Liann Cameron - Weekday evenings on SONiC.
Will Frances Bean Blow Our Minds?
February 5th, 2010 by Liann Cameron
I have been waiting for this moment for a long long time. The spawn of two rock legends (one for their talent… the other for their talent at creating drama) is about to show us if she inherited the singing gene. Frances Bean Cobain will make her vocal debut with the strangest project I’ve heard of in a while… With a wack load of people and.. conjoined twins? Dresden Dolls frontwoman and her band-mate Jason Webley have created Evelyn Evelyn. They swear the conjoined twines are real and even have their own MySpace and Twitter pages…. I suspect a strong imagination. ANYWAY Frances Bean will be featured on a track called ‘My Space’ with a gang of people including Weird Al Yankovic, Tegan & Sara and Gerard Way from MCR.The Evelyn Evelyn debut album comes out in March. I can’t wait to see how they make the conjoined twin story work in their stage show! Here is their creepy MySpace page… http://www.myspace.com/evelynevelyn
The New Viral Video
January 14th, 2010 by Liann Cameron
Every week there is a new viral video that everyone is talking about. This week it’s the guy getting sunglasses tattooed on his face. Real or fake?
Well it looks like a fake my friends… and if it’s not a fake then it’s at least viral marketing done by the same guys who made this video for Ray-Ban.
To promote their sunglasses, Ray-Ban created a series of viral videos called Never Hide Films…. I actually want a pair now!
LC
Your Torch Relay Pics
January 13th, 2010 by Liann Cameron
The City of Edmonton came together today to watch the Olympic Torch Relay pass through our streets. The fine people of Twitter were on their game and got some amazing pictures!
Pic courtesy of @glamslamT
Courtesy of @chrisnose
Courtesy of @diana75
Amazing pics tweeps!
LC
Conan Tells NBC What To Do With Their Time Slot…
January 12th, 2010 by Liann Cameron
People of Earth:
In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I’ve been absurdly lucky. That said, I’ve been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my bosses are demanding an immediate decision.
Six years ago, I signed a contract with NBC to take over The Tonight Show in June of 2009. Like a lot of us, I grew up watching Johnny Carson every night and the chance to one day sit in that chair has meant everything to me. I worked long and hard to get that opportunity, passed up far more lucrative offers, and since 2004 I have spent literally hundreds of hours thinking of ways to extend the franchise long into the future. It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of ratings support from the prime-time schedule. Building a lasting
audience at 11:30 is impossible without both.
But sadly, we were never given that chance. After only seven months, with my Tonight Show in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to their terrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in their long-established late night schedule. Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move the Tonight Show to 12:05 to accommodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60 years the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late local news. I sincerely believe that delaying the Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight Show at 12:05 simply isn’t the Tonight Show. Also, if I accept this move I will be knocking the Late Night show, which I inherited from David Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held time slot.
That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be unfair to Jimmy.
So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of The Tonight Show. But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet a time slot doesn’t matter. But with the Tonight Show, I believe nothing could matter more.
There has been speculation about my going to another network but, to set the record straight, I currently have no other offer and honestly have no idea what happens next. My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can be proud of, for a company that values our work.
Have a great day and, for the record, I am truly sorry about my hair; it’s always been that way.
Yours,
Conan
Uhhh… What?
January 12th, 2010 by Liann Cameron
Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Josh Groban performing the national anthem together.
Christmas Vacation
December 30th, 2009 by Liann Cameron
9 days back home during the holidays only feels like a weekend. Time flies but I managed to squeeze in as much family and friend time as I could! A ladies night in Ottawa was a must…
Had to hop on the quad with my Dad. We stopped to get a nice ’specialty’ coffee to warm us up!
A visit to Upper Canada Village was a must to check out the lights. It’s their version of Fort Edm Park.
Glad I got to spend time with my Grams and little cousin Grace.
I hope your holidays were extra special!
