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Vicious Cycles Cuban tour Schedule →

I’m going to Cuba in a little over a month for what will be the fifth ever rock tour of that country. I’ve done them all. Our good friends Arrabio will be joining us, along with the usual crew of Fendu - translator, Sam - Photographer an Irina - William’s wife and the best cook/host in Cuba. This trip is going to be a milestone for a lot of reasons, but particularly, because The...

Nov 23rd

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Scottish Rite Statues

These are some photographs of the statues on the Scottish Rite Temple on Wiltshire Blvd in Los Angeles, CA. The temple was built in 1961, and the ornamentation was done by a Los Angeles studio called Sheets Studio. Freemasonry in general is pretty interesting. The Scottish Rite is particularly curious as an institution in the lessons it serves to inculcate and the ways and instances which...

Nov 21st

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Nov 6th

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Working...

In the past few months, I’ve done a lot of great things. I went on a couple rock n roll tours in Cuba, brought our friend William Garcia here to Edmonton for a two week hangout and done lot of planning and scheming. I’m about to start work on several new small projects and I’m going to start a long process of going through everything I’ve done, re-exporting old videos at...

Nov 6th

Friends - Sancti Spiritus, Cuba

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Sancti Spiritus is a colonial city in the very centre of Cuba. It was founded in 1514 by Spanish settlers. These are some photos of friends and places in Sancti Spiritus.

Feb 24th

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Dia de San Lazaro - Sancti Spiritus

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. On December 16, I was in Sancti Spiritus, relaxing, planning and showing my wife Susie where I’ve been hanging out for the past three years. I’ve got a lot of great friends there, including our buddy Sam. Sam knows a lot about the layers of humanity all around him. Cuba is a remarkable society, a blending and mixture of so many times and...

Feb 22nd

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Solidarity Rock: Solidarity Rock Valentine's Day... →

solidarityrock: Big thanks to everyone who came out to the Valentine’s Day SockHop. We raised some good cash, had a sweet raffle and I think everyone had a blast. One of the best things about Solidarity Rock is that every time we come together with the idea that we can do something great, we will. It’s about changing the world on a community basis. We are not only bringing support to bands...

Feb 16th

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News Galore

Ok! The Sundial. Good God, no more stiff updates for the sake of duty and the semblance of an online presence. I’m going for it. I’m doing it. I’m making lots of stiff and putting it up for strangers to judge. I’m entering a new phase in things and am will be fairly productive over the next while. I’m also going to be doing smaller projects, while I focus on the...

Feb 10th

Up North - Calgary Premiere

I’m really looking forward to this weekend’s Calgary premiere of Up North. Come join us for an afternoon documentary screening on thanksgiving monday. The film starts at 4:30 at The Plaza. Admission is by donation and I will be there to host a brief Q&A session after the film. http://tinyurl.com/2vuz2r3 - Facebook event invite UpNorthMovie.com

Oct 10th

“You can’t be a fucking hoser and expect to age gracefully.”

– Drew McIntosh

Oct 9th

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Up North on the road

I’ve spent the past week and a bit on the road with my buddy Rob, screening Up North to audiences in Vancouver, Victoria and Golden BC, as well as Lethbridge, AB. We met some great people, and had a really good time. I feel like we’ve gained the momentum we were lacking with this film. We’re screening in Edmonton, and Calgary in the next few weeks, so please come check out the...

Jul 15th

Up North Article in Lethbridge Herald 07/14/2010 →

Our screening in Lethbridge was one of the best yet. We arrived in the afternoon, met with Sheila from the Lethbridge Public Interest Research Group who facilitated the screening, and did an interview for the Herald. Here is the interview, I can’t wait to get back to Lethbridge in the fall, as we’re hoping to screen the film at the University. Should be good times. Check out the...

Jul 15th

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Up North Vancouver Premiere Tonight

I left Edmonton late on Tuesday afternoon, hitting the city limits at about 5:00. I had set a goal to make it the Blue River by midnight. By midnight, I made it 50 KMs past my goal and pulled in for 5 hours of truck filled sleep. Wednesday morning, I got up and headed out, and made it to beautiful Vancouver by noon. The sun is shining, the beach is packed and it’s a really nice time to be...

