On perfection...

Fundredee...

IT'S A FRIDAY
(4/17/08, MTL, Ezra S.)

It's a pocket of gold
A mouthfulla soul
A stone on a roll
A clap of the hand
It's a Friday
That's all it is, man
It's a Friday
Some kinda French fried day
That comes tearin' in sideways
It's a Friday
You love
You'll love
You love
Like a hand in a glove
Or some sunshine above
It's a Friday
It's a Friday
You love
You'll love
You love
It's a Friday


Ez

The old Birthday beard shot...

This shot is a self portrait I took 6 years ago on my 30th birthday. That was my last beard. I'd shaved it off on that milestone birthday. I'm posting the before/after pic in honour of my 36th birthday today.

Happy Ezra's birthday, guys. Have a peanut-butter, banana & hemp smoothie for me, would'ya.

Ez

Doodle, doodle, yeah!

(Click pic quick for juicy view)Fresh stuff from the notepad to you, Ez Sez readers.

Write on,

Ez

P.S. What's a Hilroy, Ez? (For those outside of Canada who may be unfamiliar with this popular brand of notebook.)

Can this be Ethicle?

There's a new site out there that allows you to support a good case each time you do a web search. It's called Ethicle.org.

Every time you do a search 1 cent is given to the charity you select.

Check it out and use it HERE.

That's my 2 cents for the day.

Ezra

Ever seen an elephant paint?

This is too wild for words. Click HERE to watch.

Enjoy the video.

Ezra

Back from the hack...

("Ez by Mr. Epelbaum", 3/08, MTL. Photo by Mr. Epelbaum at Regent Photo on Parc)

I'm back from the hack. Yesterday's Ez Sez posting was a slight scare (luckily it took place on April 1st) but I'm back and ready to bring you more.

Stay tuned for more Ez Sezzishness this Spring.


Ez

P.S. Spamping will NOT be something we need to worry about. We got them hackers on the run...

Earth You

Earth
Earth you
Earth second
Earth minute
Earth hour
Earth day
Earth month
Earth year
Earth decade
Earth century
Earth millennium
Earth million years
Earth billion years
Earth trillion years
Earth heaven
Earth universe
Earth infinity
Earth you

A new one...

I invented a new expression yesterday: Be AZAP! (EY-zap!)

Huh?!

When flummoxed... be AZAP.
When frustrated... be AZAP.
When furious... be AZAP!

AZAP: As Zen As Possible!

Fresh new things for you here always at Ez Sez.

Ez

Love is about...

("New York, New York had never been like that", Paris, 2000, Ezra S.)

LOVE IS ABOUT
Fear is the easy way out
Love is around us
Love is about

~~~


My 'puter whispers "shut me."
So, I go.
A bientot...

Ez

Winter's almost over...

("Honda Onda Move", 3/21/08, MTL, by Ezra S.)

New hemp report hits the streets...

Reason Foundation has just published a report entitled "Illegally Green: Environmental Costs of Hemp Prohibition."

If you're curious as to the potential environmental benefits of the hemp plant which can be used to make everything from food to fuel, paper to plastic, cloth to car panels, you'll want to check out this report.

The short version can be found here.

The full version can be found here.

About Reason.org: “Thank goodness for Reason… one sane voice fighting tons of nonsense.” John Stossel, ABC's 20/20

Stay hempy, friends.

Ez

UPDATE: The NY Times eco-blog Dot Earth just wrote the Reason report up. It's not just Ez Sez going on about this hemp stuff, y'know!

This just in...

We're all here together.

Ez

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Josh Ritter in Montreal...

(Josh Ritter in Montreal. Photo by Ez)

Hello Friends and Friendly Strangers,

This Wednesday, March 5th, is the day Josh Ritter (read his Ez Sez welcome letter) plays a show at Sala Rossa in Montreal.

Hope to see you there!

Ez

Watch Josh on Letterman recently HERE.

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Keeping you in the loop,

Ez

"Quote Unquote"

(Click the LineDot ArtText drawing for juicy view...)

Woody Allen Portrait...

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Rendez-vous at the Segal!

The films and fun start this Saturday through next Thursday (Feb 16-21) at the Segal Centre's CinemaSpace, the brand new theatre I've been helping to build over the past few months. It's got surround sound, an HD projector and yes... you guessed it... Canada's first hemp-covered eco-plush cinema seats!

Come on down each night at 7pm to watch great shorts and features, in English and French, being presented as part of CinemaSpace's inaugural collaboration with the Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois film fest.

Hope to see you there!

The full schedule, CinemaSpace address and all the film synopses can be found HERE.

Bon cinéma!

Ez

P.S. Want to be on the official CinemaSpace email list to be the first to know about upcoming screenings? Simply drop me an email at: ezra at pressuredrop dot com

Frozen Grand Central

Wanna see what happened when 207 people froze in place at Grand Central Station in NYC?

I thought so.

Ez

"YouTube, MeTube...."

Watch my friend Josh "Socalled" Dolgin's new video of 92 year-old piano-king Irving Field's "YouTube Song".

Too cool.

Ez

Yes we can...

*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*
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*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*
*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*
*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*
*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*
*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*
*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*
*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*Yes*we*can*

Click HERE to know how they say we can.

Ez

A Tale of Two Montpel(l)iers...

A strange thing just happened here at Ez Sez...

My server sends me lists of places where Ez Sezzers log into the site from. (Don't worry, they don't tell me who's reading Ez Sez, just where folks are visiting from.)

I'm always excited to read these far-flung names of towns and cities around the world.

So, I just checked and noticed something kind of wild... there were two consecutive readers from the same place... well not the same place, but places with the same name... well not the same name, but almost the same name...

Now, I've been through both Montpel(l)iers in my day but I never knew Ez Sez had fans there.

This posting's for you all in VT and FR.

(And for everyone else reading.)

Here's to more blogoincidences.

Ez

Josh Ritter returns to Letterman...

Watch a boisterous clip of Josh Ritter and band on Letterman earlier this week. This was Josh's second Letterman appearance.

Dave cracks a good one at the end of the clip too...

Ez

Love Writ Large...

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Here's a fresh LineDot ArtText drawing from the Ez Sez factory.

Ez

Make your own Jackson Pollock...

(1/21/08, by Ez)

Feeling artsy?

Make your own Jackson Pollock online here!

Enjoy,

Ez

One week's worth of food...

(The Ukita family of Kodaira City Food expenditure for one week: 37,699 Yen or $317.25. Photo by Peter Menzel)

I was just passed along a fascinating photo essay with pix of what various different families around the world eat each week. The photos are by Peter Menzel and they are hosted for you to see at the homelessnation.org web site.

More about Menzel's book "Hungry Planet" here.

HomelessNation is a Montreal based cross-Canada organization that helps empower homeless Canadians through internet access, filmmaking, blogs and other media-based techniques.

Bon weekend et bon appetit,

Ez