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Cirque Noir keeps outdoing itself.  From Berlin, to the post-apocalypse, Ottawa’s bimonthly freak & fetish party moves onwards to the manic world of Quentin Tarantino.  For it’s third installment, Sunny Daze is tranforming The Collection, Mercury Lounge, and 56 into Jack Rabbit Slim’s (Pulp Fiction), The Titty Twister (From Dusk Till Dawn) and The House of Blue Leaves (Kill Bill vol 1).

We found a pretty fitting ‘Betty Sue’ wig online, and, with some ever handy props, transformed Bar 56 into a set for our Mrs Mia Wallace to prowl around on.

I used mostly hard light for this shoot, indulging myself with CTO gels.  I went a little overboard, layering red & blue to create red/purple/blue gradiented backlighting on the set.  Main strobe was midly diffused on a Honl Pro reflector with occasional modifiers/gels/random bits velcroed to it.  Always with the velcro.

My assistant on set for this shoot was a monopod Guantanamo-strapped (white zip-ties) to a mop handle, lodged in a mop-bucket (with water).  Cons: not voice-activated like my usual assistants.  Pros: has wheels, leaves floors sparkly.

I took a few liberties with the look of Mia Wallace for this shoot.  Although I adore the Uma Thurman’s getup for the twist contest with Travolta, the creative team agreed that the pants had to go.  We also had our subject strapped with an M9.  Even though she never uses a gun in the movie, the venerable Beretta was indeed on Pulp Fiction’s cover art, so it’s not too far fetched to have it in use…

More photos from the set after the jump!!  All photos © 2010 Alexander Vlad | Captivatethem.ca

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In this MartyrTV & Captivate Creative Studios exclusive, Remi L. Roy sits down with Mad Child, Prevail, Rob the Viking and the newest member of the Swollen family, Tre Nice.  In addition to unloading their latest album, Armed to the Teeth, for us, the four also discuss a decade-plus in the game, how the times have a changed, Mad`s war with a well-reported Oxycontin addiction and the future of Swollen Members and Battleaxe Records.  Shot by Alexander Vlad on the Canon EOS 7D.

The sound is a little whack in this one, I think some beer got in the microphone that night, but this video will be updated once the audio is evened out properly.  Cheers!

Hip-Hop super-group Slaughterhouse – Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Royce da 5’9” and Crooked I – have been fielding questions about rumours they’re signing to Shady Records almost since the group’s inception. In this exclusive interview with MartyrTV, Slaughterhouse put questions to rest with a simple answer from 5’9”: “We in the ninth inning with that deal right now.”

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WE IN THE NINTH INNING WITH THAT DEAL RIGHT NOW – Royce Da 59′

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The studio is usually my last-choice refuge for photographic work.  I find things always degenerate into something that is purely a technical exercise, but the appeal of high-key photography for designers and promotional work is often essential.  I find I’m more at home connecting a subject with an environment, instead of being 100% creature focused, but when the creatures are as hilarious, varied and intesting as Sound Syndicate’s roster of producers, DJs and musicians…

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Every so often duty calls upon me to shoot something weird and awesome.  It’s been a minute since I’ve photographed a kinky event, but Cirque Noir pulled it all out for their second installment: Apocalips!  Yes, a post-apocalytic themed night of dancing and always a great chance to use hard lighting.

No post-apocalyptic dress-up fetish party would be complete with Tank Girl themed burlesque show.  TANK GIRL!

Observe how Tank & Jet strap Water & Power Co. to a giant X and beat his ass (in the name of art).  Sublime.

More shots after the jump!

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