#altmedia

[freshbrewpodcast]

Just messing around in my studio before recording a vlog tonight. Got some new opening and closing titles to use for the first time, and want to tell you what I’m up too. Plus what’s happening with podcast and YouTube channel. Latest vlog is up. Please check it out, and my past vlogs all on YouTube.

[lyltlethelemur]

At a drinkanddraw long ago I was given the prompt of combining two characters. I got Huckleberry Hound Dog and Mickey Mouse. My drunk mind proceeded to devised a three fingered alt-media abomination.

[logankrumbhaar-blog]

test post!!

[logankrumbhaar-blog]

The Future of My Channel - What Type of Videos Will I Make? - Full vid: http://youtu.be/HPJ2xeSpivU

[logankrumbhaar-blog]

How DTube and Steemit work - How to Make Money on DTube and Steemit - Full vid: http://youtu.be/KgGjach2T8c

[theladlx]

#you should be #true to #yourself true to your #word true to #yourheart it’s #good for your #health ... #LADLX #truth #socialmedia #peerpressure #lifehacks #egodeath #independentthinker #altmedia #altartist #electronicmusic #electronicrnb #electronichiphop #genrefluid #logicprox #logicx (at Isolation)

[loraxbbx]

Guide to Toronto G20 Media Centers

The bored security guard burst out of his seat when I opened a door of the Direct Energy Centre at Exhibition Place this morning.

“You’re not allowed in here.”

“Isn’t this the media centre?” 

“You can’t come through here. You need to go around the back. You need a pass.”

“I came to get one.”

“You can’t come in this door.” 

Back out into the 27 Celsius heat. These buildings are huge, so “going around the back” is more like going around the block. A friendlier security guard (there’s no shortage of them) points me further around the building, to what appears to be a loading dock. Security commissionaires swarm around the opening. 

“OpenFile? Who is your supervisor? OpenFile? What number were you told to call?”

It takes two of them and a supervisor to decide that I’ve come to the wrong place. Yes, this is a media centre, but it’s not the one I was approved for. I have to go back around the block and through the fence to find the right one. 

Here’s a guide so nobody else has to live through my ordeal.

Five-star media centre (a.k.a. the International Media Centre)

Who’s welcome? International press delegations, television crews, fancy people

Where is it? The Direct Energy Centre, 100 Princes’ Blvd., Exhibition Place

What's the perks? Snazzy backdrops for TV (fake lake!), access to tables, chairs, electrical outlets, phones and WiFi, food, interview areas, LCD TVs showing the G8/G20 broadcast feed and the World Cup. 

Rumour has it there’s a swag bag containing a BlackBerry loaded with promotional information about Muskoka.

Four-star media centre (a.k.a. the Alternative Media Centre)

Who’s welcome?

Journalists with institutional accreditation and a letter from their outlet. Also bloggers, NGOs and trade associations

Where is it?  The Allstream Centre, 105 Princes’ Blvd., Exhibition Place

What’s the perks? All the same things the five-star people do, but probably no fake lake or BlackBerry.

One-star media centre (a.k.a. the Very Alternative Media Centre)

Who’s welcome?

Any citizen or independent journalist allied with a social movement

Where is it? The warehouse of the Linux Caffe, 326 Harbord St., across from Bickford Park.

What do you get? WiFi access, floor space ...  and it’s not clear what else. Actually, they need a bunch of stuff. Do you have any duct tape, cameras, Skype phones, batteries, whiteboards, lockers or a coffee machine? The full roster of wish-list items is online.

Published on OpenFile.ca

[cushydiet-blog]

Comedy Central's Jordan Klepper to skewer alt-media in ... - http://wp.me/p8XyML-1kg - #Altmedia, #Centrals, #Comedy, #Jordan, #Klepper, #Skewer