican cultural classes, you can learn to speak the tribal languages now in school, and there’s a lot of different ways that Chicano culture helps people learn their indigenous culture. I was blessed to grow up in those surroundings.”

But Red Cloud doesn’t mince words when he talks about the challenges he faced growing up in south central L.A.’s tough Hawthorne neighborhood, which is adjacent to the more storied Compton. “I was raised in the streets and grew up in the hip hop culture. I’m not a rez boy!” he says. But even growing up in an area where groups like N.W.A. and Dr. Dre reigned supreme, he still listened to classic rock as a kid because that’s what his dad liked. Hip hop would eventually grow on him—especially after one fateful display he witnessed when he was in the sixth grade.

LightningCloud's self-titled debut album won a 2012 Aboriginal People's Choice Music Award.

“One day after eating lunch in the cafeteria, I saw a bunch of kids running to a grassy area and I ran with them to what I thought was going to be a fight,” Red Cloud says. “But it was these two huge eighth grade kids, and they were free styling and ‘rap battling.’ It was just right-on-the-spot improvisation, and to me it was like magic because they were making fun of each other, tearing each other down, and making their words rhyme really brilliantly.”

And yet, after the two rappers had verbally destroyed each other, they bumped fists respectfully and walked away in peace. The crowd that had gathered went away thrilled. “I was sold,” Red Cloud says. “So I fell in love with the art of battling before I fell in love with the art of hip hop.”

As a young Red Cloud honed his MC and rap battling skills, he also sought out his tribal identity and Native roots. One day, while at a sweat ceremony, he had asked Anthony Flores Sr., a tribal elder and Luiseno Indian, to give him an Indian name. “And he gave me the Luiseno name for Red Cloud. He told me it’s a warrior’s name, and to carry it well.’”

"Red Cloud" is best known as the name of the Lakota Chief who forced the U.S. Army out of the Powder River Basin area (or Red Cloud’s War) before the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, and MC Red Cloud said he actually had the honor of meeting Oliver Red Cloud, a grandson of the famous Chief. “And he also gave me his last name and told me to carry it and make him proud. And that’s where I got the name Red Cloud.”

Crystle Lightning. Photo by JT Pro Imaging.

Crystle Lightning’s journey began in Edmonton, Alberta. When she was eight years old, she moved to California, where her mother Georgina Lightning pursued success as a Hollywood actress. Georgina has acted in numerous films, and was most recently seen on the rez drama Blackstone, which airs on Canada's Aboriginal People's Television Network (APTN). Georgina also directed the 2008 feature Older Than America, an award-winning film detailing Native American boarding school atrocities that featured leading Native actors Adam Beach and Wes Studi (as well as People magazine’s 2011 Sexiest Man Bradley Cooper). Crystle appeared in Older Than America; it's one of several notable credits in a diverse filmography that begins with a 3 Ninjas movie (3 Ninjas Knuckle Up, from 1995; Crystle was nine years old) and includes Saving Jessica Lynch (in which she played Lori Piestewa) and American Pie Presents Band Camp. Crystle's most recent credit has been a recurring role in TNT’s acclaimed Southland police show. Her brothers William and Cody Lightning are also actors.

Being so far removed from Canada does present its difficulties in trying to stay close to her own Native roots, Lightning acknowledges. “I try to maintain my culture, but to be honest, but I’m so far away that it’s hard to keep up with things like my language and stuff like that,” she says. “I can carry a conversation in Cree and I can understand it, but my people are from the north, and so I was kind of adopted into this culture here in L.A. We still go to powwows, and still do all we can to support our people, and try to stay as involved as we possibly can.”

Red Cloud notes, “We’re advocates and stand proud with Idle No More, and we helped start out the first rally at the Canadian Embassy along with Georgina Lightning.”

While pursuing her acting career, Lightning’s affinity for music led her to becoming a well-established DJ in the Los Angeles club scene. She said she drew inspiration to go forward with her ambitions after watching DJ Christi Mills ignite and excite the club crowds 5 years ago.

“Christi Mills was the one that made me like, ‘I’ve got to get a pair of turntables!’” Lightning says. After Lightning saved enough money to buy her own decks, Mills took her under her wing, showing her the ropes and encouraging her budding talents. “She let me be her apprentice until she felt confident enough I could perform on my own. Now the two of us perform together in a group called Ladies Of the House that’s developed a strong cult following.”

Given the tight-knit nature of the community of L.A. Natives and their involvement in the entertainment industry, it was only a matter of time before Lighting and Red Cloud crossed paths. It happened two years ago at a photo shoot for Randy Bardwell’s Native Threads clothing line, for which they continue to be brand representatives. “We met at a catalogue photoshoot, and we were actually getting our pictures taken on the same day, and it was love at first sight,” Lighting says.

After hanging out a couple of times, Red Cloud noticed the natural ease with which Lighting sang along with rap songs on the radio. “She did it so well,” Red Cloud recalls. “And I was like, ‘You need to start rapping!’ And she said, ‘I can kind of bust!’ and she started busting out rhymes.”

MC Red Cloud. Photo by JT Pro Imaging.

They quickly decided they should collaborate. Lightning’s electronic house music and Red Cloud’s grimy and gangsta-styled rhymes meshed easier than one might have expected, as their personal relationship grew. “Literally, when we fell in love, our styles got married,” Red Cloud says. “So we just put our minds together on these songs and choruses.” Today, the duo shares vocal duties, backed up by DJ Hydroe on turntables and laptop.

Lightning’s acting chops come into play quite often when the duo creates a new song, as they make clever use of her voiceover skills. Listening to a LightningCloud track, for instance, one might be baffled to hear Lightning spitting rhymes with British cockney flair.

“She’s got, like, every voice because she’s such an actor, and we like to expand from that,” Red Cloud says. “So at the drop of a dime, if I need a European or British accent on a song, she’s on it. If I need a country girl or rich spoiled daddy’s girl, she’s on it because she knows that voice; whatever the song calls for, as we like to stay away from the monotony. It’s like the relationship a director has with an actor. It’s beautiful.”

“Part of the whole fun of it is I get to play these different characters,” Lightning says. “It’s kind of like being in front of a camera, but the camera is the song, and that’s what makes it so exciting.”

LightningCloud’s self-titled debut won the 2012 Aboriginal People’s Choice Music Award for best hip hop album, and the spoils from winning the “Best of the Best” contest include having a track produced by hip hop and artist Timbaland, who’s produced songs for Jay-Z and Justin Timberlake.

In the meanwhile, “We’re riding this wave of energy, and we’re going to be in the studio a lot,” says Lightning. Although they’ll soon be stretching their fan base when they perform at the annual Powerhouse concert in Anaheim (June 22) with some of the biggest names in the rap game, LightingCloud is always grateful for the consistent support they’ve received from Indian country.

“We’re not trying to pigeonhole ourselves as Native or indigenous artists, but that’s who we are, and it’s going to shine through from everything to our music to what we look like,” Red Cloud says. “But we make good music for everybody, and just by being good musicians and artists, Indian country is going to have our back.”

LightningCloud will appear at the Gaslamp in Long Beach, CA, on June 13. Keep tabs on their gigs and releases at facebook.com/lightningcloud1491 and 1491nation.com.

Preme

Digital Drum — May 29, 2013 10:10 AM CDT

Preme appears courtesy of Theymedia. Beat production by AM of Theymedia.

Direction - Theymedia
1st AD and Camera B - Josh Fitzgerald
Makeup and Light Assist - James Marie and Jaime Gleeson
Location Scout - Mike Robbins
Props - Marty Norris
Set Music - Leo Bannon

SFX Makeup

Kimberly Cleave — May 29, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

Love Makeup! Just another awesome creation I found.

JAWS Minimalist Movie Poster

gnish ✧✧ — May 28, 2013 1:01 PM CDT

Just an amazing set of minimalist movie posters at the source link. Hit it up for more posters from Lord of the Rings to Pulp Fiction!

The Lesser Blessed

Digital Drum — May 27, 2013 12:12 PM CDT

Benjamin Bratt felt 'moral responsibility' to act in 'The Lesser Blessed'

TORONTO - Benjamin Bratt says he felt a "moral responsibility" to take on the role of an honourable native father figure in the Canadian film "The Lesser Blessed."

The former "Law & Order" star says he was blown away by the script for the coming-of-age tale, set in the Northwest Territories and centred on a 16-year-old loner haunted by a painful upbringing.

"What was equally important to me as an actor was to be a part of a story that ... portrayed the native community in a way that you rarely, if ever, get a chance to see in cinema, or even in mainstream media period," Bratt said during a round of interviews at last September's Toronto International Film Festival.

"Because we are all so familiar with that dysfunction that exists within the community, I felt it was my duty, really, as a native person, to portray a character who was in fact the opposite of what that perception is. Because we do exist."

Adapted from the debut novel of native Canadian writer Richard Van Camp, "The Lesser Blessed" traces the story of headbanger Larry Sole, who lurks on the fringes of his high school until a cocky new kid named Johnny comes to town and takes him under his wing.

It stars rookie actor Joel Evans, who just happens to come from Van Camp's hometown of Fort Smith in the Northwest Territories, where the story is also set.

Kiowa Gordon plays Johnny, Chloe Rose portrays their common love interest Juliet and Tamara Podemski plays Larry's hard-working single mom, Verna.

Bratt, whose mother is South American Indian from Peru, turns up as Jed — Verna's boyfriend and one of the few positive influences in Larry's life.

"My whole career has been a balancing act between satisfying both those practical needs and artistic sensibility," Bratt says of an eclectic career that includes stints on the sitcom "Modern Family" and this challenging project, which was shot in Sudbury, Ont.

"Here is a character, a man, who is quite proud of his heritage and recognizes the importance of sharing the wisdom of the elders and their traditions, the music, the language, the prayer. He recognizes the importance of imparting that wisdom to a young person and balancing it all the time with a Western sensibility."

Anita Doron, who directs her own adapted screenplay, says she wanted Bratt for the role after seeing him in the 2001 biopic "Pinero."

"I wanted him to play Jed for a very long time and when the script was ready we sent it to him and I met with him and he was this lovely intelligent person," she says.

"His experience is quite different but once he met Richard and I sent him a lot of material and he soaked it in and he felt like he was ready to represent the particularities of Jed and the Slavey culture, he went for it."

Bratt says much of his early years were steeped in aboriginal traditions. From the age of 5 he was brought up in the native American community of San Francisco, which he says was one of the larger urban native populations in the United States at the time.

"So much of my childhood was influenced by native cosmology and growing up within the community and being dragged to the northwest and southwest, going to ceremonies and powwows and protests," he says.

"In that sense the character of Jed, the character I play, he's very, very familiar to me. I actually really felt it a kind of moral responsibility to play a role like this."

Doron, a Hungarian Jew who grew up in smalltown Ukraine, says she relied on Van Camp to help her get the details right. The most enlightening moments for her were spent with Van Camp in Fort Smith, where he told her about the real-life people who inspired the characters in his book.

"He could tell you stories for hours and I just soaked them up. We drove around and he'd drive in his wild ways and tell me another story and another story," says Doron, who notes she tried to bring a "heavy operatic gothic feel" to the tale through dream sequences.

"It just made me want to capture the authenticity and specificity of the North and I was relentless in finding the right locations and finding the right set and finding the right crew who understood that."

Unfortunately, logistical issues made it impossible to actually shoot in the Northwest Territories, she says. But she says Sudbury proved to be an excellent substitute.

In addition, several crew members were from the North and were able to offer advice on how to keep things authentic, she says.

Bratt says it's that attention to detail that makes "The Lesser Blessed" so special.

"What I loved most was that it was from a uniquely (and) culturally and geographically specific region, in this case from a native perspective," says Bratt.

"But it was raw and authentic and funny and really captured the essence of what it is to be a teenager who feels like an outsider longing to belong, longing to be a part of something."

"The Lesser Blessed" opens in Toronto on Friday and heads to Montreal, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Edmonton on June 7.

By Cassandra Szklarski, The Canadian Press, May 27, 2013

XBOX ONE

Digital Drum — May 27, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

When Microsoft introduced the original Xbox, the company had a lot to prove. The console newcomer promised that it was laser-focused on building a great system for games. There wasn't much to distract it. In a time of DVDs and dial-up, "convergence" in the space was focused on the ability for consoles to play back movies rented at Blockbuster.

But everyone knew that the new kid on the box had an agenda beyond taking its share of industry profits away from Nintendo and Sony. Particularly versus the latter, Microsoft knew it would be engaged in a war for the living room and the future of digital entertainment distribution including, but beyond, games. Nothing came close to matching the processing power that consoles had brought to the living room, but no one had really cracked the broader application beyond disc-based games. It surely wasn't web browsing, as Nintendo and Sony had tried. Still, as streaming services from Netflix, Hulu, Pandora and others began to proliferate across lots of different add-on boxes, it made sense to add them onto Xbox Live (even if the programming wasn't) as well as the PlayStation Network.

Xbox One is charging into the living room with the ferocity of one of its exquisitely rendered Call of Duty: Ghosts soldiers.

However, the spreading of the Zune brand's ashes and the sale of the pay TV, vendor-focused MediaRoom division to Ericsson were the final precursors to the end of the hidden agenda's secrecy. Xbox One is charging into the living room with the ferocity of one of its exquisitely rendered Call of Duty: Ghosts soldiers. Mere streaming boxes may be prepared to carry live streams of broadcasters. However, not only will the Xbox One incorporate the pay TV services consumers are already paying for, but it will also allow them to navigate those services by voice, switch between them and other Xbox apps for music and web browsing and even interact with them in some cases. And the Xbox One won't just be a passive pipe for the TV already available; Microsoft will begin to develop its own programming as Netflix and Amazon have done.

Mere control of the TV stream is hardly a recipe for success for non-cable products. Years before the Logitech Revue failed to marry broadband and broadcast came TiVo. WebTV tried the same with WebTV Plus. However, while high-budget game titles may not have universal appeal, they have been desirable enough Trojan horses to bring the Xbox and its major competitors into about a third of US homes. Before Blu-ray players, DVRs and even the Betamax, there were game consoles. With the opportunity for personalized programming and natural navigation, that tail is now poised to wag the dog.

The Nintendo Wii U, the first of this generation of consoles to launch, made its bid for TV control and overlay with its TVii feature. Nintendo TVii relies on TiVo for the capabilities of a DVR, a domain in which Microsoft has many years of experience with its long-underutilized, but well-regarded Windows Media Center. Microsoft at least played to those capabilities by mentioning recorded programming at its Xbox Reveal event, and we know that the Xbox One can both record gameplay (and send it to the cloud like the PlayStation 4), as well as accept external USB 3.0 hard drives.

Microsoft will actually have another opportunity to serve as it makes its E3 announcement a few hours before the ball lands in the court of Sony, which has previously offered TV viewing and recording capability with PlayTV in Europe. With a richer living room legacy than either of its main competitors, Sony will be under the gun to show that it has not abandoned its heart in the living room as it has turned its head toward the cloud.

Ross Rubin is principal analyst at Reticle Research, a research and advisory firm focusing on consumer technology adoption. He shares commentary at Techspressive and on Twitter at @rossrubin.

Game of Desks

Digital Drum — May 26, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Since taking over as host of "Late Night," Jimmy Fallon has been pleasing audiences with his funny show parodies, from "Downton Sixbey" to "The Jersey Floor." Now Fallon is skewering one of TV’s most beloved current series: the weird, fantastical and fantastically oversexed "Game of Thrones." Kimmel's "Game of Desks" sketch opens with a spoof on "GAT's" iconic opening credits, and a three-dimensional map of "Rockefell," "Studio 6B" and Fallon's Iron Desk. Wearing ridiculous furs and a beard, Fallon dishes out justice to a writer with "exceptionably bad" jokes.

http://youtu.be/Gqgdyn6wg7E

Star Trek Into Darkness

Digital Drum — May 25, 2013 10:10 AM CDT

Director J.J. Abrams

When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis. With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.

Keanu At Cannes

Digital Drum — May 24, 2013 7:07 AM CDT

Keanu Reeves Locks Up Two Distribution Deals At Cannes

Of all people, Keanu Reeves has been very busy at the Cannes Film Festival this past week, with two of his upcoming pictures landing distribution deals that will have the dramatic actor back on screen in the near future and starring in features that couldn’t be more different.

Early in the week, Radius-TWC picked up the North American rights to Reeves directorial debut, Man of Tai Chi, for what Deadline is referring to as a “low seven-figure minimum guarantee.” Reeves, who stars in the picture as well, tells the story of a modern martial arts artist whose journeys through Beijing land him in an underground fight club. As he works his way through various levels of competition, the fighter struggles with compromising his beliefs if it means surviving and advancing.

