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"Man of Grease" around town...

2011-12-02T14:42:00.005-05:00

Fun article all about "Man of Grease" in Bill Brownstein's Montreal Gazette column today. Click here to check it out.

Here's another by Stuart Nulman from the West End Times. Click here to read.

Here's one by Mike Cohen of the Suburban. Click here to read.

And here's one by Bram Eisenthal of the West End Seeker. Click here to read.

Big thanks to other media outlets for covering the DVD launch and screening: Stan Asher at Radio Centre Ville, Malcolm Fraser at the Montreal Mirror, Sue Smith at CBC's Homerun, CJAD, The Ottawa Citizen, Canadian Jewish News, and others.

And thank you to all the Cosmos fans and "Man of Grease" fans who spread the word about the DVD far and wide by email, Facebook ('Like' the fan page here), Twitter and word-of-mouth.

You all made a huge difference, helping to give the DVD a great launch.

To buy your own copy, please visit http://www.manofgrease.com

Ez

Finally, here's a little outtake clip from the film... Tony Koulakis at his best...

"Man of Grease" DVD Launch!

2011-11-29T00:12:00.000-05:00

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Ez Sez Readers,

I'm happy to share the news that my documentary "Man of Grease" (2000), about now-retired Cosmos greasy-spoon chef Tony Koulakis and his first trip back to Greece in 32 years, is now available at www.manofgrease.com.

The DVD is also available at Montreal's famous Cosmos Snack Bar itself (5843 Sherbrooke St. West, corner Draper).

For those in Montreal, we're having a DVD launch event and screening on Monday, December 5th, 2011 (7pm), at CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts. [Update: Thanks for making the show a sold out success!]

Shown some 46 times across 7 TV networks in Canada, "Man of Grease" has been remastered by the film's editor and DVD designer, Mika Goodfriend, who lovingly compiled 2 hours of bonus features to go along with the original 50-minute movie.

I encourage you to let your mouth water by watching the film's trailer (above) and 3 new outtake clips we've put online for you.

Thanks for supporting hot, delicious and fattening independent cinema...

Ez

Ezra Soiferman
Director, Man of Grease

Drawing...

2011-11-08T09:09:00.000-05:00

Any way you look at it, we're all dotters and suns...

Ez

"Hi, Bye!"

2011-11-06T22:10:00.000-05:00

(Click image above or this link to watch)

Hi!

Here's a fresh new short film I whipped up for you.

Enjoy!

Ez

Junk shop...

2011-10-01T06:06:00.000-04:00

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("Anything You Like - If You Can Find It", 6/11, Toronto)

Here's a pic from a photo series I shot at a junk shop called "Buy & Sell" on St. Clair corner Atlas in Toronto. The place looked like this in every direction you turned.

Not the place for you if you have any hint of claustrophobia.

Ez

Green wheels...

2011-09-28T21:09:00.000-04:00

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("Earth Car", 6/11, Toronto, by Ezra S.)

Plant a car today!

Ez

Gloves...

2011-09-24T08:08:00.000-04:00

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(8/11, NYC, by Ezra S.)

Glove to all.

Ez

Lulu's 2 today...

2011-09-21T08:08:00.000-04:00

Happy 2nd birthday Lulu!

Ez (Daddy)

Back of Heads - NYC

2011-09-19T13:31:00.000-04:00

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("Backs of Heads - NYC", 8/11, by Ezra S.)

The series continues. Stay tuned for more backs of heads photographed in other cities in future Ez Sez posts.

Ez

Start more art...

2011-09-11T00:01:00.005-04:00

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I made this the day after 9/11.

It was later featured at Woody Harrelson's web site.

10 years after 9/11, it's nice to see that people are still out there making art. A big shame many are still out there making war too.

We will find a way to stop stumbling into war after war after war. I still have a hunch art is the answer. To all you art creators out there, don't give up.

Love to all from Montreal!

Ez

P.S. Here's a poem I wrote a month after 9/11 and some NY photos from my collection.... Click to see full size...

Coca-Cola Cloud...

2011-09-05T20:28:00.001-04:00

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("Coca-Cola Cloud", 8/11, NYC, by Ezra S.)

I spotted this Coke bottle shaped cloud on an early morning walkabout through New York City's Garment District.

Ez Sez... Product placement? Co(ke)incedence? Or just my imagination floating away with me?

If you spot the cloud in your neck of the woods, let me know...

Ez

Little Scream Q&A

2011-08-10T11:11:00.002-04:00

(Still photo from "The Lamb" music video by Little Scream)

I was invited to do an exclusive Q&A interview with Little Scream (aka Montreal singer Laurel Sprengelmeyer) for The FreeStyle Life.

It just hit the web today and runs side by side the captivating new video for her song 'The Lamb'.

You can read the interview and watch the video here.

Hope you enjoy!

Ez

Change is good...

2011-08-05T07:07:00.000-04:00

Telepathickness

2011-08-03T06:06:00.000-04:00

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From the vaults... through thick and thin...

A little something from May 2006.

Ez

Word Goes Up

2011-07-31T08:08:00.001-04:00

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Here's a recent LineDot-ArtText drawing from my notepad. Thought I'd share it.

Hope all are enjoying the summer!

Ez

On shoes on wires...

2011-07-28T18:36:00.002-04:00

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("Kick The Cross", 6/11, Halifax, by Ezra S.)

Part of my ongoing shoes-on-wires photo series. Took this on a recent trip to the great city of Halifax.

Walk on,

Ez

If nothing else...

2011-07-07T10:10:00.001-04:00

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("Rock On", 6/11, Toronto, by Ezra S.)

If nothing else... rock on.

Ez

Apostrophe S Halifax

2011-07-04T08:08:00.000-04:00

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My "Apostrophe S" photo series continues. This fresh batch is from a recent trip to Halifax.

Happy 4th of July to all Ez Sez readers in the USA!

Ez

Picnic time...

2011-07-01T21:49:00.002-04:00

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("Picnic Time", 7/1/11, MTL, Ezra S.)

Spotted this man sunning on a hot metal picnic table today.

Happy Canada Day to all.

Ez

Scanadian

2011-06-21T18:26:00.000-04:00

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A recent drawing plucked and scanned from my notepads.

Got a fresh new scanner today, so I'll have more of my "LineDot-ArtText" drawings up on Ez Sez in the coming weeks, months, years...

