October to November : tackled BTS in NYC for The Room’s shoot w/ Coco Rocha, popped in at Halifax Pop Explosion, off-fig-ed some Hugo Boss watches, did a bit of Olympic wear behind the scenes for The Bay, Portugal The Man, co-directed a music vid for Invasions with the radtalented Mark Cira, shot Nicola Formichetti & Sebastian Peigne’s Mugler S/S 2012 preview at The Room, and Marc ate pasta.

the room s/s 2012 shoot with coco rocha

hugo boss watches for the bay, national post

official team canada replica olympic wear collection shoot

hikefax sun explosion

halifax pop explosion

sebastian peigne & nicola formichetti at the room’s mugler spring 2012 preview

bts monkey at the invasions ‘666′ video shoot

portugal. the man at the opera house, oct 18

the room s/s 2012 shoot with coco rocha

the room s/s 2012 shoot with coco rocha

the room’s mugler spring 2012 preview

songs: a dance party at sneaks, dec 16

the room s/s 2012 shoot with coco rocha

ladies and gentlemen, mr. mayer – ny hangs

the room s/s 2012 shoot with coco rocha

the room s/s 2012 shoot with coco rocha

“The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.” William Gibson on NPR’s Fresh Air (August 31st, 1993).

September: Went to NYC to #occupywalltstreet
Also notable: a fall fair, Dead & Divine, Yuck, NYU roaming, Nuit Blanche, signs, evil clowns, ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ performed 144 times at Underground Cinema. BONUS ROUND: Swords.

twenty six dollars in my hand

full coverage #occupywallstreet

these are signs #occupywallstreet

waiting for the man

lost a job, found an occupation #occupywallstreet

hey white boy, what you doin’ uptown?

beat up shoes and a big straw hat

nuit blanche, underground cinema, oct 1

dead and divine at the bovine, sept 23

skyward sword

dead and divine at the bovine, sept 23

fucked up’s damian at underground cinema, nuit blanche, oct 1

brownstone building, up three flights of stairs

yuck at the horseshoe tavern, sept 25

nuit blanche, grange park, oct 1

“Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?” — Steve Jobs (persuading John Sculley to become Apple’s CEO) noted in Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple: A Journey of Adventure, Ideas, and the Future (1987) by John Sculley and John A. Byrne.

#waitingfortheman

Jolly is as july does : Weezer, Chicago, Fringe, Toronto’s Pride wknd, Sonny’s dinner, BSS, Pitchfork Fest, morphsuits, The Bay’s F/W Lookbook shoot, St. John’s Nfld, & foam dicks.

weezer at downsview park, july 1

cday at downsview

the bay f/w lookbook shoot

the bay f/w lookbook shoot

broken social scene at downsview park, july 1

__ syndicated.

the bay f/w lookbook shoot

the bay f/w lookbook shoot

weezer at downsview park, july 1

plants & animals, george street fest – st johns nfld, august 2

blank caption

tragically hip at downsview park, july 1

pride weekend toronto, july 3

the bay f/w lookbook shoot

fringe festival in mirvish village, july 9

clinton station, chicago

Honey, we got plenty days left, they just ain’t in a row.

Get well june – with NXNE, Comageddon Sketch-Com Finals, zombies, the annual Chevy Camaro Homecoming, Savvy Records Onderhond Release Party, and a parrot.

ty segall at wrongbar, june 17 (NXNE)

savvy records onderhond party at 36chambers, may 27

triple exposure

“only camaros and horses make me cry like this”

fucked up at yonge & dundas square, june 16 (NXNE)

savvy records onderhond party at 36chambers, may 27

crocodiles at silver dollar, june 16 (NXNE)

lane to the land of the dead

neuro from the nerves, romancer, necromancer

wrongbar (NXNE)

abdoesnxne at the bellevue, june 15

fucked up at yonge & dundas square, june 16

metz at yonge & dundas square, june 16 (NXNE)

dum dum girls at lee’s palace, june 17 (NXNE)

off! at yonge & dundas square, june 16 (NXNE)

the hooligans – sketch com troop

yonge & dundas □ (NXNE)

stand high long enough & your lightning will come

future is here

fucked up at yonge & dundas square, june 16 (NXNE)

just not evenly distributed

fucked up at yonge & dundas square, june 16 (NXNE)

two hundred and fifty knots

fucked up at yonge & dundas square, june 16 (NXNE)

And it’s gone, and this time, she somehow knows, for good.
And then she hears the sound of a helicopter, from somewhere behind her and, turning, sees the long white beam of light sweeping the dead ground as it comes, like a lighthouse gone mad from loneliness, and searching that barren ground as foolishly, as randomly, as any grieving heart ever has.

