NXNE 09 preview from North by Northeast on Vimeo.
NXNE 09 Film Trailer from North by Northeast on Vimeo.
Please forgive me for 2 months of blog truancy & accept these videos as an apology, in addition to the usual groveling.
1st vid’s for NXNE writ-large – & I hope you’ve taken a second to peruse this year’s indie-heavy lineup of acts. My tentative hit-list is here. Join us. (OR: Go to the schedule site & build your own.)
2nd vid’s for our 09 Film lineup, which has a special place in my heart because I’m serving as this year’s Volunteer Coordinator (a return to my roots, if you wil)
In case y’all didn’t know – NXNE was my very 1st ‘this ain’t so bad’-return-to-Toronto-life-work-decision (BEFORE UrbanOutfitters, if you’re keeping track at home, tho folding skillz are still stellar), which helped me (somewhat?!) reacclimatize to Canuckistan. Fierce friends met via the fest are ‘Toronto’ family today.
Enough goop. The lineup for films this year is bigger and better than ever. NXNE HQ secured many high-profile interesting films, many of which are North American premieres.
Examples?
- Shorts from CitySonic with Toronto artists & their favourite venues screened as previews & at opening party
- Melissa Auf Der Maur’s experimental short film w/ Ms. A-De-M in attendance
- Max tingles for Nomadic Wax‘s Democracy in Dakar (interviewed NW’s Ben Herson in November & finally met IRL at SXSW:)
- Pairing with Tattoo Convention for Sailor Jerry Tribute flick ‘Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry: The Life and Times of Norman Keith Collins’
- & *my* fav – Screening at the Bloor Cinema – The Canadian Premiere of Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
So to all Torontopians, join us for a flick or a gig or workshop during NXNE – we’re taking up space between June 16th & 21st.
NXNE represents what our city’s music scene quietly embodies, unpretentiousness, laid-back-itude (6-shooter records’ day party, FTW!), jovial-awesomesauce, ego-free-dom, diversity (& dispersed-ity! pack yer TTC passes, kids!) & above all – fine musicianship, songwriting, skill and charm.
{& if you see me growling around the NFB with a clipboard/headset ensemble & generally looking surly, please don’t fret. I’m just doing what I do best at the regular workplace – trying very hard to look busy & important – so interrupt my mutterings & please say ‘hullo’ 
