Archive for October, 2009

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Just in time for Halloween Harvest II, the Leeside elves are going hard.  This place is like a community garden for skateboarders.  What do you think they’re going to call this piece?  The Anchor?  Kilroy was here?

The PEAK Performance Project is a seven-year, 5.29 million dollar contest open to all musicians in British Columbia. The project was created by Vancouver’s very own 100.5 The PEAK and Music BC to develop BC based emerging artists. Every year, twenty finalists from BC will receive an intensive, one week training program in the music business, live performance, songwriting, marketing and promotion. From these, the top three will be crowned as the PEAK Performers of the year and will share $275,000 in cash for career development!

Over the coming weeks we’ll be introducing you to all of this year’s participating artists with quick interviews about the project, the other artists, and a little bit of Vancouver! Vote now for your favourite top 19 at www.peakperformanceproject.com.

Next up is Adaline from Vancouver. She’ll be playing The Cellar on October 29th, and the only way to get into the showcase is by listening to 100.5 The Peak FM to win tickets! Limited tickets will also be released at the door.

Who’s your favorite artist(s) in the Peak Performance Project and why?
Bend Sinister – I have been a fan of theirs for a few years now.  I think Dan Moxon is genius.

What was the most valuable thing you took away from Boot Camp?
To be true to who I am as an artist.

What is one thing you wish you brought to Boot Camp, but …READ THE REST OF THIS ENTRY>>>

A “Day In The Life” video featuring Brian Caissie – a Vancouver-based skate photographer – has recently been featured on Push.ca as a part of their First Photos contest – a submission call to unpublished skate photographers across Canada. Caissie is one of the contest’s judges, and he also plays the role of photo editor for both Push.ca and locally-published Concrete Skateboarding magazine.

There are so many awesome photos that you’ve added to our FLICKR POOL that we can no longer pick just one a week, so from now on we’re going to be showcasing one every single day!

Day #48 is a photo courtesy of Grizz 2009:

Submit to our FLICKR POOL for your chance to be featured on a Daily Flickr Pickr.

At 5:30 p.m this past Saturday, (the 24th) 232 Zombies gathered in the Roundhouse Turntable Plaza to dance Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”! Whhhaaattt??? That’s the coolest right? What’s even cooler is that the event raised over $3000 for Greater Vancouver’s Food Bank Society! What an AWESOME idea! Not only is everyone in Zombie mode, being so close to Halloween, but raising money and a real tribute to the King of Pop!

This event happens world-wide too! This year it raised $100, 000 , which will go towards over 80 charities!

For more info, pictures and videos on the Vancouver event, visit the “Thrill the World Vancouver” Facebook group

Photo by John Biehler

The official Thrill The World Vancouver after-party is Ceroc Vancouver’s Halloween Party this Friday, October 30 at 7:30 pm at the Billy Bishop Legion.

Hi everybody, it’s Arlo again!
I had the weirdest dream last night. The Penguins had just won the Stanley Cup and I was sitting in the thing wearing a Canucks bib celebrating with them. Now I might only sleep for 3 hours in a row most of the time, and I might only be ten months old, but I know that this dream of mine is a sure sign! It is a vision from this psychic baby that the Canucks are going to win the cup this year! Place your bets!

I will be bringing you more psychic visions as they come to me.