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Sorry for the duplicate post (also at TWS blog). Hustling to finish Episode Four!

This Thursday, June 5th, at the IFC Center here in New York, Zack and I will be on a panel fittingly titled “Where Internet and Film Collide.” As part of the night’s screenings, we will be premiering Episode Four. […]

Here, the nitty-gritty from our press release:
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 6, 2008 - The 12th Annual Webby Awards today named The West Side as Best Drama Series of 2008. The show is self-produced by co-creators Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo and Zachary Lieberman.
Described as an “Urban Western,” The West Side transforms contemporary New York City into […]

Blood for oil

From: appointments@nybloodservices.org
To: Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo
Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:35 AM
Subject: Donate Platelets get a $10 Hess Card
**NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER’S END OF THE MONTH DONATION**
Donate Platelets and RECEIVE $10 HESS GAS
THANK YOU FOR BEING A BLOOD DONOR!

The West Side has been nominated for Best Drama Series at the 2008 Webby Awards, which are the “Oscars of the Internet” according to the New York Times. With only two episodes up (as we just posted the third this week), we somehow bested 80 episodes of the Michael Eisner-backed Prom Queen—along with some […]

Tres bien

“Very good” in French means “three well” in Spanish. It’s almost a pun, and almost relevant because we’ve just released Episode Three (tres!) of our Urban Western, The West Side. Sorry, I had to come up with a post title other than “Episode Three,” and figured I’d use my extensive knowledge of foreign […]

One of my favorite artists when he was a Fugee (when I was 15), Wyclef Jean has since strung together a frustratingly inconsistent discography, characterized by intermittent guitar playing, occasional repurposing of his own catalog (Wyclef Jean featuring Claudette Ortiz: Dance Like This became Shakira featuring Wyclef Jean: Hips Don’t Lie) moral and/or religious grandstanding, […]