LC
Frances Bean moves in with Grandma
December 16th, 2009 by Liann Cameron
Courtney Love and Frances Bean are not so hand-holdy these days…
Frances Bean has new legal guardians. Kurt Cobain’s mother Wendy and his sister Kimberly. Courtney Love’s lawyer says “Courtney’s been clean for years and is perfectly fine. This is simply about Frances preferring to live with her grandmother at this time.”
Courtney has some words for her daughter that she spewed all over Facebook. This girl needs SPELL CHECK!
“who knows what claims theyll make butthe fact is fbc is deluded she thinks she has all this money the point is i have all the money she has… a small amount of in utero, thats it, she doesnt get 37% of all the estate only 37% of in utero, name and likeness were decided by them against cos the less they could give her the mopre they could steal theyre so greedy theyd steal not even 15 million from a child, its riduclous using god knows what, i dont care really i hate to spund cold but any kid of mine who pulls this shit has lost her position and friends in nyc they will pretend to like her, but ill go teach at bard before she gets in,she was deceptive she lied and shes lying to herself, she sits on her facebook adding yet more books and films and frankly the whole thing disgusts my daihgter is not always honest and ive alliwed her to visit with these assholes i support to the tune of houses horses and monthly annuities and cars, well the good news is now that frances is clearly deluded that she can buy her grandmaother a “small house in la” id love to see how that works.theyll incubate her til shes 18 and then have her sign all the indnemofications, theres a catch, she already had counsel long before the 11th. LONG before the 11th.
“dont worry frances is a wonderful kid shes gotbadd people around her and wants it both ways, her aunt brieanne who isnt kurts sister is a black hole, look ask charlie cross or don cobain whart a disaster the drunk as fuck nasty assed brieanne is,ask kelly osbourne, well im going out with ms palmer and ms kirke and frances have fun on your covers of the tabs, thats what your wonder bread side likes, you couldve asked for emanicaption youc ouldve gone to simons rock, but you have to get involved with that terrifying not to me, to you witch who keeps britney spars in jail? thats insane. you realie this will put you in juvenoile fami;y circus three times in your little life? this is what along with his mother killed your father, i think im selling a house today, not in the mood to supportthese assholes anymore. i have shit to do, i love you and always will unconditionally.”
USS SONiC SESSION / STARLITE SHOW
December 4th, 2009 by Liann Cameron
It was a USS filled day yesterday! First the guys stopped in to do an amazing SONiC Session!
Human Kebab took a seat in the crowd for a bit so we could all sing along like a choir.
They brought along their backup dancers…
I think it’s become a tradition for Human Kebab to make that pole feel uncomfortable…
The show at Starlite was awesome. Ash rocked it out as usual…
They always make a smoothie at the end. HK pours in the juice while wearing his SONiC t-shirt!
They play again tonight at Starlite to an all ages crowd.
LC
Welcome Home Our Troops
November 24th, 2009 by Liann Cameron
After 10 months in Afghanistan, around 240 Edmonton-based soldiers are hours away from being back for the holidays! They’ll arrive at the Edmonton International Airport around 1:30PM and plan to leave for the Edmonton Garrison by 3:30PM. The city is asking Edmontonians to wear red and line the route back to base to welcome them home.
Here is the route…
~ north on Gateway Boulevard to Saskatchewan Drive,
~east on Saskatchwan Drive to Scona Road,
~north on Scona Road to 100 Street and 104 Avenue,
~west on 104 Avenue to 101 Street,
~north on 101 Street to 118 Avenue,
~east on 118 Avenue to 97 Street,
~north on 97 Street to the Garrison.
Christmas Bureau Of Edmonton
November 16th, 2009 by Liann Cameron
The Christmas Bureau of Edmonton is amazing. They’ve been helping feed the hungry in our community for 69 years. Today marks the start of their 2009 fund-raising season. If you would like to help feed someone less fortunate this Holiday season please check out www.christmasbureau.ca.To mark the start of the season they held a media gingerbread decorating challenge. We were angling for shameless self promotion. … We didn’t win but I think our house rocked!
I love having fun for a good cause :)LC