Tiger Hu Chen, a fighter Reeves met years ago while making The Matrix, will play the lead in Man of Tai Chi. making it his first. But Reeves has surrounded him with experienced actors like Iko Uwais, whose name you may recognize from The Raid. Radius has said it will release Man of Tai Chi in the fourth quarter of 2013.

Later in the week, The Weinstein Company swooped in and snapped up the rights to Passengers, a sci-fi romance starring Reeves and Reese Witherspoon. Deadline, again, reports that the studio outbid FilmDistrict and Open Road for the movie’s rights. The Passengers script will be written by Jon Spaihts (Prometheus) and directed by Game of Thrones helmer Brian Kirk, who will make his feature debut.

Passengers is set on a spaceship transporting people to a faraway colony. When one man (Reeves) mistakenly wakes up from hibernation and faces the prospect of growing old alone, he decides to wake up another passenger (Witherspoon), triggering an odd romance. It sounds like we’ll see Man From Tai Chi before Passengers, which hasn’t even begun filming yet. But Reeves will be busy, and back on screen before we know it.

Matthew

Tyson Anderson — May 18, 2013 11:11 AM CDT

RAM

gnish ✧✧ — May 16, 2013 10:10 AM CDT

Daft Punk! Random Access Memories! Listen for free in iTunes!

Zoo 2013

Arlene Mousseau — May 16, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

Look at the that TOOTH!

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Digital Drum — May 16, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Amazing Artwork by Richard Shorty. Vancouver BC

Jeffrey Veregge

Digital Drum — May 16, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Epic Superhero Art in a Traditional Native American Style

Jeffrey Veregge is a designer and artist who studied traditional coastal Salish art after growing up on a reservation in the American pacific northwest.

Vergegge's main inspirations are geeky pop culture combined with the culture he grew up with. He writes:

A member of the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, I was raised and spent a majority of my life on our reservation known locally as Little Boston, which is located near Kingston, Washington. Although I am enrolled there, I am also both of Suquamish and Duwamish tribal ancestry.

I am a honor graduate from the Art Institute of Seattle, and I have had the privilege to study with Tsimshian master carver David Boxley for a short time learning the basics of Salish form-line design . . . [My work] is a reflection of a lifetime love affair with comic books, toys, TV and film. Taking my passions and blending them with my Native perspective.

I love how well these comic book characters translate into traditional art.

"Buowinn" (Medicine Man) by Wabanag

Yovan Nagwetch — May 16, 2013 4:04 AM CDT

Have a listen and come back to us with your comments.

The Day The World Went Away

Bruce Kakegamic — May 14, 2013 2:02 PM CDT

Released in 2002 as an Easter Egg on the "And All That Could Have Been" DVD, this video is a hybrid of footage from the song's scrapped 1999 music video and live footage from the 2000 Fragility tour. Original music video footage filmed by Tomato. Editing and live footage by Rob Sheridan.

Ali Fontaine Brings Home a Native American Music Award

Digital Drum — May 13, 2013 11:11 AM CDT

Up-and-coming country songstress Ali Fontaine picked up a Native American Music Award (NAMA) over the weekend. Fontaine, who was also up for Songwriter of the Year and Best Female Artist, won for Best Country Recording for her self-titled album. A double winner at the APCMAs in 2011, she has six nominations already for her first recording.

After being postponed due to Superstorm Sandy, the 14th annual awards gala took place on May 10 at the Seneca Niagara Events Centre in Niagara Falls, New York.

Three artists landed six NAMA nods this year. Legendary country rock outfit C-Weed which was up for Best Country Recording for its release, Forever. Indian City, which has picked up more than a dozen nominations and four awards, was up for Best Pop Recording and Record of the Year for its debut, Supernation.

QOTSA

Kimberly Cleave — May 13, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Earlier today, Queens of the Stone Age performed an in-studio session for a Belgian radio station, which included the live debut of two new songs, ”I Sat By the Ocean” and “If I Had a Tail”, both of which appear on the band’s forthcoming album …Like Clockwork. Take a listen to radio rips below.

“I Sat By the Ocean”:

“If I Had a Tail”:

QOTSA’s new album …Like Clockwork features Dave Grohl, Trent Reznor, Elton John, Alex Turner, Mark Lanegan, and more, and is due out June 4th through Matador Records. Also check out the studio versions of “My God is the Sun” and “I Appear Missing”.

…Like Clockwork Tracklist;
01. Keep Your Eyes Peeled
02. I Sat By The Ocean
03. The Vampyre of Time and Memory
04. If I Had A Tail
05. My God Is The Sun
06. Kalopsia
07. Fairweather Friends
08. Smooth Sailing
09. I Appear Missing
10. …Like Clockwork

Gravity

Digital Drum — May 12, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Beautiful vistas of the Earth. George Clooney being a reassuring astronaut. Explosions. Sandra Bullock doing her best Shia LaBeouf impression (you’ll understand when you watch it): it can only be the teaser trailer for Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity.

Bullock plays Dr Ryan Stone, a medical engineer in orbit for her first shuttle mission, working alongside veteran space jockey Matt Kowalsky (Clooney), on his last trip before retirement (because, like police officers, that never ends badly).

While they’re out on a routine spacewalk tragedy strikes and their shuttle is destroyed in a random accident. The pair finds themselves suddenly very much alone, tethered only to each other and floating off into the inky depths. There’s no radio contact with Earth, and as panic sets in, they discover the only way to get home might be to go deeper into space. 'Deeper?' we hear you think and then say out loud, 'surely not!' But soothe yourselves: that will all be explained. We hope - because the snippets of footage here are wigging us out.

Rollin' Wild

Bruce Kakegamic — May 9, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

These videos are too funny!

Thermal Energy

Digital Drum — May 8, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

The future of generating power could lie in the ocean with Lockheed’s Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) power plant. It’s not the motion of the ocean that matters, Lockheed’s Ocean Thermal Energy can create unlimited power simply due to its location in the ocean.

Lockheed Martin announced that it will be partnering with Beijing-based Reignwood Group in order to create a 10MW green power plant that leverages icy water from deep in the ocean and sun-warmed water from the surface in order to cultivate the power.

The plant will be placed in the South China Sea, and is slated to be finished by 2017. When completed, it will be the largest commercial OTEC plant ever constructed.

The plant takes the theoretic principles of thermal energy production first articulated by French physicist Jacques Arsene d’Arsonval in 1881.

Certain issues have presented themselves for the plant’s construction, as the building-site faces a 40-degree water temperature difference year-round, with deep water being fairly close to the shore.

The size of the project also proves to be problematic.

“The biggest obstacle to OTEC is economies of scale,” said Duke Hartman, a spokesman for Makai Ocean Engineering. “You get a lot more bang for your buck if you go bigger.”

Hartman estimates that a 100MW plant, the kind the Pentagon hopes to eventually build, would cost approximately $1 billion.

Canon EOS 100D

Kimberly Cleave — May 7, 2013 10:10 AM CDT

When Canon came to update the EOS 650D DSLR it did something not entirely expected: while the inevitable EOS 700D surfaced, so too did the brand new EOS 100D, a shrunken DSLR some 25 per cent smaller and 28 per cent lighter than the DSLR.

A whole new category is born. Well, sort of. The 100D unhinges Canon's typical numbering system - the smaller the number the more advanced the model, which is now no longer the case. That's impact enough in itself unless you're based Stateside, where the model goes under the far more sensible Canon SL1 moniker.

And what of Canon's EOS M compact system camera - is the 100D an attempt to brush up where the M fell short and what compromises, if any, come with the 100D's smaller-than-typical-DSLR scale? Does it make any sense in the face of the 700D?

Thinking big when it comes to small

The moment you pick up and handle the EOS 100D it feels like an entirely different kind of DSLR on account of size alone - it really is dinky. For some that will be the perfect concept, while for others the design will be too small. We found a stray pinkie would search for space on the cameras's grip but, alas, such space does not exist which made for uncomfortable long-term use - and we think the same will be true of many potential users' hands, though maller-handed users might find this scale spot on.

But even at this scale Canon's managed to keep most of the features big in spite of the size. It's a bit of an engineering show-off really: the cut-back size has been achieved by redesigning the shutter mechanism, as well as the sensor module which, despite still being the same base unit as the 700D's 18-megapixel APS-C sensor, has considerably smaller surrounding components. It's clever stuff.

READ: Canon EOS 700D pictures and hands-on

However, the scale does impact on specification to some degree, even if the features list isn't hugely different from that of the EOS 700D. The main thing that jumps out is that the 100D's 9-point autofocus system has just one cross-type sensor at the centre, whereas all nine of the 700D's AF points are cross-type. That makes the 100D less sensitive towards the outer areas of its autofocus diamond array when held in the portrait format - something that might not impact use as drastically as it sounds.

The built-in optical viewfinder manages to offer the same 95 per cent field of view as the EOS 700D, but is ever so slightly smaller. It's hard to spot unless you have both cameras side by side - something we've played around with - and it looks as though the height of the 100D's finder is marginally less. The size makes little to no impact in use, but over extended periods of use in a variety of conditions we've not found the settings display to be particularly bright - the green aperture and shutter values just don't show up as strong as they should, which doesn't sit well in bright sunlight. In our review model we also found that the lower three AF points leaked their red confirmation lights to surrounding areas - not a serious point, but not as tidy as we'd like it to be when more or less living through the viewfinder.

Elsewhere the 100D's layout is a subtle twist on the typical Canon DSLR design. The buttons, much like the camera itself, are of a shrunken size yet still satisfactory and responsive, while there's only the one main thumbwheel to the top and no rotational d-pad to the rear can make for less immediate adjustments compared to some EOS equivalents. If buttons don't float your boat then the touchscreen comes in handy - it may not be the vari-bracket screen as on the 700D, but is equally responsive to the touch. This opens up a different way of working, either selecting the autofocus point by the touch of a finger or jumping quickly to the desired selection from within a menu.

Dial M for murder

There's something rather "EOS M meets EOS 700D" about the 100D. In many respects we think it puts a question mark over the M-series compact system camera for a variety of reasons. The M isn't all that tiny as compact system cameras go and its performance is rather mediocre - the 100D walks all over it by comparison.

READ: Canon EOS M review

Which makes a good case for this dinky DSLR: small size doesn't mean small performance. The 9-point diamond-shaped array can be set to a single focus point or you can open up all nine points to the camera to take command of via the rear AF select button. Press it while looking though the viewfinder and it will show the current selected AF point, which can then be moved via the rear d-pad; press it again and all nine points are selected in an auto-area mode.

In addition to the one shot single-focus mode where manual focus override is possible, there's also AI Servo for continuous autofocus and AI Focus which is a half-way house between the two (without manual override). For a brand new user drawn to the 100D on account of its size, such options are far from self-explanatory and there's no way to query what they mean from within the menu system. Even though it sits below the 700D in the rankings, the complexity is much like that of any other middling Canon DSLR. We think it would have made more sense to have built in some degree of education - beyond that of the "CA" creative auto mode on the top dial - to get the best out of some of the available settings.

In use the autofocus system is swift in operation - it's very similar to that in the 700D and capable even in low-light conditions. One area we were rather impressed with was the 100D's ability in live view preview, where the rear LCD screen can be used to preview the shot instead of via the viewfinder. In accessing this mode the standard phase-detection autofocus system is bypassed and the sensor takes command. But in the case of this particular sensor - as first introduced in the EOS 650D - there are select pixels on its surface which operate a phase-detection system and, while it's not as nippy as when using the viewfinder, it's decent enough to work with and well beyond that of most other DSLR live view systems.

With the included 18-55mm kit lens, which is also new, the proportion to the body is fair, but we've spent a lot of our time using the camera with the 24-70mm f/2.8 L-series lens which is a far larger chunk of glass. We're impressed with how it operates in conjunction with the autofocus system, but such a lens on the front of such a small body can feel rather strange in the hand - it's front-heavy in the extreme and the lens itself provides more of a grip than the camera body does.

READ: Canon EOS 650D review

It's that last point which got us thinking: is the EOS 100D anything more than a single purpose, one-off buy? It makes practical sense with, say, the 40mm pancake lens or other such stubby lenses, but for longer zooms it doesn't quite gel. It's as though this latest DSLR is all about aligning itself with a particular section of Canon's EF range. Nothing necessarily wrong with that, but a thought nonetheless and we still think it kills off the EOS M to some degree.

Canon EOS 100D review - sample image at ISO 6400 - click for 100 per cent crop (raw conversion)

It's even pinched the EOS M's battery which gave us fear that its life per charge would be poor. But it's not: we've been snapping over a long bank holiday weekend and even at 380 shots deep the battery was showing as full. We didn't need to recharge it once over a couple of days and far exceeded the quoted 400 shots per charge. That's way better than what we managed with the EOS M.

Small size, big quality

The 100D's 18-megapixel sensor is based around the same one as found in both the EOS 650D and 700D, yet by design it's completely different because of all-new components. That doesn't mean the exposed sensor size is any different compared to other 1.6x crop Canon sensors, however, it's all down to different architecture.

That's something not to be overlooked as the new layout means heat-generating components are closer together and lingering heat can in turn mean more image noise. Does it affect the 100D's resulting quality? In short: no, not from what we've seen. There may be subtle technical differences between the 700D and 100D but we're just as impressed with what this mini DSLR is capable of producing. It may be small, but it's not cutting back on the quality front.

Canon EOS 100D review - sample image at ISO 100 - click for 100 per cent crop (raw conversion)

Out of the ISO 100-12,800 sensitivity range, which is available up to ISO 6400 in Auto ISO mode, the results are impressive. Cast a critical eye over shots and the middling ISO settings from ISO 800 and above do display some subtle image noise but it's nothing too much to complain about.

It's a lot like the EOS 650D, which means even the higher ISO settings impress. We've used the 100D in a variety of dim conditions and even at ISO 3200 the raw files have a grain-like noise but not a great deal of colour noise interference to shout about.

Canon EOS 100D review - sample image at ISO 3200 - click for 100 per cent crop (raw conversion)

Raw and JPEG files do differ by quite a significant amount, however, and in all cases we found the CR2 raw files to deliver more detail, particularly at the higher ISO settings. We'd recommend shooting raw at all times, however, as there's a touch more critical detail, a wider colour palette that can visibly be seen when comparing file types and more room to breathe when it comes to exposure.

Exposure is usually on the money, although we did find in bright conditions that it would be pushing the threshold and sometimes highlights blew out. That can be corrected for with exposure compensation or in post-production, but it's something to keep an eye on when shooting.

Canon EOS 100D review - sample image at ISO 400 - click for 100 per cent crop (raw conversion)

Colours and bright and punchy and there are even in-camera options for pre-set picture styles, including in-camera black & white. If you want to get extra creative then there are filters - such as soft focus, water painting, toy camera, miniature effect and so on - which can be applied after snapping an image.

Canon rarely takes its eye off the ball when it comes to image quality and the 100D produces mighty quality despite its small size. It's no compromise on the image quality front as far as we're concerned.

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Verdict

The EOS 100D may be small, but it still manages to pack in the power and we've generally been impressed. But, in saying that, you'll need to really want a smaller-scale DSLR in order to go out and buy one. For just £50 more the EOS 700D offers a more advanced autofocus system, larger build for what we think is a more comfortable use over an extended period, a better battery life and vari-angle LCD screen too. It's just all-round better, which puts a lingering question mark over the 100D.

Size definitely counts for something though, and while we think the 100D is here to take the pressure off the EOS M to some degree, pair the 100D up with smaller-scale Canon glass and it's the small scale that sells it. In context to the rest of the Canon range there's no other reason to pick up this model though.

This is a tricky camera to score. We've ummed and arred about it at length because both head and heart say go out and buy a 700D instead, yet the more we've used the 100D the more we've grown to like it. Add mighty image quality from this mini model and it just doesn't make sense to score it any lower despite its shortcomings in context to the rest of the EOS range. It's an impressive bit of kit.

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Digital Drum — May 6, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

Custom Wolfchucks

Louie Gong is an educator, activist, and artist who was raised by his grandparents in the Nooksack tribal community. He is the past President of MAVIN, co-developer of the Mixed Heritage Center, and a former child and family therapist. Louie is also the founder of Eighth Generation, through which he merges traditional Coast Salish art and icons from popular culture to make strong statements about identity, such as his highly sought-after, hand-drawn custom shoes. Louie’s latest creation is called “Mockups”, a DIY art toy based on his work with youth and his desire to a make the experience of personalizing a pair of shoes more accessible.

Louie is proud to have represented his family and community through keynote level presentations and custom shoe workshops around the world, as well as in media such as NBC Nightly News, The New York Times, MSNBC.com, and Indian Country Today. His unique merger of art and activism is the subject of UNRESERVED: the Work of Louie Gong, a Longhouse Media film that was selected to screen at prestigious film festivals around the world, including Festival De Cannes and National Geographic’s All Roads Film Festival.

