 
Feet and Food
So it's been a while, right?
Well here's why.
I moved and my internet hasn't been up a lick, I'm at my ma's now writing this for you guys.
I'm in to my last weekend of shooting for this calendar and here is one of the pics that we won't be using. Personally, I would really love to use this picture, but, there aren't any kids faces in it, and kids faces sell the calendar, I think, so, scrap. But wait, no scrap here, this is portfolio material for you boy!
Being internet-less sucks by the way.
Since I won't be around, I want to shoot a big fat congrats to Kelsey on finishing her 365 tonight, or tomorrow whichever it happens to be, or, whenever she happens to post it. Also, to Eric, who's been done for a bit now, but I didn't get a chance to shout him out in the photograph styling.
With what little time I have tonight, I'm going to swing by and look up on you other folks who are finishing your 365's soon, and those of you who have just started a 52er, (beans I see you), heck, even those who aren't doing that type of shit, I'm coming.
Hope all is well.
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Uploaded on Nov 20, 2009
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Jeff Burke
Here is the article that was supposed to be run on blogTO but didn't quite meet the criteria...what ever.
Please, follow the links, read the article and enjoy the shots I posted.
Thanks guys,
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Friendly Rich and the Lollipop People closed their CD release show at the Tranzac to a standing ovation Saturday night.
Friendly Rich – the stage name of Canadian composer and musician Richard Marsella – rounded up his ensemble of “Lollipop People” to play, in its entirety, their fourth studio recording, Pictures at an Exhibition. Rich describes the album as his own personal “butchering” of Modest Mussorgsky’s most famous suite – but live, Rich and his People killed it.
Friendly Rich hails from Brampton, Ontario and holds a Masters degree in music from the University of Toronto. He has composed background music for various TV programs, including a children’s show in Russia and three seasons of MTV’s The Tom Green Show. In 1994, he began to record music exclusively on his own label, The Pumpkin Pie Corporation. Ten years later, he handpicked a nine-piece ensemble to accompany him in his musical escapades. Members include bassoonist Jeff Burke, trombonist Scott Thomson, accordianist Kimberley Pritchard, and harpsichordist Gregory Oh. They have opened for the likes of the Dresden Dolls and Of Montreal, and toured Europe earlier this year.
The show, which never seems to escape the descriptions “vaudeville” and “cabaret”, was everything campy, ambitious, whimsical – and bizarre.
“We are tighter than a 13-year-old boy up here!” joked Friendly Rich, gesturing to his orchestra, eliciting whoops and cheers from the audience. It was a packed house, with an eclectic group of guests ranging in age from late-teens to late-50’s. Fitting, for such an eclectic-sounding show.
The first half featured songs off previous records and shows, including “Mama’s Boy” and “Mr. Skyn’s Hymn”. It was an exuberant set with plenty of improvisations, from instrumental solos to Rich’s random shrieks of “Fuck the CBC!” (The latter, Rich later explained, was a joke.) In one song, Rich shouted, “Taser, taser, 1-2-3! RCMP all over me!” in reference to Robert Dziekanski, the Polish immigrant tasered to death by RCMP at the Vancouver International Airport in 2007.
Another song was brought on because of a man in the audience with a sprained ankle. Rich singled him out after noticing he was shoe-less, took off his brown suit jacket, and forced him to use it to cover his wound. Then, “The mucus, mucus, mucus in my …” And they were back on their instruments.
The second half was dedicated to their new record, Pictures at an Exhibition, which they played alongside live theatrics by Ulysses Castellanos and the Harmony Rainbow Group, and cartoon animations. The act was largely open to interpretation, but it seemed the characters got drunk, passed out, were hooked up to a machine, and dreamed of rainbows, bears, and bees.
And then it happened.
Castellanos began the most absurd five-minute strip show and dance, until he was center-stage, buck naked and hanging loose. Rich and the Lollipops wailed on their instruments. Then, flames – and the foul scent of burnt pubic hairs, as he lit his dick on fire.
The show began to wind down shortly after, as Rich abandoned his post as conductor and joined the bizarre stage show. While the last note was still being played, the house rose to their feet and gave “The Friendly Rich Show” a well deserved ovation.
Pictures at an Exhibition is now available on iTunes and Zunior.
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Uploaded on Nov 14, 2009
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Julia Hambleton & Kimberley Pritchard
Friendly Rich and the Lollipop People closed their CD release show at the Tranzac to a standing ovation Saturday night.
