A Portrait of the Artists as Hot Young Freaks, a biography of Hepnova (the band formerly known as The Ronald Raygun), by Jon Rodis (pictured sitting above).
Stay tuned for the new Hepnova album late 2007/early 2008!
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Hepnova Biography Podcast
August 16th, 2007 · No Comments
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Stop the Clash video wins a Progressive Source Award
July 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Avaaz’s video, “Stop the Clash of Civilizations,” has won the people’s choice for the Best Awareness-Raising Video category of the Progressive Source Awards. If you haven’t watched it already, check it out on YouTube.
Thanks to everyone for voting for us!
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Omakase Dinner at Morimoto NYC (1 June 2007)
June 6th, 2007 · 3 Comments
When my family was in New York last week, we dined at Morimoto NYC. Everyone had the Omakase Dinner (Chef’s tasting menu). Here’s what we had and my comments:
Course #1: Toro (Tuna Belly) Tartare
The toro was delightfully fresh and rich tasting. I loved the little rice cracker balls. They added a [...]
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Avaaz Video Featured on YouTube Front Page This Week
May 24th, 2007 · No Comments
STOP THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS
I was part of the creative team of the Clash video, and worked on the localization/subtitling of the non-English versions. After our video was featured on YouTube earlier this week, the number of view counts has shot up dramatically. The video is stirring up quite a buzz online!
RICKEN PATEL, [...]
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Montreal Tourism Campaign: “Lose The….”
May 10th, 2007 · No Comments
I took this photo last night, by the ACE Canal Street station in Soho. Great campaign. Makes me want to go back to Montreal.
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