More Com-Ageddon at The Grid: HERE
See NxNE at Sticky Magazine: HERE

May I? Went to NYC. Danced. Karaoked. Saw Man Man. Looked through a sweet partition. Shot BTS for The Room at Jason Kibbler’s studio in SoHo. Visited dinos at AMNH. Ate cake. Et unpleasant cetera.

man man at lee’s palace, may 26

jessica stam,  finishing touches – the room f/w shoot

dino-bound in manhattan

room shoot prep cont’d

you should not have been resting here

you should be walking to the water

with a first (cake)mate

stretching stam & the secret shooter

jason kibbler & team

more room

and all the screams from the forest

and all the ghosts in the trees

man man at lee’s palace, may 26

when it’s not for some sake

and the city’s not near

There is an imaginary individual deep in a dark wild wilderness, spinning songs of longing and the lost; the meme of the misplaced, disparaged by disorientation, he wobbles against his will.

1. If applicable, determine the location of his compass.   Show your work.

This time: Battles, Yuck, Greys album release, a fashion photog exhibit launch, indie blogger brunch, Bass Drum of Death, Titan, Marc by Marc Jacobs watches, a B-Insider contributor portrait & USS.

yuck at the phoenix, may 1

battles at sonic boom (in-store), april 28

so don’t agree

when tommy ton met anna (exhibit launchparty), april 20 at the room

Anna Dello Russo (editor of Japan Vogue), Tommy Ton (Photographer), and Nicholas Mellamphy (creative director of Hudson’s Bay Company’s The Room) at the WTMA launchparty. Coverage: HERE.

julie with one of her older children

april’s indie blogger brunch

collapse in a sugar cane

b-insider contributor, jaclyn

bass drum of death at velvet underground, april 20

greys at the steelworkers hall, april 30

greys at the steelworkers hall, april 30

marc by marc jacobs watches: bayisms, national post

uss at the mod club, may 3

titan at sneaky dee’s, april 26

greys at the steelworkers hall, april 30

tie my face to the back of a jet

behind the scenes at WTMA

You are so something to me.

MARCH 2011 — Bayisms, CMF, shoot with Steve Yzerman, ONFF, JUNO Fest party:

heavy cream at wrongbar, march 12 (CMF)

easter bangles; bay shooting

gentleman reg at the gladstone, march 9 (CMF)

yzerman shoot prep

oh no forest fires at sneaky dee’s, april 1

middle brother at opera house, mar 11 (CMF)

rockstar hotel party at spoke club (JUNOFEST)

steve yzerman plays office golf

middle brother at opera house, mar 11 (CMF)

floating shoe; easterwear; bayisms

opera house fridaynight crowd (CMF)

ty segall at wrongbar, mar 12 (CMF)

“What do you mean, ‘It’s a literary high’?”  …  “It’s a Kafka high. You feel like a bug.”

Today we have four glowing lights, three concerts, two plates of food, & one quick trip to Brooklyn.

we are so smooth now

plants and animals at lee’s palace, mar 5

karkwa at lee’s palace, mar 5

nothin but mammals

see by chloé bags

greys at the garage, feb 26

roadtrip brunch at jimmy’s diner

magneta lane video release at the gibson showroom, feb 22

brooklyn bowl

don’t be a burger, just be a king

and you found another way to tell the truth

karkwa at lee’s palace, mar 5

ty segall at wrongbar, mar 12 (cmf preview)

Google before you tweet is the new think before you speak.
Also, this is excellent.
Also also, come back soon for  a full CMF feature. I’ll have some Heavy Cream, Creature, Deer Tick, Gentleman Reg, Yukon Blonde, Dawes, Middle Brother, and probably more Ty Segall.

lately i got up to shooting Dine Alone’s installment of the JUNO Decades concert series; portraited ex-Holt’s / current-HBC fashion director, Suzanne Timmins; adventured inside a discarded mannequin republic & explored some other equally awesome spots—some lined with tin foil and some not.

