Nocturnal Animals
One of the films Sarah covered at TIFF 2016 was Nocturnal Animals, the story of an art gallery owner’s ennui.
She says the film is “an undeniably stylish but insubstantial concoction that promises probing thrills and delivers little more than listless melodrama and self-satisfied satire.”
To read the full review head over to Consequence Of Sound by clicking here.
Filed under Films, Shameless Promotion
Secret Path
I’ve been doing a bunch of stuff over at the music-ish charity ‘n’ good news website Samaritan Mag.
Here’s a batch of recent news pieces:
The Adventure Club Cross-Canada Cineplex Screening To Aid Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada
Hedley Play Concert at Perth High School that Won Cancer Fight Fundraiser Draw
Pros And Cons Prisoner Music Program Gets $25k David Rockefeller Fund Grant
Re:Sound Event Raises $20k For Unison Benevolent Fund
Gord Downie to Play Two Charity Concerts in Support of His Secret Path Reconciliation Project
Tragically Hip Tour Generates More Than $1 Million For Brain Cancer Research
Music Monday And Youth4Music Music Education Programs Receive NAMM Foundation Grants
Gord Downie’s Secret Path Project To Support Truth & Reconciliation Efforts
Black Eyed Peas’ ‘WHERESTHELOVE’ Star-Studded Song, Video To Combat Violence, Racism
U.S. Government Gets Cheesy To Help Farmers, Those With Food Insecurity
Filed under Culture, Music, Shameless Promotion
The worst in Olympic judo
There were some magnificent highs and some ugly lows at this the Olympics this year in the sport of Judo.
Sarah wrote about this mirror on humanity for Fightland.
To read about it click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Project Phosphorescence
Former amateur boxer and current boxing coach and artist Bart van Polanen Petel has been experimenting with ways of turning his love of the sweet science into sweet art.
Nicknamed “Muhammad Dali,” his recent Project Phosphorescence converted punch combinations into a swirling light show that illustrated the fascinating punch trajectories of famous fighters.
Sarah interviewed him in a feature for Fightland.
To read it click here.
Filed under Art, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Nick Delpopolo
To martial arts followers on the snarky side, Nick Delpopolo is an American judo fighter whose career was derailed when he accidentally ate a pot brownie.
At this year’s Olympics he was more of a redemption story than a punchline, finishing seventh overall in his weight class.
Sarah wrote about his conundrum in an article for Fightland.
To read it click here.
Filed under Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 