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The Sean Ward Show – episode 1

Sean — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:28:30 +0000

THIS WEEK ON THE SHOW:

★ we talk to Justin Moran, co-writer and director of the Spider-Man musical in New York City

★ we take you behind the scenes of all of the ‘Authorized Personnel Only’ doors you see

★ we play the awesome new game show Broken Phonograph

Our most distant viewer for this live episode was watching all the way from Israel!! I love the Internet!!

Help me out: when does NHL playoffs officially start?

Electric Christmas 2 Wrap Up

Sean — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:42:06 +0000

On Monday, December 20, The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto was the site of ELECTRIC CHRISTMAS 2. This was a Christmas pageant on another level featuring: a Twitter Talent Show, Corey the Cellular Guru’s birthday, and a historic performance by one-night-only show band GIFT RECEIPT.

Watch the video:

When you come in, say hello to Regina and Christine at the door. Put your Secret Santa gift on the table behind them!

Send your tweets to our Twitter Fountain – use the hashtag #ElectricXmas2!

Be sure to get your photo with Santa (whose beard was mightily filled by Lauren O’Nizzle)

OUR PERFORMERS:

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Regina Sy

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Rayanne Langdon

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Marie Nicola

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Kat Langdon & James

In the middle of Kat and James’ set, we found out that #ElectricXmas2 was a trending topic on Twitter!

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Secret Santa Gift Exchange

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Christine Estima

teaming up with me for a dramatic reading of The Night Before Christmas – Twitter Edition!

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And the evening’s finale…

GIFT RECEIPT

The night closed with a truly epic triple-ending. Check out this uncut video:

We got everyone up on stage for rousing round of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, to the accompaniment of an extremely drunken Corey taking turns with an extremely drunken Jesse shouting “Hannukah!!!” into a microphone. That was followed by Raymi jumping on the drums and rockin’ her solo skills, and finally Joey “AccordionGuy” DeVilla brought his accordion on stage to deliver a rousing round of a certain Cee-Lo Green song with a swear word in the title.

Seriously, watch the video above. It’s chaos!

Thanks to everyone for coming! We raised a little over $300 just from donations at the door for War Child Canada. I’ll put up a video of going to see them after everyone’s back from the Christmas & New Year’s break.

Thanks to everyone who helped make this event something special. Thanks to Regina, Chris, Rayanne, Kat, James, Marie, and Christine for performing. Thanks to Dwayne, Alex, and Mike for taking part in my foolishness. Thanks to Lauren for being a good sport and bringing the party with the Santa thing. And thanks Affan for making the Twitter wall happen. And Regina gets a double dose of thanks for her help on the administrative side, stepping in quite late in the game and making the event come together in ways it otherwise would not have.

And thanks for the photos: Joey DeVilla, Ava Zack, Chris Brooker, Lauren O’Nizzle, Christine Estima, Dan Levy, Jason Howlett, Marie Nicola.

The Christmas fun doesn’t stop! Click here to check out the 4th Annual Sean Ward Christmas Record (but only until the holidays are over)!

The 4th Annual Sean Ward Christmas Record

Sean — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:40:53 +0000

Listen to The 4th Annual Sean Ward Christmas Record: Download audio file (Christmas10.mp3)

LINER NOTES:

Christmas is the most magical time of the year, and here I present a truly magical gift for all of my friends, fans, and supporters out there: The 4th Annual Sean Ward Christmas Record.

2010 was an incredible year filled with discovery & growth. Twitter & Social Media allowed me to connect with amazing new people who now mean the world to me, while growing even tighter with those who have been with me for years.

If you’ve been watching my videos, reaching my comics, or checking out my blog in 2010, The 4th Annual Sean Ward Christmas Record is for you. I hope it gives you a warm feeling as the weather gets cold out there, joined as I am by my nephews Columb and Ruhl (aged 7 & 9), two genuine kids looking forward to Christmas.

Merry Christmas, and all the best wishes for a Happy New Year.

Click here to download:
THE FOURTH ANNUAL SEAN WARD CHRISTMAS RECORD
(4:16, 6.2 megabytes)

BONUS TRACKS

CHRISTMAS FLOWS ’10
(0:42, 1 megabyte)

You can listen to previous years’ Christmas Records too!

Spider-Man Shirt Collection and my Six-Month Gift to Myself

Sean — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:18:48 +0000

Last week, as you may have seen, I crossed an important personal milestone:

Six months in a row of daily videos.

As a gift to myself, I got a Spider-Man t-shirt to add to my growing Spider-Man t-shirt collection.

