Veda Hille

and we’re up and running. yufo opened last night, and here are some pictures of our dress rehearsal taken by lighting designer and court martial champion itai erdal. that’s me in the polar bear ensemble.

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hallo folks, sorry for silence. i’ve been waiting for cameras to get fixed, contracts to be signed, ideas to gellify. gellificate? actually i’ve been busy as heck, but not with anything interesting or bloggable. and next week it’s taxes! maybe i’ll post some receipts for you.

anyway, as soon as i have some photos from friends i’ll put em up. pictures of the band, the fits, and the leaky heaven actors running naked in the woods. in the meantime, happy victoria day. (Continued)

and another reason the blogging has been slow is that i’ve added a new page to the site, a must-see for fashionistas around the world. what we’re wearing is a new and passionate look at style, shot lovingly in kitchens and other low light situations. (Continued)

so, yesterday i spent a happy saturday going through the archives, otherwise known as cleaning the office. and i found all these old pictures, and a bunch of recordings. so i hereby declare this december to be Nostalgia Month here at hille inc. or Retro Days. or How Did I Get All These Lines On My Face?. Are They “Character” Or Just “Age”? How Come I Didn’t Know I Was So Cute? I Look Like My Niece. anyway, i digress. i think i’ll do a whole page of old promo shots. there’s something particularly odd and touching about the ways one presents oneself to the media. i’ll get that done in a few days.

in the meanwhile, this is a photo of the band circa 1997. barry, me, ford, martin. the classic hille combo, before everyone went salt and pepper. deborah dunn took this picture. and i have about 200 copies of it, because this was back in the days when you had to make hard copies of your photos. i have so many promo shots from the 90s! in fact, anyone who wants one can have one with their order for the next while. if you have any interest, just let me know.

and music! this is a little song that never finished itself, or maybe it was just fine the way it is. this is called “in the end”, and is from a demo for kildeer. from back in 2002, i think i made it at the end of the auditorium shows. a little happy/sad brecht rip off. more to come, i just have to keep sorting things out. happy Nostalgia Month! (Continued)

so friends, i am on my way back to the caravan farm today, to work for a week on a new leaky heaven circus project. i’m looking forward to a little cabin in the woods, lots of card playing, and of course some crazy theatre work. this also means that i’ll be on dial up for the week, and therefore moving slowly in this online world. when i get back i’ll post some pictures of our show last night. it was wild and my head is fuzzy this morning.

as for the life support system (see blogs below), there did end up being about 12 people who had to resend their “count me in” emails. so if you wrote to me and signed on, and didn’t get any response, please do try again. there are still a few packages left. i’ll try to check emails every coupla days this week. the best thing is that i now have enough money to make the record exactly as i’d like to. i’ve hired a wicked horn section, and a fantastic vibes/marimba player. and barry and justin have some schemes for timpani as well. it’s thrilling.

a note for folks in canada: the bonnie klein film “Shameless: The ART of Disability” that i wrote music for is airing on Bravo on may 13, 5pm PT and 8pm ET. it’s a marvellous film. you can also buy it on dvd from the NFB.

ok, enough info. i’m going to pack and drink my coffee. til next week i remain, faithfully yours xv (Continued)

as carmen so kindly pointed out in comments, you can listen to the buffy/veda/cbc orchestra show here at your leisure. and rehearsal pictures by matthew mcfarlane! i am working on buying the rights to this, so that i can release it. giorgio magananensi wrote the arrangements, and they are stunning. we may do more next year, if i am lucky. (Continued)

hey gang i played a show on april 15 with the cbc radio orchestra, and it’s being aired tomorrow may 2 at 8pm in canada on radio 2. i imagine you can get it on the ol internet as well, check here for details. i sang songs by buffy st marie, and you also get ron sexsmith singing gordon lightfoot, marc dery singing serge fiori, and sarah slean singing joni mitchell. i am very proud of this performance. hope you get a chance to check it out. (Continued)