BR's First Podcast: The East Vancouver, feat. 'Temple of the Modern Girl'

Where is the link and how do I subscribe? Thanks.

Can you reply to my CBC e-mail. I would like to talk to you about your podcast.

Thanks,

Jean

Hey Rebecca, the link (courtesy of the good folks at blip.tv) is http://Freyburg.blip.tv/rss

Hey Rebecca, the link (courtesy of the good folks at blip.tv) is http://Freyburg.blip.tv/rss

Hey Rebecca, the link (courtesy of the good folks at blip.tv) is http://Freyburg.blip.tv/rss

Hi Jean -- we'd be happy to get in touch with you via email. Looking forward to talking to CBC. Jark.

Great podcast. Except for the dancing dog - what was that all about?

I hate to be a dick, but Main St. isn't East Van. Sure, it is East of the dividing line, but since 1998, the line has officially moved East so that "East Van" now begins at Prince Edward. This was done, when Soma's white room came in.

I would also like to recommend expanding coverage to some of the other East Van hoods that are either never recognised or visited. South Fraser is an amazing mix of Indian/German and Philipino shops that have made the neighbourhood awesome. Try Champlain - a mainly residential area, but with some interesting history as to its development (essentially - a suburb within a city). Hastings Sunrise blows my mind - a little shopping strip, industrial area, railyard, a beach! and so much more, it makes my heart swell with pride to live there.

I guess what I'm saying is, we need to get out of the East Van = Commercial and Main St. box that so many of us are stuck in because that is where we and all of our friends live. Sure they're newer and less "funky", but guess what? before too long, Main St./Commercial will be too expensive for the young, and the non-professionals (you could argue this is already the case), and we will have to flee to the hills of Collingwood for refuge.

This isn't really what i was expecting at all from Beyond Robson. I'm going to be a dick and say this reminds me of a small town community network tv show. It's definitely not something I'd want on my ipod. I was hoping for something like the Budgie Burritos commercial/short from a few months ago. That was amazing. BR's losing me slowly.

This isn't really what i was expecting at all from Beyond Robson. I'm going to be a dick and say this reminds me of a small town community network tv show. It's definitely not something I'd want on my ipod. I was hoping for something like the Budgie Burritos commercial/short from a few months ago. That was amazing. BR's losing me slowly.

We're definitely planning to do more than just Main St, or Commercial Drive for that matter...but we've only done one podcast so far, so bear with us. I hear where you're coming from with wanting to go beyond those two streets. :)

Gavin -- I'm not sure if you're so right. The east/west cut off is a few blocks west of Main st., with 1 W. Broadway indicated on the Scotia Bank just across from Fabios on Broadway (who is 1. East). The Business association includes these business in the Mt. Pleasant business map as part of their legal constituency.

Thanks for recommending to expand coverage and, if you read the post further, you'd see that it is in the works so I'm not sure what the problem is. I think we mentioned that it would be one of many projects, celebrating the locality and uniqueness of varying neighborhoods, and shoppes.

Do you have anything to contribute to this by way of optimism and usefulness, something that can be useful for our next production? Profile ideas? South Fraser is a great idea, and as a former resident of Fraser it would be a delightful addition. Care to get involved?

Murray: On a local level, I don't think there is anything wrong with a small town community tv show as, when you think about it, why would you want to propagate the inverse: big town, non-community, vast-network broadcast. This video is not looking to recreate any others, it is a feature on a local space (commercial or otherwise). I appreciate your comment though.

Ya, I hear ya Chris -- next time I don't think we'll be doing any dog scenes. What ya gonna do. Who ya gonna believe. It's one of those things you just can't control or censor, or predict -- it's done in such good spirits occasionally absurdities like that just slide in and Warren didn't police it or edit it out. I'm cool with it, but just this once. Jark.

Dude, chill out about it looking like community TV... it's a PODCAST. And it's the FIRST one. Oye.

Ease up on the "community TV" feel. It's a premier attempt at a podcast for god sakes. Or should they get a gypsy to raise Lean from the dead to direct the next one?

Jnutt -- o dear, sure, why don't I ease up on the community thing. Cuz who cares right? Maybe I'll just leave anonymous comments to articles online whilst not caring about anything else either... like whether I'm making sense or having something constructive to contribute. On that note, please note that this is a site about Vancouver, about primarily "independent" Vancouver, and the VERY local things that happen here. And yes, these do matter to us.

So, thank you for your comments "anonymous".

Great job BR! It was great to see my olde 'hood from way over here on the other side of the continent. It's a great concept that has a lot of potential. I hope you stick with it & develop it further. Thanx for that! =)

It has nothing to do with not caring. It has to do with easing back and realizing this is a trial run. Why do you think networks make pilot shows? Or in your world does everything come polished and perfect right out of the womb?
I guess what you didn't understand was the joke about Lean. If you didn't get that, you have no business knocking other people's film work.

I don't think its appropriate for Jark to take ANY credit for this podcast aside from uploading it to BR.

