!marty finestone's activitybook » site-related http://www.activitybook.org pursuing fun, creativity and good thinking with a vengeance Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:30:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 activitybook is taking a break http://www.activitybook.org/2008/06/08/activitybook-is-taking-a-break/ http://www.activitybook.org/2008/06/08/activitybook-is-taking-a-break/#comments Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:45:55 +0000 Marty Finestone http://www.activitybook.org/2008/06/08/activitybook-is-taking-a-break/ As much fun as activitybook.org is for me, I need to take a bit of a break until mid-July. Between getting married in a couple of weeks, the nice weather outside and my job, I foresee that it will be tricky to squeeze in blogging time.

See you in a little bit,
Marty

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]]> http://www.activitybook.org/2008/02/19/wanna-swap-links/feed/ 0 it’s good to be back http://www.activitybook.org/2007/12/10/its-good-to-be-back/ http://www.activitybook.org/2007/12/10/its-good-to-be-back/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:43:06 +0000 Marty Finestone http://www.activitybook.org/2007/12/10/its-good-to-be-back/ Well gosh, it has been over a month since my last posting and it is not entirely my fault. Somehow, sometime and somewhere along the way the back-end to my blog seemed to have decided to play a naughty game of hide and seek. The end result was the disappearance of some features and functions that I did not have time to address. Well, that is all behind us (for now I guess) and I will be blogging again :)

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]]> http://www.activitybook.org/2007/06/14/activitybook-goes-warm-scratchy-contest-is-over/feed/ 0 CONTEST: win great stuff from William Street http://www.activitybook.org/2007/06/06/contest-win-great-stuff-from-william-street-and-adult-swim/ http://www.activitybook.org/2007/06/06/contest-win-great-stuff-from-william-street-and-adult-swim/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:00:35 +0000 Marty Finestone http://www.activitybook.org/2007/06/06/contest-win-great-stuff-from-william-street-and-adult-swim/ THE PITCH

    So the folks behind William Street, those genius purveyors of cartoon insanity that comprises much of the Adult Swim block on the Cartoon Network (think The Brak Show, Space Ghost Coast to Coast and Aqua Teen Hunger Force) have done something even more genius. They are providing one lucky reader of Acitivitybook with an amazing prize pack in the Activitybook goes Warm and Scratchy contest.

THE PRIZE:

    A William Street canvas bag (see a pic) filled with:
    - The Warm & Scratchy compilation on CD (see my earlier post)
    - an aqua teen hunger force koozie
    - adult swim postcard book
    - meatwad stressball (see a pic)
    - adult swim button set
    - adult swim sticker set
    - williams street t-shirt
    - aqua teen hunger force movie mix CD
    - adult swim belt
    - assy keychain
    - adult swim notebook
    - william street button

CONTEST DETAILS

    1. The contest runs from June 6 – 13, 2007 (till 11:59pm EST on the 13th) and is open to anyone over the age of 18 anywhere in the world.
    2. The winner will be picked at random from all correct entries on June 14, 2007 and notified by e-mail.
    3. To enter, send the correct answer to the trivia question below along with your name to activitybook(at)gmail(dot)com.
    4. Trivia Question: “Who voices the Aqua Teen Hunger Force character Carl?”

Don’t forget that you can download the Warm & Scratchy compilation for free here

01. Me-I – TV On The Radio
02. Dead Sound – The Ravenettes
03. The Equestrian – Les Savy Fav
04. Crimson Red – The Rapture
05. Justine – 120 Days
06. Canada Vs. America – Broken Social Scene
07. Color of the love You Have – SOUND Team
08. The Bunting Song (acoustic version) – The Good, The Bad and The Queen
09. Half Century – The Brother Kite
10. Silver (Original Beats) – Jesu
11. Back to Flash – Amusement Parks on Fire
12. Stay Awake – Asobi Seksu
13. Winter – Fennesz
14. Sunset Rodeo – Liars

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Passover is just around the corner and I will taking a bit of a hiatus from posting as I have cleaning to do, seders to attend and matzah to eat. In the mean time, why not check out the Best of the activitybook.

See you soon,
Marty

matzah

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Fraser’s style is sprinkled with loads of wit, smarts and, grammar. There are no “So did you ever notice…” jokes with Fraser. Canadian readers might also recognize Fraser from his numerous appearances on MuchMusic’s Video on Trial. Lucky for us, Fraser was good enough to spare some time and answer a few of questions for the Activitybook.

You can check out what Fraser is up to next on his Myspace page (he does tour across Canada and sometimes internationally) or his website.

Who is Fraser Young?
That is a question that I don’t really know if I have an answer for. Fraser Young is different things to different people, and I spend a lot of effort making sure that doesn’t come back to bite me in the ass. If you are a person who knows me, and you meet someone else who knows me in a different circle, please terminate the conversation immediately and go back to living unconnected lives.

How did you get into comedy?
I bought it a few drinks and whispered sweet nothings into its ear. Comedy’s aged quite a bit, and it is a lot easier to get into it now that it doesn’t have the high standards that it used to.

What did you do before comedy?
Pretty much the same shit I do now, but without getting paid for it. I’ve never had a real job or anything, so it’s hard for me to really understand the context of “before comedy”.

Continue on via this link to read the full interview. As well, you can see and hear some of Fraser’s material at the end of the interview.

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Need to catch up on the previous videos? See part one, part two and part three.

]]> http://www.activitybook.org/2007/02/06/ben-goldhirsh-of-good-day-4/feed/ 0 ben goldhirsh of good – day 3 http://www.activitybook.org/2007/02/05/ben-goldhirsh-of-good-day-3/ http://www.activitybook.org/2007/02/05/ben-goldhirsh-of-good-day-3/#comments Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:43:01 +0000 Marty Finestone http://www.activitybook.org/2007/02/05/ben-goldhirsh-of-good-day-3/ Today is day three in the four part showing of an interview with Ben Goldhirsh of Good Magazine.



Need to catch up with this interview series? Check out part one and part two.

]]> http://www.activitybook.org/2007/02/05/ben-goldhirsh-of-good-day-3/feed/ 0 ben goldhirsh of good – day 2 http://www.activitybook.org/2007/02/04/ben-goldhirsh-of-good-day-2/ http://www.activitybook.org/2007/02/04/ben-goldhirsh-of-good-day-2/#comments Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:36:53 +0000 Marty Finestone http://www.activitybook.org/2007/02/04/ben-goldhirsh-of-good-day-2/ And now for your viewing pleasure, here is part two of the four part series of interviews featuring Ben Goldhirsh founder and publisher of Good Magazine.



Missed part one? You can view it here.

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