mannequin republic, they’d call it a wasteland

suzanne timmins portrait, the bay lookbook s/s

brett caswell feat. mike trebilcock (the killjoys) at the horseshoe, feb 5

ooooh watch out strange kind people

natural’s not in it

les fräuleins at el mocambo, january 13

riedel glasses, thehudsonsbayco twitter

all that i need is a doubt

one (reunion) at the horseshoe, feb 5

neon windbreaker’s fruit + sandwich ep release at rainbow palace, feb 3

shake’em on down

wade macneil w/ chore at the horseshoe, feb 5

ralph lauren belts, thehudsonsbayco twitter

ian blurton (change of heart) + lyrical flashcards

it’s been a man & gone, now it’s a singing song

“What’re you doing?”
He muttered “—a picture.” She asked again. He clicked the shutter, stood up, wound the spool inside, squinting, and said, “Took a picture of the town square. God, didn’t those men have a shout last night?”

In the premiere week of this bright & shiny neue year I found myself at the Drake’s What’s In the Box (day3), peeping around at Colin Faulkner’s studio (Bay Spring/Summer Lookbook shoot), playing in the snow with friends, shooting a Savvy Records launchparty at Sleeping Giant, eating foods, aaaaaand shooting off-fig for The Bay’s S/S menswear insert (styled by the goddamn AMAZING Jay Barnett).

the makings of a spring/summer lookbook

savvy records launchparty at sleeping giant gallery

in spring/summer assembly

post-nye party at sneaks, jan 1

all i wanted was a cup of tea

more bay shoot-age at colin faulkner’s studio

neon windbraker at the drake

every picture tells a story, don’t it?

steven alan jacket—the bay s/s menswear insert

savvy records launchparty at sleeping giant gallery

Oh poor thing, why live in the world when you can live in your head?

Another year, another decade. Best-of lists for 2010 are assembled and all laid out in alpha order:

line em up; put em all in a row

TOP 5 SONGS
Julian Casablancas “Ludlow St.”
Heavy Cream “Meow Meow”
Robyn “None of Dem (ft. Royksopp)”
Yeasayer “Rome”
Young Prisms “Sugar”

More after the jump: Top 10 Albums, Top 10 Most Shootable Shows, 5 Most Listenedto Podcasts, 10 Most Played Songs (Old & New), 5 Most Watchable Music Videos and 5 Not-Terrible Instances of Popular Cinema …

(more…)

this week’s adventures include Audio Blood’s Holiday Two Night Stand, Monotonix & Neon Windbreaker at Sneak’s, brutal beatings, flying popcorn, sparkley lights, a giant freezer and a men’s bathroom. GOSEE:

monotonix party in the bathroom

monotonix at sneaky dee’s, december 11

the balconies at the rivoli, december 11

just chillin

monotonix at sneaky dees, december 11

full’s not as heavy as empty

great bloomers at the rivoli, december 11

clothes make the man at the rivoli, december 11

what did the baby corn say to the mama corn? – “where’s popcorn?”

monotonix at sneaky dee’s, december 11

great bloomers at the rivoli, december 11

neon windbreaker at sneaky dee’s, december 11

klinom krasnim

the balconies at the rivoli, december 11

departures: おくりびと, okuribito

How am I not myself right now? How am I not myself right now am I not myself right now am I not myself right now am I not myself right now am I not myself right now am I not myself right now I am not myself right now I am not myself right now I am not myself right now. I am not myself right now.

very early December + very late November = Zeus and Amos the Transparent at the Horseshoe (for Sticky), a shoot with the crazywonderful Mothers of Brides (featuring knives!! & a bear suit!), Powers demo release at Oz, By The Pound’s opening at Sleeping Giant, and other places I spent time in. LOOK:

going left and right in the dark

soft memory of voices in the other room

mothers of brides with knives

powers at oz studios

zeus at the horseshoe, december 3

by the pound at sleeping giant, november 26

she’s a beautiful mental jukebox, sailboat explosion

by the pound at sleeping giant, november 26

about that high wild sound

zeus at the horseshoe, december 3

in a broken town, can you still jack in?

