Archive for February, 2010

After missing out on the Matisyahu show earlier at Livecity Yaletown (Feb. 15), I def had to check out a gig there before its all said and done. I had my sights set on the Damian Marley show on Wednesdy night ever since the lineup was announced before the Games. And who better than Junior Gong to carry the spirit of this global gathering in a vibe of peace and bumpin groove? I was hoping K’naan (who played last night at the Orpheum as part of the Cultural Olympiad), who toured with Marley, may have made a special guest appearance but it wasnt to be. Wonder if Marley may have made the appearance at the K’naan show instead? Check out this link for footage and vlogs from both Marley and K’naan from their tour together (courtesy of K’naan’s Vancouver based management and media production team, Direct Current Media). DCM’s Sol Guy had some pretty positive words about touring with Marley.

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Have you been getting out to see any of the music shows that are a part of the Cultural Olympiad? How about the shows at the free venues? I had a chance to check out Stars with Hey Rosetta at the Orpheum and if I must use one word to sum it up I would say that the show was “beautiful”. Post the name of the band you saw over the past couple of weeks along with your one word reviews in the comments!

photos courtesy of: earbuds and ticket stubs

If you’re looking for something super interesting to do tomorrow check out Paul Wong’s 5.3, the third of five interactive multimedia projects he’s presenting during the Olympics. Here’s a video about the entire project, below is the info on this particular installment…

The official word:
The third in a series of 5 weekly events, LED Down The Garden Path at the Bloedel Conservatory. Forget robotic lights at sea level, LED at the highest point in the city will be illuminated by an old-school carbon arc searchlight. Paradise will be transformed by sublime projections, evocative images and unexpected elements at Queen Elizabeth Park. Wong and guests have created a media-art installation featuring dozens of new works, including Strangler Tree, The Fallen, Scorched, 2Hot2Handle, Save The Queen by Paul Wong, Walking Through Circles by renowned photographer Brian Howell, Ampli Fly by Christian Nicolay, and Hanging by Heather Keung.

For list of works and to experience ’5′ virtually visit
www.5.paulwongprojects.com

Saturday Feb. 27th 5pm to 10pm
TICKETS $10 AT THE DOOR
Bloedel Conservatory @ 33rd Ave. between Cambie and Main St., Vancouver,
BC Parking opens at 4:45, $1 per hour for this event only. Public
Transit: Canada Line Oakridge 41st.

Randy’s POST about the Lion’s Gate Lions wearing red mittens was a popular one on Twitter a couple days ago, making the rounds being re-tweeted a few times, and just yesterday The National Post picked up on it and featured it as a story on their site! Click below to see it…

Also, are you following us on Twitter or what? We’re @viawesome over there.

Canadian athlete, Joannie Rochette (and her mom), won the seventeenth medal for Canada in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games today!

NOTE: this is not an Olympic medal pictured above, nor is it intended to look like one. It’s the Canada Is Awesome badge of awesomeness!

Team Canada Women won the sixteenth medal for Canada in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games today! They took gold in Ice Hockey bringing our total medal count up to 16 and our gold medal count up to 8!

NOTE: this is not an Olympic medal pictured above, nor is it intended to look like one. It’s the Canada Is Awesome badge of awesomeness!

Contrary to our original plan of simply gleaning peripheral stories here and there, we’ve actually got quite a bit of coverage of the 2010 Games planned now. We’ve got folks attending a bunch of Cultural Olympiad shows, we’re blogging from our Awesome Showcase at Shine delivering stories from out-of-towners and their experiences in our city and even though we’re not accredited to shoot any sporting events some of us are attending a couple as fans with point and shoot cameras. Plus you probably noticed that it just keeps coming in from all directions. Go figure.

All of that being said, I think what I’m most excited to report to you is that our DAILY FLICKR PICKR series of photos that we post from our Flickr pool will be all Olympics themed until the closing ceremonies. Every day we’ll be bringing a new image that one of you has uploaded to our pool that is somehow Games related, making our Olympic coverage your Olympic coverage!

So join our Flickr group and upload your photos!

Today’s DAILY FLICKR PICKR is another photo courtesy of P Squared Pics, and the title is “Around the Corner they Come!!!”:

WHAT ARE YOU DOING READING THIS?…Woman’s Hockey is on! We’ve been watching that and the men’s curling semi final (which is also still on…and we’re winning).

I’m still blown away by the great art that has been up on these walls for the past two weeks! If you haven’t see it you’ve missed out…but fear not, Visual Art is up for 3 more days…

Grab your raincoat and head down to Gastown!