Author Archives: editsuite99

INTERVIEW WITH YVON SOGLO (CRAZY SMOOTH)

Posted on June 16, 2011 by editsuite99

By Anita Malhotra Yvon Soglo (Crazy Smooth) is a Benin-born, Ottawa-based dancer, choreographer and teacher who specializes in b-boying, the original form of hip hop dance. He is also the founder and director of the dance company Bboyizm, which will … Continue reading →

Posted in DANCE | Tagged b-boy, B-Boy Crazy Smooth, b-girl, Bboyizm, Beat Street, Blueprint for Life, Breakin', Canada Dance Festival, Canadian Floormasters, Crazy Legs, Crazy Smooth, Dynamic Rockers, hip hop, Interview with Crazy Smooth, Interview with Yvon Soglo, Izm, New York City Breakers, Ottawa dancer, Rennie Harris, Rock Steady Crew, Yvon Soglo | Leave a comment

INTERVIEW WITH PAULINE OLIVEROS

Posted on May 31, 2011 by editsuite99

By Anita Malhotra Composer and accordionist Pauline Oliveros has been experimenting with sound for more than six decades. She made her name in the 1960s as a pioneering electronic music composer and member of the San Francisco Tape Music Centre. … Continue reading →

Posted in MUSIC | Tagged 1960s electronic music, 1960s tape music, accordion music, American composers, Ann Hamilton, Bye Bye Butterfly, deep listening, Deep Listening Institute, digital accordion, digital accordion composer, electronic music, electronic music composer, Electronic music pioneers, female composers, female musicians, Improvisation Across Abilities, Jesse Stewart, Michigan Women's Music Festival, Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, Oliver Ranch, Oliveros composer, Oliveros music, Pauline Oliveros, Pauline Oliveros interview, Pauline Oliveros photo, San Francisco Tape Music Centre, sonic meditation, tape music, Tower Ring, tuning meditation, woman composer, women composers | 1 Comment

INTERVIEW WITH LEE DEMARBRE

Posted on April 30, 2011 by editsuite99

By Anita Malhotra Director Lee Demarbre’s films are infused with a passion for B movie genres: Hong Kong action flicks, horror movies, musicals, Blaxpoitation films and Mexican wrestling films, to name a few. A 16mm short – Harry Knuckles and the … Continue reading →

Posted in FILM | Tagged Bettie Page, Blaxpoitation, Canada B movies, Canadian film, Canadian film director, Canadian horror movies, Cannes, David Cronenberg, David Hess, Derek Diorio, Harry Knuckles, Harry Knuckles and the Aztec Mummy, Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace, Herschell Gordon Lewis, Hong Kong action film, Ian Driscoll, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, John Malkovich, josh grace, Lee Demarbre, Lesbian vampire, Martin Cove, Mexican wrestling, Michael Berryman, Odessa Filmworks, Ottawa filmmaker, Ottawa independent filmmaker, Ray Sager, Robert Menzies, Russ Meyer, Sasha gray, Sasha Grey, Slamdance, Smash Cut, The Dead Sleep Easy, The Hacker, Vampiro | 2 Comments

INTERVIEW WITH HARRI STOJKA

Posted on March 31, 2011 by editsuite99

By Anita Malhotra One of Austria’s best-known jazz musicians, guitarist Harri Stojka began performing in 1970 and has since released more than 15 LPs and CDs. Playing in Viennese rock bands as a young teen, he formed his own jazz-rock band at … Continue reading →

Posted in MUSIC | Tagged Arts Court Ottawa, Austrian Cultural Forum, Austrian guitarist, Back to the Roots, Chaka Khan, Django Reinhardt, Garude Apsa, Gipsysoul, gypsy guitarist, gypsy jazz, gypsy music, Gypsy Soul, Gypsy swing, Harri Stoika, Harri Stojka, Harri Stojka Express, Harri Stoyka, Harry Stoika, Harry Stoyka, Hidden Tears, Jano Stojka, jazz guitar, Karl Ratzer, Melinda Stoika, Montreux, Montreux Jazz Festival, Off the Bone, Pat Martino, Roma guitarist, Roma music, Stojka and Stoika, Vienna Jazz Festival, Viennese guitarist | 2 Comments