In 2012, Louie began an artistic partnership with the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian called Design Yourself: I AM NMAI, and a collaboration with Manitobah Mukluks that led to the "LG Gatherer", a limited edition boot that has already sold out of it's first 3 runs.

Louie was recently honored by being named to Native Max Magazine's list of the "Top 10 Inspirational Native's: Past and Present" and received the Seattle Indian Health Board's Adeline Garcia's Community Service Award, through which the nation's largest Urban Indian Health Clinic recognizes community leaders for volunteer service.

Beastie Boy - Adam Yauch

Kimberly Cleave — May 6, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

On the 1-year anniversary of MCA's passing, we look back at his all-time best lyrics

Each of the Beastie Boys brandished a style of rapping that set him apart from the pack. But for many fans, it was the distinctive growl of MCA that consistently rose above the beats. From the trio's rough and rowdy early tracks to their refined and respected final cuts, Adam Yauch delivered his rhymes with a depth, grit and lyrical precision that was renowned and respected in rap and rock circles alike.

Adam Yauch Park Dedicated in Brooklyn

Throughout his life, Yauch evolved from a street-wise Brooklyn brawler into a peace-practicing Buddhist activist, and his enlightenment was reflected in the lyrics he committed to wax over the years. Check out 10 of MCA's most famous verses and pay homage to one of hip-hop's most cherished voices.

"No Sleep Til Brooklyn" (1986)

"Born and bred in Brooklyn the U.S.A./ They call me Adam Yauch but I'm M.C.A./ Like a lemon to a lime a lime to a lemon/ I sip the def ale with all the fly women"

"Paul Revere" (1986)

"Now my name is M.C.A. I've got a license to kill/ I think you know what time it is it's time to get ill/ Now what do we have here an outlaw and his beer/ I run this land, you understand I make myself clear."

"Shake Your Rump" (1989)

"A puppet on a string I'm paid to sing or rhyme/ Or do my thing I'm in a lava lamp inside my brain hotel/ I might be freakin' or peakin' but I rock well"

"Pass The Mic" (1992)

"If you can feel what I'm feeling then it's a musical masterpiece/ If you can hear what I'm dealing with then that's cool at least/ What's running through my mind comes through in my walk/ True feelings are shown from the way that I talk"

"So What'cha Want" (1992)

"Well I'm as cool as a cucumber in a bowl of hot sauce/ You've got the rhyme and reason but no cause/ Well if you're hot to trot you think you're slicker than grease/ I've got news for you crews you'll be sucking like a leech"

"Sure Shot" (1994)

"I want to say a little something that's long overdue/ The disrespect to women has got to be through/ To all the mothers and sisters and the wives and friends/ I want to offer my love and respect to the end"

"Root Down" (1994)

"Bob Marley was a prophet for the freedom fight/ 'If dancin' prays to the Lord then I shall feel alright'/ I'm feeling good to play a little music/ Tears running down my face 'cause I love to do it'

"Intergalactic" (1998)

"Well I got to keep it going keep it going full steam/ Too sweet to be sour too nice to be mean/ On the tough guy style I'm not too keen/ To try to change the world I will plot and scheme"

"An Open Letter To NYC" (2004)

"Dear New York I hope you're doing well / I know a lot's happen and you've been through hell / So, we give thanks for providing a home / Through your gates at Ellis Island we passed in droves"

"Make Some Noise" (2011)

"Pass me the scalpel, I'll make an incision/ I'll cut off the part of your brain that does the bitching/ Put it in formaldehyde and put it on the shelf/ And you can show it to your friends and say that's my old self"

Robotic Insect

Digital Drum — May 3, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Harvard University's robotic insect takes its first controlled flight (video)

There's hardly a shortage of animal inspired robots, but few are as tiny as Harvard's autonomous RoboBee. The robotic insect has been around for a while, but researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering only recently managed a minor breakthrough: controlled flight. Using new manufacturing and design processes, the team has managed to keep the coin-sized bug aloft by independently manipulating the robot's wings with piezoelectric actuators and a delicate control system.

"This is what I have been trying to do for literally the last 12 years," explains Professor Robert J Wood, Charles River Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences. "Now that we've got this unique platform, there are dozens of tests that we're starting to do, including more aggressive control maneuvers and landing." There's more to be done, however. The tiny machine still requires a tether for power and control, and researchers are still studying nature to suss out how insects cope with flying through wind and the elements. Eventually, the team hopes to outfit the RoboBee with lightweight batteries, an internal control system and a lighter chassis. For now, however, they're just happy to learned to steer. Check out the insect in action after the break.

Rez Hoofz

Digital Drum — Apr 29, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Rez Hoofz is an independantly owned business, specializing in painted contemporary and custom made Native American design work. The conception of Rez Hoofz started in 2006, when artist Joy Lynn Parton (Oglala Lakota/Ft. Sill Apache) recieved her artistic vision to put fourth painted dolls of the Lakota persuaion. The dream as she would interpret it, coinicided with a traditional lakota story as old as time. In coming, the tale of the "No Face Woman."

For generations, the Lakota elders would sit and tell the story of the woman with "no face" to their children. The story as passed down, would remember a beautiful woman who was unable to get passed her own appearence of good looks. The woman could be found day after day, looking at her own reflection in a neighboring river that ran along side the camp. Each day, year after year, as she grew more beautiful she would taunt and tease those whom she felt were less attractive, with how gorgeous she was. One day, as she was sitting by the riverside, a spirit appeared to this beautiful woman and warned her that vanity had no place in the camp circle. He told her, if you continue to sit here and admire yourself in the reflection of the water, instead of being a good relative and helping those in the camp circle, the spirits will take what you value the most. The beautiful woman paid no attention to what the spirits told her and continued to taunt and tease the others and returned to her daily ritual of sitting by the riverside admiring her great beauty. This angered the spirits who had warned her, so they appeared to her once again and said, we told you that if you did not listen, we would take what you valued most, so from this day forward you will walk in this world with no face and be a keeper of the children. As promised, the spirits took her face. She was no longer the most beautiful woman in camp and she became humbled. The once beautiful woman grew very angry, alone and with no beauty to boast, she found herself weary until one day, a child in the camp approched her and asked, why do you not have a face? The woman told the child, it is because I did not listen and because I had a mean heart to those who had less then me. The child then told the woman, you have a lot to teach us. It was then, that the woman decided it was time to forget her once beautiful face and dedicate herself in teaching the children the value of having a good heart and being a good relative.

The moral of the story is to let your inner beauty shape the change you want to be for yourself and those in the world. This is the vision behind Rez Hoofs. The mission being, through creative expressionism we can all have the inner beauty we seek. One that matches the inside of who we are, on the outside.

UnderEXPOSED

Digital Drum — Apr 25, 2013 1:01 PM CDT

UnderEXPOSED - Hard to believe we're 6 episodes deep in filming this crazy adventure - please share our page and we promise to deliver something special in the coming weeks. From Alert Bay, British Columbia to Powder King Mountain Resort to Island Lake Catskiing and all the places in between, thanks for all your support so far!!

Mason and Tannis discovering Mason's shot on the cover of Freeskier Magazine.

First group of artists announced for Aboriginal Music Week 2013

Aboriginal Music Week — Apr 25, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

Derek Miller, Digging Roots, Wanbdi, Ghostkeeper, the C-Weed Band, Indian City, and Arthur Renwick will be performing at Aboriginal Music Week this year. The festival will include six free concerts and four ticketed nightclub events. A total of 25 bands will be participating and it all happens in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Derek Miller: A Six Nations-born rock god that draws capacity crowds every time he performs in Winnipeg.
Digging Roots: Leaders of new school roots/rock/rebel music, set to release a third album this summer.
Wanbdi: A gritty rock genius and sister of Indigenous’ Mato Nanji and The Bastard Fairies’ Yellow Thunder Woman.
Ghostkeeper: Alberta-based blues/pop band lead by Métis songwriter Shane Ghostkeeper.
C-Weed Band: Legendary country singer and recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards.
Indian City: Native “super group” put together by Eagle & Hawk founder Vince Fontaine.
Arthur Renwick: A university professor turned dobro slinging blues artist from Toronto.

This year marks the fifth anniversary for Aboriginal Music Week. The festival begins on August 16 and goes until August 21, which is a change from the November dates of years past.

“We’re limited to evening concerts at indoor venues during the winter months and that makes it harder for families to take in the music,” explains festival chairperson Alan Greyeyes. “We’re partnering with some great community groups this year to produce free outdoor concerts that families can walk to and I think that will make the festival more accessible to Aboriginal youth.”

Aboriginal Music Week will be partnering with Picnic In The Park and the Spence Neighbourhood Association on free community concerts set for August 17 and 18. Indian City will headline the first concert at St. John's Park and the C-Weed Band is the main attraction for Sunday's event at the Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre. Both events will include free BBQs, activities for kids, and a lot more great music.

The Aboriginal Music Week 2013 schedule at a glance
1. Digging Roots w/ Wanbdi & Arthur Renwick at The Pyramid Cabaret on August 16
2. Indian City w/ guests at Picnic in the Park (St. John's Park) on August 17
3. Concert at The Pyramid Cabaret on August 17
4. C-Weed Band w/ guests at Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre on August 18
5. Derek Miller w/ Ghostkeeper & guests at The Pyramid Cabaret on August 18
6. Free lunch hour concert on August 19
7. Concert at Le Garage Cafe on August 19
8. Free lunch hour concert on August 20
9. Open Mic at the King's Head Pub on August 20
10. Free lunch hour concert on August 21

CONTRIBUTE TO ABORIGINAL MUSIC WEEK

We produce Aboriginal Music Week as volunteers because we love music and we want to support Aboriginal artists. But we need a little help.

Please consider making a contribution to our campaign on IndieGoGo.

Your contribution will help us pay artist fees, improve the presentation conditions at each concert, and purchase more advertising spots.

The benefits:

$20: Your name listed on the aboriginalmusicweek.ca website.
$30: A copy of the Aboriginal Music Week compilation CD.
$65: An Aboriginal Music Week 2013 festival pass.
$200: A booth (for seating) and six tickets for the Digging Roots concert.
$201: A booth (for seating) and six tickets for the Derek Miller concert.

Please make a contribution to our IndieGoGo campaign here:
indiegogo.com/projects/aboriginal-music-week-2013

You can also help out by sharing our campaign with your friends and family on Facebook, Twitter, and/or your website. Just visit the campaign page and select one of the sharing options.

Virgil Ortiz

Digital Drum — Apr 25, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

“The thought has never crossed my mind to be anything other than an artist and fashion designer.
Art is in my blood”, says Virgil Ortiz, a Cochiti Pueblo Native.

Heavily sought out by celebrities, royalty, and collectors alike, supernova American Indian artist Virgil Ortiz moves into a new era combining art, décor, fashion, video and film.

Hailing from a family of celebrated Pueblo potters, Ortiz’s exquisite clay works are exhibited worldwide from the National Museum of the American Indian in New York, s’Hergotenbosh Museum in The Netherlands, to his most current exhibit at Fondation Cartier’s Paris, France show Histories de Voir - Show and Tell featuring Vertigo, a 21-piece clay series, recently acquired by the museum for their permanent collection, on display through October 21, 2012. Born in 1969, the youngest of six children, Ortiz grew up in a creative environment in which storytelling, collecting clay, gathering wild plants, and producing figurative pottery were part of everyday life; his grandmother Laurencita Herrera and his mother, Seferina Ortiz, were both renowned Pueblo potters and part of an ongoing matrilineal heritage. “I didn’t even know it was art that was being produced while I was growing up,” he remembers. Ortiz, who works and lives in Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico, has worked hard and has had a few lucky breaks that have propelled him to a preeminent place among contemporary Native artists.

After a highly successful collaboration with fashion mogul Donna Karan, which he developed boldly patterned textiles based on his graphic decorative painting, Ortiz has since launched his own fashion line. His designs are captivating, provocative, and edgy thus creating the high demand for his sharp laser-cut leather jackets, swinging taffeta skirts, cashmere sweaters and silk scarves echoing the voluminous contours and sinuous motifs of Pueblo pottery showcasing the richness of indigenous high fashion and compelling storytelling of Pueblo culture and history. Later this fall, Ortiz will debut Colorblind, his all-new T-shirt collection blending art, vibrant colors and graphic images, portraying his own interpretation of the historic Pueblo Revolt of 1680 – the First American Revolution. “I want to pay tribute to our great leader Po’pay and ancestors that lived and walked on our lands, and respect that that their spirit will live on through me.”

Creating and promoting a global awareness of Pueblo culture is reflected in the design components that reach past a traditional Ortiz sculpture or figurine and delve into an untapped age of décor elements that honor a rich civilization whose wealth multiplies with the skill and vision of each new generation. This year, Ortiz rolls out Indigenous Imprints®, a carpet collection designed exclusively for Aqua Hospitality Carpets. Consisting of twenty unique patterns, his design concepts are a fascinating balance between contemporary and the traditional for guest rooms, corridors and public spaces in some of the most exclusive hotels and resorts worldwide. Indigenous Imprints® is a natural progression toward leading-edge furnishings and adornment that capture the elegance and spirit of Ortiz’s inspiration.

Beyond the notoriety of his artistic talent, Ortiz’s professional agenda centers on a lifelong dream to create opportunities for children in his tribal community that reflect the legacy of his ancestors.

“It's important to recognize that Pueblo communities are very much alive and have a level of vitality that speaks to generations of strength, persistence, brilliance, and thriving energy. I have something very important to do before I go. I want to preserve my culture and inspire our youth to accomplish whatever it is they dream to be.” – Virgil Ortiz

Indigenous

Digital Drum — Apr 23, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

Indigenous Animation Movement Rising

above: Hangin,’ 2007, IAIA animators

with some of their characters: Stephanie Emerson (Dine), Tyrone Headman

(Dine/Ponca), Anthony Deiter (Plains Cree/Ojibway and Erick Nakai

(Dine).

It was halftime at a basketball game at Ryal Public School near

Henryetta, Oklahoma in the Muscogee Nation. The gymnasium was packed to

capacity: wall-to-wall Muscogee Indians. It was the perfect setting for

the world-premiere screening of Greedy, a stop-motion clay animation

film created by the school’s sixth- and seventh-grade students, which

tells the traditional story about a woman who continually refuses to

share bread with a traveler and, as a result, is turned into a

woodpecker. The film was projected on the gym’s center-court wall. The

combination of the children’s narration in their Muscogee language and

the playful movements of the colorful characters captivated the

audience. They were immediately hooked; their sons and daughters had

become animation artists and were telling their story.

Digital animation has arrived in Native American communities. More and

more Indigenous people are turning to digital animation to tell

contemporary and traditional tribal stories. Native animation artists

are bringing tribal stories back to the forefront of the contemporary

Indigenous imagination and providing a means for a generation of

Indigenous youth to relate their contemporary experiences through the

moral and cultural compass of tradition.

Indian Animation Capital

The Cherokee Nation capital of Tahlequah, Oklahoma might have more

animation filmmakers per capita than any other community in the United

States. And it’s a uniquely talented group of artists. The animation

films of Joseph Erb (Cherokee), Nathan Young (Pawnee/Delaware/Kiowa)

and Roy Boney, Jr. (Cherokee) have screened at film festivals

nationally and internationally and have received numerous awards. Erb

is the pioneer of the local animation scene, having trained and

mentored both Young and Boney.

Erb is a visual artist turned animator who discovered 3D animation

while working on his master of fine arts degree at the University of

Pennsylvania. “With animation I was able to create that tactile feel of

a place and time, and express that sense of color and movement that is

unique to Cherokee culture and so important for Cherokee stories,” Erb

says, reflecting on his experience. He quickly became fixated on the

medium’s potential for telling traditional Cherokee stories and

expressing the intricacies of the Cherokee worldview.

He wanted to share his knowledge and experience with other Native

artists and youth in and around his community. This eventually led him

to Wathene Young (Cherokee/Delaware), the founder and president of the

American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) in Tahlequah. Young worked with

Erb to develop a groundbreaking program which utilized animation

training and traditional storytelling as a means to combine language

and cultural education with art and technology education. Together,

they have introduced hundreds of Cherokee and Muscogee youth in

northeastern Oklahoma to the process of animation filmmaking, including

the students of Ryal Public School. Erb now heads up a similar program

on behalf of the Cherokee Nation.

above: Hero, by Joseph Erb with Roy Boney Jr. and Matt Mason, 2007.

