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One final bit of film fest writing, this one published for reals in one of our local papers, What's Up Yukon.  Check it out here, and then check out Bravo! FACT on YouTube.

Meat & Potatoes #29

This edition of Meat & Potatoes was extra-special.  I teamed up with the Kings of Dawson City, Ben Rudis and Brendan Reese, to do some live broadcasting from the Film Fest street barbecue, which was held during my usual Sunday time slot.  Ben and Brendan kicked things off out in the street by teasing some "Kitimavictims", and later on things really got cooking when Ben took over in the studio and I headed over to the barbecue.  Having met many filmmakers over the course of the weekend, I saw all sorts of people I knew and wanted to talk to, and just kept accosting person after person and making them talk to me.  It was pretty amazing and I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to do this.  Big thanks to Ben and Brendan, and also to CFYT President Jen Laliberte for helping us get going with the remote broadcasting gear.

Hopefully I'll be able to get a podcast of this episode up and running soon.

In the meantime, the playlist:

1. Alex Ebert--A Million Years
2. The Beatles--The Ballad of John and Yoko
3. The Band--Ophelia
4. Joe Cocker--Feelin' Alright
5. DJ Format feat. Abdominal & D-Sisive--3 Feet Deep
6. Lyrics Born--Do That There
7. Musical Youth--Pass the Dutchie
8. Trooper--We're Here for A Good Time
9. Katrina and the Waves--Walking on Sunshine
10. Poison--Rock and Roll All Nite Long
11. Martha and the Vandellas--Dancing in the Streets
12. Lee Dorsey--Ya Ya
13. Bill Haley and the Comets--Rock Around the Clock
14. The Be Good Tanyas--The Littlest Birds
15. Hank Williams III--Six Pack of Beer
16. Arcade Fire--Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)
17. TV on the Radio--Golden Age
18. Curtis Mayfield--Pusherman

Brendan and Ben back in the station.

Film Fest Posts...

As I mentioned previously, I love volunteering for the Dawson City International Short Film Festival.  I posted about the festival, along with some other great contributors, on the KIAC blog.

Here's a list of my posts:

• It wasn't Film Fest...
• Say ain't so...
• Breathe With the Camera
• The Loveliest Start
• Kit's Picks
• Hot Hot Swag
• The Preparations Continue...
• Forty-Eight Hour Sonnet

Meat & Potatoes #28

Aired Sunday April 17, 2011.

It was an extra-special show this week:  I had my first ever on-air guest!  Dan Sokolowski, programmer extraordinaire of the Dawson City International Short Film Festival, joined me for the last half-hour of my show so that we could give away some sexy sexy film fest swag and tix to the festival next weekend.  He also contributed some music to the show, keeping it movie-themed with songs from Risky Business, A Prairie Home Companion and The Hours.  Dan stuck around after the end of my show to keep giving things away and hang out with Brendan for his solo edition of The Kings of Dawson City.

I also treated listeners to three tracks off of the new TV on the Radio release, Nine Types of Light, and played a really awesome Kenny Rogers cover by Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings.

1. Chic Gamine--Don't Think That I Can Stay
2. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings--I Just Dropped in to See What Condition My Condition Is In
3. Devendra Banhart--Lover
4. OK Go--I Want You So Bad I Can't Breathe
5. TV on the Radio--Second Song
6. TV on the Radio--Keep Your Heart
7. TV on the Radio--Will Do
8. Screen Door Porch--Wrong the Right
9. The Like--Walk of Shame
10. Dominant Legs--Young at Love and Life
11. Alex Ebert--A Million Years
12. Ezra Koenig--Papa Hobo
13. Page France--Say Wolf in the Summertime
14. Right Away, Great Captain--My Body Aches for You
15. Glasser--Home
16. Braids--Lemonade
17. Cotton Jones--By Morning Light
18. Fierce Creatures--The Brute and the Beast
19. Deradoorian--Marichka
20. Tangerine Dream--The Dream is Always the Same
21. A Praire Home Companion--Bad Jokes
22. Philip Glass--The Hours
23. Kim Barlow--Dawson City Loves You Back

Dan and Brendan in the CFYT station.

Be sure to tune in to the show next week when I'll be teaming up with the Kings of Dawson City to live broadcast from the film festival's street party, happening outside of the KIAC building at Second and Princess, from about 6:30 to 8.

It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Some people out there get excited about Christmas.  Or their birthday.  Or maybe an anniversary.  And I will admit that I am looking forward to celebrating an anniversary soon (one whole year with Ben as of May--how lovely!), I don't think there is any annual event that gets me quite as excited as the Dawson City International Film Festival.

I spend a lot of time planning for it: many, many sessions in the classroom at KIAC voting off the unworthy films and praying that my favourites will get in.  I attend the committee meetings, and sometimes even get roped into writing the minutes (I hate writing minutes).  I silkscreened pillows last year, and this year it was t-shirts.  Last year I drank too much at the martini naming meeting, and fully intend to do the same thing this year.  I helped get the first-ever film festival community blog off the ground.

This year, I am heavy into the blog.  Like, not just planning to post the weekend-of, but also getting lots and lots and lots of amazing stuff posted in advance.  I emailed a long list of filmmakers who have work in the festival, and asked them to tell me about their inspiration and why the submitted to the festival.  I was overwhelmed by how many people took the time to respond, and now have everything posted at the film festival blog's new home (we've joined forces with the KIAC blog so that all the KIAC-y awesomeness is in one convenient location).  It's a great read, and hopefully will get you feeling the film fest love.

Still from Sad Bear, which is showing on Friday at 8 pm during the Secret Tales Screening.

I wrote a little bit about my own little movie here, and you can find the full festival schedule here.