Some of you may recall our friend Philip Barbosa from one of our epic fishing expeditions in La Paz, Mexico, where he out fished even me! And though you won’t recognize the person who did his tattoo, it’s actually Alie K., Phil’s girlfriend and creator of the new Fishing Fury logo.
Recently Phil, with the help of a few great artists, created the tattoo art project Two Dollar Tattoo. Here’s a description:
All artists participating will be expected to create unique works of tattoo art executed with only a single needle (as in single-needle configuration, No cheating using a round or a mag for any of the tattoo!). Line-work, shading, colour…all must be executed with the same needle! The size of the final product will be expected to fill the space of a “toonie”, a Canadian two-dollar coin (approximately 28mm or 1 1/8” in diameter). The artist should utilize all of the space within the circle since in this case its not just size that matters. The Two Dollar Tattoo Project is expected to be both a game of camaraderie as well as a professional courtesy for artists and industry people. The only monetary exchange for the tattoo is to be a shiny Canadian $2 coin, which can be used for sizing of the drawing and final stencil, and MUST be utilized as proof of compliance with the set parameters.
Of course Phil’s not one to create without participation, and so he got his own Two Dollar Tattoo of Ebisu – one of the seven gods of fortune, but more specifically the god of fishermen.
That’s right we’ve uploaded some of our awesome videos to YouFish2.com! This also marks the change in music as the previously used songs are copyrighted and we’re trying to move away from that as we get more popular. I’ve managed to replace a few of the videos on Vimeo, however YouTube fails to allow users to re-upload videos. According to YouTube my only option is to delete the video and start again, loosing all my views, comments, ratings, etc.. YA RIGHT!
Well at least moving forward we can do the right thing. The music in these videos was provided by The Total Camble Experience.
I know you’ve probably seen these videos before, but it spent some extra hours up late getting the audio to match perfectly (or as perfectly as possible) with the video. So please, for the sake of all the sleep I lost, watch them!
Last night I went to Comedy Bar, one of my favorite places to hang out in Toronto right now, to see BASSPROV. The shows premise is all based on the bizarre conversations that happen when two guys spend hours alone on a boat, I’m sure that’s something everyone here can relate to, throw in a couple improv topics from the audience like “something you can stick your fingers in” and you’re about to experience an evening of awesome.
Bassprov is a two-person longform improvisational comedy show. The main characters, Donny Weaver (played by Mark Sutton) and Earl Hinkle (played by Joe Bill), are middle-aged central Indiana blue-collar guys that spend their free time fishing and talking about sports. The show begins with an audience suggestion of a current event and “something you can stick your fingers in.” From there, a completely improvised dialogue is created while interconnecting events from the characters’ lives and the suggestions, all while the two men fish. Bassprov is a Hook in Mouth production.
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If you are in Toronto and free tonight why not join me at Comedy Bar for BASSPROV! Cover is $10, show starts at 10:30.
Continue reading for some teaser video clip from youtube. (more…)
We forgot to post this before the new year, but Fishing Fury was mentioned in the 2009 November issue of Chill Magazine in a short editorial about ice fishing. Check it out!
Check out the 2009 Toronto Sun Readers Choice Awards, where you will find that Fishing Fury has won third place as your favourite blog! A special thanks to all our Toronto readers and everyone that voted for us!
I’m not exactly sure how Perez Hilton can win a best of Toronto award, but I’m happy we got third!
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