A few days ago, through the twitter grapevine, or tweetvine if you will, I came across the exciting news that Live! From the Future won the Clicker award for Best Live Show of 2009! I am so excited to to see the show getting recognition, after putting so much time into it. I know how hard Stuart, John, Jessie, and Lauren work every week to make a fun and interesting show come together. To have the staying power, and the drive to go on for 4 seasons is a testament to their passion for making people laugh in an interactive medium.

Clicker’s own words on the Best Live Shows of the year:

Refresh those pages no more! Talk about technological progress. What was once pre-recorded is now streaming live, and it’s happening more often than you think. We collected a list of the web-exclusive live programs that we found most worthy of a Clicker Award. So check out our winner and the runners-up and quit living in the past!

The Stream also recently celebrated its 1000th Episode with a Red Carpet event. Unfortunately it was right after I moved and I wasn’t able to celebrate with everyone, but I lived vicariously through their video recap of the Party! Congrats to Brian and everyone involved in the production process every week.

I also just found out this morning that after many emails and attempts to get the show on to IMDB, it actually happened! That means I will get producer credits for all episodes I had a hand in producing. I know, I know, don’t let your fame go to your head Lauren. Maybe when people google me now, I’ll come up as a legit producer.

In all seriousness though, I am so happy for the show and for everyone who works so hard on it. It really is a great feeling to know that you are being rewarded and that people enjoy what you make. Keep it up! Tune in Tuesdays @ 8pm PST on Thestream.tv!

So the night has finally come and I’m trying to contain myself. After brainstorming, and designing, and reading forums and articles, and watching lynda.com tutorials for months, Live! From the Future’s website is launching! I feel like I have learned so much in this process (a lot through trial and error) but hey, I’ve said it before, the best way to learn is by doing. So we’ve done it!

Stuart and I are excited to go Live with livefromthefuture.com! Every week I’ll be updating the home page with a new highlight video about what you missed from the live episode of the show. We also just got approved for an iTunes podcast which I think is uber-cool, so giddy. The new website will basically be the home base for the show. You can read about what and who is coming up on the next show and what happened in case you missed a past episode.

Check it out, subscribe, sign up for emails, comment, let us know what you think!

The cast & crew will also be blogging as we can. My blog, Behind the Show with Lauren, is all about what goes on behind the scenes. As the producer I’m always taking pictures and video. I always found behind the scenes stuff to be really interesting, so hopefully it will be a peek into what doesn’t make it on the live show.

I also post regularly to our 12Seconds.tv account and share my pictures on flickr.

Here is a short commercial I put together for the show and The Stream (our network):

You can find all clips on our brand-spanking-new YouTube Channel!

I’ve been so busy working, looking for jobs, working on the show, & trying to stay sane that I haven’t blogged in too long! Last week we started trying out some new stuff which we are going to call Rooftalk. We scouted out a great location on the roof of the studio we tape in. So after the show on Tuesdays we sneak up there for some fun laid-back interviews. None of it would be possible without Lawrence, the talented filmmaker behind The Indian Maiden, who happily hauls out his lights and camera to capture some cool stuff!

I set down my laptop and camera for a few minutes so that Stuart could interview me. We chatted about how I got into new media and what I think about it’s future, my future, and the show. Watching myself talk, I realize how many times I say “like” and “just”! Grrr gotta break those bad habits.

Check out Live! From the Future weekly on Tuesdays at 8pm on TheStream.TV. We are off for the next 2 weeks but will be back new and improved in widescreen after the break! We’ve also been working diligently on a new website which I will be super excited to unveil soon!

I put together a little behind the scenes action from a production shoot we did when we had a week off from the show. I think it’s pretty entertaining, but you can be the judge for yourself. Be sure to tune in to the upcoming shows to see the real edited versions, that is if you are not scared away by John’s valley girl accent.

This week we’ve got Pop Noir an indie/dancerock band performing live! You can download one of their songs, Girls of Prey, for free! Do it, it’s awesome! These British rocker twins are not only musically talented, but they are gifted artists as well. If you want to win some personalized artwork done live by Luke, register & submit a picture to the message board by Monday at 6PM!

Just wanted to share a little behind the scenes video from the Streamys, courtesy of The Bui Brothers. That’s me with the clipboard!

Other than the Streamys last weekend, pretty much all my spare time in the last few weeks has been going into Live! From the Future. Making lots of progress! Can’t wait to unveil our new website & youtube channel which are coming soon. I’ll keep you posted, and I’ll be sure to share some behind the scenes videos of that too! Until then, check TheSteam.TV Blog & Live! From the Future Message Board for show info.