Jul 8th

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Up North article in the SFU Peak →

Robert Lutener lives in Vancouver and is a student at Simon Frasier University. He was on the Up North team, one of three individuals living in a van in the middle of the wilderness. He set up our Vancouver and Victoria screenings, and did an interview with the SFU Peak about the film. You should check it out.

Jul 8th

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Up North Screening Tour

I’m really pleased to announce a Western Canada screening tour for Up North - A film documenting conversations on the impacts of change in Northern Canada. We made this film as a crew of 3, it was self funded, self directed. We lived in a van for a month, consumed a fair bit of Jamesons, met some amazing people and somehow made it home without too much hassle. I’m really looking...

Jun 22nd

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Here’s the Trailer for Up North, screening across Western Canada this summer.

Jun 22nd

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Jun 12th

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Jun 11th

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I sent my first video camera to Cuba so my friend William could work with it to document the punk scene in Sancti Spiritus. This is some of the first work that he has completed, and it makes me feel pretty good to see a collaboration like this work out. This is a video for Sancti Spiritus’ oldest running punk band Limalla. Suenos Rotos SOLIDARITYROCK.COM

Jun 11th

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In the summer of 2007, I went on a journey with two of my best friends. We drove from Edmonton to Inuvik, NWT, discussing and documenting the social and cultural impacts of economic and environmental change in Northern Canada. We lived in a van for a month, saw some of the most epic scenery in the world and met some amazing people. The film won Best Art Documentary at the 2010 Mountain Film...

Jun 11th

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Library Voices finished their set at the Black Dog with this Neil Young cover. I seriously love this song and was so pumped when they started to play it.

Jun 11th

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This is Haunt This House, from Library Voices recent full length Denim on Denim. This was one of my favorite nights in a long time. I wish they could all be this good.

Jun 11th

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I shot two Edmonton shows for one of my favorite bands, Library Voices this spring. This is Drinking Games off their new album Denim on Denim (not only a great record, but a great look.) Video by Drew McIntosh and Bryce D’Andrea

Jun 11th

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Akupunktura is a pop punk band from Cienfuegos, Cuba. They are part of the original punk movement which began roughly 15 years ago in the communist country. They’re amazing dudes playing fun pop punk that would be a hit anywhere. This is from the Cienfuegos show on the Solidarity Rock tour.

Jun 11th

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Gatillo loves punk rock and camping. Sancti Spiritus, Cuba’s outdoor enthusiasts will blow yer mind and drink your questionable home brew.

Jun 11th

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This is Eskoria. Punk rock stalwards, legends and torch bearers. William Fabian was Cuba’s number one punk rocker, a kind and quiet guy who just wanted to play the music he loved. He died in January, 4 days after we came home from Cuba. This was shot in Trinidad at the Solidarity Rock show last summer, when everyone had had way too much agua ardiente to drink.

Jun 11th

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Sometimes, you aren’t ready to be totally blown away by what’s around the bend. Last summer, we went to Cuba with drum heads and cymbals and a couple of guitars and a bag of mics and cables. Basic stuff needed for any rock band. During that trip our Cuban partners set up a show in Trinidad, at the Casa de Cultura. The day was spent smoking cigars in the rain with Cuban friquis, and...

Jun 11th

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This is an interview I did with my friend William Garcia. I have worked with William on Solidarity Rock for two years now. This was shot in July 2009, before the SLATES tour and right after the first bits of gear were delivered.

Jun 11th

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This is an interview I did as part of the SLATES Solidairty Rock tour. This is SLATES talking about the realities of Rock N Roll in Cuba from their own experience.

Jun 11th

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For the past 2 years, I have been working with musicians in Canada, the US and Cuba, to equip Cuban rock bands so they can take their practice to the next level. It has resulted in numerous benefit shows in Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg and Los Angeles. In January 2010, we brought Edmonton rockers SLATES on a 2 week Solidarity Rock tour of Cuba. Our friends have taken the help we’ve been able...

Jun 11th

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This is my demo reel. I put it together in May 2010, as a recapping of the things I have done over the past four years. I started this whole project I call the Sundial with a trip to Peru in 2006, and every day, it has taken me somewhere new. I hope you enjoy it.

Jun 11th