Recently, Erb teamed up with Boney and Matt Mason (Cherokee), another

of his trainees, to create Hero, a 3D sci-fi animation series about a

Cherokee named Runner who is leading a group of Cherokees fighting to

retain their rights in the post–fossil fuel future, where the good guys

speak Cherokee and the bad guys speak English. The first installment is

visually rich, the narrative is insightful and well paced, and the

production quality is as good as anything on the Cartoon Network. Erb

is hoping that Hero will make it onto television screens locally and

nationally.

IAIA Program

If Anthony Deiter (Plains Cree/Ojibwe) has his way, the Institute of

American Indian Arts in Santa Fe will be the central hub for emerging

Indigenous animation artists. Deiter is the chair of visual

communications at IAIA. His experimental animation film Younghawk

Seven, which utilizes a rich combination of digital photography and 2D

and 3D animation, was featured in the National Museum of the American

Indian’s exhibition Who Stole the Teepee and is exemplary of his

creative vision. Deiter encourages his students to approach animation

as fine artists and to focus on the art of digital animation, rather

than the technology. “You don’t need to be a computer scientist to be a

great 3D animator. You need to be a great artist. The software is

merely another artistic tool, like any other artistic medium,” he says.

There are 14 students at IAIA working toward earning their associate of

arts degree in 3D animation. “The students who are coming through IAIA

in the past two years are the strongest and most talented students I

have ever worked with,” Deiter says. When he talks about the program

and his students, it brings to mind the excitement and innovation IAIA

inspired in the 1960s. “It’s happening here in Santa Fe. These students

coming out of here are the first generation of the field to be trained

from an Indian perspective. There is an evolution going on here. This

is the beginning of something bigger than all of us. Everyone investing

in this knows it. The time is coming.”

Oneida Nation

The Oneida Nation has been investing in media for years and has

established Four Directions Media, which operates Four Directions

Productions (4DP). Through 4DP, the Oneida Nation has developed the

premier HD video and 3D animation studio on the East Coast, as well as

Web and interactive projects. Dale Rood, the director of studio

operations, assembled the best team of animation and digital-effects

artists he could get his hands on. The goal was twofold: to produce

work that captures the imagination and to develop a generation of

Oneida animators.

The Oneida Nation’s Youth Work/Learn Program and 4DP internship program

help younger Oneidas learn about animation. “We want our Oneida

children to know that there is a whole host of opportunities and

mediums that the Nation is involved in. We want to impart the message

that Oneidas can be anything. You don’t have to be an ironworker. You

can also be an animator,” Rood says.

Raccoon & Crawfish, 2007, by Four Directions Productions.

The first project for 4DP was the short 3D animation Raccoon and

Crawfish, a traditional Oneida story about the evils of boastfulness,

which had its world premiere on April 18 at the Syracuse International

Film and Video Festival. The animation and story are beautiful and

compelling, and the production quality is impressive. It clearly

demonstrates that 4DP is ready for the big time. They are currently

working on another project based on an Oneida tribal story, and many

more will follow.

Canada Ahead—as Usual

Unfortunately, in the United States there hasn’t been a lot of

opportunity for Indigenous-produced content. American media is

notorious for its lack of diversity. The U.S. doesn’t have anything

resembling Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN).

American media executives “are quick to draw a line in the sand that

Indigenous content is only for Indigenous people,” says Chris Keintz

(Cherokee), co-creator of Raven Tales, a 3D animation series produced

in Canada. As a result, the Native-media movement faces a significant

hurdle: It lacks entry into the biggest media market in the world. If

Indigenous-told stories are ever going to make it into popular culture,

they will have break into the American media system.

Raven Tails by Chris Kientz and Simon James

APTN might be a gateway. In Canada, APTN has played a significant role

in supporting animators and exposing them to a broader audience. When

Raven Tales aired on APTN, it went from having an audience of a few

thousand through the film festival circuit to having a potential

audience of more than 1 million. The series retells lighthearted

versions of Northwest Coast trickster stories through the characters of

Raven, Eagle and Frog. Simon James (Kwakwaka’wakw), one of the

co-creators, is committed to keeping Raven Tales grounded in tradition,

which for him means a lot of humor. “I grew up with potlatch ceremonies

and I remember nothing but humor,” he says.

James and Keintz also credit the National Geographic’s All Roads Film

Project for exposing Raven Tales to an international audience beyond

North America. “Raven Tales isn’t compartmentalized in Japan and

Europe, as it is here,” Keintz says. “Raven Tales, like all tribal

stories, is about universal truths, shared by all of humanity. Their

message is just as beneficial for non-Natives as it is for Natives,” he

adds. Both Keintz and James would like to see Raven Tales reach the

silver screen.

A Rising Star

Joseph Lazare (Mohawk) is hoping to join the ranks of APTN. He is the

up-and-coming rock star of the Native animation movement. At the age of

19, in 2004, his film Might of the Starchaser, produced by Laura

Milliken of Big Soul Productions, had its world premiere at the

Sundance Film Festival. In the film Lazare uses multiple animation

mediums—live action, stop-motion clay, computer-generated image (CGI)

special effects and 2D—to tell the story of young space officer trying

to save his planet from being destroyed by an evil baby lizard

attempting to repopulate his species. Lazare credits Bird Runningwater

(Mescalero Apache/Cheyenne), the Sundance Institute’s programmer for

Native American Initiatives, for bringing him into the festival and

introducing him to world of heavyweight filmmakers, producers and

industry players.

By The Rapids, by Joseph Lazare and Big Soul Productions.

Lazare and Big Soul Productions have teamed up again to create a

30-minute pilot for the comedy series By the Rapids on APTN. The

Mohawk-language 2D animation series is based on his hometown of

Kahnawake (which means “by the rapids” in Mohawk). It’s an ensemble

comedy that reflects “the humor of day-to-day life in Kahnawake, the

people and all the strange things that happen in a small town. I want

to share the funnier moments with them and give people something to

laugh at. It’s a South Park type of comedy with social commentary,”

Lazare says.

Like other Indigenous animators driving the movement, Lazare loves his

art form. He states, “Animation is the one medium where you can truly

say the possibilities are endless. It’s the one medium where I can get

my ideas on paper that close to what I see in my head. It’s the only

time where I know that my idea will come across just as I imagined it.”

Fortunately we’ll continue to see Lazare and many other talented

Indigenous animators realize their vision through this dynamic medium.

The movement is just beginning, and there is a lot of optimism in its

wake.

“With animation we see the opportunity to enter the popular culture in

a big way. It’s a medium by which tradition can connect to the most

current moments,” says Elizabeth Weatherford, director of the National

Museum of the American Indian’s Native American Film + Video Festival.

Hopefully Indigenous animation will be the medium that brings tribal

stories into the imagination of popular culture.

Kade L. Twist (Cherokee) is a poet

and visual artist. His book Amazing Grace received the 2007 Native

Writers’ Circle of the Americas First Book Award for Poetry. Twist’s

multimedia installation The Way the Sun Rises Over Rivers Is No

Different Than the Way the Sun Sets Over Oceans will be included in

Remix: New Modernities in a Post-Indian World, co-presented by the

Heard Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian in the fall

of 2007.

Reggie Watts got some Soul!

Brett Huson — Apr 22, 2013 10:10 AM CDT

One of my fave comedians on Conan.

Reggie Watts.

Jody Wilson Coast Designs

Digital Drum — Apr 22, 2013 7:07 AM CDT

Coast Salish Artist Jody Wilson

In the forests of the west coast of British Columbia h stand the mighty Yellow Cedar that has been the traditional wood used for carving by the Coast Salish artists. For centuries Yellow Cedar has been carved to reveal the secrets of the Spiritsand animals of the west coast of British Columbia.

Jody Wilson, a Coast Salish native, grew up in Ladner, British Columbia, Canada. This small town on the back waters of the mighty Fraser River was originally a fishing and farming community. The river and surrounding coastal areas and wildlife provided much of the inspiration and subject matter for Jody’s artwork.

His work was introduced to the Vancouver Museum in 1984. Since then, it has been distributed throughout the world with pieces in The Museum of Art in New York, The Commonwealth Institute in London, England and private commissions in Australia, South Africa, Japan, Germany, the United States and Canada.

Jody has made his mark as a Master Carver in a variety of mediums. Creating works like totems and masks from yellow cedar to bracelets , earrings and rings and pendants from gold and silver.

Jody’s work is highly sought-after by many collectors of Northwest Coast Native art from around the world.

JUNOS 2013

Digital Drum — Apr 20, 2013 11:11 AM CDT

2013 JUNO Awards

Date: April 21, 2013
Venue: The Brandt Centre
Tickets: $59-189 (plus taxes and service charges) at ticketmaster.ca, Evraz Place Box Office or at 1-855-985-5000

With performances by:

Billy Talent, Carly Rae Jepsen, Hannah Georgas, k.d. lang, Michael Bublé, Marianas Trench, Metric, Serena Ryder and The Sheepdogs!

New Museum Design

Digital Drum — Apr 18, 2013 11:11 AM CDT

When architect Frank Lloyd Wright wrote to arts patron Hilla Rebay in 1944, he described his vision for the design of New York’s Guggenheim Museum as a terraced pyramid of successively expanding rings—a ziggurat turned “top side down.” That’s precisely the sort of space that intrigues California artist James Turrell, who since 1977 has been converting an extinct cinder cone in the Arizona desert into his ongoing magnum opus, Roden Crater. On June 21, Turrell will take over the Guggenheim’s entire inner rotunda and oculus, transforming it—to similarly otherworldly effect—into an enormous, volcanic volume of shifting color and light.

James Turrell, Rendering of installation for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2012, Artificial and natural light.

RENDERING CREATED BY ANDREAS TJELDFLAAT.

“We are making a connection between the spaces Turrell has been creating at Roden Crater and the Guggenheim, whose structure has a relationship with Mesopotamian architecture and geological forms,” explains Nat Trotman, cocurator of the show with Carmen Giménez. For the installation, Turrell is enhancing the museum’s skylight with artificial illumination and lining the rotunda’s spiraling ramps in still more lights.

James Turrell in front of Roden Crater Project at sunset, October 2001.

PHOTO ©FLORIAN HOLZHERR.

This feat of engineering expands on the artist’s five-decade-long career, relating to his well-known Skyspaces and Ganzfelds, rooms filled with spatially disorienting ambient light. Looking up from the ground floor into the Guggenheim’s central void, museumgoers will see concentric rings of glowing color leading to the illusory opening—a deepening funnel that appears to collapse into flatness at its shimmering apex.

James Turrell, Rendering of installation for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2012, artificial and natural light.

RENDERING CREATED BY ANDREAS TJELDFLAAT.

Turrell’s first museum show in New York since 1980, this presentation is part of a tripartite retrospective taking place simultaneously at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Meanwhile, Kayne Griffin Corcoran gallery inaugurates its new Turrell-designed Los Angeles space with a fourth exhibition by the artist, opening May 25 and focusing exclusively on Roden Crater.

James Turrell, The Light Inside, 1999, neon and ambient light.

THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON, MUSEUM COMMISSION, GIFT OF ISABEL B. AND WALLACE S. WILSON. ©JAMES TURRELL.

“Turrell’s material is light, and he creates these occasions for us to experience it,” says Richard Andrews, curator of the show and president of the Skystone Foundation, which oversees funding for Roden Crater. “The Crater is a fusion of art, architecture, engineering, and astronomy, on a scale that is very hard for people to grasp. But the experience is genuinely individual, as if it was built for you.” Highlighting the artist’s process rather than completed works, the show offers a glimpse into Turrell’s studio practice with photos, notebooks, tools, and drawings dating from the 1970s through the present. (In March, Pace Gallery in New York mounted its own Crater-oriented display.)

James Turrell, Bridget’s Bardo, installation view at Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany, 2009, ganzfeld.

©JAMES TURRELL, PHOTO ©FLORIAN HOLZHERR.

“You may think you love Turrell’s art. But until you experience it in person, you don’t really get it,” Trotman explains. “It’s pretty anti-conceptual—it’s about the feelings that it creates for you.”

James Turrell, Roden Crater, 1992, beeswax, photographic emulsion, ink, acrylic, and wax pastel.

COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND KAYNE GRIFFIN CORCORAN, LOS ANGELES.

The Bros. Landreth - Firecracker • Living Room Sessions

Kimberly Cleave — Apr 17, 2013 10:10 AM CDT

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www.thebrotherslandreth.com

The Dark Knight & 60's Robin

Brett Huson — Apr 16, 2013 3:03 PM CDT

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Paulilu Mixtape- "The Dark Knight and 60's Robin"
Batman's showdown with Bane is interrupted by 1960's Robin.

Paulilu Mixtape
Sketch comedy from the brains of Paul W. Downs and Lucia Aniello a.k.a Paulilu (Paul-ē-loo).

New Episodes Every Tuesday

Episode Credits

WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Paulilu

STARRING: Paul W. Downs as Robin, Luke Scholl as Bane, Bevan Bell as Batman

PRODUCED BY: Celeste Ballard

Album Ulodi by Nagwetch & Wabanag

Yovan Nagwetch — Apr 15, 2013 5:05 PM CDT

ULODI album (Box, 2004)

1.	Konawa 04:38
	2.	Yabadjasit Uskidjinudi 03:10
	3.	Djonetch 04:31
	4.	Niskamiktuk 06:04
	5.	Welalin 04:20
	6.	Apkwallnuagi 05:21
	7.	Ntelnuegadimka 03:56
	8.	Dla'hadidetch 03:59
	9.	Melkigenan 06:47
	10.	Amitola 02:54
	11.	Ulodi 00:55

about

The album ULODI of Canadian Native Nagwetch with his band Wabanag is a special surprise for all lovers of native American music. Nagwetch is a Metis of Wabanaki ancestry, a hoop of small nations located on the Atlantic shore of Canada and the USA. Through the music, he explores his native roots. Like him, the music is “metisse” and combines the best of tradition and modernity. Hand drums, rattles, bows, wooden sticks, flutes, and other expected embellishments are used sparingly as singer-songwriter. Nagwetch embed native motifs deep into songs that are richly orchestrated with nice flutes, intense vocals and strong rhythmic lines. The songs, most of them composed by Nagwetch himself (nine titles on twelve), are in native Wabanaki language and refer to the natural elements, the spiritual world and tribal life.

Ulodi, the introducing and closing piece of the album is a vocal song that melodises the mood of “Well Being-Happiness-Harmony”. The shamanistic pulse of Yabadjasit Uskidjinudi (Life Returns Eternally), Welalin (Thank You), Apkwalnuagi (Fre Land Of Humans), Melkigenan (You Are Strong), Niskamisktuk (In The Great Spirit) put a spell on the listener. Djonetch (Little Jo), Ntelnuegadimka (In My Village), Amitola (Yonder) follow a more conventional classic rock construction, while Konawa (Barter Dance Song) – a traditional Wabanaki song - is a peaceful ballad with nice vocal harmonies, flute and acoustic guitar.

On ULODI, the whole sound is organic and without any electronic expedients. Experts will find some similarities with the new Samì music of Marie Boine on the albums “Gula Gula” and “Radiant Warmth”.

credits

Released 21 March 2004 - "Best International Album" category (Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards 2005)

Thirty Meter Telescope

Digital Drum — Apr 15, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

The Thirty Meter Telescope has been under development for more than a decade, but the sheer amount of land needed on Hawaii's Mauna Kea for its namesake main mirror has proved problematic: locals have formally challenged the multi-university effort over concerns that it might damage both the environment and natives' heritage. Regardless of which stance you take on the issue, the project is going forward now that the state's Board of Land and Natural Resources has granted an official land permit. The move clears an optical and near-infrared telescope with nine times the coverage area of its peers, and three times the sharpness. That's enough to observe light from 13 billion years ago as well as put a heavy focus on tracking extrasolar planets, including planets in the making. Any impact on science or Mauna Kea will have to wait when construction doesn't even start until April 2014, although we're hoping that environmental care requirements attached to the permit will let us appreciate both the early universe and modern-day Earth in equal measure.

RIP Deftones Chi Cheng

Kimberly Cleave — Apr 14, 2013 11:11 AM CDT

Deftones bassist Chi Cheng has passed away at age 42. His family has released a statement on a charity website made in dedication of his memory, OneLoveForChi.com:

“Our dearest Family,
This is the hardest thing to write to you. Your love and heart and devotion to Chi was unconditional and amazing. I know that you will always remember him as a giant of a man on stage with a heart for every one of you. He was taken to the emegency room and at 3 am today his heart just suddenly stopped. He left this world with me singing songs he liked in his ear.
He fought the good fight.You stood by him sending love daily. He knew that he was very loved and never alone. I will write more later. I will be going through the oneloveforchi and any other information may not be reliable. If you have any stories or messages to share please send them to the onelove site. Please hold Mae and Ming and the siblings and especially Chi’s son, Gabriel in your prayers. It is so hard to let go.
With great love and “Much Respect!” Mom J (and Chi)”

Cheng was injured in an automobile accident in 2008, when his vehicle flipped three times after hitting another car going 60 MPH. Cheng was in the passenger seat and wasn't wearing a seatbelt, causing him to eject from the vehicle. The accident left Cheng in a several-year coma.