Stay tuned and stay kingly!

Ez

's

2011-06-19T00:22:00.000-04:00

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("Apostrophe S - Toronto", 6/11, Ezra S.)

Shot in Toronto this weekend as part of an ongoing series of pix of signs around the world ending with an apostrophe S.

I've been shooting these signs for about ten years and find the whole process kinda meditative.

Sorry it took so long since Rapture to get this latest post out to you.

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads and thanks to all the moms for being so cool too.

Ez

Chocorapture...

2011-05-21T01:11:00.004-04:00

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On the eve of what some are calling Rapture, I created this desert which I'd love to have shared with you (but I ate it all up).

However, I will share that it was definitely rapturous and consisted mostly of a locally sourced peanut-chocolate truffle topped with grocery-grade mint, slow-poured maple syrup, hulled and ballyhood hemp seeds, cinnamon pufflets, a slightly overpriced goji berry, and hand-wrung lime drippins. Served on an uncle's-mom's hand-me-down plate and photographed on a tea-towel buffed range-top with lilacs and apple blossoms blooming out back.

Was it transcendentally delicious? Yes.

Did the world end? Not yet.

If it does, thanks always for being an Ez Sez reader and a friend.

Regards to all from Montreal.

Ez

Do you feel the world?

2011-05-09T00:12:00.004-04:00

Today, via YouTube, I'm launching Do you feel the world?, a brand new creative work I'm happy to share with you.

It came about when I edited together some of my recent travel/urban adventure photos and set them to music. Specifically, my friend Mike Evin's super-catchy new pop song, "Do You Feel The World?".

I hope you'll enjoy this 'music photeo'. (My friend Jasmine saw the piece and was inspired to coin the clever term.)

If watching it moves you, please share it with others who might get a rush out of it too.

A few other updates (short & sweet):
-Lulu is just over one-and-a-half years old now - cute as ever (and definitely short & sweet)
-My wife Alexandra's doing great - cute as ever too!
-We are developing a few exciting documentaries together (keep you posted...)
-A photo I took last fall ("Kick The Moon"), was recently selected as a winning entry at Le Biennale de Montréal 2011. I'm honoured to have been chosen.
-Last July, I left the Segal Centre's CinemaSpace after running it for three excellent years
-I recently served on the juries of the Yorkton Film Festival and the A&E/National Screen Institute of Canada's online film fest
-Lots of Montreal film/TV industry news, jobs and resources at the Montreal Film Group web site which I run
-Hemp History Week just wrapped up this weekend. Ez sez: happiness through hemp.

That's the news from my side. I hope things are zipping along nicely there too. Always eager to hear your good news and to watch your latest music photeo! Send updates anytime.

Regards to all from Montreal... Keep feeling the world!

Ez

Ezra Soiferman

P.S. New to EzSez.com? Sign up for email updates at the top-left of the site. And welcome to Ez Sez!

Update: Thanks to CBC Radio's 'Definitely Not The Opera' for featuring the "Do you feel the world?" music photeo on May 17th. You can here the clip at 18 mins in here.

Funglasses...

2011-05-08T23:11:00.000-04:00

Lulu and Alex in their funglasses!

Happy spring to all.

Ez

Hot diggity...

2011-04-12T07:07:00.000-04:00

("Hot Dog vs. Hot Rod", 10/2008, Toronto, by Ezra S.)

He tried and tried but couldn't ketchup.

Ez

Don't be a...

2011-04-08T08:08:00.002-04:00

("Cement Pumper on the Decarie Expressway", 10/2008, MTL, by Ezra S.)

I've always loved the name of this company.

Turns out their "super-pumper" trucks are being used to pump water and cement at the Fukushima reactors.

Ez

Post No Bills

2011-04-05T10:10:00.000-04:00

("The Thinking Man", 7/2009, NYC, by Ezra S.)

Haven't we all sat on a construction barrier for a quick thinking break?

Love to all from Montreal,

Ez

Simple advice...

2011-04-02T09:09:00.001-04:00

("Live.", 7/2009, MTL, by Ezra S.)

Simple advice from a stranger in a laneway.

Ez

Montrealities...

2011-02-24T08:08:00.005-05:00

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("Sidelocks on Sidewalks", 2/2011, Montreal, by Ezra Soiferman)

The reality is, our roads have some awful potholes and some fantastic signs.

Thanks for dropping by Ez Sez.

Ez

Julepy goodness

2011-02-22T12:03:00.000-05:00

("Orange in the Sun", 2/2011, MTL, by Ezra S.)

Montreal's beloved Julep in all her shining glory.

Stay shiny,

Ez

Bread n' love

2011-02-19T15:23:00.000-05:00

("Any Way You Slice It", 9/2010, Halifax, by Ezra S.)

This is a detail of a sign outside a church in downtown Halifax. I can't remember what the whole text said but these 4 words were the ones that struck me and said, "snap your camera now."

Ez

Moon boot

2011-02-16T09:39:00.003-05:00

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("Kick the Moon", 10/2010, NYC)

Standing near the entrance to a subway in New York, I spotted a fancy shoe hanging from a telephone line. The moon sat innocently in the background as I lined things up just so and took a snapshot. Pleased to share it with you today. Thanks for dropping by.

Ez

Update: In May, 2011, this image was selected for inclusion at La Biennale de Montréal. At the event opening, the show was awarded an Honourable Mention. I'm honoured!

Happy Valentines

2011-02-14T00:12:00.000-05:00

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Happy Valentine's Day to all. And a prelated Christmas to all too.

Ez

Birds in the sun

2011-02-13T15:03:00.003-05:00

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("Phoenician Sundown", 11/2010, by Ezra S.)

Sunset in downtown Phoenix. Hope sun shines on you today.

Ez

Old plates

2011-02-11T14:52:00.002-05:00

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("I Love MTL", 12/2010, St. Adolphe, QC, by Ezra S.)

Greetings from the thick of winter in Montreal!

Ez

Vantastic

2011-01-13T10:10:00.000-05:00

("Leafy Van", 7/09, MTL, Ezra S.)

Garden on wheels...

Ez

Backs of heads - NYC

2011-01-10T10:10:00.000-05:00

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("Backs of Heads", NYC, 3/10, Ezra S.)

