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Kaslo Jazz Festival
Every August long weekend in Kaslo, BC stunning vistas, great acoustics and superb musicians combine to create the Kaslo Jazz Etc Summer Music Festival.
http://www.kaslojazzfest.com

Music videos shot and edited by Pepper Sunlight for Just Concerts, the CBC site for highlighting Canadian music talent.

Buck 65
Halifax's high priest of hip-hop brings his bad self to Toronto and rocks our Canadian Music Week 2002 show.
--> www.justconcerts.co/BUCK65/

Plaid
Warp Records fave downbeat techno kings take over Toronto and rock the laptops on March 25, 2002 at Lee's Place.
--> www.justconcerts.co/PLAID/

The Deadly Snakes
Get down and dirty with the Deadly Snakes, in session at Studio 211 in Toronto on Jan 23, 2002.
--> www.justconcerts.com/DEADLY_SNAKES/

The Supers
On Aug 17/2001 Toronto's power pop mainstays, The Supers, showed up at the CBC Studios to record a special acoustic session for Radiosonic.
--> www.justconcerts.com/The_SUPERS/

Kingdom of Kensington: A Walking Tour of Kensington Market
There are hundreds of stories that could be included in this multimedia portrait of Kensington Market, but here you will find a sampling of the characters and influences that make up this fascinating and distinct, yet diverse cultural enclave of Toronto.
http://www.torontonians.com

Myrtle Philip's Whistler Pioneer Photos
Come learn more about the life and times of Myrtle Philip, Whistler Valley's most celebrated female pioneer! From her early days as a school teacher in Maine to her later years as a dedicated community member of the Whistler valley.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/myrtlephilip/

Light Enough to Travel -- Geoff Berner
Geoff Berner's Light Enough to Travel is a classic song of alienation and angst. While the song is gaining popularity as the first single off the Nettwerk Records debut of the Be Good Tanyas, Berner's original is stark and haunting. An example of indy-convergence-production, Pepper Sunlight built the video from images shot for the South Country Fair multimedia documentary and during the 2001 Summit of the Americas in Quebec City.
http://www.peppersunlight.com

South Country Fair: The Anarcoustic Accordion Player Goes to the Fair
Every July the town of Fort Macleod Alberta hosts the South Country Fair, a weekend of music, camping and other festival traditions. This year it was visited by a group of 'anarchists' from Vancouver and beyond. Lead by a 'gun runner' and an accordion player, they arrived ready to entertain, frighten and engage the audience.
http://scountry.simmerdown.com

Quiero el paseo mi bicicleta ~ I want to ride my bicycle
On Feburary 27, 2000 a group of 15 cycle-tourists from the United States landed at Jose Marti Airport in Havana. It was the first of a twelve day educational tour through Cuba. The group of cyclists came from all over the U.S., spanning Washington to Florida and California to Maine. They covered about 700 kilometers on bicycle and the back of a truck with stops in cities and towns of central Cuba. As they travelled, they stayed and visited with the local Cuban population and distributed humanitarian donations.
http://cuba.simmerdown.com

Pepper Sunlight Productions Inc. was formed in 2000 by Pat Gemmill an art historian and Photographer, Andrew Yates a journalist and video documentarian, and Alec Home-Douglas a graphic artist and new media designer.

The P.S.P ° Team:

Andrew Yates is a convergent journalist and musician based in Toronto, ON but raised in the west. When not producing projects for P.S.P° he works for the Discovery Channel’s daily news program, @discovery.ca. In the recent past he has done stints at National Post Online, both CTV’s Digital Desk and Mason Lee: On the Edge and CBC’s Foreign Assignment. In another incarnation he has played, recorded and toured with bands based both in Vancouver and in Prague and is currently working on his “solo project”.

Motto: Close enough for rock and roll.
Top 3 Websites: www.disinfo.com, news.bbc.co.uk, www.praguepost.cz
Favourite Book: On the Road and/or Brothers Karamazov
Favourite Movie: Smoke
Favourite Magazine: Shift and/or Vanity Fair
Desert Island Classic: Pixies - Come on Pilgrim/Surfer Rosa
Rant: I hate split infinitives.
Rave: Fender Telecasters rule.
Astrology Sign: Capricorn
Alias: KK - Bob

» andrew@simmerdown.com

Alec Home-Douglas is a digital designer based in Vancouver, Canada. Besides being the Senior Web Designer for Pepper Sunlight he also manages his own company, Salamander Interactive, freelances for LSW Design, spends his spare time trying to build an online information and entertainment empire, daydreams about hockey and tries to save a bit of quality time for his nascent family.