Cheng passed away last night at 3 AM. Our thoughts go out to the family, friends and fans of Cheng.

Jeffrey Veregge Art, Design

Digital Drum — Apr 12, 2013 12:12 PM CDT

Hello, My Name is Jeffrey Veregge, I am a Contemporary Native American Artist.

I am a member of the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe which is Washington State, USA. I grew up on our Reservation there locally known as "Little Boston". I am an Honor Graduate from the Art Institute of Seattle. After graduation I served a short apprenticeship with Tsimshian Master Carver David Boxley. With him I studied some of the basics of Salish Formline design. Mort Importantly I learned from him a work ethic I still employ as an artist: "Your only as good as your last piece".

Although I am an educated artist, I have worked primarily in the commercial world of the field since my graduation from the Art Institute in the year 2000. 3 years ago, I had what some people would call a "moment of clarity" regarding my career and the direction I was heading in. I made a life-altering decision. I wanted to be known as a "fine artist" and spent the next year and a half reading, studying, observing and drawing until I felt I had found my voice.

Although I have only been doing this kind of art for a little more than a year, I feel that I have some great success and support. I look forward to expanding my skills and reputation in the proud tradition of the Native artists before me.

Please visit my website to learn more about me and see more of my work.

DIY: Ring Lighting Set-Up

Digital Drum — Apr 11, 2013 12:12 PM CDT

Supplies and Tools

Here is a list of the supplies you are going to need to pick up from your local hardware or home improvement store.

1 8×4 sheet of 1/2 inch plywood
40 ft lawn and garden extention cord
12 keyless light fixtures
12 full spectrum 60w coated lightbulbs
1 can of flat black high heat spray paint

Total amount spent – $63.00

Here is the list of tools that I used for the job.

Battery powered drill
Skill saw or circular saw
Box cutter knife
Jigsaw
Router
Hole-saw
Straight edge or long ruler
Some extra wire or string
Screw driver
Wire strippers
Tape measure
Sand paper

http://photo.tutsplus.com/tutorials/hardware-tutorials/diy-creating-your-own-ring-lighting-setup/

Indigenous Miss Canada

Digital Drum — Apr 10, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

APTN National News
A First Nation woman from Edmonton is hoping to take the top prize at the Miss World Canada pageant.

It’s a dream for many young women, but this professional pow wow dancer and motivational speaker admits her blessed life has a deep scar.

APTN National News reporter Keith Laboucan has this story.

http://aptn.ca/pages/news/2013/04/05/indigenous-miss-canada-hopeful-has-eye-on-top-prize/

BIG SPIDER!!!

Kimberly Cleave — Apr 9, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

A new species of tarantula roughly the size of a dinner plate has been unearthed in a war-stricken Sri Lankan village.Picture: Caters News

Bouncy (House/Electronica/Pop)

Zeke Terbasket — Apr 8, 2013 1:01 PM CDT

125BPM Original House/Pop Instrumental

Composed & Produced by Zeke "MythZerO" Terbasket

mythzeroproductions@hotmail.com for beat inquiries

SFX

Kimberly Cleave — Apr 8, 2013 10:10 AM CDT

The 16 Best Special Effects Makeup Before And Afters

Not all special effects are CGI. Check out our countdown of some of the best special effects makeup in the business.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/syfy/the-16-best-special-effects-makeup-before-and-afte-6wms

Comic Con C4

Digital Drum — Apr 7, 2013 10:10 AM CDT

Digital Drum had the pleasure of interviewing Batman's Adam West & Burt Ward yesterday at Comic Con C4 at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. Stay tuned for DD's interview! And don't miss out on Comic Con C4 Pop Expo! April 5th & 6th 2013

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Kimberly Cleave — Apr 4, 2013 8:08 PM CDT

Tom Green interview from the Tom Green Show. Too Funny!

"NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS"

A PLACE BEYOND THE PINES

Kimberly Cleave — Apr 3, 2013 11:11 AM CDT

From the producers of the Academy-award nominated film, Blue Valentine, directed by Derek Cianfrance, A PLACE BEYOND THE PINES stars Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Mahershala Ali, Ben Mendelsohn, Ray Liotta, Rose Byrne and introduces Dane DeHaan and Emory Cohen.

An epic crime drama exploring the unbreakable bond between fathers and sons, following two generations -- as they fight to overcome a legacy of blood.

UnderEXPOSED TV

Digital Drum — Apr 3, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

Photo of the day

T-bar lift rises through the fog at Powder King Mountain Resort.

Photo by Mason Mashon

Burnt Project 1 Live

Digital Drum — Apr 2, 2013 10:10 AM CDT

Live Performance Juno Nominees 2013 Burnt Project 1

Filmed at the West End Cultural Centre in Winnipeg

166+

Digital Drum — Mar 30, 2013 11:11 AM CDT

Born From the Ashes

To put things in perspective, let’s first take a look at the time frame. The Soviet Union stood victorious in the aftermath of World War II and laid claim to Eastern Germany. With this new territory came a crucial resource for their burgeoning nation – the knowledge and tools of the world-famous German optical & photographic industry. Whole factories were dismantled and shipped East – destined to supply the Soviets with world-class means of documenting their daily lives and great loves.

One beneficiary of this new technology was “GOMZ” – which elegantly stands for “Gosularstvennyi Optiko-Mekhanicheskii Zavod” (State Optical-Mechanical Factory). Established in St. Petersburg (Leningrad) in 1932, this was one of the oldest Russian optical companies. In 1965, they changed their name to something a bit more familiar to folks like us: Leningradskoe Optiko Mekhanichesko Obedinenie (Leningrad Optical-Mechanical Union) – or simply, “LOMO.”

About one year after the war’s end, GOMZ introduced a brand new camera. Dedicated to and named after the Soviet Union’s Communist Youth Organization, this small twin-lens medium format camera was called the “Komsomolets.” On the surface, it was an obvious copy of the Voightlander Brilliant – a ground-breaking TLR camera that was created nearly 10 years prior. It featured a glass lens and a lightweight Bakelite (an early form of plastic) body. Despite the Komsomolet’s simplicity and clear “homage” design, it was a pretty incredible achievement for a country that just emerged from a huge and damaging war.

The Amateur’s Delight

After several years of producing Komsomolets, the GOMZ factory proudly introduced a new camera with a radically important feature – coupled lenses. This meant that focusing the viewing lens focused the taking lens in kind, allowing the photographer to hone in precisely on their subject. This camera was given the name “Lubitel” – which roughly translates into “Amateur” in Russian. From these humble beginnings, a grand lineage was born.

Over the next few paragraphs, we’ll take you through each individual Lubitel model and details their many charms and features – so we don’t have to get into the specifics right now. But chew on this for a second – from the Lubitel’s original conception in 1949 to the end of its production in the early 90’s, something between 4 and 5 MILLION cameras were produced. That’s somewhere between 8 and 10 MILLION little Russian lenses mounted low and high. Given these staggering numbers, it’s easy to appreciate the impact that the Lubitel had on its fans and owners – both inside and outside of the Soviet Union. Allow us to take you through it’s grand “family tree” – beginning with a few individuals that predated those fateful days following WWII.

The Shins Announce North American Spring Dates, Play Toronto, Montreal

Digital Drum — Mar 27, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

The two-week trip starts up in May at Napa, CA's Bottle Rock Festival, but the bulk of the trip will have the act playing their own headlining shows, with two taking place up in Canada. The Toronto gig at Sound Academy on May 22 is the Shins' first stop in the city since opening up for the Black Keys last summer at the Molson Amphitheatre, while their appearance at Montreal's Metropolis the next night follows last year's stop at Osheaga.

Tour dates:

5/10 Napa, CA - Bottle Rock Festival
 5/11 Stateline, NY - Montbleu Resort Casino & Spa
 5/12 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
 5/13 Park City, UT - Park City Live
 5/17 Gulf Shores, AL - Hangout Music Fest
 5/18 Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall
 5/19 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
 5/22 Toronto, ON - Sound Academy
 5/23 Montreal, QC - Metropolis
 5/25 Boston, MA - Boston City Hall Plaza
 5/26 Brooklyn, NY - Williamsburg Park
 5/27 Richmond, VA - The National
 5/28 Norfolk, VA - The Norva

The Case Against Species Revival

Digital Drum — Mar 25, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Conservation of species still alive should take precedence, the author argues.

The spotted owl's habitat is threatened by the logging of old-growth forests—an industry that has lawmakers inquiring about more high-tech measures to save the birds in an effort to justify more deforestation.

Warm Bodies - VFX in Action

Kimberly Cleave — Mar 23, 2013 1:01 PM CDT

An Appetite for Effects

How Dan Schrecker and Jonathan Levine brought the undead to life in Warm Bodies.

It has been just over a month since a zombie named R staggered into movie theatres and scared up a sizable take of box office receipts. Anyone who thought Warm Bodies – the rom-com with the brain-munching leading man – would die a quick death was definitely proven wrong. For director Jonathan Levine, however, the success of the project was anything but a certainty. Better known for dramatic fare like 2008’s The Wackness and 2011’s 50/50, the thirty-six-year-old is the first to admit he took a bit of a leap when deciding to helm a feature requiring serious special effects, but it was a leap that definitely paid off.

“One of the reasons I did this movie was to be able to work on a slightly bigger palette and be able to learn,” he shares. “I really think it’s important to grow as a filmmaker and for me, understanding visual effects is part of that. The movies I grew up loving – Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Goonies and Back to the Future – all had tons of visual effects. That being said, I also loved the idea of using effects in a context that wasn’t a big noisy summer movie, but actually a heartfelt story and a character-driven story.”

Native Man's Practice Jump

frank alec — Mar 22, 2013 5:05 PM CDT

soaring through the air...Native Man !!! ... will soon become more than a one man show...buidling up to train others in all aspects of Nation Building

Next Xbox leak...

Digital Drum — Mar 22, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Next Xbox leak points to always online requirement

Screengrabs seemingly taken from the Durango Xbox Development Kit describe Microsoft’s upcoming console as an always online device, as has previously been rumoured.

Posted on VGLeaks, one of the more reliable sources of next-gen information in the run up to the PS4 reveal last month, the documentation has been described as “entirely legitimate” by an Edge source, although it was said to have been provided to developers working with the console last year.

The "hardware overview" documentation states: “The console will be ready instantly when users want to play, and will always maintain a network connection so that console software and games are always current. With this “Always On, Always Connected” design, users will quickly and easily enjoy their connected entertainment experiences, with no waiting for the console to restart or install games.

“Every Durango console will have a hard drive, although its exact capacity has not been chosen. It will be large enough, however, to hold a large number of games. All games will be installed on the hard drive. Play from the optical disc will not be supported.

“Durango consoles will have a Blu-ray disc drive. Disc media will be used for distribution, but during gameplay, games will not use content from the optical disc. An installation system is being designed that will allow gamers to begin playing while the game is being installed on the hard drive rather than waiting until installation is complete.

“Every Durango console will be sold with a new high-fidelity Kinect sensor, which will be required for the system to operate," it also says, latter adding: "The Durango controller will make the best-in-class Xbox 360 controller even better. It will have low-latency wireless connectivity to the console, and improved ergonomics. System interactions that use the controller will be simplified to make them easier for noncore gamers."

Last month, Edge reported that games designed for the next Xbox “will require an internet connection in order to function”, and that all disc-based titles will include online activation codes with no value beyond their initial use, effectively eliminating the ability to play used games on the system.

It has been heavily rumoured that Microsoft will announce its next Xbox in late April. For more on the console, check out our Xbox 720 rumour round-up.

Homemade Camera Jib Crane $40

Kimberly Cleave — Mar 19, 2013 10:10 AM CDT

Build this jib for about $40 plus or minus 50 cent.

Part:
Crown Bolt Plain Steel 1/2 in. x 72 in. Square Tube 1/16 in. Thick (2)
8" corner brace zinc plated(2)
skateboard bearing(8 optional)
4 bolts
8 nuts

We Were Children

Digital Drum — Mar 19, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

WE WERE CHILDREN

As young children, Lyna and Glen were taken from their homes and placed in church-run boarding schools. The trauma of this experience was made worse by years of untold physical, sexual and emotional abuse, the effects of which persist in their adult lives. In this emotional film, the profound impact of the Canadian government's residential school system is conveyed unflinchingly through the eyes of two children who were forced to face hardships beyond their years. We Were Children gives voice to a national tragedy and demonstrates the incredible resilience of the human spirit.

Lytro

Digital Drum — Mar 19, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

The Lytro camera lets you create living pictures
that you can endlessly refocus after you take them.
Share your pictures online, and your friends can
instantly refocus them just like you do. Your pictures
are about to surprise you — and everyone else.

See the light. All of it.

The Lytro camera lets you capture and share what you see in a whole new way. It’s the first consumer camera that records the entire light field — all the
rays of light traveling in every direction through a scene — instead of a flat 2D image. And that changes everything.

Shoot now. Focus… whenever.

By capturing the light field, you can do incredible things. Like refocus pictures after you take them. Tap the touchscreen on whatever part of the picture you want to bring into focus — or, once a picture is imported into your computer, click to refocus.

Do more than tell a story. Recreate it.

Refocus to discover new elements within the scene and move the picture in any direction to change your perspective.
Use Living Filters to create a unique look. Now every picture you take is a chance to tell a
new kind of story.

Too much fun to keep
to yourself.

The free Lytro Desktop lets you import your living pictures to your computer. Then, easily share them to the web, Facebook, Twitter, and more, so your friends can refocus and shift perspective with the pictures. Your pictures are going to be very popular.

SFX Makeup Legend

Kimberly Cleave — Mar 16, 2013 3:03 PM CDT

Stuart Freeborn (5 September 1914 – 5 February 2013) was a British motion picture make-up artist.^[1] He has been referred to as the "grandfather of modern make-up design"^[2] and is perhaps best known for his work on the original Star Wars trilogy, most notably the design and fabrication of Yoda.

The Growl

Digital Drum — Mar 15, 2013 10:10 AM CDT

Last week we met up with Australian act The Growl early in the morning after their show supporting for Tame Impala. We were really happy these guys made some time for a session on their first ever North American tour. Watch ‘Douse The Lamps’ and a cover of the Blind WIllie Johnson classic ‘John The Revelator’ below.

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Kimberly Cleave — Mar 15, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

If you haven't seen it yet... Do it!

Why Do We Wear Clothes?

Brett Huson — Mar 14, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

Published on Mar 13, 2013

CLICK HERE to follow us to Vsauce2 -- http://bit.ly/X8elqv
Intro cameo by my 1 tru luv Hannah Hart: http://bit.ly/ZnZKsS
SOURCES:

history of clothing: http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content...

Etymology of embarrassment:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embarras...

The fear of nudity: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnophobia

SINA and other pranks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3xXys...

Embarrassment: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/i...

Brain and embarrassment: http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/04/...

Embarrassment experiment:http://www.learningace.com/doc/835121...

Embarrassment and trust: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09...

Embarrassment and flirting [PDF]:http://greatergood.berkeley.edu/dache...

Havelock Ellis "evolution of modesty":http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ft...

BBC article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7...

Megapode: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapode

Development of human babies:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incidenc...

Brain size and body size: http://brainmuseum.org/evolution/pale...

EQ: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encephal...

VSAUCE TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce
MUSIC BY http://www.youtube.com/JakeChudnow
VSAUCE FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/VsauceGaming

Earth's largest telescope gets to work in Chile after 30 years of planning

Digital Drum — Mar 14, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Nestled within the Chilean Andes, the new Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array (ALMA) is now open for space-staring business. The biggest, most complex telescope project to date, ALMA will be able to peer into the deeper reaches of space with "unprecedented power", according to astronomer Chris Hadfield. Covering around half of the universe's light spectrum, between infrared and radio waves, the new telescope should be able to detect distant planets, black holes and other intergalactic notables.

Levine explains why he killed BioShock movie

Digital Drum — Mar 13, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

Irrational Games creative director Ken Levine has explained why he decided to kill the BioShock movie, which Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski was at one time set to direct with Universal Pictures.

Speaking at a BAFTA event in London last night, as reported by Edge, Levine said the commercial shortcomings of 2009's The Watchmen may have led to Universal executives getting cold feet about green-lighting the project.

Socialmatic Instagram Camera Concept

Digital Drum — Mar 12, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

Socialmatic Instagram camera concept to become real thanks to Polaroid tie-in

Back in May of last year, design company ADR Studios posted a concept of a real-world Instagram camera that could instantly print pictures in numerous retro styles chosen by the photographer. The concept looked like the Instagram app icon in shape, and there was much hope that it would make it to market.

