Sacked Former Radio 2 presenter Russell Brand appears on the cover of the latest edition of a vegetarian starter kit that is produced by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). The Guardian reports that PETA has refused to replace him in response to angry calls and emails following the BBC obscene ‘phone calls scandal.
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More than 1000 people protested about Western media coverage of the Beijing Olympics and Tibet. After a two-hour demonstration outside the BBC, they marched up Oxford Street to Manchester Town Hall.
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Here’s a figure to keep in mind if a TV producer asks to use your photo or video.
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Back in April I highlighted how the Guardian, Hewlett Packard and Lonely Planet were grabbing a ‘worldwide irrevocable perpetual licence’ in entries to a photographic competition they were running.
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Get Bent! Short Films
Date: Friday, August 31, 2007 20.00 - 00.00
Location: Contact Theatre, Oxford Road, Manchester.
Description: The cutting-edge of underground queer film-making from across the country and beyond comes to the Contact Theatre. Get Bent! has selected ten cinematic gems that explore the darkest and most humorous recesses of contemporary life. The evening rounds off with a special performance by instrumental four-piece, 7 Hertz accompanying a black and white queer cult classic. Followed by DJs and late bar.
Warning: Contains explicit material.
This event is wheelchair accessible. Please contact filmfest (at) get-bent-manchester.com for any further information.
Get Bent! Documentaries: Life in Motion
Date: Saturday 1st September 13.00 - 19.00
Location: Council Chambers, Manchester University Students Union, Oxford Rd.
‘Life in Motion’ is a wheelchair accessible event. Please contact filmfest (at) get-bent-manchester.com for any further information.
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Famous across America for being the KMart Joe Boxer underwear guy, now Vaughn Lowery has done a great ad for the Houston Chronicle.
More KMart/Joe Boxer ads featuring Vaughn here and here. How long before we see this talented guy on British TV?
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Within a few hours of me uploading my video about the Naked Bike Ride to YouTube, someone had uploaded it to a video-sharing site.
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UPDATE (October 2008): this podcast has ‘retired’ into the archives. I’ve left the production notes below.
Chris joins me to talk about:
* Queer Up North: Europe’s leading queer arts festival which starts here in Manchester in the next few days, with events throughout May.
* Our show Bargain Hunters: why we haven’t made any more since June.
* The TV phone scandals that have engulfed Britain recently and the recent BBC Panorama programme on the subject.
* The Basement Social Centre
* The Conservative Party
* Scally wear: we find out, does Chris own a hoody or any trackies?
* Doctor Who and Torchwood
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Fifteen years ago, when I earned part of my living as a freelance photographer, the going rate for a cover shot on one of the small magazines that I worked for was £200. The magazine sold 12,000 copies each month and that payment gave the publisher the right to publish the image one time only.
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The Guardian looks at how print journalists are beginning to use video and asks whether web video could mean a new ‘golden age’ for newspapers.
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