Here are a few pix from an ongoing series I've been shooting for nearly a decade. Stay tuned for more backs of heads shots from other cities...

Ez

Fluff stuff

2011-01-06T12:12:00.004-05:00

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("Flea Market Fluff", 3/10, Amsterdam, Ezra S.)

I love flea-markety stuff.

Ez

Pensive birds

2011-01-02T08:48:00.000-05:00

("Posture by the pasture", 3/10, Amsterdam, Ezra S.)

Sometimes we must all be pensive birds.

Ez

2011

2010-12-30T11:11:00.000-05:00

("Mail Chauvenist", 10/11, Brooklyn, Ezra S.)

May 2011 bring you plenty of good news mail.

Ez

Christmastimecheck

2010-12-23T08:28:00.002-05:00

("Bulbous Cross", Halifax, 9/10, Ezra S.)

This cross was so old school I couldn't resist.

Happy holidays to you and yours and theirs.

Ez

Hosers

2010-12-18T11:22:00.000-05:00

("Boiler Constrictor", Brooklyn, 10/2010, Ezra S.)

I spotted this slinky metal hose on a side street recently. A beauty...

Ezra

Torontocity

2010-12-15T21:22:00.005-05:00

("Nature From Nature", 11/10, Toronto, by Ezra S.)

Another journey enjoyed.

Ez

Leotice

2010-11-15T23:17:00.004-05:00

I like to call potatoes 'peetardos'
I like to call bagels 'bageo leo-leo pitskies'
I like to call tomatoes 'dolmadas'
and I like to call lettuce 'leotice' (LEO-tyce)

On the subject of which, here is a recent photo I snapped in a Halifecian garden...

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("A leaf loves light, a highway loves night", 10/11/10, Halifax)

Thanks for visiting Ez Sez.

Salad days to all...

Ez

Hasidic Williamsburg

2010-10-29T23:18:00.002-04:00

I recently shot a new photo series...

Ez Sez: Hasidic Williamsburg
Photos from the streets of one of Brooklyn's - and perhaps the world's - very finest urban shtetls.

Click the link above to view the full series.

And if you visit Williamsburg, try the bakeries... oy those bakeries...

Ez

Train to NYC

2010-10-27T09:09:00.000-04:00

Took a fantastic trip to NYC last week. Here are a few pix I shot out the windows of the train!

Lulu & the Georges...

2010-10-01T14:22:00.004-04:00

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Lulu turned 1 recently and is fun as ever. Here's a chronological montage of her first year with her friends George, George, George, and George.

Thanks for dropping in!

Ez

P.S. Here's a compilation of some more of the best pix from Lulu's first year.

Hemp Field Day!

2010-07-24T16:14:00.003-04:00

One day last week I decided it was finally time for me to visit a real-live hemp field. After five years wearing, eating, researching and talking up hemp, it dawned on me that I should get out there 'into the field' and see the stuff face-to-face.

I took a lot of pix, shot some footage and soaked in the sweet aroma of several acres of THC-free hemp at a farm in Saint-Léon-le-Grand in the rural Mauricie region of Quebec.

Here's a photo series I created with the best images of the field trip. Enjoy!

Click this image below to see the shots and read the full story in the photo captions at the Flickr website:

(Click image to see the photo series...)

Hope your summer's going great!

Ez

More sun...

2010-06-22T00:12:00.000-04:00

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The "Socalled" Movie is (was) here...

2010-05-25T13:51:00.005-04:00

The "Socalled" Movie, about my buddy Josh "Socalled" Dolgin, is now playing at CinemaSpace, the friendly hemp-seat movie theatre at Montreal's Segal Centre for Performing Arts.

This is an excellent and most inspiring new documentary film produced by reFrame films and the National Film Board of Canada. It was directed by Garry Beitel ("Chez Schwartz", Bonjour Shalom", etc...) and produced by Barry Lazar and Ravida Din.

I hope to see all you Socalled fans there. June 5-8 & 10, 2010 at 7pm. Tix at 514-739-7944.

Bonus: Free bottle of Dr. Bronner's organic hemp soap and pack of Manitoba Harvest hemp seeds to all who ask for it at the shows! Thanks to the CinemaSpace sponsors.

Don't miss this loving portrait of the klezmer/hip-hop king. Spread the word to your music-loving friends too...

Lots more info on the film HERE.

Ez

Why I Love Hemp...

2010-05-18T16:20:00.022-04:00

("Hemp Over the Canal", by Ezra S.)

On the occasion of the first annual Hemp History Week (May 17-23, 2010), I proudly present my definitive hemp list...

Why I Love Hemp
by Ezra Soiferman, Montreal, www.EzSez.com

-It's just a plant but it's so many more things. This astounding versatility throughout so many domains is what I love most. Also...
-Environmental friendliness, renewability & sustainability
-Incredible durability
-Important throughout history and throughout most cultures
-Hemp fibers are the longest and strongest of all plant fibers
-Protects against UV rays
-Antifungal
-Antimicrobial
-Non-toxic
-Usually grown pesticide-free (often certified organic too)
-Bio-degradable & compostable
-Comfortable to wear: hemp fabric is cool in summer and warm in winter
-It's been said that "Hemp clothing doesn't wear out, it wears in"
-Fabric wicks sweat away from the body
-Machine washable, dryer-friendly
-Blends beautifully with cotton, silk, wool, ramie, spandex, etc.
-Crailar is a new ultra-soft hemp blend developed in partnership with Canada's National Research Council that Hanes is currently testing for future products
-Stronger, warmer and more absorbent than cotton
-Super soft hemp "fur" now exists, made from hemp fibers and recycled pop bottles
-Hemp's natural whiteness prevents the need to use chlorine bleach
-Hemp canvas (the word comes from cannabis) is excellent for making shoes out of
-Used to make belts, gloves, shoelaces, hats, pet leashes, guitar straps, bracelets, macramé knotting, and wallets
-US soldier uniforms and parachutes were made of hemp fabric as recently as WWII and in 1942, the U.S. government encouraged its growth to help win the war though the "Hemp for Victory" campaign which it later tried to bury all evidence of.
-You can now find men's hemp suits and women's high fashion hemp clothes (skirts, gowns, wedding dresses, etc.)
-Countless unique clothing designs have been created by hemp designers worldwide
-Hulled hemp seeds are called nuts but aren't actual nuts. That's nuts.
-Delicious nutty taste similar to sunflower seeds
-Hemp milk is great straight or for cereal or coffee, tea, smoothies
-Hemp protein powder is excellent as a high-protein, high-fibre supplement
-Hemp butter can be used instead of nut butters for people with allergies
-Used as an ingredient to make bread, oatmeal, cereal, salad dressing, mustard, ice cream, trail bars and many other foods
-Seeds are great in soups, yogurt and on bagels with cream cheese!
-The seeds, powder and oil are yummy and nutritious in smoothies
-You can ferment it and make beer with it
-Can be eaten raw and is not bitter like flax
-High in protein (higher than meat, dairy, nuts, soy)
-High in the proper balance of Omega essential fatty acids
-Hemp oil is the richest source of GLA 'super fatty acids'
-Contains all essential amino acids