Now it will, although not with the Instagram tie-in. Instead, Socialmatic, the company formed after overwhelming support for the camera, has announced a deal with Polaroid to breath life into the project.

Planned to hit shops in the first quarter of 2014, the yet-to-be-fully-named Polaroid instant digital camera will probably not look quite like the concept renders - mainly because of their continued similarity with Instagram's app logo. As Socialmatic says, the renders "are for demonstration purposes only. They don’t represent the final camera in any way. Size, form factor and brands positions can vary."

Between bears

Digital Drum — Mar 11, 2013 10:10 AM CDT

House of Shorts - Where Short Films Live

Animation Winner

Duration 3-6
Directed by Eran Hilleli
Genre Animation

Race Face Boys on Brown Pow and White

Bruce Kakegamic — Mar 11, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Ride dirt and snow in one weekend. Only in Vancouver! Nice!

...We Were Children

Digital Drum — Mar 10, 2013 1:01 PM CDT

We Were Children

Survival Story

Digital Drum — Mar 8, 2013 8:08 AM CST

Ross Capicchioni told himself not to drive a friend home to the east side of Detroit. After a week goes by he gives in as his friend says he will give him gas money. Ross tells an incredible story about his trip to Detroit’s east side. One that changed his life for everyday he lives.

Aesop Rock - Cycles To Gehenna (Zavala Remix)

Brett Huson — Mar 7, 2013 9:09 AM CST

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Download track: http://bit.ly/Vv1Qnh

Upcoming Tour Dates: http://bit.ly/VMfzM5
1.19.13 - Oakland, CA @ The New Parish
1.21.13 - Ashland, OR @ Ashland Armory
1.22.13 - Bend, OR @ Domino Room
1.24.13 - Portland, OR @ Roseland
1.25.13 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo's
1.26.13 - Vancouver, BC @ The Venue
1.28.13 - Missoula, MT @ The Palace
1.30.13 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot

Fiber optic cables: How they work

Brett Huson — Mar 6, 2013 10:10 AM CST

Uploaded on Jun 20, 2011

Bill uses a bucket of propylene glycol to show how a fiber optic cable works and how engineers send signal across oceans. More info at http://www.engineerguy.com. You can translate captions athttp://www.engineerguy.com/translate

‘Iron Man 3′ Trailer is HERE!

Brett Huson — Mar 5, 2013 4:04 PM CST

You won't here me say this often... But as a Comic Fanboy! ERRRHMAAAAHGURRRRRD!!!!!!

Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures has released the new full trailer for the anticipated sequel “Iron Man 3″ starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, James Badge Dale, Stephanie Szostak, and Jon Favreau.

Marvel’s “Iron Man 3″ pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?

The film is directed by Shane Black from a screenplay by Drew Pearce and Shane Black and is based on Marvel’s iconic Super Hero Iron Man, who first appeared on the pages of Tales of Suspense (#39) in 1963 and had his solo comic book debut with The Invincible Iron Man (#1) in May of 1968.

Check out the new full trailer below and tell us what you think.

“Iron Man 3″ hits theaters on May 3, 2013.

Source: Yahoo! Movies

Free and clear

underEXPOSED TV — Mar 4, 2013 12:12 PM CST

Gorgeous shot of an Eagle by Mason Mashon

Screen Side

underEXPOSED TV — Feb 27, 2013 5:05 PM CST

The docks at Alert Bay, as seen through Mason's old TLR camera.

Photo Mason Mashon

Yashica-D

underEXPOSED TV — Feb 27, 2013 5:05 PM CST

The Yashica-D. A vintage Twin Lens Reflex film camera.

Photo by Mason Mashon

Lines

underEXPOSED TV — Feb 26, 2013 12:12 PM CST

Meghann O'Brien stands at the top of her line.

Photo by Mason Mashon

Bioshock Infinite

Digital Drum — Feb 25, 2013 9:09 AM CST

Unlike BioShock, in Infinite you do not play as a character devoid of any real personality. The protagonist Booker DeWitt has a voice, a philosophy and a mission to find a woman named Elizabeth. What’s striking about the first few hours of BioShock Infinite is how developer Irrational doesn’t weigh down pacing with an abundance of exposition. Instead, you learn about Booker and the floating city of Columbia he visits in a way that feels natural and makes sense within the fiction’s context.

Wreck-It Ralph

Digital Drum — Feb 24, 2013 11:11 AM CST

Wreck-It Ralph

Wreck-It Ralph (voice of Reilly) longs to be as beloved as his game's perfect Good Guy, Fix-It Felix (voice of McBrayer). Problem is, nobody loves a Bad Guy. But they do love heroes... so when a modern, first-person shooter game arrives featuring tough-as-nails Sergeant Calhoun (voice of Lynch), Ralph sees it as his ticket to heroism and happiness. He sneaks into the game with a simple plan—win a medal—but soon wrecks everything, and accidently unleashes a deadly enemy that threatens every game in the arcade. Ralph's only hope? Vanellope von Schweetz (voice of Silverman), a young troublemaking "glitch" from a candy-coated cart racing game who might just be the one to teach Ralph what it means to be a Good Guy. But will he realize he is good enough to become a hero before it's "Game Over" for the entire arcade?

Will "Wreck-It Ralph" win for Animated Feature Film? Oscars 2013

I think I took a right turn somewhere

underEXPOSED TV — Feb 22, 2013 11:11 AM CST

Making a very strong case for a long drive from the city, Powder King is living up to it's name!

What is underEXPOSED?

underEXPOSED TV — Feb 21, 2013 12:12 PM CST

Great stories of adventure depend on words and pictures – the talents of a writer and photographer to bring them home. Incredible duos past and present; Cahill and Nichols, Salak and Model, Jenkins and Chin – true partnerships that elevated each other’s work, and above all else, lifted the story.

underEXPOSED is an adrenaline-packed, 13 episode series that follows a new partnership between two emerging Aboriginal extreme sport storytellers, photographer Mason Mashon and writer Tannis Baradziej who are teaming up to chase their first assignments together.

Whether he’s knee-deep in snow on the slopes near his Whistler, BC home, or pushing deep into the wilderness pursuing new lines with the best freeride mountain bikers in the world, Mason always comes back with a shot that’s admired for its authenticity and depth. Mason’s talents as a mountain biker and snowboarder allow him rare insight into the subjects he chases.

The other side of the story falls to Tannis Baradziej, an aspiring writer whose path has traced gigs with mountain town weeklies, big city papers and spinning PR for resorts. Opinionated and curious, Tannis will be challenged to provide additional context to Mason’s content.

Like every partnership, this one will be forged as much by collaboration as it will be by the interaction between these two driven and talented individuals.

Across underEXPOSED’s 13-episode journey, viewers will share the ride with Mason and Tannis as they visit breathtaking locations, engage with unique personalities and endeavor to tell and sell their stories to extreme sports magazines and online publications.

Follow us on Facebook to share in the experience!

*Photos Mason Mashon and Sheldon Pearson

Photo of the Day

underEXPOSED TV — Feb 20, 2013 11:11 AM CST

Photo of the day by Mason Mashon

see more at www.facebook.com/underexposed

underEXPOSED TV

Digital Drum — Feb 19, 2013 11:11 PM CST

“underExposed” is an adrenaline packed, 13 episode youth documentary series, featuring Mason Mashon and Tannis Baradziej, two emerging Aboriginal outdoor adventure photojournalists, delivering to APTN starting Fall 2013.

Pic: Skateboarding is another vital ingredient in Jordan's athletic endeavors. — in Whistler, British Columbia.

Harlem Shake Fire Fighters

Brett Huson — Feb 12, 2013 9:09 AM CST

Here's a great one with firefighters.

Native Man!

frank alec — Feb 11, 2013 9:09 PM CST

If you have problems with Govt, Industry, or getting plans done!! Call Native Man! I will help you . Www.frankjalecconsulting.com

Toxicity (Cover) - Meytal

Brett Huson — Feb 11, 2013 10:10 AM CST

An Interesting take on Toxicity. Never heard on violins before. These girls rockin some back ally

Aboriginal Music Week presenting Melissa St. Goddard at Manitoba Music on Ice

Aboriginal Music Week — Feb 8, 2013 10:10 AM CST

Aboriginal Music Week will be one of five festivals and presenters hosting free mini-concerts on Winnipeg's Assiniboine River during the Louis Riel Day weekend this month. The performances are set for Sunday, February 17 from 1 - 4 p.m. and will take place in warming huts along the ice trail.

Aboriginal Music Week will be presenting Metis fiddler Melissa St. Goddard, while the West End Cultural Centre has Red Moon Road, the Winnipeg Folk Festival has JD Edwards, the TD Winnipeg International Jazz Festival has The Lucas Sader Project, and Festival du Voyageur is presenting Haley Carr.

The event, dubbed "Manitoba Music on Ice," is presented by The Forks and Manitoba Music.

The Forks will also be bringing the dance party to the ice at the Big City warming hut, featuring the turntable talents of DJ Hunnicutt and DJ Co-op.

More details on on warming hut locations will be released February 13. For more information, visit theforks.com and manitobamusic.com.

About Melissa St. Goddard

From Portage La Prairie Manitoba, St. Goddard has been surrounded by music her entire life. Her uncles, Darren Lavallee, Mark Morrisseau, and cousin JJ Lavallee, are accomplished fiddle players and were a major influence on St. Goddard. She received her first fiddle at age 13 from her uncle Armand Jobin and with the help of her sister Demi, she began to teach herself to play. For the next two years she took fiddle lessons from Morrisseau and began to help teach a young group of fiddlers. Now at the age of 22, St. Goddard has become a fiddle instructor herself, teaching children in the Prairie Fiddler's group in Portage La Prairie and Portage's Conservatory of Music. She has had to opportunity to play at several events around Canada including the "Take the Fort" tour across Western Canada, Batoche, Asham Stomper Fest, Metisfest, and several other festivals in Southern Manitoba.

Sherry St. Germain at Aboriginal Music Week 2011

Aboriginal Music Week — Feb 6, 2013 9:09 AM CST

Check this video of Sherry St. Germain's performance at Aboriginal Music Week 2011! She opened for Derek Miller. The venue was at capacity by 10pm.

RAINBOW TRIBE

david chu — Feb 4, 2013 2:02 PM CST

Not sure if you allow multiple photo on a blog but I thought I introduce myself, with some of my work and from others that really care about all those things Canadian.

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

Digital Drum — Feb 1, 2013 11:11 AM CST

The Journals of Knud Rasmussen

Directors: Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk

Writers: Eugene Ipkarnak (Inuktitut dialogue), Madeline Ivalu (Inuktitut dialogue)

The last great shaman of the Inuit Avva and his beautiful and headstrong daughter Apak lives on the verge of change in 1922. As the father is trying to resist the changes encroaching upon his family and culture, a group of Danish scientists arrive to study and record his way of life.

Buffy in WINNIPEG - #IdleNoMore

Digital Drum — Jan 29, 2013 11:11 AM CST

Buffy Sainte Marie shows her support for Idle No More in Winnipeg, Mb!

'Project Runway'

Digital Drum — Jan 28, 2013 9:09 AM CST

'Project Runway' to Feature Native Designer Patricia Michaels

January 18, 2013

Patricia Michaels, Taos Pueblo, has been selected as one of the 16 designers who will compete on the upcoming run of the fashion/reality show Project Runway. Premiering January 24 on the Lifetime Network, the season will be Project Runway's eleventh.

Sierra Noble's new music video

Aboriginal Music Week — Jan 23, 2013 10:10 AM CST

Sierra Noble's new music video for "I Can See" is already at 77,243 views after its first 24 hours online.

Check it out!

S.E.R.E

Kimberly Cleave — Jan 23, 2013 2:02 PM CST

S.E.R.E - Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape

I had the pleasure of working on this independent film set this summer. You guessed it! It's about Zombies! check out some of my work and stay tuned for the film to come out!

Directed by: Matt Murphy

Written by: Trevor Tomlinson

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril

Digital Drum — Jan 23, 2013 2:02 PM CST

Nunavut Animation Lab: Lumaajuuq

This animated short is a tragic and twisted story about the dangers of revenge. A cruel mother mistreats her son, feeding him dog meat and forcing him to sleep in the cold. A loon, who tells the boy that his mother blinded him, helps the child regain his eyesight. Then the boy seeks revenge, releasing his mother’s lifeline as she harpoons a whale and watching her drown. Based on a portion of the epic Inuit legend “The Blind Boy and the Loon.”

Directed/Written/Animated by: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril

Martha Redbone Roots Project

Aboriginal Music Week — Jan 21, 2013 4:04 PM CST

Check "On Anothers Sorrow" from the Martha Redbone Roots Project.

Redbone is Cherokee, Choctaw, and African-American.

Moon HOAX

Kimberly Cleave — Jan 21, 2013 8:08 AM CST

Why the Moon Landings Could Have Never EVER Been Faked: The Definitive Proof

This video is so good, so incredibly brilliant, solid and simple, that you will want to paste it all over your Facebooks and Twitters just to piss off all the IMBECILES who still claim that the Moon landings were faked.* The reason is simple: the technology to fake it didn't exist.

#IdleNoMore

Digital Drum — Jan 17, 2013 10:10 AM CST

#idlenomore

"Idle No More" is a worldwide indigenous movement started by the First Nation Tribes of Canada as a way to help protect the Constitutional Treaty Rights of the Indian Act. These rights are being threatened by the proposed C-45 Bill. The Bill will significantly decrease tribal leader and community control over decisions related to the land and water use on Indian Reserve lands, the tribal peoples of Canada will have little to no control over how corporations make use of untapped natural resources, specifically on indigenous territory protected under Sovereignty treaties.

Attawapiska Chief Theresa Spence began a hunger strike on Dec. 11, 2012. She is asking Prime Minister Stephen Harper to attend a discussion regarding the Bill and treaty rights. Harper has yet to respond. Spence is willing to die for her people's rights.

This film documents one of the many events worldwide in support of the Idle No More movement. This event was held in Seattle Washington De. 29, 2012.

The film was Directed by Dave Wilson (Brother Ali, Frank Ocean, Atmosphere, Yelawolf, Evidence), Produced by Tulalip tribal member and independent recording artist Brodie Stevens "Redskin" with footage by cameraman Ben Hampton. The film is narrated by author Gyasi Ross and elder Ramona Bennett. The gathering was organized by Lawerence Miguel and James Ole Coyote Sacred Water. Additional music by "Redskin."

contact: northwestcoastal@gmail.com

AB day live 2010 Ottawa

Rellik Mighty Mouth — Jan 13, 2013 9:09 PM CST

Special guest for Plex

Rainbow Igloo

Digital Drum — Jan 8, 2013 8:08 AM CST

Thanks to an ingenious mother from Edmonton it’s quite possible nobody will every build a plain white igloo again. The adventure began with a kernel of an idea from Brigid Burton, whose daughter Kathleen Starrie and boyfriend Daniel Gray, an engineering student, were coming for a winter visit from New Zealand.

#IDLENOMORE: THE PRAYER

Digital Drum — Jan 3, 2013 10:10 AM CST

Published on Jan 2, 2013 by Damien B

T'Chanalquay Productions and Think First Pictures Present a film by Damien Bouchard. Produced by Suzi Bekkattla. Filmed and edited by Damien Bouchard

This is the first segment of short films for the #IDLENOMORE movement. Learn more about #idlenomore at www.idlenomore.com

Music by: Cris Derksen "War Cry Movement II"

One Heart, One mind, One Drum, One Fire, One Nation
Chi-miigwetch

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

d'art photographie

Kimberly Cleave — Nov 15, 2012 1:01 PM CST

Check Out this Amazing Photography

REACH

Kimberly Cleave — Oct 30, 2012 4:04 PM CDT

Director: Luke Randall
Running Time: 3'50
Country: Australia
Category: Comedy

A tiny robot is given the gift of life with only one limitation, the length of his power cable. When a curious bird appears at the workshop window, the robot feels a lust to live outside of his reach that may be his demise.

Originally from the island of Tasmania, Luke Randall is a director/animator currently based in Melbourne, Australia. Luke has been fortunate enough to work on CG TV series, video game cinematic and animated feature films over the past couple of years and has received several awards for his work.

Voila

Digital Drum — Dec 31, 2012 12:12 PM CST

Andréanne Dandeneau is a creative Métis designer from Winnipeg, who studied international design at Montréal's prestigious LaSalle College. She received her diploma in Fashion Design in 2004, and one year later, created her first fashion company with the help of Aboriginal Business Canada. Drawing upon her background in dance, Andréanne created Hug Me, a collection of yoga-inspired active clothing that combines comfort with function.

