"Japanese Website Pirates Kardinal Sinners"

Hey Friends, funny adventure in social media experimentation last week for us...because of Google Alerts we found a Japanese website that has pirated our premier episode to Kardinal Sinners (our TV series about professional wrestling). As an ironic revenge, I requested people on my Twitter network ( @HemmingsHouse ) to click on the site and write random jibberish. The results are hilarious!

We had over 50,000 words written in 24 hours, it went viral. So much content went on the site that it completely slowed their server down and they caught on top it and deleted our comments. Comments still are showing up, please do your part in supporting irony by clicking on the site, watch a few minutes of our show, then write a random piece of knowledge.

Here are some stats...

STATS FOR MOCO SILLYNESS IN ONE DAY:

How many comments?  - approximately 252

How many words?  -  49,525 words

How many lines?  - 5,431 lines

Example of silly comments:

Biography of former Premier Frank McKenna

“Domo Arigato Mr. Roboto!” references

The Seventh Draft of Dune by David Lynch – December 9, 1983

Definition of a supernova

A series of courses in the program “Renaissance and the Invention of Modern Europe”

Dubious Advice from Copyright Lawyers

Appreciation of British Columbian natural beauty

Seinfeld style “Super Terrific Happy Hour” references

Application and assessment forms for government agencies

List of actors in a leading Finnish comedy film

Biblical texts from revelation

Instruction on the construction dynamics of Martello style towers

An advertisement for Snuggie™ blankets

Someones grocery list

Instructions for exiting Charles de Gaulle airport

A consumer complaint regarding Linksys routers

King Richard the Third

Definitions of Existentialism

Bathtub Gin!

“These are not the droids you are looking for.”

the Romanian Penal Code

"ECMAs drop DVD Catagory - We are sad"

August 23, 2009

I was disappointed to hear that the East Coast Music Awards are dropping the DVD category from their awards slate. As you all know music is our passion, filming is our love, and filming music makes us feel like we are on cloud 9, it's what we do best!

Here is an email I just sent to our friends at the ECMA's. I really do appreciate all the ECMA committee have done, thjey put on a stellar conference, I've been going for years and always look forward to it! But like I said, I am a bit disappointed. The much anticipated hurricane has just begun in Halifax, so I'm gonna blog before the lights go out! haha.


Hi there ECMA friends!

Hope you are bunkering down for a windy day!


I have copied a group of artists and management that we have worked with over the year into this email, I am however only speaking on behalf of myself and my company Hemmings House Pictures.

I was disappointed to hear that the DVD category has been dropped for this coming ECMAs. Our company has filmed hundreds of bands over the years (and have filmed the ECMAs for the last 5 for Aliant.net) and this year we have invested heavily into the local music scene by producing very high quality live concert DVDs for artists of note,

By the time ECMAs happen, we will have released the following for 2009

1) The Jimmy Swift Band - Live from the Marquee (Dolby 5.1 Surround)
http://www.vimeo.com/2774795

2) Matt Andersen and Ross Neilson - "Thick and Thin" (Imperial Theater SJ)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuoO3u0muaQ&feature=PlayList&p=F7127DA54D6F3EEC&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=4

3) New Brunswick Youth Orchestra featuring Matt Andersen (Live at the Moncton Wesleyan Celebration Center)
(In the edit suite as we speak, looks amazing!)

3) Jessica Rhaye " Good Things"
http://www.vimeo.com/2081606

4) Matt Andersen "Live at the Phoenix"
(filming in October)

OTHER RELATED PRODUCTIONS

5) Sam Roberts
http://www.vimeo.com/1085099

6) Kings of the East (Breakdancing)
http://www.vimeo.com/5194605

7) Chris Cummings (Welcome Back Video)
http://www.vimeo.com/1983987

And to see a much larger selection of our previous years work, check
http://hemmingshousepictures.com/hemmings/1184/Music

The artists have invested a lot of money into these projects, and we have invested alot of in-kind time, we would have loved to have the opportunity to showcase these projects and put them in the running for an ECMA. Is there anyway we can get that award back for the industry awards?

On another note, we still want to showcase these products and let people know we exist and can produce high quality live concert films. We may look into renting a room at the Delta and get a projection system or something of that nature and invite the industry in to check out soe of the films. Who would I contact to arrange this?

Thanks so much!

Greg





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