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Archive - Nov 2010
Bike-a-stra Live at Solar Culture Nov 20 2010
For this performance the Bike-a-stra was (L to R): Scott Kerr, Glenn Weyant, and Steev Hise.
Cast: steev hise and Glenn Weyant
Tags: bikeastra, bikes, bicycles, music, live, performance and video
Meditations On The World: Esteban Caliente Interviews Steev Hise
Famed reporter Esteban Caliente ruthlessly interrogates videoactivist and filmmaker Steev Hise just after the 2007 G8 protests in Rostock, Germany. A look back at a week of marches and rallies and yelling and chanting, as well as some questioning of progressive activist tactics and strategies as well as Hise's own place in them.
Cast: steev hise
Maybe Not
I've always liked this song by Cat Power, "Maybe Not." I first heard it when I got it from the Protest Records website 7 years ago. It seems appropriate to blog about it today, especially because it popped up on my ipod shuffle while running this morning, and i had just been listening to a bunch of Cat Power yesterday. The song has many interpretations, and many video adaptations by fans, of varying quality, in addition to live renditions, covers, and a really mediocre "official" version. This is my favorite:
The lyrics are worth reading and thinking about:
There’s a dream that I see, I pray it can be Read more>>>
Web Comedy "Homeland Insecurity" Picked Up By CBS TV
A pilot originally shot for the web has been picked up by CBS for adaptation to a television series. It's a comedy about security at an airport. You can see their trailer on vimeo.
According to Deadline, the budget was $70K, though it's unclear to us if that's just to shoot the above trailer or if there's more to it (actual episodes) that were produced. Read more>>>