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Hepnova Biography Podcast

August 16th, 2007 · No Comments

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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Tags: Art · Culture · Fun · HEPNOVA · Humor · Media · Music · New York · News · Personal · Podcasting · Podcasts

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!

Tags: Activism · Avaaz · Campaign · Culture · Democracy · Design · Human Rights · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Links · Marketing · Media · New York · News · Palestine · Technology · Video · YouTube

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 [...]

Tags: Cuisine · Culture · Food · Japan · Japanese · New York · Personal · Photography · Pictures · Restaurant

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, [...]

Tags: Activism · Avaaz · Campaign · Culture · Democracy · Education · Fun · Human Rights · Internet · Iran · Iraq · Israel · Links · Marketing · Media · Middle East · News · Personal · Politics · Technology · Video · YouTube · translation

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.

Tags: Canada · Culture · Fun · Marketing · Media · NYC · New York · Quebec · Tourism · Travel