Je me souviens

This time last week, I was with some great friends in Montreal. I didn’t bring a video camera but had always been meaning to experiment with the iPhone 4′s HD video so this was the perfect excuse.

Faked Potatoes Mixcast No. 020

Wow! 20 Mixcasts! We’ve been together for quite a while now. We’ve heard a lot of music together, and I’m not even counting the Mixtapes on here into the Mixcast count! Over the months I’ve made note of more music for future Mixcasts, I’m always tweaking lists and collecting more songs for future mixes, always with the intention of sharing as much new music as I possibly could. However, some artists just kept popping up, over and over. They had already been featured but I couldn’t help but play them, so I figured we’d celebrate a Super Happy 45-minute Fun-time Deluxe Limited Anniversary Edition of the Faked Potatoes Mixcast and collect the ‘Best Of’ of previously featured artists. Artists featured this (and previous) Mixcast(s) are:

• Blue Gowns by Blue Hawaii
• The King and All of His Men by Wolf Gang
• Mouthful of Diamonds by Phantogram
• Grey by New Young Pony Club
• Milk & Honey by Twin Sister
• Vital Signs (Tame Impala Cover) by Midnight Juggernauts
• The Past by Matt Mays
• Hearts of Love by Crocodiles
• Cryptograms by Deerhunter
• Cut Out to FL by RJD2
• Here I Am by Walter Meego

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CREAM Hair & Makeup Lounge

Client: CREAM Hair & Makeup Salons

I’ve known Mel & Curtis since about 2005. A year after I moved out on my own to Kelowna, I was a young 20-something with a lot to prove who wanted the hair to match. I had never been pleased with my hair growing up, mostly due to the fact that I couldn’t get it to look like “all those people on T.V.”

I was recommended to CREAM through Ryan, and for the first time I loved my hair. My short attention span has always directly correlated with my hair. It has been lots of lengths, dozens of styles, and just about every colour in the Pantone colour book. As far as a creative canvas, it always grows back so nothing was ever too permanent.

As my hair grew, so did their business. Expanding over the years from the one location on Cooper Rd in Kelowna, BC to now three over the area. And, as we found out over that time, we liked creating a lot of different things together. Over the years I’ve been in their fashion shows, helped host their annual anniversary at Habitat and design posters for it, aid them in their music selection and vibe in the salon, and most recently, have them feature in our A-OK Launch Party in a fashion segment while we worked on their website re-design.

Mel has spoken to me about turning down offers for the web design over the years because of how much CREAM is her baby. The CREAM site needed to be done by someone who understood what CREAM is, because it’s more than a salon, it’s a hair-raising experience. Being infinitely familiar with the brand and concept, including taking a very small part in it, meant Mel and I had built the trust for a step like this. For me, it was such an honor and opportunity to be able to work with some of my favorite creative individuals in a new and different way from what we had before.

Updating the look wasn’t the only thing we wanted to do, we wanted to completely overhaul everything on the previous site. We looked at every nook and cranny and asked ourselves, “How can we make this better?” Making the website as much an experience as stepping into their Hair & Makeup Lounges meant introducing online booking requests, application forms, a selection of music reflecting their playlists, social media integration, and active marketing through a rolling slideshow.

An online tour of their locations and a stylist portfolio are just some of the extras you’ll find on the new CREAM Hair & Makeup Lounge website.

Visit the site here

Faked Potatoes Mixcast No. 019

Welcome back! FPM no. 019, wow! It’s been a bit since we’ve done any electro mixcasts. And while this isn’t quite a Neon Nights experience, there is still something definitively dancy about this mix. Artists featured this Mixcast are:

• Steppin’ Up by M.I.A.
• Let’s Buy Happiness by Boys Noize
• Triceratops (Acid Girls Rmx A) by HEALTH
• Hustler by Simian Mobile Disco
• J’Aime Pas L’Art by DatA
• Fat Boy by MVSC
• Girl (You Chew My Mind Up) by The Presets
• 2000007 (feat. TTC) by Modeselektor
• The Sex Has Made Me Stupid by Robots In Disguise

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As it Happened | Côte d’Azur

A Continuous Lean‘s Michael Williams was in Europe for meetings recently and was able to spend a bit of time and a few days in the South of France. He was kind enough to take some photos with a Fujifilm X100 and a bit of post tweaking.

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Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.

I’ve been listening to this record on repeat for the last few months, so tight. Last night was the first time I really explored the iTunes LP of it that I got and watched the three music videos attached. JEALOUSY.

Faked Potatoes Mixcast No. 018

I’M SORRY I’VE BEEN AWAY, I have truly missed you! Between taking five days off (in a row) for Sasquatch — which seems to be a big no-no in this world — and working the weeks leading up and after I just haven’t had the time to do, well, much else. Thankfully, things are under control again and we’re here together, to hear new music! Artists featured this Mixcast are:

• At Home by Crystal Fighters
• Dust Devil by School of Seven Bells
• Fever by Sensual Harassment
• A Piece of String (Radio Edit) by Clock Opera
• Raw Spectacle by Miracle Fortress
• Mary, Please by The Brian Jonestown Massacre
• A Weekend In Brooklyn by Kisses

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And here is the trailer for DiG!

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Parodies and Prequels

I know I haven’t been around for a bit, I’ve been incredibly busy with projects and going to Sasquatch, I promise to post again soon, but it may not be until after a week or two. Until then, here’s some Star Wars love. The first video was shared by my friend Ryan and is hilarious.

The second was shared by City of Films