Motto: Respect the Pixel
Top 3 Websites: Salon.com for the news; NHL.com for the stats; whatever i am currently working on
Favourite Book: The Aztec
Favourite Movie: Star Wars
Favourite Magazine: Shift and/or Adbusters
Desert Island Classic: Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Rant: Browsers, browsers and more browsers.
Rave: Everyday I am glad I found Apple first instead of Microsoft.
Astrology Sign: Taurus
Alias: Homey Mutha@#$%in' D.

» ahd@internetists.com

Ian (Pat) Gemmill, producer, photographer, and art historian is the Curator & Archivist at the Whistler Museum & Archives. After studying Photography in Vancouver, Pat completed a B.F.A., Major in Art History and a Minor in Film, at Concordia University and his M.A. focuses on Canadian Photography. Pat has also worked on the curatorial staff of the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, as a consultant for the Archives Association of BC, at the Concordia University Archives, and as a research consultant on the life and work of Margaret Watkins. Recently, he has been elected Vice-Chair of the Whistler Community Arts Council. Pat also has a passion for outdoor adventures, including kayaking in the Pacific Ocean and cycling in Cuba.

Motto: No regrets
Top 3 Websites: 2-pop.com; www.imagescanada.ca/; national.gallery.ca/
Favourite Book: A Brave New World
Favourite Movie: Indiana Jones has been very inspiring to me
Favourite Magazine: National Geographic and/or Photo
Desert Island Classic: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Suite Judy Blue Eyes
Rant: Photo collections that have not been properly catalogued!
Rave: Wanna take the canoe out?"
Astrology Sign: Aquarius
Alias: Patty-Wagon or P@

» pat@cyberflunk.com

Pepper Sunlight Productions Inc. is here to bring your projects to fruition. We are a team of experienced professionals in museum curating, journalism and new media design with a passion for creating dynamic and stimulating documentary websites of a historical/cultural nature.

P.S.P° offers a unique combination of skills to help you create a successful project, including:

Conceptualization
From brainstorming to storyboarding, we will bring your project idea from a vague notion to a tangible plan of attack.

Photographic Archival
If you have a trunk full of old photographs we can scan, catalogue and archive them to museum specifications so that they are preserved for posterity. We can even take your trunk of old photos and turn them into a coherent story to preserve the meaning behind the photos.

Journalism and Writing
Need to get to the bottom of a story or have an in-depth article written or a catchy slogan created? That is all part of the process for us.

Video Production
Lighting, shooting, editing, compressing. Using QuickTime technology, video can be an integral part of a documentary website.

Website Design
Subtle yet bold pixel manipulations are the name of the game. Unique and stimulating navigation, layout and interface design using Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash and whatever else is necessary is what some of us live for.

Website Development
Databasing for large archives and CGI scripting for interactivity can all be included in your project.

ISP Hosting Services
We don't offer this service specifically, but we have friends in high places (or is it dimly lit rooms?) and can thus help you maintain your website with a suitable ISP.

Please contact P.S.P° to discuss your project ideas.

Press Release
Sunday, January 20, 2002
» Kensington Market Multimedia Documentary released by CBC Radio 3
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News Article
Tuesday, July 24, 2001
The Whistler Question
» Museum website showcases Whistler's past: Myrtle Philip photo collection hits the net
The Full Story

News Article
Thursday, July 19, 2001
The Pique News Magazine
» Whistler's past goes online: The life and times of Myrtle Philip immortalized in a digital collection
The Full Story

Announcement
Monday, July 16, 2001
» Whistler Pioneer Photographs from the Myrtle Philip Collection website is officially launched on the Goverment of Canada Collections archival website.
The Full Story

News Article
July 25, 2000
Canada Computes
» Suddenly, the appetite for new media content seems insatiable. What and who is driving the demand?
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