from the "drive by shooting" dept.

One of the cool things about having a media pass to the Calgary Folk Festival was the ability to get rides from one side of the venue to the other. This is a short video of driving past the mainstage.

Leroy "The Grandmaster" Young on CKUA

A little video of Grandmaster in the spotlight at the Calgary Folk Fest.

from the "taxing taxes" dept.

High
Originally uploaded by borderfilms (Doug).

Arrived home from Calgary this morning after a whirlwind of a weekend. I don't know if I managed more than 10 hours sleep since Friday morning.

Lots of highlights and tons of new music I never new existed. Like Stew. Like "That One Guy". And others.

The shoot went well. Brent got some good moments. We were able to spend lots of time with Grandmaster and Ivan as well as many of the musicians on Ivan's Stonetree label. As previously mentioned, Aurelio Martinez was unreal!!

Kudos to Dave Fraser for picking up my drunken ass at 1am Sunday. It's a true friend that will drive cross town to scoop a visiting buddy too cheap to take a cab. In retrospect, I should have.

Sunday was a good day for the most part. We started around 10am... and both the weather and music were hot.

We stayed away from the beer garden, however.

Around 4pm Brent and I decided to take a break before heading to to the Westin to shoot some more interviews.

We walked in the hot sun to a nearby brew pub. We sat inside to escape the heat. Shortly after ordering, the winds picked up and the temperature dropped 10 degrees. Everyone who had been outside ran inside.

After we ate, we headed back to the folk festival site. It was cold and people were leaving. We heard that a tree branch had fallen on a pram, but the baby was unharmed.

We shot an interview with the festival director and then just as we grabbed the last of the b-roll, rain began to fall.

We grabbed a shuttle back to the hotel to interview Grandmaster about his experiences. During the interview the skies opened up and the rain came pouring down. Poor bastards at the mainstage.

After wrapping up the interview with GM, we went for a beer in the hotel. Brent's pal Dixie joined us and we told all sorts of drunk idiot stories. Quite funny.

Ivan joined us for a while... and we had a great gab fest.

And then it was time to go. An early flight out meant no late night. As it was, I didn't get to Dave's place (where I was staying) until 11 or so.

Monday morning I rose at 5:45, met Brent and we were at the airport by 7:30 or so.

The flight was uneventful, though I feel like I've been away for a long time. I think it's more due to the lack of sleep in the past 7 days.

Today is a day off, but actually I am finishing my GST which is due. I hope to snag a good nights sleep tonight... in preparation for 7 more days of work. At least I don't work until 10:30am Tuesday.

THANK GOD!

Cheers!

Grandmaster on stage

Grandmaster on stage
Originally uploaded by borderfilms (Doug).

Having a blast at the Calgary Folk Festival.

I'm here shooting more material for Brent's documentary about Leroy "Grandmaster" Young.

Lots to tales to follow... but now it's off to day 2.

Cheers!

from the "Aurelio Martinez" dept.

The afterparty Saturday night at the Calgary Folk Fest. Yeah!

from the "oil patch" dept.

Hula Girl - Calgary
Originally uploaded by borderfilms (Doug).

I'm happy to report that Hula Girl and I have touched down in Calgary. Fresh photos to come... this is an old one from last year.

We're off to shoot Grandmaster at the Calgary Folk Festival today.

Last night, Dave F. and I enjoyed a screening of The Aristocrats, pizza and beer. Not in that order.

Unfortunately, the lack of sleep continues. I think I managed 6 hours last night. Looking forward to that first sleep in on Aug 8.

More to come!

Cheers!

from the "off again" dept.

Ciao
Originally uploaded by borderfilms (Doug).

Off to Calgary for the weekend to work on the Grandmaster Doc. Returning early Monday morning to a wonderful day off!!

Details and photos soon!

Cheers!

from the "weekend away" dept.

Heading to Calgary tomorrow to film more stuff with Brent and Grandmaster.

Here's the trailer:



Cheers!

from the "Mess O'potamia" dept.

Once again, Jon Stewart shows why The Daily Show is required viewing:

Gotta light

Otto
Originally uploaded by borderfilms (Doug).

Life goes on. Busy still. Early shifts. Preparing for Calgary. Managed a good day of loafage on Saturday. Pix to come.

Slep beckons!