Tag: canada

  • Martin and the Crossroad’s Studios

    Sometimes a room or building has a special vibe or feel when you walk into it and this feeling comes to me whenever I walk into a music studio or TV studio.

    Shaw TV's Studio set for Martin at the Crossroads
    Studio set for Martin at the Crossroads

    The feel and smell of creativity? A tech meets art space? Or is it the ozone in the air from the equipment that calms and excites all at the same time?

    All I know is that this studio set made some magic for me while filming the bi-weekly instalments of Martin at the Crossroads. I also appreciate the staff and volunteers that worked the controls and cameras that help create the magic. Without them, it is just a room with a lot of very expensive toys.

    I spent many years in studios like this for both TV production of my shows and in recording studios to voice what I can best remember of as hundreds of times. Some major studios, some eked out in what seemed to be a bedroom closet.

    garden studio
    garden studio

    The summer studio for my show was a treat. The swimming pool that never got swam in but lent its reflection to the warmth and feel of The Crossroads with Martin Anthony. Guests were always most comfortable sitting under the mulberry trees as the sun slowly set in the west during the one-hour program. On one occasion, a huge mulberry dropped on my guest. The guest picked it up from his lap, looked at it for a moment, and then popped it into his mouth. Mulberry memories for sure!

    All in all, they were quite memorable moments for the task that a studio brings to the art at hand. To share words, images and ideas with the world.

    – Martin Anthony

  • Martin @ the Crossroads YouTube link

    Martin Anthony and the studio volunteers.

    It is fun going through the archives as one never knows what they will find.

    Although the show concluded just before Shaw TV implemented changes to the operation of its access channel, viewers can still enjoy all the episodes of “Martin at the Crossroads”, featuring an eclectic range of guests, by visiting their YouTube Channel.

    This link provides easy access to the entire 12-episode series, allowing fans and new viewers alike to experience the engaging content and stories showcased in the show. Be sure to check it out and relive the moments or discover them for the first time! Martin @ the Crossroads

    Enjoy!

    Martin

  • Site Updates

    We are making significant changes on our xRdsTV hardware and website. Our technician, besides being so cute, is on it as we speak.

    The updates include both the front and back end of the website, and soon, we will be transitioning our server from a high energy consuming data centre in the desert, to a carbon-zero provider that uses passive cooling! More news on that to come.

    One other reason for the change is that our data centre is being moved from the USA as privacy regulations are much more secure elsewhere.

     

  • Thanksgiving 2020

    There’s a lot to be thankful for albeit all the changes in our “habits“ the past while.

    The two things I’m most thankful for are food security and our volunteer emergency services organizations. I’m happy to live in a country where I can go to a store and purchase the food I need (as well as those yummy things I should not eat) and, as a volunteer fire fighter, our first responders. I don’t say this to point praise at myself, but to thank all those, when I get the dispatch call, other people who show up at the fire hall when a life (or lives) are at risk.
    So the next time you think there’s no hope, or no one cares anymore, remember to give thanks to those who, on their own accord jump out of bed at 5:36 AM on Thanksgiving Sunday (or any day) to, make a difference to the people in your community. It makes me proud to be a part of what’s good out there.

    Happy Thanksgiving 2020!

  • Flight

    It’s nice to be flying again. I’m also quite happy that my new base airport is Campbell River or as it’s known in pilot speak “CYBL”.

    The area is stunning and the island goes on forever. Across the Salish Sea are a wall of snow-capped mountains that leave little room to penetrate under 8,000 feet.

    Campbell Lake is spectacular as well and I hope to get there sometime soon.

    The only thing that was negative was having a viewpoint that sees the vast clearcuts of what once was forest. Now just snowpack, spring will melt it off and wash the soil along with it. I wish there was a better way to log but it seems this is one sight that hasn’t changed since I started flying aircraft. Hope one day it will change.