put it all behind you, now it’s all behind me too

by the pound at sleeping giant, november 26

zeus at the horseshoe, december 3

mothers of brides and bears

Bowties that bind, well, they can unwind. So we’ll grab those supplies, put them all in a line and make ties of the very best kind.

this week = behind the scenes at a Bay beauty shoot with the ridiculously rad Janice Seinen; a Bedouin Soundclash show; a messy messy wednesday; angry cheftimes; and more … you see now:

janice seinen: ready to go

Feel like I need to note that Janice is just fantastarastic. Despite have just returned from rigorous runway-ing for Miu Miu and Celine in Paris, she was 200% down-to-earth and FUCKING MAGIC on camera. We had some pre-shoot chats about her hometown love affair with Vancouver, the appeal of west coast Canada and the merits demerits of Top Shop nailpolish.

michael rault at the sound academy, november 19

bedouin soundclash at the sound academy, november 19

we’re just running a temperature

charlie winston at the sound academy, november 19

bedouin soundclash at the sound academy, november 19

the making of janice’s new ‘do

11-11 at old city hall

the making of the new ‘do – part 2

contemplating the new hairs

reflective, as always

michael rault at the sound academy, november 19

never a bad time to crack open a book

our dancefloor is wherever the fuck we want it to be

gordon ramsay vs. girl with the backpack

wind up space to go place to place

janice seinen all set up at chris nichols’ studio

Happiness is for amateurs.

This update came fast but it still haz lotsa lotsa lotsa stuffzz!  There’s a few shots from God Save the Queen; a 3-day London fashion party hosted by the Hudson’s Bay Company. STELLAR event: a collection of designers and pieces—ERDEM, Charlotte Olympia, Matthew Williamson, Giles Deacon, Mark Fast, etc—were flown in for a party and trunk shows and spring previews and panel discussion. purrdddyy radddummss

& as an added bonus, photos from the Hollerado (+ confetti + Kids in the Hall Kevin McDonald & Dave Foley) show at the Horseshoe. ENJOY:

hollerado at the horseshoe tavern, october 16

designers (names listed bellow)

Designers featured above, listed left-to-right: Jonathon Saunders, Marios Schwab, Giles Deacon, ERDEM, Mark Fast, & Charlotte Dellal (of Charlotte Olympia).

collage wall of muses

hollerado at the horseshoe tavern, october 16

giles deacon gets interviewed by nicholas mellamphy

charlotte olympia shoes

hollerado at the horseshoe tavern, october 16

hollerado at the horseshoe tavern, october 16

giant furry hats are distracting

kids in the hollerado

reeeeeemixx times

hollerado at the horseshoe, october 16

one last gstq: lula mag pop-up shop

hollerado + free energy

wine + cider

pabst + plantain

Fruitlessly you’ll pin all the falling leaves to all the autumn trees – I can’t play this game for you.

from thurs sept 9 — friday sept 17 i shot a lil thang called TIFF for Eye Weekly. photos are online (links after the images) and in last week’s issue. these are my TIFF 2010 personal favs:

blake lively at the town premiere (collage worthy)

jon (motherfuckingdondraper) hamm does the town

rebecca hall at the town premiere

bruce mcdonald with john pyper-ferguson at the trigger afterparty

alexis bledel at the conspirator premiere

k’naan does the bell lightbox opening party

michael c hall (dexter) and his psychomob

liv tyler at the super premiere

ellen paige vs et canada

robert redford (oh my fucking shitballs!!!) launches the conspirator

taraji p henson at the peep world premiere

jenna dewan-tatum and emmanuelle chriqui (slooaaannn)

paul giamatti kept laughing at me & i still dont know why

fubar’s david lawrence – in character – at wrongbar

rachel weisz at the black swan premiere

sarah silverman taking her et interview vurrry seriously

natalie portman and her army of lens-toting warriors

and then me (+theinsanenuggetposse) crashed a party or two

That’s it that’s all folks! It was defo a draining and strange but electrifying experience. I ran on 2-4 hours of sleep for almost two weeks and (literally) ran like a madman from work to premiere to party for most of those days. I ran into people I didn’t expect to see (”OH HAI Ralph!”), lost contact with those I expected/wanted to see and bonded with new friends over conversations about sweater puppies. By the festival’s end I had inspired a CTV article, fallen asleep standing up and pissed off Ellen Paige soooo I consider it time well spent.

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