Tom German has finally joined the infamous YouTube pipe smoking community, with his first video below.
Tom has been learning a lot from YouTube puffers over the past few months, and hopes this video will give a little back to the community he’s begun to love so much.
A teaser image for your delight and delectation…
…expect something exciting (eventually).
The Bakery’s spring cleaning continues, as we stock up the larder with well-matured projects of old.
Our Youtube and Vimeo channels have received a long-overdue topping up of films and (for those of you who missed it) our recent BBC Radio Kent Christmas feature is at last available on the Bakery Audio Player!
But I thought it was time to air one particular project on the Blog, cooked up many moons ago by Chefs Alaric and Max. Namely, this splendid documentary on Canterbury’s Chaucer College . . .
I’m allowed to enthuse about this Bakery production (ignore the “Black Box” business) as I had absolutely no part to play in its creation.
I do think it’s an important little film. It’s not only entertaining and enlightening, but it also presents a bare and honest view of Chaucer College, without any deceitful, prospectusy smokescreens. This insular, well-hidden college is a bit of a mystery even to those (like myself) who have lived right next to it, so it’s fascinating to see inside, and to see what kind of experience it offers those students who travel halfway around the world for oily food and curfews.
I know the University of Kent were relatively keen to brush this film under the rug, which is why it should be seen. It’s a nifty piece of journalism, voicing the opinions of individuals whom, one senses, would otherwise go unheard.
And remember: if your dad says you’re not going out tonight, then you’re not going out tonight.
I’m currently remaking my portfolio, after a year of it showing the same damn work and looking generally very shit. Whilst in the process of gathering all of my old work together, I found a truly old piece of cake left behind the oven. Though unlike a lot of the stale old rubbish I find, I actually really like this short animation I made. After all, it was my first attempt at 3D modelling, rigging and animating. Bakery friend Pete Triggs was instrumental in the construction of this film; providing me with Dairylea sandwiches and valuable knowledge on how to use that god-awful program Maya.
Also comes with mandatory Jazz Remix.
Watch out Adam Droy, that job at The Mill is mine.
Ladies and gentlemen, the project we’ve been teasing you with for weeks: The Bakery is proud to present …
It’s been hectic in The Bakery Kitchen putting this together. Click below to witness the very special blend of beer, immaturity and Macbook-poncery that goes into cooking up every intense Bakery product …
Fans of the Gulbenkian Theatre Podcast may recall one of our funniest phone interviews of 2009 was with keyboard-playing Irish mirth-meister David O’Doherty.
Well, the Bakery kitchen was delighted to receive an e-mail a couple of weeks back on behalf of the man himself. Apparently he’s currently embarking on his second UK tour (entitled “David O’Doh-party”) and is abstaining from offers to promote it on shit telly. The Gulbenkian Podcast meanwhile (and this is a direct quote from David) is “better than shit telly.” Would we therefore like a new interview?
And so myself and Chef Dan made our way to the next venue on David’s list – the OFS Studio,Oxford – with a carrier bag of gifts and a camera to record what happened . . .
If you’re in Canterbury, why not head to the Gulbenkian’s very purple new site and get some last minute tickets to his show on Saturday. Or visit David’s hilariously crap website to see if he’s touring near you. You won’t be disappointed, his Oxford gig was a thing of comedic wonder. And he’s a topping chap, to boot.
Cheers, David!
As with all major production companies nowadays, The Bakery has to face the problem of online spoilers. Whether it’s tabloid journalists tapping the phone lines of Coronation street scriptwriters; telephoto lenses snapping away at the new TARDIS design the BBC are trying to keep under wraps; or work-experience runners blabbing on forums about series finales, the internet is awash with premonitions of What Is To Come. The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed 6 thrilling new photos that have recently appeared unannounced in the margin of this very blog. Who knows what they pertain to? Who took them? And where? Scour them for clues if you must, but we promise, all should be revealed some time in February . . .
In the mean time, those who wish to avoid spoilers of forthcoming Bakery projects are advised to tape a strip of masking tape vertically down their screen for the next few weeks.
If you’re the kind of person who likes things to remain a surprise then don’t click on the pictures. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
Other possible-spoilers doing their rounds on the Bakery Fan Forums include the apparent signing of Hugh Grant to play Geoff Island in a new KONKERS movie, and the news that Alaric King may be the true Dalai Lama. More news to be confirmed . . .
PIXAR studios have announced their next big CGI blockbuster will be an animated biopic telling the true behind-the-scenes story of the rise of The Bakery. A spokesman for PIXAR said “we are all just so in awe of those guys. When we brainstormed ideas for our next picture, we realised there was really only one option. And with unprecedented access to the minutes from all Bakery meetings, we know we can tell the true story of what goes on.”
A preview of “A Canterbury Tale – The Rise of The Bakery: A True Story (working title)” is available below . . .
Personally, I think it’s all far too in-jokey . . .
Our BBC series returns this week, with the fourth of our mini documentaries about fascinating locals.
Tony Cooper is a man of many talents, having worked as everything from a teacher to a stuntman. Nowadays he is a professional storyteller. With a dash of improvisation, he tailors tales for each assembled throng, adding local colour to ancient tales (such as those of the Middle Eastern character Nasrudin) and speaking to children and adults alike.
To hear our mini-documentary on Tony, just tune in to Dominic King’s show from 4pm tomorrow (Tuesday). You can stream the station live by clicking below:
Or, if you missed it, why not . . .
LISTEN AGAIN ON THE BAKERY AUDIO PLAYER
And, as a Special Bonus, just for The Bakery Blog, we’ve put together a hand-drawn animation to accompany Tony’s telling of ‘Nasrudin & The Hangman’s Dilemma’. Just click below to give it a watch, we hope you enjoy!
Our thanks to Tony
NEXT WEEK: A globetrotting Fool named Devilstick Peat . . .
We’re never satisfied to sit still here at The Bakery. We may currently have a mini radio documentary series broadcasting on the BBC, but we are still pouring our creative energies into the Flour Mill of Dreams.
Want proof?
Here is an intense picture of the Bakery in action:
So, what are we busy thrashing out?
This weekend we shall be toiling away on a series of short films which we have recently been commissioned to produce. There was a lot to debate during pre-production. Chickens are involved. And a flip chart. Phone calls needed to be made, budgets divided up.
Tom German was busy in our Hythe Office sorting out our overheads, but Julian still appears to be procrastinating in Finland. There was only one thing we could do – our American Correspondent Miss Gerzon was flown over at great expense, to take minutes and sort out the filing cabinet.
Here we are having creative differences:
Rest assured that out of this maelstrom of fury and ego will come yet more media piffle for you to waste time listening to/watching/downloading.
IN OTHER NEWS
The Bakery feels extremely honoured to be permitted an advance peruse of the not-yet-published selected short stories of Mr Andrew McGuinness. Titled “Kafka’s Chair & Other Stories” the volume should be coming forth from Bluechrome later this year. Apparently Mr McGuinness was sufficiently pleased with The Bakery’s coverage of his debut novel in our BBC Radio Kent short earlier this week that he would be very much interested in collaborating again some time. Quite what form such a collaboration would take we can’t yet be sure, but we’re delighted to have another happy customer!
Now, time to get back to arguing and blue sky thinking.
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