And now my Spider-Man t-shirt collection consists of five times:

Which one should I wear the next time you and I hang out?

Batman: The Brave and The Bold Season 2 Preview

Sean — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:46:17 +0000

The cool kids at Teletoon had another premiere party, inviting a handful of bloggers to their HQ screening room for a sneak peek at the new season of Batman: The Brave and The Bold.

Check out my video of the event right here:

For those who don’t know, Batman: The Brave and The Bold is based on an old comic book series where each issue, Batman would team up with a lesser known character from the DC Comics roster. On this new TV series, it’s the same thing – Batman teams up in each episode with a character who might not be popular enough to warrant his own show but who the fans would enjoy seeing animated.

This show is the bomb, I don’t mind telling you. It’s obviously for kids, but it’s catchy and irresistable. I have wondered for years why so many superhero cartoons are ugly, and why they don’t use the thick-line cartoony style of Powerpuff Girls or Spongebob Squarepants. This show has finally taken that up. I love the character design on this show.

One of the things I hate about superhero comics, and why no one gives a shit about them (generally speaking) is because they take themselves too seriously, and maintain a slavish devotion to ‘continuity’. This show demonstrates how it should be done: there’s tons of little gags and gems for the comic book nerds who know the history, but they don’t care about reinventing the rules to suit the ridiculous story they’re trying to tell. In one episode alone, we watched Batman fly a rocket ship into space, fly it to another planet in another galaxy in a matter of a few minutes, and then fight a race of aliens with an Iron Man-style robot suit that he changes into with the push of a button.

When they’re trying to be serious and Batman is hanging out on the Moon with Superman and the JLA, I hate it and I’m not interested. When we’re not supposed to care about it the next time, it’s all in good fun.

I had a contest here on the blog to take a reader with me to Teletoon, and the winner would also get a Batman prize pack courtesy of The Silver Snail (follow them on Twitter! @SilverSnailTO)

What up to all my blogging, Twitter, and Internet brethren who were there: Michael Nus, 40deuce, Alice Quinn, Escape From RL, Sidewalk Hustle, Mental Kavity – drop me a line if I didn’t catch you in this list!!

William Shakespeare’s Antoine Dodson and the Bed Intruder

Sean — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:45:18 +0000

The Wonder Mint and myself are very pleased to present this rendition of Antoine Dodson’s viral internet meme in the original text by William Shakespeare.

Watch Now:

And the more famous modernized version:

This is What I Want for My Birthday

Sean — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 17:38:48 +0000

Dreams come true! I want a customized Batmobile!

They make it exact, down to the last detail. And I’ve driven the real one, so I know!!!

These cars are available to order here: buybatparts.com/joomla/index.php/replicas

If you have a spare $150,000 you should totally get me a Batmobile for my birthday. I will drive you wherever you want to go as a thank you!

And thank you for reading this blog!!!

North by Northeast 2010

Sean — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:49:15 +0000

This past weekend, Toronto was overrun by the North by Northeast music festival and conference. This year was the biggest and best ever with a headlining performance by Iggy & The Stooges that shut down one of the city’s major downtown intersections, and the inaugural edition of the Interactive portion of the festival.

Here is my footage of four days of the festival.

Day One

On Day One of the fest, I got to chat with Andrew Baron (founder of the smash hit online video series Rocketboom) and with Jason Theodor (an advertising executive who had some really insightful things to say about creativity).

Day Two

On Day Two, I got some face time with the Festival’s headlining speaker, Ze Frank as well as some (not-so) serious face time with Erin Bury.

Day Three

On Day Three, the MuchMusic building was the epicentre of a massive blackout that affected many of the venues hosting festival concerts. Preparations for the MMVAs continued, the Muchmusic building apparently running on its own generators, illuminating the darkness of the rest of the neighborhood.

Day Four

On the final day of the festival, headliners Iggy & The Stooges played to a massive crowd in Dundas Square, with one of the city’s most major intersections closed to traffic. The free show went off without incident and the festival closed with a bang.

these videos were produced and edited by me as part of my Daily Vlog

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photographed by Zaira Gaudio

special thanks to Bite TV

What was your favorite thing that you saw at this year’s North by Northeast?

New Album Art – Lisa Charleyboy

Sean — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:58:57 +0000

You know me, when I see a picture that would make a good album cover, I can’t help but turn it into an album cover.

Clockin’ in this week with the highest debut on this week’s countdown, it’s Lisa Charleyboy.

Follow her on Twitter: @urbannativegirl ★ Visit her at http://lisacharleyboy.com

Click here to see the last pic I turned into album art, for Keri the Canadian Explorer