-Thank You & Good Day

Hey Warren, Realizing that it is now the summer of 2008, I just reconnected with Denise after some time...and although we connected over 20 sumpin'yrs ago in N. Van (I believe she played a wood nymph in Carson Graham's very 'Punk' inspired "A Mid-summer Nights Dreams". My sister played the role of Puck and I was the hippster hairguy on the Shore at the time just back from my first trip to London, let's say it was'83 so buzzed under-cut, design lines at the scalp, raw spikey textured, neon crazycoloured hair was a real shocker for most of the city and having my name attached to the Punk Wood Nymphs who dared to 'go all the way' (I believe Denise was 1st to jump in my chair for a brilliant turqoiuse new London look!) You got MAJOR attention! Any thing you could get word of mouth (still the best), Newspaper or commumity TV. No podcasts, YouTube, Internet or cellular/digital technology. If you wanted to be heard you had to shout real loud, and connect with like-minded people who wanted to make a difference, loved this city & embraced the challenge of forward motion, they persisted with patience while the slow pace chased those with 'been there, done that' attitudes back east where most came from in the first place. The change was made by those progressive few w/passion, creativity and persistance: believer's in themselves who never gave up on the city. Now, thromw in the "law of attraction" and the streets and neighbourhoods beyond Robson...Main St., Commercial Drive, those few blooks of Cordova (still so cool after so many years), because of same cool people! Together, over time, these are the people who brought new life to the streets, the "good-hoods" and many small 'niche' pocket's that go unnoticed. The city only built the streets...and with more people there is bound to be more change! How? Faster for sure, but as unique as it is now? Well, I think that will depend on how, what, who and why simply naming the street, the stire and the the name of the owner is all that's neccesary to attract who it is you want to follow your podcast. In this overloaded, information driven, with endless ways shout out what it is that you NOT ONLY WANT PEOPLE TO HEAR,you want people to listen. But to what? why? your podcast? what are you able to give the that they haven't heard a thousand time's, through the countless media/advertising that engulfs our daily lives? We now rely on technology for information. How many people start with Google search and have found what they were looking before they heard any "word of mouth" connects people on similar paths. If you want a what's unigue and different, your podcast is an attempt to align yourself and others not of the mainstream culture, whatever street, wherever in the city then give. What I need if you want me a return viewer and perhaps even respond, a guy totally interested in who, where, why and what's unique in our city. I'm all over your concept but you didn't tell me anything more than what I can look up on-line, get on phone, or find on a map. Your information wasn't enough nor was it good, there was nothing unique about it draw me in as a viewer. What's so unique about your story, about Denise? Is she a "modern girl?" If so what is so modern about her? Her dog? Lotsa girls have dogs. Nommi Malone is a very modern dog, named after the lead character in "Showgirls"! A movie about Modern Girls. Is Vegas's Ceasor's Palace, the Belagio's and the Venician not unlike a Temple where where "Modern" Show'girls' can be found? Why did Denise open a boutique, "A Temple", for other Modern Girls? Denise is your story. Her Temple has a dog, is it relaivant? Historically you'll most likely many Temples with dogs not so Modern as Nommi's unique part she plays at Denise's boutique next to a chicken shop on Main St. If I decide to venture up Main St assuming this the intent of your podcast project. If I were a Modern Girl what will I find, besides some chicken, given I'm hungry, and if I liked it so much I can buy T-shirt with some historical meaning about the chicken shop, and a Modern Dog, (not just some "dancing dog" that another responder commented on it's irrelivance)that Denise's Temple has to offer me that is so Modern, I can't wait to tell all my Modern girlfriends about this this unique, one of a kind "TEMPLE FOR A MODERN GIRL". I hope this helps and you can see what's missing. That is your story ! Had I not known Denise and over the years experienced her unique, one-of-a kind, a very modern girl who has done so much in this city and that will visit her temple, not because of the street it's on but because of her. If never heard of Denise's boutique I might stumble across it as that I already know that Main St. has changed and has unique, individuals with interesting offering something different than the mainstream of Robson. That story's been told many times. Your presentation on YouTube, didn't do it. If you're gonna catch peoples interest, to look BEYOND ROBSON (back then it was Robsonstrasse) this city has many hoods, more streets and too much traffic! It's a given "like minded" businesses and shop owners will naturally gravitate toward's each other & for many reasons, inspiration, healthy competition, target market, whatever, maybe $$$$ to rent store front w/ today's soaring real estate. Anyways my point is it's the "shop owners" or as in Robson the big-name franchises (ROOTS, LeChateau, S/B and Hooters and Intl.Coorporate GIANTS (MAC, Emporio Armani, B.Republic & theGAP) who make the "sreet" what it is today. 25/30 yrs ago...we've moved on, a global city w/ huge tourism etcetcetc... Many people like myself who have been around are looking for more. There are quite out there...but they are becoming harder to find. If you can help people connect to whatever it is they seek, other people with shared interests I'm sure podcasts will continue to grow concept will succeed. Streets I can with a Google map search!
Best of luck Warren!
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