Friendly Rich – the stage name of Canadian composer and musician Richard Marsella – rounded up his ensemble of “Lollipop People” to play, in its entirety, their fourth studio recording, Pictures at an Exhibition. Rich describes the album as his own personal “butchering” of Modest Mussorgsky’s most famous suite – but live, Rich and his People killed it.
Friendly Rich hails from Brampton, Ontario and holds a Masters degree in music from the University of Toronto. He has composed background music for various TV programs, including a children’s show in Russia and three seasons of MTV’s The Tom Green Show. In 1994, he began to record music exclusively on his own label, The Pumpkin Pie Corporation. Ten years later, he handpicked a nine-piece ensemble to accompany him in his musical escapades. Members include bassoonist Jeff Burke, trombonist Scott Thomson, accordianist Kimberley Pritchard, and harpsichordist Gregory Oh. They have opened for the likes of the Dresden Dolls and Of Montreal, and toured Europe earlier this year.
The show, which never seems to escape the descriptions “vaudeville” and “cabaret”, was everything campy, ambitious, whimsical – and bizarre.
“We are tighter than a 13-year-old boy up here!” joked Friendly Rich, gesturing to his orchestra, eliciting whoops and cheers from the audience. It was a packed house, with an eclectic group of guests ranging in age from late-teens to late-50’s. Fitting, for such an eclectic-sounding show.
The first half featured songs off previous records and shows, including “Mama’s Boy” and “Mr. Skyn’s Hymn”. It was an exuberant set with plenty of improvisations, from instrumental solos to Rich’s random shrieks of “Fuck the CBC!” (The latter, Rich later explained, was a joke.) In one song, Rich shouted, “Taser, taser, 1-2-3! RCMP all over me!” in reference to Robert Dziekanski, the Polish immigrant tasered to death by RCMP at the Vancouver International Airport in 2007.
Another song was brought on because of a man in the audience with a sprained ankle. Rich singled him out after noticing he was shoe-less, took off his brown suit jacket, and forced him to use it to cover his wound. Then, “The mucus, mucus, mucus in my …” And they were back on their instruments.
The second half was dedicated to their new record, Pictures at an Exhibition, which they played alongside live theatrics by Ulysses Castellanos and the Harmony Rainbow Group, and cartoon animations. The act was largely open to interpretation, but it seemed the characters got drunk, passed out, were hooked up to a machine, and dreamed of rainbows, bears, and bees.
And then it happened.
Castellanos began the most absurd five-minute strip show and dance, until he was center-stage, buck naked and hanging loose. Rich and the Lollipops wailed on their instruments. Then, flames – and the foul scent of burnt pubic hairs, as he lit his dick on fire.
The show began to wind down shortly after, as Rich abandoned his post as conductor and joined the bizarre stage show. While the last note was still being played, the house rose to their feet and gave “The Friendly Rich Show” a well deserved ovation.
Pictures at an Exhibition is now available on iTunes and Zunior.
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Uploaded on Nov 14, 2009
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Gregory Oh & Jon Meyer
Friendly Rich and the Lollipop People closed their CD release show at the Tranzac to a standing ovation Saturday night.
Friendly Rich – the stage name of Canadian composer and musician Richard Marsella – rounded up his ensemble of “Lollipop People” to play, in its entirety, their fourth studio recording, Pictures at an Exhibition. Rich describes the album as his own personal “butchering” of Modest Mussorgsky’s most famous suite – but live, Rich and his People killed it.
Friendly Rich hails from Brampton, Ontario and holds a Masters degree in music from the University of Toronto. He has composed background music for various TV programs, including a children’s show in Russia and three seasons of MTV’s The Tom Green Show. In 1994, he began to record music exclusively on his own label, The Pumpkin Pie Corporation. Ten years later, he handpicked a nine-piece ensemble to accompany him in his musical escapades. Members include bassoonist Jeff Burke, trombonist Scott Thomson, accordianist Kimberley Pritchard, and harpsichordist Gregory Oh. They have opened for the likes of the Dresden Dolls and Of Montreal, and toured Europe earlier this year.
The show, which never seems to escape the descriptions “vaudeville” and “cabaret”, was everything campy, ambitious, whimsical – and bizarre.
“We are tighter than a 13-year-old boy up here!” joked Friendly Rich, gesturing to his orchestra, eliciting whoops and cheers from the audience. It was a packed house, with an eclectic group of guests ranging in age from late-teens to late-50’s. Fitting, for such an eclectic-sounding show.