Kinnie Starr "crowdfunding" her new album

Aboriginal Music Week — Dec 4, 2012 11:11 AM CST

Kinnie Starr is taking her new album to the people.The iconic emcee/singer/songwriter is asking fans for financial contributions to help her manufacture and market her sixth full length album entitled Kiss It. Contribution levels range from $10 to $10,000, with each amount tied to a number of great benefits.

"Doing things independently has been very rewarding creatively, but it sure is a challenge on the business side," says Starr. "I desperately want to get this new album out, which I think is current and fun and talks about a lot of things that need to be talked about. I’m really proud of it."

The campaign is running on the indiegogo.com website and Starr has set a $25,000 goal.

Contribute here: http://www.indiegogo.com/kinniestarr-kiss-it.html

The benefits include vinyl options, house concerts, private readings, limited edition original artwork, one of her custom PRS guitars, along with a number of other items and engagements.

The "crowdfunding" approach to releasing an album is becoming increasingly popular with recording artists. While the costs to record, manufacture, distribute, and market an album continue to increase, the resources that record labels can afford to dedicate to albums continues to decrease, leaving a pretty sizeable financial gap.

Visit kinniestarr.ca for more information.

DAKOTA 38

Digital Drum — Nov 28, 2012 2:02 PM CST

DAKOTA 38

In the spring of 2005, Jim Miller, a Native spiritual leader and Vietnam veteran, found himself in a dream riding on horseback across the great plains of South Dakota. Just before he awoke, he arrived at a riverbank in Minnesota and saw 38 of his Dakota ancestors hanged. At the time, Jim knew nothing of the largest mass execution in United States history, ordered by Abraham Lincoln on December 26, 1862. "When you have dreams, you know when they come from the creator... As any recovered alcoholic, I made believe that I didn't get it. I tried to put it out of my mind, yet it's one of those dreams that bothers you night and day."

Now, four years later, embracing the message of the dream, Jim and a group of riders retrace the 330-mile route of his dream on horseback from Lower Brule, South Dakota to Mankato, Minnesota to arrive at the hanging site on the anniversary of the execution. "We can't blame the wasichus anymore. We're doing it to ourselves. We're selling drugs. We're killing our own people. That's what this ride is about, is healing." This is the story of their journey- the blizzards they endure, the Native and Non-Native communities that house and feed them along the way, and the dark history they are beginning to wipe away.

Kids Activities in NYC

Digital Drum — Nov 20, 2012 7:07 AM CST

Feelday is an activity guide for playful families. Our mission is simple: We help families find great local activities that are right for them. We help families get off of the couch and into the real world.

Go online to get offline.

Much too often technology breaks us apart. From hours on Facebook and always being connected to our work emails to countless hours in front of the TV and game console. We would like to do our small part in changing this trend. Use Feelday to go offline, unwind and create memories together.

Built as a service.

Feelday is the first smart service tailored to parents and families that wish to find things to do. Find activities in your area, filter by price, mood, age and more, share with friends and go.

Events, Events, Events

We search the web for the best local events in your area. We love unique and timely family events that, if we don't tell you about them, you will miss out on. That's why we are more interested in showing you the bird watching event going on this weekend in your local park rather than the Lion King on Broadway or the Yankees game.

Elisapie

Aboriginal Music Week — Nov 19, 2012 11:11 AM CST

This is such a great track!

Manito Ahbee

Digital Drum — Nov 6, 2012 10:10 AM CST

VISION STATEMENT

Manito Ahbee is recognized as a leader in transforming relationships to share Indigenous culture and heritage with the world.

MEANING BEHIND THE NAME

The name Manito Ahbee was gifted to the festival through ceremony, and is connected to its sacred site name sake. Manito Ahbee is one of the most important and significant traditional Aboriginal gathering sites in all of Turtle Island (North America).

The Manito Ahbee site is located in the western Whiteshell area of Manitoba, and marks the location where the Creator makes his home. Manito Ahbee, an Ojibway word means, “where the Creator sits.” The site is recognized and honoured by Aboriginal peoples across North America as a sacred place for all people. The name of the province, Manitoba, is itself derived from the name of this sacred site.

The festival represents an opportunity for Manitobans and visitors alike to experience the province as truly a ‘home for all people.’ Manito Ahbee thus ‘gathers people’, uniting both residents and visitors in a spirit of celebration, honouring the Creator and the seven sacred teachings: love, respect, courage, honesty, wisdom, humility and truth.

ATCR

Digital Drum — Nov 5, 2012 3:03 PM CST

The LIVE STREAM EVENT for "A Tribe Called Red" was a HUGE SUCCESS! Thank you to all the Digital Drum viewers that logged on to watch! Look out for more Live Stream Events in Digital Drum's Future!

Samantha Crain

Digital Drum — Nov 2, 2012 10:10 AM CDT

Samantha Crain performed live at the West End Cultural Center in Winnipeg, MB last night for Aboriginal Music Week 2012. What an amazing show!

Work In Progress

Bruce Kakegamic — Jun 20, 2013 12:12 AM CDT

I think I got the drum track down. Now to add layers...

Closer NIN drum machine

Bruce Kakegamic — May 20, 2013 11:11 PM CDT

Closer by NIne Inch Nails. This drum machine is so much fun to play.

drum machine

Bruce Kakegamic — May 18, 2013 11:11 PM CDT

Attempted the song Stigmata by Ministry on a drum machine. This is my rendition.

Leanne Goose Music

Leanne Goose — Apr 17, 2013 10:10 PM CDT

Check out Leanne''s new album, "This Time".

No Clarity (House/Electronica/Pop)

Zeke Terbasket — Apr 8, 2013 1:01 PM CDT

125BPM Original House/Electronica/Pop Instrumental

Composed and Produced by Zeke "MythZerO" Terbasket

mythzeroproductions@hotmail.com for beat inquiries / leases / exclusives

Bouncy (House/Electronica/Pop)

Zeke Terbasket — Apr 8, 2013 1:01 PM CDT

125BPM Original House/Pop Instrumental

Composed & Produced by Zeke "MythZerO" Terbasket

mythzeroproductions@hotmail.com for beat inquiries

Life To The Fullest Pt. 5 (House/Pop)

Zeke Terbasket — Apr 8, 2013 1:01 PM CDT

125BPM Original House/Electronica/Pop Instrumental

Composed and Produced by Zeke "MythZerO" Terbasket

mythzeroproductions@hotmail.com for beat inquiries

http://www.reverbnation.com/MythZerO

Grimey (House/Electronica/Pop)

Zeke Terbasket — Apr 8, 2013 1:01 PM CDT

125BPM Original House/Electronica/Pop Instrumental

Composed & Produced by Zeke "MythZerO" Terbasket

mythzeroproductions@hotmail.com for beat inquiries

Producers Lounge Part 2 (New School)

Zeke Terbasket — Apr 8, 2013 12:12 PM CDT

79BPM Original New School Hip Hop Production

Composed and Produced by Zeke "MythZerO" Terbasket

mythzeroproductions@hotmail.com for beat inquiries / leases / exclusives

http://www.reverbnation.com/MythZerO for more productions

Movin' Up (House/Pop)

Zeke Terbasket — Apr 8, 2013 12:12 PM CDT

125BPM Original House/Pop/Electronica Production

Composed and Produced by Zeke "MythZerO" Terbasket

mythzeroproductions@hotmail.com for beat inquiries

Hope For Tommorow (House/Electronica)

Zeke Terbasket — Apr 8, 2013 12:12 PM CDT

125BPM Original House/Electronica/Pop Instrumental

Composed & Produced by Zeke "MythZerO" Terbasket

mythzeroproductions@hotmail.com for beat inquiries / leases / exclusives

K9 feat. r'E'd - Reality Check (Prod. by MythZerO)

Zeke Terbasket — Apr 8, 2013 12:12 PM CDT

East Coast Hip Hop production by Zeke "MythZerO" Terbasket

Lyrics by K9 (Chicago) & r'E'd' (Arizona)

mythzeroproductions@hotmail.com

http://www.reverbnation.com/MythZerO

Thanks for listening :)

STD Testing

Harish Mark — Jun 20, 2013 7:07 AM CDT

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STD Testing

Harish Mark — Jun 20, 2013 7:07 AM CDT

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How you can convert Spotify to MP3 quickily

hu xiaotao — Jun 20, 2013 3:03 AM CDT

I think when you would like to this website the only purpose is that converting Spotify to MP3 files for playing it on your home computer offline or any type of music player. Well, you get to the right place. I will show you how to get Spotify music on your neighborhood computer system as MP3 format with 1 single click. After that, you can easily transfer music to iTunes or burn it to CD.

If you have actually done some research on Google, you are going to learn that Spotify is a streaming music service that you can't download songs from it straight. You may checked some online Spotify to MP3 Converter websites that search from net for an MP3 matching the one in Spotify, however you don't download it from Spotify. Here, I highly recommend a career streaming music recording tool called Spotify Music Downloader. It can easily record music from Spotify playlist and keep the output as same as the original quality.

Step1: Install and run the Spotify to MP3 converter

The app is available here by clicking the above link. After downloading, set up and launch it. We will mostly talk about the windows variation below.

Step2: Beginning to convert Spotify to MP3

After you enter into the main user interface, what you need to do is to push the "Record" button on the upper-left edge. Thus, discover and play the Spotify track you want to record in your browser.

After the Spotify song starts to play with your computer's sound card, the smart tool will quickly detect and record the audio. So in order to record it with no other noise, make sure there is no audio file playing. After the Spotify songs is end, you are able to press the "Record" button once again to stop the recording process.

Note: To convert Spotify music to MP3 in this way, you do not need to pick MP3 as the output format. This app could convert Spotify songs to MP3 immediately throughout recording. When you wonder where the MP3 file is saved on your computer, simply right-click the recorded track in Collection then select the "Open in folder" choice.

Your Strong Password Isn’t so Strong

Robert Siciliano — Jun 19, 2013 11:11 PM CDT

Banks rely on usernames and passwords as a layer of protection and authentication to prevent criminals from accessing your accounts. However researchers now show that your password—even though it may be a relatively “strong” one, might not be strong enough.

When you create a password and provide it to a website, that site is supposed to then convert them to “hashes” as Ars Technica explains “Instead, they work only with these so-called one-way hashes, which are incapable of being mathematically converted back into the letters, numbers, and symbols originally chosen by the user. In the event of a security breach that exposes the password data, an attacker still must painstakingly guess the plaintext for each hash—for instance, they must guess that “5f4dcc3b5aa765d61d8327deb882cf99″ is the MD5 hashes for “password”.

But Ars did an experiment with some newbie technologist all the way up to expert hackers to see what they could do to crack the hash.

“The characteristics that made “momof3g8kids” and “Oscar+emmy2″ easy to remember are precisely the things that allowed them to be cracked. Their basic components—”mom,” “kids,” “oscar,” “emmy,” and numbers—are a core part of even basic password-cracking lists. The increasing power of hardware and specialized software makes it trivial for crackers to combine these ingredients in literally billions of slightly different permutations. Unless the user takes great care, passwords that are easy to remember are sitting ducks in the hands of crackers.”

How to get hacked

Dictionary attacks: Avoid consecutive keyboard combinations— such as qwerty or asdfg. Don’t use dictionary words, slang terms, common misspellings, or words spelled backward. These cracks rely on software that automatically plugs common words into password fields. Password cracking becomes almost effortless with a tool like “John the Ripper” or similar programs.

Simple passwords: Don’t use personal information such as your name, age, birth date, child’s name, pet’s name, or favorite color/song, etc. When 32 million passwords were exposed in a breach last year, almost 1% of victims were using “123456.” The next most popular password was “12345.” Other common choices are “111111,” “princess,” “qwerty,” and “abc123.”

Reuse of passwords across multiple sites: Reusing passwords for email, banking, and social media accounts can lead to identity theft. Two recent breaches revealed a password reuse rate of 31% among victims.

Protect yourself:

Make sure you use different passwords for each of your accounts.
Be sure no one watches when you enter your password.
Always log off if you leave your device and anyone is around—it only takes a moment for someone to steal or change the password.
Use comprehensive security software and keep it up to date to avoid keyloggers (keystroke loggers) and other malware.
Avoid entering passwords on computers you don’t control (like computers at an Internet café or library)—they may have malware that steals your passwords.
Avoid entering passwords when using unsecured Wi-Fi connections (like at the airport or coffee shop)—hackers can intercept your passwords and data over this unsecured connection.
Don’t tell anyone your password. Your trusted friend now might not be your friend in the future. Keep your passwords safe by keeping them to yourself.
Depending on the sensitivity of the information being protected, you should change your passwords periodically, and avoid reusing a password for at least one year.
Do use at least eight characters of lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and symbols in your password. Remember, the more the merrier.

10. Strong passwords are easy to remember but hard to guess. Iam:)2b29! — This has 10 characters and says “I am happy to be 29!” I wish.

11. Use the keyboard as a palette to create shapes. %tgbHU8*- Follow that on the keyboard. It’s a V. The letter V starting with any of the top keys. To change these periodically, you can slide them across the keyboard. Use W if you are feeling all crazy.

12. Have fun with known short codes or sentences or phrases. 2B-or-Not_2b? —This one says “To be or not to be?”

13. It’s okay to write down your passwords, just keep them away from your computer and mixed in with other numbers and letters so it’s not apparent that it’s a password.

14. You can also write a “tip sheet” which will give you a clue to remember your password, but doesn’t actually contain your password on it. For example, in the example above, your “tip sheet” might read “To be, or not to be?”

15. Check your password strength. If the site you are signing up for offers a password strength analyzer, pay attention to it and heed its advice.

While you must do your part to manage effective passwords, banks are working in the background to add additional layers of security to protect you. For example, financial institutions are incorporating complex device identification, which looks at numerous characteristics of the online transaction including the device you are using to connect. iovation, an Oregon-based security firm, goes a step further offering Device Reputation, which builds on complex device identification with real-time risk assessments. iovation knows the reputations of over 1.3 billion devices in iovation’s device reputation knowledge base. By knowing a devices reputation, banks can better determine whether a particular device is trustworthy before a transaction has been approved.

Robert Siciliano, personal security and identity theft expert contributor to iovation. He is the author of 99 Things You Wish You Knew Before Your Mobile was Hacked! See him knock’em dead in this identity theft prevention video.Disclosures.

Goodbye Tony

Digital Drum — Jun 19, 2013 9:09 PM CDT

James Gandolfini dies aged 51

Star of HBO's hit series The Sopranos may have suffered heart attack in Italy, according to cable network spokeswoman
.

James Gandolfini in his role as Tony Soprano. The actor has died aged 51. Photograph: Barry Wetcher/AP

The Emmy-award winning American actor James Gandolfini, best known for playing New Jersey mafia boss Tony Soprano on the hit television series The Sopranos, has died in Italy aged 51.

Gandolfini's death was confirmed by HBO, the US cable network that produced the Sopranos, which said he was on holiday when he died. HBO spokeswoman Mara Mikialian told Reuters that he died of a possible heart attack.

The actor first came to prominence playing the mob hitman Virgil in the 1993 film True Romance, written by Quentin Tarantino. But he will be best remembered as troubled gangster Soprano who struggled to juggle his family life and his career as a mafia boss over the show's six seasons.

Actor Joseph R Gannascoli, who played Vito on The Sopranos paid tribute on Wednesday night. He told website TMZ: "James is one guy who never turned his back on me. He was the most humble and gifted actor and person I have ever worked with … He was a great man and I will forever be indebted to him."

Gandolfini won several awards for his role in The Sopranos, including both the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series. He also appeared in the films Zero Dark Thirty, Get Shorty, The Mexican and In The Loop. At the time of his death, Gandolfini had been working on an upcoming new HBO series titled Criminal Justice.

Link to video: Film trailer: In the Loop

HBO declined to elaborate on the series other than to say that it was in development and that Gandolfini was a part of it.

"We're all in shock and feeling immeasurable sadness at the loss of a beloved member of our family," the network said in a statement. "He was a special man, a great talent, but more importantly a gentle and loving person who treated everyone, no matter their title or position, with equal respect."

A New Jersey native, Gandolfini worked as a truck driver, bouncer and nightclub manager in New York City before he went to an acting class with a friend and got hooked.

"I'd also never been around actors before," he told Time magazine, "and I said to myself, 'These people are nuts; this is kind of interesting.'"

He is survived by his wife Deborah Lin, who gave birth to the couple's daughter in October 2012. He also has a teenage son from a previous marriage.

Fly Through the New Stadium of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers!

gnish ✧✧ — May 16, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Can't wait to cheer on the blue and gold in the new stadium! Go Blue!

Webstage Pass w/ Chantelle

Digital Drum — Jun 18, 2013 2:02 PM CDT

CHANTELLE

Webstage Pass™ Guide

Chantelle is Métis and a self-proclaimed country girl from a small town in south western Manitoba. She’s quickly made herself one of the famous faces of APTN, representing the changing wave of Aboriginal youth of Canada.