-Not genetically modified
-Seeds and oil can enhance nearly any dish (salads, soups, stifrys, spaghetti sauce and even foods not starting with an s.
-Cholesterol free
-Sodium free
-Low in carbohydrates and low glycemic index
-Hydrogenated fat free
-Low in saturated fat
-Gluten free
-The fiber content of hemp seed flour is the highest of all commercial flours
-Vegetarian & vegan
-Kosher
-Free of all major allergens
-Contains edestin to help digestion
-Hemp oil has helped people with Crohns, colitis and IBS and also helps relieve constipation
-Hemp oil soothes a dry or sore throat
-Was used for centuries for lamp oil
-Hemp oil is a healthier ingredient for candles than petrochemichal-based paraffin.
-Great conversation-starter
-Great conversation-finisher sometimes too!
-Excellent lubricant for machines, engines, doors and massages
-Great for biodiesel to fuel cars, trucks and portable generators
-Energy-wise, it can be used to make methanol, heating pellets, BTU gas, charcoal and tar
-Hemp stalk fibers make a great tree-free, acid-free, easily recyclable paper-source that can be grown in months rather than decades
-Makes an excellent and substantial ingredient in construction materials (concrete, particle board, paint, varnish, insulation)
-Superb insulation properties (acoustic, thermal, breathable, flame retardant)
-Excellent for rope, twine and thread
-Can be used to make bio-plastic
-You can listen to music through hemp speaker cones and play instruments made from hemp plastic
-Excellent for kitty litter and animal bedding for larger animals
-The fabric is ideal for curtains, sheets, towels, upholstery and reusable shopping bags
-Raw fibers are used for carpeting in homes and offices
-Giant net-like hemp fiber mats called geo-textiles are used to prevent soil erosion
-Light hemp fabric is used for reusable coffee filters and tea bags
-Hemp-fleece is frequently used as reusable diaper liners
-Fine coloured hemp fibers are used in the minting of paper money in many countries
-I especially love it because I built a cinema using hemp fabric for the seats (CinemaSpace)
-Hemp oil is a healthy ingredient in makeup and other beauty products
-A nourishing addition to sunscreen, soaps and shampoos
-Hemp oil is great for dry skin and various skin conditions
-The hemp plant can grow to close to 20' tall in about 3 months. Fast!
-Can be grown in various climates
-Was legal to grow until the 1970 Controlled Substances Act classified it as a drug. Hemp was phased out much earlier than that, however, in part because of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, which made pot illegal. The last crop of hemp in America was harvested in 1957.
-Was brought back to popularity after decades of obscurity by the late great authoresearcher Jack Herer, the gutsy and prolific actorvist Woody Harrelson, and other believers
-Legal to grow in 30 countries worldwide including Canada, Australia, Italy, UK, France, etc... but NOT (yet) the USA. Remember, it was legal and encouraged to grow in the US for hundreds of years, so who knows...
-HR1866 the U.S. Industrial Hemp Farming Act is in motion now with over 20 sponsors in Congress. Hemp legalization in the USA could be around the corner
-Uses much less water to grow and process than cotton
-Grows without the need for pesticides, fungicides or synthetic fertilizers, unlike cotton which uses huge amounts, if not the most of any crop
-Hemp is the highest biomass producer of all plants (10 tons per acre)
-Good for farmers' health
-Offers Canadian farmers a fair return on their crops
-U.S. farmers support it and want to be able to grow it
-Hemp is carbon-negative: growing it actually improves the air and the soil it's grown in
-Hemp's sister plant marijuana has countless age-old medicinal uses and benefits
-Many 'Old Master' paintings are on hemp canvas, using hemp oil based paints and varnishes
-In the 1940s, the Pentagon was built on USDA hemp fields (read more)
-First pair of Levis jeans was made of hemp in 1853
-The original Gutenberg Bible and King James Bible were printed on hemp paper
-George Bush Sr. was supposedly saved by a hemp parachute during wartime

-Ben Franklin's 'electrified' kite string was a hemp string
-Old Ironsides, The Mayflower and other ships used many tons of hemp for ropes, sails, varnish, etc.
-The U.S. Constitution was drafted on hemp paper
-George Washington and Thomas Jefferson farmed hemp
-Interest in hemp is growing every moment (is it for you too?)
-There is a vast selection of hemp products are now available online and in shops worldwide
-Fascinating to learn about and fun to discuss with curious folks and other hemp fans

And last but not least...

-I love it because it's true . 'True hemp,' as they used to say. The real deal.

Hemp it up!

Ez

Ever been to a hemp farm? Have a look at my "Hemp Field Day!" photo series here.
Back to www.EzSez.com

Hempagon!

2010-05-13T09:49:00.007-04:00

Unbelievable but true...

A document released today reveals that in the 1940s, the Pentagon was built on land previously used to farm the U.S. government's official test crop of hemp.

As a lead-up to the first annual Hemp History Week (May 17-23) the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) has announced that it has the diaries of Lyster H. Dewey (a botanist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture). The five volume set of sixty-two diaries begins in 1879 and spans until Dewey's death in 1944.

The diaries, found at a garage sale outside Buffalo, are on display throughout Hemp History Week at Capitol Hemp, a hemp store in Washington D.C.

The purpose of Hemp History Week is to show the U.S. government and public that hemp farming makes sense and should no longer be illegal in the USA, the only industrialized nation outlawing the farming of industrial hemp.

The Pentagon built on a hemp farm. Who'd a thunk...