The first half featured songs off previous records and shows, including “Mama’s Boy” and “Mr. Skyn’s Hymn”. It was an exuberant set with plenty of improvisations, from instrumental solos to Rich’s random shrieks of “Fuck the CBC!” (The latter, Rich later explained, was a joke.) In one song, Rich shouted, “Taser, taser, 1-2-3! RCMP all over me!” in reference to Robert Dziekanski, the Polish immigrant tasered to death by RCMP at the Vancouver International Airport in 2007.
Another song was brought on because of a man in the audience with a sprained ankle. Rich singled him out after noticing he was shoe-less, took off his brown suit jacket, and forced him to use it to cover his wound. Then, “The mucus, mucus, mucus in my …” And they were back on their instruments.
The second half was dedicated to their new record, Pictures at an Exhibition, which they played alongside live theatrics by Ulysses Castellanos and the Harmony Rainbow Group, and cartoon animations. The act was largely open to interpretation, but it seemed the characters got drunk, passed out, were hooked up to a machine, and dreamed of rainbows, bears, and bees.
And then it happened.
Castellanos began the most absurd five-minute strip show and dance, until he was center-stage, buck naked and hanging loose. Rich and the Lollipops wailed on their instruments. Then, flames – and the foul scent of burnt pubic hairs, as he lit his dick on fire.
The show began to wind down shortly after, as Rich abandoned his post as conductor and joined the bizarre stage show. While the last note was still being played, the house rose to their feet and gave “The Friendly Rich Show” a well deserved ovation.
Pictures at an Exhibition is now available on iTunes and Zunior.
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Uploaded on Nov 14, 2009
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Friendly Rich the Composer
Friendly Rich and the Lollipop People closed their CD release show at the Tranzac to a standing ovation Saturday night.
Friendly Rich – the stage name of Canadian composer and musician Richard Marsella – rounded up his ensemble of “Lollipop People” to play, in its entirety, their fourth studio recording, Pictures at an Exhibition. Rich describes the album as his own personal “butchering” of Modest Mussorgsky’s most famous suite – but live, Rich and his People killed it.
Friendly Rich hails from Brampton, Ontario and holds a Masters degree in music from the University of Toronto. He has composed background music for various TV programs, including a children’s show in Russia and three seasons of MTV’s The Tom Green Show. In 1994, he began to record music exclusively on his own label, The Pumpkin Pie Corporation. Ten years later, he handpicked a nine-piece ensemble to accompany him in his musical escapades. Members include bassoonist Jeff Burke, trombonist Scott Thomson, accordianist Kimberley Pritchard, and harpsichordist Gregory Oh. They have opened for the likes of the Dresden Dolls and Of Montreal, and toured Europe earlier this year.
The show, which never seems to escape the descriptions “vaudeville” and “cabaret”, was everything campy, ambitious, whimsical – and bizarre.
“We are tighter than a 13-year-old boy up here!” joked Friendly Rich, gesturing to his orchestra, eliciting whoops and cheers from the audience. It was a packed house, with an eclectic group of guests ranging in age from late-teens to late-50’s. Fitting, for such an eclectic-sounding show.
The first half featured songs off previous records and shows, including “Mama’s Boy” and “Mr. Skyn’s Hymn”. It was an exuberant set with plenty of improvisations, from instrumental solos to Rich’s random shrieks of “Fuck the CBC!” (The latter, Rich later explained, was a joke.) In one song, Rich shouted, “Taser, taser, 1-2-3! RCMP all over me!” in reference to Robert Dziekanski, the Polish immigrant tasered to death by RCMP at the Vancouver International Airport in 2007.
Another song was brought on because of a man in the audience with a sprained ankle. Rich singled him out after noticing he was shoe-less, took off his brown suit jacket, and forced him to use it to cover his wound. Then, “The mucus, mucus, mucus in my …” And they were back on their instruments.
The second half was dedicated to their new record, Pictures at an Exhibition, which they played alongside live theatrics by Ulysses Castellanos and the Harmony Rainbow Group, and cartoon animations. The act was largely open to interpretation, but it seemed the characters got drunk, passed out, were hooked up to a machine, and dreamed of rainbows, bears, and bees.
And then it happened.
Castellanos began the most absurd five-minute strip show and dance, until he was center-stage, buck naked and hanging loose. Rich and the Lollipops wailed on their instruments. Then, flames – and the foul scent of burnt pubic hairs, as he lit his dick on fire.
The show began to wind down shortly after, as Rich abandoned his post as conductor and joined the bizarre stage show. While the last note was still being played, the house rose to their feet and gave “The Friendly Rich Show” a well deserved ovation.
Pictures at an Exhibition is now available on iTunes and Zunior.
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Uploaded on Nov 14, 2009
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