The Interview Project 18: Lindsey Walker


I'll get these jokes out of the way first: Texas Ranger, Sky, Sleep, White and that metal thing that old people push around. "Lindsey Walker was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba but please do not hold that against her. She sings, she plays, she writes, she jokes, and sometimes she even laughs. Sometimes." If …

The Interview Project 17: Riley Beach


Riley Beach is an animator. He won the inaugural Metro Shorts. He is Spicybackpain. I was also going to write something about how Riley is a wonderful young man and his skeletal structure suits his witty disposition but I'll just let this train drive itself: "Way back in the days of yesteryear, Riley was born …

The Interview Project 16: Brittney Le Blanc


If Brittney Le Blanc were a stellar constellation she would be Brittlittoclese, Godess of Positive Energy and Adopter of Estranged Mystical Beasts. Her star line would connect to make some animal shaped celestial doodle: BRITTOGRAPHY: "When Brittney isn't trying to meet 5,000 people in one year, she is working at the Edmonton Journal on Capital …

The Interview Project 15: Clinton Carew


"Clinton Carew was born in Lethbridge, Alberta, where he resided for 11 months. It was during this time that he developed his proclivity for claiming to have been born in South Alberta and an ability to sleep when it is windy outside. This period in Lethbridge's history, known as mid-73, was marked by a subtle, …

The Interview Project 14: Grant Wawrzynek


Biograntphy: "Grant, 24/M/Illinois, USA. High school graduate and submarine mechanic. Superpower: Ability to say out loud what everyone else is thinking." I first met Grant whilst getting my ass kicked by a group of Orcs just outside of the Redridge Mountains in the Eastern Kingdoms. I was doing my damnedest to pown this Kobold jerk who was …

Meeting Stephen Hawking


Location: St. Jacobs Farmer's Market (hours before our flight back to Edmonton) Date: September 13, 2012 This is a direct transcript of the series of events that led to my meeting Stephen Hawking. Text in italics is my internal dialogue. My mother, my girlfriend Elizabeth and I are heading to the farmers market for some old world …

The Interview Project 13: Paul J. Blinov


BIONOV: "Paul works as an editor at Vue Weekly, where he gets to talk about arts and music and film and other such things that he likes to talk about. He also performs make-em-ups with Rapid Fire Theatre. Paul grew up in noted oiltown Fort McMurray, where the streets were paved with viscous bitumen. Maybe …

The Interview Project 12: Nick denBoer/Smearballs


Smearbio: "Nick denBoer is an audio / video / remix artist & animator from Toronto Canada. He has produced a wide variety of video work from commercial work in television to online video marketing campaigns for companies like DC shoes & Sennheiser. Most noted for his skills as a remix artist online with his pseudo …

The Interview Project 11: Amy Neufeld


Having known Amy Neufeld for a long time, I have a bevy of anecdotes to chose from. She was the first to call me as my home burned (all the way from Winnipeg), there was the time I directed her in Root of All Squares along with Sam Varteniuk at the Athabasca Fringe Festival (I basically watched …