Pays to shop at garage sales!

Ez

Read the official press release HERE.

Read the Washington Post article on the discovery HERE.

Watch the Hemp History Week info video below (60 secs. long):

Glassiette arrives!

2010-05-02T12:22:00.004-04:00

("Crumpets", a Glassiette by Alexandra Yanofsky)

I'm really proud of my sweet wife, Alexandra. She has just launched a wonderful new endeavor called Glassiette.

Alex sources lovely vintage dishware and artfully glues matching plates and glasses together with non-toxic, food-safe super-glue to create one-of-a-kind multi-level tray assemblies.

The name Glassiette is a little combo I came up with melding the word glass and assiette (French for plate). She loved the name and it stuck like non-toxic, food-safe super-glue.

These unique trays can be used to serve hors d'oeuvres, desserts, cupcakes or even to store your make up or small tchatchkes.

Read more about the Glassiette experience and where you can buy them for yourself or as gifts, at the Glassiette Blog.

Got glass yet?

Sure do!

Ez

Yummy air and sunlight diet...

2010-04-28T16:24:00.003-04:00

I've been following this fellow's story for a few years now. Prahlad Jani, 82, claims to have subsisted on a diet of air for the past 74 years. He lives in a cave and has some type of hole in the roof of his mouth that gathers moisture from the air and gives him enough energy to live. He says a goddess pours an 'elixir' through the hole in his palate. He also claims he derives energy from sunlight. It's bit meshuggah but somehow I believe it...

A wing of the Indian Government's defense department is studying him under lockdown for 15 days with a team of 34 doctors to see if he's for real. They want to know if he could teach them how to help soldiers survive for long stretches of time without food, or disaster victims to remain alive without sustenance until emergency workers arrive.

To read more about Prahlad Jani, click HERE.

I'll keep you posted when I hear any updates.

Ez

UPDATES:

-The 15 day study has concluded and Prahlad Jani baffled the doctors by not eating or drinking for the entire period. Here's an article about the preliminary results.
-A Harvard doctor exclaims "Impossible"; a blog commentor named "eric" types: "India is full of phony magicians. What I want to know is this: What is his relationship to the "researchers" and why are they knowingly publicizing a fraud?"; and a self-help guru chimes in, "It may truly be an example of mind over matter. These are things that enligtened being have been doing since the beginning of time... Jesus stated, "You will do things even greater than I. Study quantum physics..." More.

Hempy trails, Jack...

2010-04-16T16:20:00.009-04:00

(Jack Herer, 1939-2010; photographer unknown)

Many of you probably know I love hemp. The plant that can be used for food, fibre, fuel, paper, plastic, soap and rope (even dope if you count hemp's sister plant marijuana) is not just incredibly versatile but also environmental, historical, industrial, medicinal, renewable and frankly, logical:

The way I see it, hemp just makes sense and more and more people like you are click by click and wow by wow discovering this... and making good things happen with it.

The world has lost perhaps the most important hemp advocate. On April 15th, Jack Herer passed away at the age of 70.

In 2004, the L.A. Times wrote: "Herer is widely credited with launching the modern hemp movement, a persistent campaign by an eclectic coalition of environmentalists, legislators, rights activists, farmers, scientists, entrepreneurs and others to end the maligned plant's banishment and tap its potential as a natural resource..."

Jack, the author of the landmark book "The Emperor Wears No Clothes" (read it online here) is the person who took the age-old hemp plant and its myriad uses out of obscurity in the late 1980s.

Having been all but banned, banished and shunned since the late 1930s, hemp was essentially rediscovered and fully exposed for modern readers by Jack's book. In researching the book, he uncovered lost documents about Henry Ford's virtually indestructible hemp car; about "Hemp For Victory" a pro-hemp film made by the U.S. government during WWII and subsequently hidden; and among other things, the truth about how nutritious hemp seeds are and how high they are in protein, amino acids and omega fatty acids.

I never had the opportunity to meet Jack but had we met I would have thanked him for turning me and so many others on to this plant and its immeasurable potential.

I've now spent 5 years wearing, eating, researching, and sharing hemp and products derived from hemp. Jack inspired me to do my homework on this plant and after all this time I can't find a good reason for our society not to use this plant more. In a time of eco crisis, here is a plant that's easy to grow, requires no pesticides and little water, and actually heals the soil as it grows. Add to that all that can be done with it once harvested.

Thanks, Jack, for all you did. We will carry your work forward each day. We'll miss you next month as we celebrate the first annual Hemp History Week.

You can read Jack Herer's obituary here. And here is a very nice article about Jack's funeral.

Curious about hemp? Want free Dr. Bronner's hemp soap samples or Manitoba Harvest hemp seed samples? Come by Montreal's CinemaSpace at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts the world's first hemp-seat movie theatre I run and we'll happily give you some.

Best to all from Montreal,

Ez

Bob Dylan upon a wall

2010-04-15T11:22:00.003-04:00

"Subterranean Homesick Greens" (4/14/10, MTL, Mural by Henry Buszard, photo by Ezra S.)

"He's a huge Bob Dylan fan!," said a worker at a veterinarian's office in NDG about her boss who commissioned this fine mural of Bob Dylan on the vet's building.

To see Mr. Dylan in the original 1965 video upon which this mural is based, click here. Good for a pick-me-up anytime. Look for Allen Ginsberg looking highly rabbinic in the background.

Oh, and to see the Weird Al Yankovic cover of this song, click here!

Ez

Lulu times are here...

2010-03-13T17:05:00.003-05:00

Dear Ez Sez Readers,

I have not been able to post as often as I'd like due to busyness all around.

What's keeping me most busy is the amazing daughter that Alexandra and I had almost 6 months ago.... Lulu!

Here's a pic of me and Lulu above. You can see many more pix below too.

I'll be back with more Ez Sez blogging in the not too distant future. If you sign up for Email Alerts towards the top left, you'll be in the loop when the pix, poems, film news and general fun start churning out again.

Until then, friend!

Ez

Happy 2010

2010-01-04T13:51:00.001-05:00

(Click pic quick for juicy view)

("Country View", 1/10, Laurentian Mountains)

Happy 2010 to all. More fun coming to EzSez.com this year. Drop on by when the spirit moves you.

