Mon Jul 13,
2009,
14:49 GMT

Hal Tells Peep Stories at Washington DC’s SpeakeasyDC

Posted by: Hal
Tags: hal, exposure, culture

Stories from The Peep Diaries: How We’re Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors
Special Event - July 30, 2009

SpeakeasyDC presents an evening of true stories told by award-winning cultural observer and raconteur Hal Niedzviecki as he retraces the steps of the hilarious, emotional journey that led to the writing of this acclaimed book

THURSDAY, JULY 30 at 7:30pm
at Miss Pixie’s Backroom Palace
1625 14th St. NW, Washington, DC
$12 admission at door or purchase ticket online.
Additional $1 fee for credit card pre-sales
Handicap accessible.
Book sale and signing after the event.

The Peep Diaries

Starting with the birth of his daughter 4 years ago, Niedzviecki moves through a landscape of lonely sasquatch hunters, suburban web cam strippers in master-slave relationships, grown-ups dressing up like bunny rabbits, and the desperate antics of the cast of the now defunct Reality TV show The Real Gilligan’s Island.

Part travelogue, part diary, part meditation, in this night of stories from the Peep Diaries, Niedzviecki explores his own motivations for peeping himself and others. Niedzviecki explores the way Peep Culture is replacing pop culture, radically changing not just the entertainment landscape, but also the firmaments of our culture and society.

If you’ve found yourself obsessively posting to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube – and becoming a little uneasy about how it’s changing your life – you should read this book. A superb investigation into how technology is shifting the landscape of our private lives. –Clive Thompson, Wired magazine columnist

For More information visit:
http://www.pitchengine.com/free-release.php?id=17785
or
http://www.speakeasydc.org/

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Mon Jul 13,
2009,
14:11 GMT

Video Clip Meditation on Fame

Posted by: Hal
Tags: blogging, surveillance, news, personal

Here’s film maker Peter Lynch’s narrated collection of film clips exploring the rise of ubiquitous fame in our society.

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The Bloggist

Hey, I’m Hal Niedzviecki. I’m a writer/thinker who lives in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with my wife and daughter. Up till now I’ve always considered myself a private person. But at the same time I’m fascinated by people who effortlessly open themselves up to the whole world. So I’ve… more...