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I Heart Hamilton (93.3 CFMU) — Episode 036 (July 18/14) “I Heart Hamilton” airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMU Hosted by Kristin Archer Listen live: http://cfmu.msumcmaster.ca Episode 036 (July 18/14) In this episode: Interview with Associate Producer of the Hamilton Fringe Festival, Crystal Jonasson; info on the 11th annual Hamilton Fringe Festival; event listings More … Read more
I Heart Hamilton on 93.3 CFMU — Episode 022 (Apr. 4/14) “I Heart Hamilton” airs Fridays 2-3PM on 93.3 CFMU Hosted by Kristin Archer Listen live: http://cfmu.msumcmaster.ca Episode 022 (Apr. 4/14) In this episode: An interview with JB Reed, writer/director of Irish rock musical “Slainte” which makes its Canadian debut April 10-13 at the Citadel … Read more
Eat St. Savory Saturdays 235 Main Street West In September, The Food Network’s hit reality show Eat St. came to Hamilton to feature a couple of our newest food trucks. Last year they featured Gorilla Cheese, which was a great episode. I was excited to see that they would be returning and was thrilled to … Read more
Hamilton Fringe Festival Happy 10th Anniversary, Hamilton Fringe Festival! Another year has come and gone, and I’m so glad I had the chance to experience several plays this year, thanks to my handy Fringe Fest media pass. Huge thanks to the organizers of Fringe for the accommodation and to everyone invovled for a fantastic ten … Read more
Southern Souls Mulberry Street Coffee House 193 James Street North Having a video filmed by Southern Souls has become a rite of passage for any Hamilton musician and beyond. The website began in the summer of 2009 and the amount of material founder Mitch Fillion and the team have produced is incredible. I’ve been a … Read more
Brendan McCarney of Last Frame Pictures I interviewed filmmaker Brendan McCarney a year ago when his first feature Ages & Stages – The Story of The Meligrove Band premiered at Toronto’s North by Northeast. When I found out the subject of his next feature-length documentary with co-director Mike Gillespie would be Hamilton’s own Young Rival, … Read more
The Baltimore House 43 King William Street Just a quick post this time around – unfortunately I couldn’t stay long, but when I found out my friend Steve Haining was directing a new music video for The Ascot Royals at Baltimore House, I had to stop by! The video is for “Think You’re Better” off … Read more
The Pearl Company 16 Steven Street I was invited by my friend Felicia at True North Records/Linus Entertainment to visit the set of All About Maggie‘s latest video – a duet with Jully Black! The two songstresses are fans of each others’ work and came together to collaborate on two songs. They were filmed at … Read more
Brendan McCarney of Last Frame Pictures For this installment of Rendezvous, I chatted with a friend of mine prior to the Tour, but someone who we’ve run into during our travels. I saw director and musician Brendan McCarney, co-owner of Last Frame Pictures (@lastframepics), back at Supercrawl, where he kicked off the filming of his … Read more
Flat Spot Skateboards 222 King Street West Kristin and I first had the chance to check out Canadian Winter at the Snow Bowl back in February and were blown away by this hip hop crew. There was something about them that drew you in and allowed you to engage with the beats and the … Read more