All the best,

Ez

Goodbye, Vic

2009-12-26T18:36:00.023-05:00

("Oh, death..." Feb. 2006, Bowery Ballroom, NYC, pic by Ezra S.)

...and when the crisis passes
when the coast is clear
I'll be buffed down to a liquid
and the world, world, world it is a sponge

Throughout this entire ugly outing
I've been mumbling the convex of what I should be shouting
but I'll soon be silent you'll soon hear nothing
'cause the world, world it is a sponge...
(From "Sponge" by Vic Chesnutt, 1992)

He sang from his wheelchair like a steam-powered locomotive boiling to leave the station at noon sharp. This train has just now left the station. A few minutes early too.

I had the pleasure of meeting Vic Chesnutt on a several occasions before or after some of his concerts in New York and Montreal. We also bumped into each other and chatted coming out of a Bob Dylan show at Madison Square Garden one night.

I always thought he was a vastly talented performer and poet and knew that someday others would catch up with his shockingly honest music and and savour its jagged and dark, yet upliftingly twangy angles like I had these past fifteen years or so.

Maybe now that he is gone more people will.

One can start with my two favourite albums Little and Is The Actor Happy for an easy-wrenching way in. I started with Little. I vividly remember buying it at the now gone Tower Records on Broadway in The Village and not even being able to make it all the way home with it I was so excited to have the CD a friend had sampled for me the day before. I was hooked from the first second.

After leaving Tower with the CD, I was compelled to duck into a schlocky discount electronics store not a dozen doors up Broadway to ask if I could have a listen to some speakers in their demo room. I politely asked the salesman if I could put on my gleaming copy of Little into the CD player.

The salesman put it in, had a listen to Vic singing "I dreamed I was a-dancin' with Isadora Duncan" and swiftly drifted out of the room rolling his eyes. I listened undisturbed in that soundproof room for nearly the entire album. I may have even tried to get Vic's key-twisting voice to come out of all the stack of speakers in the room at once. The salesman never returned. I ended up buying every one of Vic's 15 or so CDs from that point on.

Vic died at the age 45 on Christmas day. People are saying it was suicide related to depression and being hooked on painkillers after years of post-car crash pain and disabilities. They're saying he was also in debt from medical bills. (Read NY Times article)

Whatever they say, I'll say this... here was a totally one of a kind artist who will live on through his prolific piles of albums. Nobody sounded like Vic and nobody, really nobody, wrote like the guy. Not even Dylan. I humbly and proudly say it.

Dylan wrote like Dylan, Vic wrote like Vic.

His songs will always tickle my mind and punch at my heart.

Vic, I'll miss you.

Ez

P.S. Right after writing this, I opened up iTunes and in 2 seconds flat called up the 122 Vic songs in there and hit Shuffle...

the song that came on...

"I'm Through":

"I'm through living my life for you/
yes, I hope for both our sakes, I'm through, through, through."

("Because I'm Through" Feb. 2006, Bowery Ballroom, NYC, pic by Ezra S.)

"Flirted With You All My Life"
(from Vic's 2009 CD At The Cut)
listen to free full song here

I am a man
I am self aware
And everywhere I go
You're always right there with me

I flirted with you all my life
And even kissed you once or twice
And to this day I swear it was nice
But clearly I was not ready

When you touched a friend of mine
I thought I would lose my mind
But I found out with time
That really I was not ready

Oh, death
Oh, death
Oh, death
Really, I'm not ready

Oh death, you hector me
The death some make, those dear to me
Tease me with your sweet relief
You are cruel and you are constant

When my mom was cancer sick
She fought so hard but then succumbed to it
But you made her beg for it
Lord, Jesus, please I'm ready

Oh, death
Oh, death
Oh, death
Really, I'm not ready

Oh, death
Oh, death
Oh, death
Clearly, I'm not ready
No, no...

***

(Filmed live by hmc1410 on Nov 4th, 2009 at Lincoln Hall in Chicago)

In an interview in the online magazine Aquarium Drunkard, Vic had this to say about about "Flirted With You All My Life":

"Well, this song just kind of happened. It is very personal. During run-through, when I was showing it to everyone, in the first couple of takes, I had tears in my eyes. It was very emotional to me. I’d never sung this song out – it was only on paper. But when I sing it out loud, it was very emotional for me and very personal. I wanted to write a song about a suicidal person. It’s about me – I have suicidal tendencies. So it’s about a suicide who wanted to live...The song is about realizing that I don’t want to die. I want to live."

In an interview with NPR's Terri Gross on Fresh Air: "This is a joyous song. It's a heavy song, but it's a joyous song. It's a breakup song with death."

***

Vic,

You told me your late grandpa once said, "Woody Guthrie music's good but you can't dance to it."

Please tell Woody we're now dancing to it down here. Tell your grandpa we're now dancing to your music too.

I think they'll both be proud of the true gems you created.

Thank you for making me cry and laugh and always think, Vic.

Ez

Hemp Motorcycle Jacket...

2009-12-01T16:22:00.000-05:00

What a great idea... hemp motorcycle jackets!

Kudos to Joe Rocket for not using leather for this jacket and instead going with a greener material.

More about the jacket HERE.

Ride on, Ez Sez Readers!

Ez

Doomsday

2009-11-25T00:12:00.001-05:00

What a song by Elvis Perkins in Dearland! It's called "Doomsday" and you can watch it in full doom n' boom glory HERE.

Ez

Gazette article on the MFG today...

2009-11-14T14:22:00.004-05:00

(Click article for big text version)

Here's a nice article on the Montreal Film Group and CinemaSpace that came out today in the Montreal Gazette. Thought I'd share it with you...

Ez

Bouquets of trees...

2009-11-13T21:39:00.002-05:00

(Click pic quick for juicy view)

I took this photo and somehow knew

Something told me you'd see it too

Thanks for dropping by

From the ground up to the sky

Bouquets of trees they never die

Ez Sez to you...

Thanks for dropping by

Ez

Whatever you may say today...

2009-11-09T11:11:00.000-05:00

Openization...

2009-11-07T10:10:00.000-05:00

Seven senses...

2009-11-05T07:37:00.000-05:00

Most of all...

2009-11-03T09:39:00.000-05:00

Simple solutions...

2009-11-01T20:08:00.000-05:00

9 weird-looking animals...