INTERVIEW WITH JOHN SHOWMAN

Posted on February 28, 2011 by editsuite99

By Anita Malhotra Classically trained fiddle-player John Showman is the co-founder of two thriving and stylistically contrasting Toronto-based bands – the Foggy Hogtown Boys (bluegrass) and the Creaking Tree String Quartet, whose latest CD, a hybrid of roots, bluegrass, jazz and classical … Continue reading →

Posted in MUSIC | Tagged Andrew Collins, Ben Whitely, Bill Monroe, bluegrass, bluegrass fiddle, Brad Keller, Brian Kobayakawa, Canadian bluegrass, Canadian fiddler, Chris Coole, Chris Quinn, Creaking Tree String Quartet, Dakota Tavern, Foggy Hogtown Boys, James Robertson, John Showman, Juno Awards, Juno nominee, New Country Rehab, Roman Tome, Scotch and Sofa, Sundogs, Toronto bluegrass, Toronto fiddle, Toronto fiddler | 1 Comment

INTERVIEW WITH SANDRA SCHULBERG

Posted on January 31, 2011 by editsuite99

By Anita Malhotra Sandra Schulberg is a New York-based producer whose credits include Waiting for the Moon (Sundance Grand Jury Prize, 1987) and the Oscar-nominated Quills. Her most recent project, Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today, was shown at the 2010 Berlin … Continue reading →

Posted in FILM | Tagged B.P. Schulberg, Budd Schulberg, film restoration, Hans Borgmann, John Califra, Josh Waletzky, Justice Jackson, Landmark, Landmark theater, Liev Schreiber, Nazi Concentration Camps, Nazi Germany, Nuremberg Trial, Nuremberg: Its Lesson for Today, Office of Strategic Services, OSS Film Unit, Pare Lorenz, Rafael theater, Sandra Schulberg, Sandra Schulberg interview, Stuart Schulberg, The Nazi Plan, war crimes | 4 Comments

INTERVIEW WITH BHAT BOY

Posted on December 19, 2010 by editsuite99

Bhat Boy is an Ottawa-based artist whose fantastical cityscapes and other works can currently be seen at two Ottawa galleries as well as on a briskly selling jigsaw puzzle recently released by the German company Ravensburger. Anita Malhotra interviewed Bhat Boy … Continue reading →

Posted in ART | Tagged architectural painting, Bat Boy, Bat Boy interview, Bat boy jigsaw, Bhat Boy, Bhat Boy interview, Bhat boy jigsaw, Canadian artist, Christiane Kubrick, commissioned art, Gordon Harrison Gallery, Ottawa artist, Ottawa painter, Ottawa painting, Ravensburger, Snapdragon Gallery, The Glebe, Winter on the Rideau Canal, winter scenes, Winterlude | Leave a comment

INTERVIEW WITH MAX MIDDLE

Posted on November 25, 2010 by editsuite99

By Anita Malhotra Max Middle is the pen name of Mark Robertson, an Ottawa-based poet and founder of The A B Series, a poetry reading series that features experimental, sound and performance poetry from Canada and around the world. Anita … Continue reading →

Posted in BOOKS | Tagged AB Series, artist interview, Canadian poet, Canadian poetry, Canadian poetry series, Chez Lucien, Christian Bök, Christopher Dewdney, experimental poetry, Gallery 101, Gerry Shikatani, Jaap Blonk, Jeramy Dodds, Lisa Robertson, Louis Cabri, Mark Robertson, Max Middle, Mercury Lounge, Nubuo Kubota, Ottawa arts, Ottawa poet, Ottawa poetry series, poetry, Shane Rhodes, sound poetry, spoken word, The Recipe | 1 Comment