Shortly after college graduation, she found herself working behind the scenes at APTN for the history-making 2010 Vancouver Olympics broadcast as the assistant to the executive producer. In 2011, she was the LIVE Webstage Pass™ host for APTN’s Aboriginal Day Live with her former co-host Kernel the Dog and returned as the Webstage Pass™ host once again in 2012. This is her third year hosting at Aboriginal Day Live.

Chantelle loves spending her free time on the Internet and social media sites. Be sure to join her backstage and online via APTN’s Webstage Pass™.

Oculus

Digital Drum — Jun 18, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Oculus snags $16 million from investors to bring virtual reality to the masses

By Ben Gilbert

Oculus announced its first round of funding today, wherein the company secured $16 million from investors specifically aimed at putting the Oculus Rift in consumer hands. The nascent virtual reality hardware company has repeatedly said its end goal with the Rift is to make it a consumer product; currently, only folks who backed the Rift on Kickstarter and those willing to spend $300 on a developer kit have access. A handful of games support the Rift, though more and more developers are promising not just support in their games, but entire games built from the ground up with VR in mind. An HD version of the headset was also introduced at last week's E3 gaming show.

Oculus' new business partners apparently see enough financial potential in the Rift to not only invest heavily, but to also take on board positions -- both Santo Politi of Spark Capital and Antonio Rodriguez of Matrix Partners are now on the Oculus board of directors. "What Palmer, Brendan and the team are building at Oculus so closely matches the Metaverse that we had to be part of it. Working with them to get this platform to market at scale will be enormously exciting," Rodriguez said of today's news.

The company launched last year with a Kickstarter campaign targeting $250,000 -- the project eventually raised just shy of $2.5 million, and now sells its Rift dev kit outside of the Kickstarter campaign.

Javier Estrada - AMW 2013

Digital Drum — Jun 17, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Mexico's most exciting new producer, Javier Estrada delivers everything from tribal to moombahton to pre-hispanic dubstep in a unique, fun-loving, high-energy and ever-tropical manner.

http://youtu.be/aqk0kal3Yxg

Milo Creations

Digital Drum — Jun 14, 2013 4:04 PM CDT

My Happy End

Kimberly Cleave — Jun 14, 2013 4:04 PM CDT

My Happy End

http://vimeo.com/talkinganimals/myhappyend

This dog has a new best friend—his own tail! An award winning 2.5D animated short from director Milen Vitanov.

Sometimes you just need a quick pick-me-up. It’s a gloomy, rainy day here in Washington, DC, and dang it, a short like My Happy End was just what the doctor ordered. Finally making its way online after several years of post-festival limbo, this fast paced, charming, and altogether adorable bite-sized film from director Milen Vitanov is delightful mishmash of different animated styles. The result feels like an old school silly symphony Disney short made for a digital age, backed by upbeat music and a multitude of sight gags.

The premise is inherently clever—a dog finally succeeds in catching his own tail, and in turn, his life changes irrevocably. I’m not going to argue that My Happy End is some deep complex narrative, but over its five minute runtime, the film bounces along with such energy, such goodwill that it’s hard not to be won over by the end.

My Happy End was Vitanov’s graduation project from the University of Television and Film in Munich, Germany. It made quite the festival tour, shown and awarded at festivals such as Annecy and SIGGRAPH. Now, Vitanov is a member of Talking Animals, a cutting-edge animation studio comprised of some of Berlin’s best and brightest talent. If you dug this short, be sure to check out the studio’s other work, especially the colorful and similar paced, Flamingo Pride. Suffice it to say, expect more great things from Talking Animals in the future.

By Ivan Kander

10 Things You Need To Know Before Seeing Man Of Steel

Digital Drum — Jun 14, 2013 6:06 AM CDT

Nightime

underEXPOSED TV — Jun 19, 2013 11:11 PM CDT

We're back from Hawaii, and back on Digital Drum (finally) :) - check it out!

Monsta Toy

Kimberly Cleave — Jun 18, 2013 2:02 PM CDT

I want this toy!!!! Super cool! Not the addiction of buying toys... But I love toys!

Don’t call me Teddy Bear anymore… by Monsta

Lowbrownie & abgelegt unter Customs.

ADL 2103 Pow Wow

Digital Drum — Jun 18, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

ADL 2013 is 4 DAYS AWAY! Pow Wow Competition, Skateboard Competition, Free Concet and much more! Don't miss out! Visit http://www.aboriginaldaylive.com/ for festival information.

The Martial Way

George Lepine — Jun 17, 2013 3:03 PM CDT

% percentage of success!

Happy BDay Bif!

Digital Drum — Jun 15, 2013 9:09 AM CDT

It's Bif Naked's BDay! Wishing the Amazing star a very Happy Day!

Go Bombers Go!

Arlene Mousseau — Jun 12, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Game Day with my fav player "Two-One" - Alex Suber

Son in training

frank alec — Jun 10, 2013 1:01 PM CDT

My son has a big challenge and a huge territory to manage . I will leave with him all of the teachings I received

Black Hornets are getting bigger

frank alec — Jun 5, 2013 12:12 AM CDT

This black hornet flew into the house and I captured it , to show scale of its size , a toonie is placed beside it

EDZERZA

Digital Drum — Jun 4, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

The Freshest Native Clothing and Jewelery, the most cutting-edge Paintings and installations, beautiful glass work and Wood Carvings, and the best Print Editions in Vancouver!

Check out the Amazing Styles!

Old school Mac OS

Bruce Kakegamic — Jun 3, 2013 3:03 PM CDT

Awesome to see this old school Mac OS software that NIN used to produce music back in the day.

Software screenshots from the recording of The Fragile. Released on nin.com in 1999, they contained hidden messages in the details that gave hints about the album.

Holly wood sign

Dakota Baptiste — May 31, 2013 4:04 AM CDT

Shot from Hollywood boulevard ...

Ocean View ;)

Dakota Baptiste — May 31, 2013 4:04 AM CDT

Santa Monica , California

Metis Dancers

Bruce Kakegamic — May 23, 2013 10:10 AM CDT

At the APTN Aboriginal Day Live and Celebration press conference.

Do I Wanna Know?

Kimberly Cleave — Jun 19, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Do I Wanna Know?

The Arctic Monkeys! Love them so much! & Fun video!

Anchorman 2

Kimberly Cleave — Jun 19, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

The Official Anchorman 2 Trailer!
The legend continues this December.

Greg Nicotero - The Walking Dead

Kimberly Cleave — Jun 18, 2013 1:01 PM CDT

Season 3 Zombie Studio Tour with Greg Nicotero: Inside The Walking Dead

Special Effects Make-Up Designer Greg Nicotero shows off the latest zombie wizardry to come out of his shop. Catch Season 3 this fall on AMC.

My drum machine.

Bruce Kakegamic — May 18, 2013 7:07 PM CDT

Playing with drum machine. March of the Pigs, Nine Inch Nails.

UFC - Winnipeg

Digital Drum — Jun 12, 2013 2:02 PM CDT

UFC Workouts at Portage Place for lunchtime entertainment. Super Cool!

DC Comics All Access: Jim Lee on Superman Unchained

Kimberly Cleave — Jun 14, 2013 4:04 PM CDT

DC Entertainment co-publisher Jim Lee talks about what led him to work with writer Scott Snyder on Superman Unchained. Find out what's new, what different and what to get excited about. Find Superman Unchained #1 on sale Wednesday, June 12th!

TWO SCOOPS

Kimberly Cleave — Jun 13, 2013 1:01 PM CDT

Two months ago, we posted information on the making of Robert Rodriguez’s short film Two Scoops and how you could get involved. Now, the film is complete. Watch the final product and let us know if you were a part of this interactive project.

Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez is known for his do-it-yourself approach to movies, often handling many of the major aspects of production like editing, shooting, scoring, etc. himself. He’s also always stated he wants the viewer to be a part of his filmmaking process. So when Blackberry asked Rodriguez if he would be interested to work them on their ‘Keep Moving’ project, he immediately jumped at the opportunity. “Their whole thing was about ‘keep moving’ and using technology to be creative on-the-spot. I said, ‘Oh, that sounds like a great fit.’” He then put a message out to his fans after he filmed the short but kept a few scenes unfinished. “I’d like you guys to use your creativity and imagination to help complete them.”

Rodriguez created Project Green Screen for the occasion. Project Green Screen’s short film is called Two Scoops and he is working with fans to create the finished film.

Two Scoops tells the story of two sisters who serve ice cream by day and slay monsters by night. The stakes for their nighttime adventures rise when their agent assigns them to hunt down the monster that captured their father.

Rodriguez has broken up the opportunities to be involved in three Acts. For Act I, he called on actors to submit a video of themselves to be considered for a speaking role. Unfortunately, Act I is now over but actors can still submit a picture of themselves to be considered for Missing Person posters. For Act II, artists can submit drawings or descriptions of the weapon used to defeat the monster. Deadline for this is today (April 10) so hurry up! Watch Rodriguez give details for this task.

Global Warming

Digital Drum — Jun 11, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

www.stopglobalwarming.org
www.globalwarminglife.com

Your attention please. Thank you for choosing earth as your planetary vehicle. We hope you enjoy the many wonderful features of this ... all » planet, as you hurtle through the cosmos. Please note, that in the event of continued inaction in the face of global warming - your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device. Please take a moment to locate this planet's emergency exits. As you can see, there aren't any!

"Lived In" by Binaeshee-Quae

Digital Drum — Jun 11, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Sung in a stairwell @ Folk Alliance 2013 with the help of Gigi Ray (:

Full length debut album "Ooof" released oh so vurry soon!

AMW 2013 Press Conference

Digital Drum — Jun 10, 2013 7:07 PM CDT

June 10, 2013

Aboriginal Music Week announces the full festival lineup, adding new outdoor concert venues. The fesitval starts August 16 - 21st. Alan Greyeyes shares all the details.

Created by: DigitalDrum.ca
http://www.digitaldrum.ca/

#IdleNoMore - Edmonton

Digital Drum — Jan 3, 2013 2:02 PM CST

First Nations Flash Mob Round Dance in Edmonton, AB for the #Idle No More Movement against Bill C-45.

Courtesy: APTN National News

http://aptn.ca/pages/news/tag/idle-no-more/

STD Testing

Harish Mark — Jun 20, 2013 7:07 AM CDT

STD Tests - Local Testing Locations Nationwide, Most Results Within 24 Hours. Treatment Services Available - 1-877-788-2697

STD Testing

Harish Mark — Jun 20, 2013 7:07 AM CDT

STD Testing - Local Testing Locations Nationwide, Most Results Within 24 Hours. Treatment Services Available - 1-877-788-2697

How you can convert Spotify to MP3 quickily

hu xiaotao — Jun 20, 2013 3:03 AM CDT

Step1: Install and run the Spotify to MP3 converter

The app is available here by clicking the above link. After downloading, set up and launch it. We will mostly talk about the windows variation below.

Step2: Beginning to convert Spotify to MP3

After you enter into the main user interface, what you need to do is to push the "Record" button on the upper-left edge. Thus, discover and play the Spotify track you want to record in your browser.

Metis Dancers

Bruce Kakegamic — May 23, 2013 10:10 AM CDT

At the APTN Aboriginal Day Live and Celebration press conference.

Work In Progress

Bruce Kakegamic — Jun 20, 2013 12:12 AM CDT

I think I got the drum track down. Now to add layers...

Your Strong Password Isn’t so Strong

Robert Siciliano — Jun 19, 2013 11:11 PM CDT

But Ars did an experiment with some newbie technologist all the way up to expert hackers to see what they could do to crack the hash.

How to get hacked

Protect yourself:

Make sure you use different passwords for each of your accounts.
Be sure no one watches when you enter your password.
Always log off if you leave your device and anyone is around—it only takes a moment for someone to steal or change the password.
Use comprehensive security software and keep it up to date to avoid keyloggers (keystroke loggers) and other malware.
Avoid entering passwords on computers you don’t control (like computers at an Internet café or library)—they may have malware that steals your passwords.
Avoid entering passwords when using unsecured Wi-Fi connections (like at the airport or coffee shop)—hackers can intercept your passwords and data over this unsecured connection.
Don’t tell anyone your password. Your trusted friend now might not be your friend in the future. Keep your passwords safe by keeping them to yourself.
Depending on the sensitivity of the information being protected, you should change your passwords periodically, and avoid reusing a password for at least one year.
Do use at least eight characters of lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers, and symbols in your password. Remember, the more the merrier.

10. Strong passwords are easy to remember but hard to guess. Iam:)2b29! — This has 10 characters and says “I am happy to be 29!” I wish.

12. Have fun with known short codes or sentences or phrases. 2B-or-Not_2b? —This one says “To be or not to be?”

13. It’s okay to write down your passwords, just keep them away from your computer and mixed in with other numbers and letters so it’s not apparent that it’s a password.

15. Check your password strength. If the site you are signing up for offers a password strength analyzer, pay attention to it and heed its advice.

Nightime

underEXPOSED TV — Jun 19, 2013 11:11 PM CDT

We're back from Hawaii, and back on Digital Drum (finally) :) - check it out!

Goodbye Tony

Digital Drum — Jun 19, 2013 9:09 PM CDT

James Gandolfini dies aged 51

Star of HBO's hit series The Sopranos may have suffered heart attack in Italy, according to cable network spokeswoman
.

James Gandolfini in his role as Tony Soprano. The actor has died aged 51. Photograph: Barry Wetcher/AP

The Emmy-award winning American actor James Gandolfini, best known for playing New Jersey mafia boss Tony Soprano on the hit television series The Sopranos, has died in Italy aged 51.

Link to video: Film trailer: In the Loop

HBO declined to elaborate on the series other than to say that it was in development and that Gandolfini was a part of it.

A New Jersey native, Gandolfini worked as a truck driver, bouncer and nightclub manager in New York City before he went to an acting class with a friend and got hooked.

"I'd also never been around actors before," he told Time magazine, "and I said to myself, 'These people are nuts; this is kind of interesting.'"

He is survived by his wife Deborah Lin, who gave birth to the couple's daughter in October 2012. He also has a teenage son from a previous marriage.

Do I Wanna Know?

Kimberly Cleave — Jun 19, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Do I Wanna Know?

The Arctic Monkeys! Love them so much! & Fun video!

Monsta Toy

Kimberly Cleave — Jun 18, 2013 2:02 PM CDT

I want this toy!!!! Super cool! Not the addiction of buying toys... But I love toys!

Don’t call me Teddy Bear anymore… by Monsta

Lowbrownie & abgelegt unter Customs.

Anchorman 2

Kimberly Cleave — Jun 19, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

The Official Anchorman 2 Trailer!
The legend continues this December.

Fly Through the New Stadium of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers!

gnish ✧✧ — May 16, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Can't wait to cheer on the blue and gold in the new stadium! Go Blue!

Webstage Pass w/ Chantelle

Digital Drum — Jun 18, 2013 2:02 PM CDT

CHANTELLE

Webstage Pass™ Guide

Chantelle loves spending her free time on the Internet and social media sites. Be sure to join her backstage and online via APTN’s Webstage Pass™.

Greg Nicotero - The Walking Dead

Kimberly Cleave — Jun 18, 2013 1:01 PM CDT

Season 3 Zombie Studio Tour with Greg Nicotero: Inside The Walking Dead

Special Effects Make-Up Designer Greg Nicotero shows off the latest zombie wizardry to come out of his shop. Catch Season 3 this fall on AMC.

ADL 2103 Pow Wow

Digital Drum — Jun 18, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

ADL 2013 is 4 DAYS AWAY! Pow Wow Competition, Skateboard Competition, Free Concet and much more! Don't miss out! Visit http://www.aboriginaldaylive.com/ for festival information.

Oculus

Digital Drum — Jun 18, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Oculus snags $16 million from investors to bring virtual reality to the masses

By Ben Gilbert

My drum machine.

Bruce Kakegamic — May 18, 2013 7:07 PM CDT

Playing with drum machine. March of the Pigs, Nine Inch Nails.

The Martial Way

George Lepine — Jun 17, 2013 3:03 PM CDT

% percentage of success!

UFC - Winnipeg

Digital Drum — Jun 12, 2013 2:02 PM CDT

UFC Workouts at Portage Place for lunchtime entertainment. Super Cool!

Javier Estrada - AMW 2013

Digital Drum — Jun 17, 2013 8:08 AM CDT

Mexico's most exciting new producer, Javier Estrada delivers everything from tribal to moombahton to pre-hispanic dubstep in a unique, fun-loving, high-energy and ever-tropical manner.

http://youtu.be/aqk0kal3Yxg