2009-10-16T09:29:00.000-04:00

(The baby-faced Mexican 'Axelotl'; [photo source unknown])

This is my type of thing... a photo series I just spotted of the "9 Weirdest-Looking Animals You Didn't Know Existed".

Check it out HERE.

Stay weird.

Ez

Hemp Planting on the DEA lawn...

2009-10-14T23:22:00.000-04:00

(Photo by VoteHemp.com)

Two farmers, two activists, a clothing designer, and a soapmaker.

Kudos to these six brave leaders of the hemp industry in the United States for driving up to the lawn of the DEA (U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency) in Virginia and planting hemp seeds.

They did this to make a statement about the fact that the USA is still the only industrialized nation to prohibit the growing of industrial hemp.

The six men were swiftly arrested by police, but not before snapping some excellent pix and shooting a short video commemorating the historic event. See them HERE.

The Washington Post did a great job capturing the event in a big article that came out today. You can read it HERE.

Super stuff.

Ez

Soon come winter...

2009-10-07T16:44:00.000-04:00

(Click pic quick for juicy view)

("NYC Winter", 3/09, NYC, by Ezra S.)

Soon come winter
In like splinter
Out like lamb

Ez

Shoes/wires/clouds/wire

2009-10-06T15:33:00.000-04:00

(Click pic quick for juicy view)

("Shoes/wires/clouds/wire", 8/09, MTL, by Ezra S.)

Pomme d'arse

2009-10-05T14:22:00.001-04:00

(Click pic quick for juicy view)("Pomme d'arse", 9/09, MTL, by Ezra S.)

Pomme d'amour

2009-10-04T13:51:00.000-04:00

(Click pic quick for juicy view)

("Pomme d'amour", 9/09, MTL, by Ezra S.")

Welcome Lulu! (plus 1st year pix)

2009-09-22T13:01:00.022-04:00

(Click pix quick for juicy view)

Good News, Friends...

On Monday, September 21st, 2009 at 2:52pm, my sweet wife Alexandra gave birth to our sweet daughter Talula Anne Feigeh Rivke Lulav Soiferman (we call her "Lulu" for short).

Lulu was 7lbs and a few ounces at birth.

Mom n' baby gal are doing wonderfully.

Send telepathic diaper changes anytime!

Love to all from Montreal,

Ez

P.S. Here, from the future, is Lulu's first year in pictures...

La famille

(1 hour old)

(13 days fresh)

(4 weeks bouncy)

(5 weeks fuzzy)

(6 weeks sleepy)

(7 weeks cute)

(8 weeks warm)

(9 weeks giggly)

(10 weeks portraity)

(11 weeks bobbly)

(12.5 weeks Muppety)

(16 weeks Curious)

(17 weeks serious)

(19 weeks squeakety clean)

(21 weeks wide-eyed and sun-lit)

(6.5 months King Tut and Queen Tush)

(7.7 months "aaaaaaaaaaaaah!")

(8 months silly daddy)

(9 months pointy)

(10 months fresh-faced)

(11 months strawberried)

(12 months wavilicious)

This Luluness can go on forever but you've got other blog postings to get too!

Thanks for dropping by,

Lulu's dad (Ez)

eGuiders featured on Blip.tv

2009-09-16T21:49:00.004-04:00

Here's my old NYU buddy Marc Ostrick featured in a big new video interview on Blip.tv. The interview has Marc talking about his new project eGuiders.com, a site that brings the finest web videos, handpicked by media mavens, right to your digital doorstep.

I'm one of the core eGuiders on the site so you can be sure I dig what's going on over there. I think you might too. Have a peek.

Enjoy the video!

Ez

From my Twin Towers files... "New ol' New York"

2009-09-11T07:37:00.000-04:00

(Click pic quick for juicy view)

I created this photo/poem montage not long after 9/11.

When I lived in NYC (91-95) I used to take walks down to the Twin Towers and go to the observatory at the top to see the city from the perspective of a drop of water in the clouds. It was a great way to humble oneself.

I also used to photograph the Twin Towers regularly, doing that had a bit of the opposite effect. So grand and photogenic were those buildings, one would think he or she was just maybe the very best photographer in the world.

Alexandra and I are expecting a baby any day now. At a party recently someone said, "Yikes, I hope it's not born on September 11th!" Someone else cut in, "Actually, I think that would be the most beautiful thing. That day needs more souls."

I leave you with that as I head out on a jog on this special day.

Enjoy the poem and pix above.

Go, go, go...

Ez

Yesterday's thought...

2009-09-10T00:12:00.001-04:00

Just like trees tall...

2009-08-23T21:09:00.001-04:00

May you grow, as rain may fall
With shoots and roots
Just like trees tall

Ez

Put a smile on...

2009-08-20T21:49:00.001-04:00

("Smilon", 7/25/09, MTL, Ezra S.)

Nice things come
to nice people
who like nice things.

And nice versa.

Thank you for dropping by, friendly friend or friendly stranger.

It's nice to slow down from the traffic with you.

I have been busy awaiting a new member to our world. Keep you posted.

Enjoy the site anytime. I'll keep adding stuff for you.

Ez

Doin' pine in 2009

2009-07-21T09:49:00.000-04:00

(Click pic quick for juicy view)

(Pine Tree Branch, 7/09, Laurentian Mountains, by Ezra S.)

Every time it rains and we complain,
Another sunny day disappears down the road

Hard to prove
But I have a hunch

Summer on,

Ez

Cool it all down...

2009-07-16T15:03:00.001-04:00

(Click pic quick for juicy view)

("Pass the Pastec", 7/09, NYC, by Ezra S.)

Cool it all down for the summer at Ez Sez.

Ez

July 4th in NYC

2009-07-05T10:10:00.001-04:00

(Click pic quick for juicy view)

Regards to all from NYC.

The fireworks over the Hudson River were a blast (give or take five thousand million for 30 mins straight!).

Ez

Children in the Park

2009-07-03T21:49:00.005-04:00

(Click pic quick for juicy view)

("Children In The Park", 6/09, MTL)

Children in the Park
Like children in the park we make our way
Like soldiers in the field we feel pain
Walk ahead, find the path
Before the dark comes light to pass

We're old, we hurt
Look at the alternative...
It's work
Lying in the dust, it's work
Like children in the park, it's work
Like children in the park we make our way
Like children in the park we make our way

Welcome and welcome back to Ez Sez.

