Our beloved Ronaldo Tours has come to its season finale.
And by season finale, I mean the closing of one door and opening of another. No, really. Ronaldo is shutting the door of his Greenwich home, and opening the doors to a New York City apartment. Hello, little Italy! You have no idea what is coming at you.
As always, once a season of one of our favorite shows ends, we must look back at its most memorable moments. Remember when Ronaldo ate gelato, ate pizza, made pizza, and then ate some more?
Although many of Ronaldo’s adventures revolved around him indulging in delicious dishes (those Italians sure can eat), he also ventured out of his comfort zone by attending Comic-Con, and enduring the city of Toronto.
And if you’re not watching for the tours, you sure are watching for Ronaldo. That Italian accent gets the ladies every time. Every. Time.
Arrivederci, Ronaldo!
We look forward to seeing you in New York City in Season 2!
We all know the comic genius that is Aziz Ansari. If you don’t you may crawl back under your rock, but not before watching THIS, THIS, and THIS (my personal favorite) and then checking out and episode of Parks and Recreation.
Now that we are all on the same page, let’s talk about his comedy special that was released online for a mere $5.
Louis CK did it back in December with his “Live at the Beacon Theater” stand up special, and now Ansari is doing the same. Basically, it is a way for him to sell his material straight to his fans, in a from me to you, kind of way. No middleman, or big guy involved.
Ansari said, “It seemed like the smartest way to deliver it” and us folks here at NPeaches agree. It embraces exactly what we are doing by promoting openness, and content that is delivered from creator straight to the audience, without restrictions or interruptions. OR bullS**t licensing fees that create extra costs to what’s being sold.
Four for you Aziz Ansari! You go, Aziz Ansari! We tip our fancy velvet hats to you.
*** You can buy Aziz Ansari’s “Dangerously Delicious” hour stand-up special HERE
Behold, NPeaches now has not one, not two, but THREE web-shows!
We present to you: The Corrugated Universe
In this web series, NPeaches producer, Sarah Fabian, seeks to discover artists who confront social and political issues through the lens of comedy. Our upcoming artists hail from a wide range of mediums; from remixing and animation to performance art.
In our first episode- series premiere, if you will- we meet Ron Williams. Ron is a stand-up comedian, as well as the fight choreographer for the adventure comedy Charlie Christ: The Gospel According to Fools.
We get an inside look at how to integrate the art of Wing Tsun with traditional fencing. Plus, Ron reveals how the martial arts medium works while looking good and eating a cookie.
COOKIE. Who doesn’t like cookies?
And if for some reason you have not clicked the FIRST link above, I will present it once more HERE. Now go watch!
For those of you who haven’t heard, NPeaches has partnered with Franklin Street Works.
Why do you need to know this? Well, because it’s relevant, literally.
Check out this video HERE, where itsrelevant.com interviews Terri Smith, Creative Director at Franklin Street Works, and our founder Ernie Zahn, and tells you a little more about the gallery that has been voted “Best art gallery” in Stamford Magazine.
*Franklin Street Works is located on 41 Franklin Street in Stamford, Connecticut; and is open Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 12pm-5pm, and Thursdays from 12pm-7pm.
We would like to give a round of applause, and send some electronic hugs and kisses in the form of letters such as X’s and O’s, to two of our NPeaches comics – Gregory Quinn and Scott O’Leary – to congratulate them on the completion of the first season of their show, Don’t Mind the Maggots!
These guys have done everything from attending an ultimate drag off competition in their very first episode, to participating in competitions requiring the sculpting of butter or the excessive growing of one’s facial hair, (but hey, mustaches are having a moment) to riding the Naked Polar Bear Cruise and chugging Guinness during a St. Patty’s day pub crawl.
If you’ve missed any of their adventures, now is the time to sit back, kick your legs up, and watch (or re-watch) the first season of Don’t Mind the Maggots HERE or HERE.
And once again, congratulations to Greg and Scott!
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Bought a sandwich.
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Laptop is running out of battery. I’m done. Please enjoy:
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Hosted by dudes at Avid. They’re talking about Avid right now.
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“Bridging Television News and Web Production”
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Taking a little break till the next session.
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Two really good things brought up in this presentation. Bitrate and source!
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I’ll let you know when I hear something report worthy. Till then:
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Now talking about telecining. Guess this is more of an informative tech demystifying presentation. Feels a little 101 but there’s still a lot of good insight for folks that are new to this stuff.
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Ok, now talking about film gauges.
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Still overview. No talking about film gauges.
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Some overview on frame rates, artifacts etc. Not at the meat of it yet.
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The Zoetrobe!
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“From Source to Stream: Demystifying Video in the Digital Era” w/ David P. Kronmiller
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Half the room doesn’t watch video streaming daily as per the speakers request “Who watches video streaming everyday?” I was the only one who kept their hand up for “How many people watch 3 hours a day?”
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I hope lunch doesn’t get pushed back
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There’s a lot of people, I don’t know if I’ll win this raffle.
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Wish I was blogging for this guy
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No sign of Ke$ha yet.
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It’s running late
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10:58 Switched to LiveBlog from Twitter so as to not blow up our followers
In the web video industry, you don’t always get the chance to work with, or meet people face to face. So when this opportunity comes around, you’d better take it! And by ‘this opportunity’ we mean the annual Kaltura DevConnect.
It is a chance for hundreds of talented people working in the web video industry to come together to connect and learn from each other. It gives you a chance to explore new technologies, participate in hands-on training sessions, and have fun socializing.
Not to mention, NPeaches will be there! And we are excited to meet and learn from each one of you!
Kaltura DevConnect will take place on April 2nd 2012, in New York City.
Register now at Kaltura DevConnect!
Believe it or not, Final Cut Pro is not the only option out there! Aside from the other heavy hitters in the commercial world of non-linear editors there is an array of free and open source editors. Among them is Kdenlive. Kdenlive is arguably the best combination of robustness and ease of use in the FOSS realm.
To tell a family secret, we at NPeaches make use of Kdenlive for its rendering features. It’s our preferred method for exporting to Ogg and WebM because of the bitrate and other options it offers.
It’s not the only editor we use but it’s still integral to our post workflow.
Right now Kdenlive is looking for a helping hand on the road to stability and feature set with their IndieGoGo fundraising campaign.
This is a really rocking piece of software that is completely free, so donations go a long way.
Show your support by donating today!
Hi all,
I don’t know if you’ve seen NPeaches recently but instead of a website there is a photo very determined man…ready to see what’s next for NPeahces. Aren’t we all!?
Starting March 1st, you will see an all new kind of NPeaches, more in-line with who we are becoming as a comedy arts organization.
Keep your eyes peeled March 1st!
-Ernie