Ez

Green Things

2009-07-01T05:55:00.002-04:00

(Click pic quick for juicy view)

("Green Beetle on The Main", 6/09, MTL, by Ezra S.)

On the occasion of Canada Day, I wish everyone a prelated happy St. Patrick's Day.

Ez

'Glamour Guts'

2009-06-27T23:11:00.001-04:00

Check out my awesome Halifax friend Jasmine Oore's 3 minute short film 'Glamour Guts' (watch it here).

Her touching and wacky comedy about life with bowel disease is one of 3 final films in the running at a big CBC short film contest.

Update: Thanks to all who voted for the film during the voting period. The film won first prize. Jasmine is already at work on her next film with the help of the generous CBC prize.

Ez

The Rain Subsides

2009-06-25T11:11:00.000-04:00

Will Hollywood Get This Man To Play Ed McMahon?! ...for free!

2009-06-24T16:04:00.003-04:00

(Montreal man who looks a little like Ed McMahon, no?)

I was out at a café in Montreal the night after Ed McMahon passed away. By strange coincidence there was a man ordering a coffee who was talking about Ed McMahon's death and he looked so much like Ed McMahon.

The following is a short video interview I shot with this fine man on a small Flip Ultra camcorder I've started carrying around in my bag for times like these!

Will this man get the call from Hollywood to play Ed McMahon in a biopic? And will he take on the role for free?! Watch the video to find out...

Enjoy the new video. You can watch it HERE.

(The real Ed McMahon)

Be well and thanks for dropping by EzSez.com!

Ez

On Musical Discoveries

2009-06-23T09:09:00.004-04:00

("Leonard", 5/31/09, Ottawegian Valley)

To make a long story short,
A couple of years back I got my first iPod
I loaded it up with lots of Leonard Cohen songs
My first batch of Leonard Cohen music
What the heck
Hadn't known his stuff much before
(Was always on the Dylan side of the fence)
Next day, I listened to the Leonard Cohen tunes carefully on a flight to L.A.
What do you know...
Found it to be excellent
"So that's what people are raving about," I thought
Stepped off the plane
There he was walking by the baggage carousel
I couldn't resist
"Pardon me, Mr. Cohen...
I'm a nice Jewish boy from Montreal like you

To make a long story short, I got a new iPod yesterday
I loaded it up with lots of your music
My first batch of your music
Hadn't known your stuff much before
And here you are! Wow!
I just wanted to say:
Mazel tov on all that fine music."

He laughed, thanked me and walked on.

Sounds like one of those weird dreams, but it's true.

Here's to musical discoveries coming at just the right time.

Ez

UPDATE: My friend Gnome who's on a scooter from Edmonton to Montreal I write this, adds: "Ez, this reminds me of when I put Joni Mitchell's documentary on my iPod Touch last summer and... boom... synchronicity. Wowza. True that, Ez."

(Gnome and Joni, 2008)

Tires Weaving

2009-06-21T08:28:00.000-04:00

("Tires Weaving", 5/31/09, MTL, Ezra S.)

Wheelie good of you to drop by Ez Sez again.

Ez

Smashy-internashy

2009-06-19T09:22:00.000-04:00

("Closed Rose", 5/2/09, Ottowegian Valley, Ezra S.)

I thought of a new expression today... It goes something like this:

Smashy-internashy

It means super duper.

Once I thought of a word in French:

Cardinalement

It means absolutely everywhere, or towards all cardinal points.

OK, must run. Have fun!

Ez

Yiddish Fest!

2009-06-17T11:11:00.001-04:00

("I Love Yiddish", photo from Google Images)

Fan of Yiddish?

The Montreal International Yiddish Theatre Festival starts tonight (6/17) at the Segal Centre for Performing Arts.

Come see Yiddish films (with Eng. subtitles!) at my the film screening room I run, CinemaSpace, from June 18-25. The full film schedule with synopses and pix is here: http://www.tinyurl.com/yiddishfilms

Close to half the shows are sold out already so act quick!

Ez

Smell Some Flowers

2009-06-17T10:10:00.000-04:00

(Click LineDot ArtText drawing quick for juicy view)

Send you a smile

2009-06-15T07:07:00.000-04:00

(Click pic quick for juicy view)

Fear Flu

2009-06-12T07:22:00.003-04:00

(Click for juicy view)

Tireless

2009-06-10T21:22:00.003-04:00

("Escabeau means echelle means ladder means climb!", 6/09, Manotick, Canada, pic by Ez)

TIRELESS
(6/10/09, Rock and roll barnburner in the key of E for Escabeau)

Barely even wireless
Hardly ever guileless
Tireless, you're tireless

Up and go on at 'em
As you friendly chat 'em
Tireless, you're tireless

Love your way
Fear no thing
Fight with good
Let it sing
Let it super sing

Tireless, you're tireless
Let is super sing
Tireless, you're tireless

Keep going strong
Let summers go long
Sweet nothing is wrong
Tireless, you're tireless
Tireless, you're tireless

Sending a busy hello to all from Montreal.

Keep on climbing.

We're getting somewhere.

Ez

2009-05-24T23:22:00.000-04:00

(Click pic quick for juicy view)
('Wholey of Wholies', 5/22/09, MTL, by Ezra S.)

It's the bulk bagel-wrapping room at Fairmount Bagel Bakery in Montreal. Stacked to the ceiling before being loaded onto trucks.

I've always wanted to photograph this room and finally got my chance on Friday.

Ez

New Hemp Suit

2009-05-21T09:09:00.000-04:00

Thanks to Alvin for the custom hemp suit.

Ez

Happy Mother's Day

2009-05-10T07:07:00.001-04:00

(Click pic quick for juicy view)

Happy Mother's Day to all moms reading Ez Sez.

Ez

Swine n' Dine

2009-05-06T15:33:00.002-04:00

(Know?Mag Winter '08 photo shoot by André Pinces)

Hello Again Ez Sez Readers,

I've been busy showing lots of films at CinemaSpace and haven't had much time to blog, but I'm back on the swine with this post about my old friend André Pinces in Vancouver.

André is one of Vancouver's finest photographers and has just launched his new blog. I thought I'd pass the good word on to you. Lots of shiny things to look at there.

All the best to all from Montreal.

Keep your own cameras snapping...

Ez