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2006 Academy Award winners, and badass gangsters, Three Six Mafia couldn’t have put it any better, “It’s hard out here for a pimp”, and now everyone in the BC arts community is starting to feel it. Ever since Gordo announced the Liberals 2010 budget…
In what would have been the smartest career decision I’d have ever made, (shadowed only by my planned campaign to be Supreme leader of the planned 2020 Moon colony) I, apparently, could have purchased Newsweek for one dollar. Instead, however, while…
In what would have been the smartest career decision I’d have ever made, (shadowed only by my planned campaign to be Supreme leader of the planned 2020 Moon colony) I, apparently, could have purchased Newsweek for one dollar. Instead, however, while…
It looks like Harps has created a little bit of controversy again, this time with his decisions to make the additional 53-question census form optional. (Don’t worry Harps, I’ve got your back, just prorogue
parliament until this whole thing blows o…
BC publisher, Black Press, which recently purchased 11 community newspapers, will be shutting down four of the purchased papers (obviously realizing they, stupidly, bought 11 of the same thing). Black Press CEO Rick O’Connor admits this will result…
Actually, burning cop cars might change the world, like so:
-- Cops leave car in conspicuous place.
-- Somebody burns the police car.
-- Cops then allow guys in masks to rampage freely for 1.5 hours.
-- Cops then use that as an excuse to attack…
As I’m sure most of you have come to realize there are quite a few things that I am an expert on. These include, but are not limited to: superheroes; global warming; living on the Moon; the HST; and how to say, “where’s the washroom” in almost every…
My favourite Chinese eatery in Calgary will change ownership in a few weeks. The current owners have retired. I don’t know if the new owners will keep the name, Charly Chan’s Rice House. I don’t even know if they will continue to run it as a Szech…
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“I was here and you don’t know who I am.”
In Anonymous Identities (Remembering Community), BC artist and media analyst Marshall Soules pursues his interest in distressed posters, graffiti, and found images. "Not generally recognized as collective artistic creations," he writes on his website, "these visual improvisations speak to urban vitality, decay, and cultural values in the public sphere."
The photographs below were taken on the streets of the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver. "The walls along these mean streets and alleys are a message board for those of limited means," Soules writes. "They are connected to the machine in a different way — not with wires, but with paint, paste and flesh. Their grasp and their marks are temporary. This is documentary photography of the transient, to be remembered.
"In September 2009, there were many public artworks by Andrew Owen on the walls of the DTES, and you will see remnants of his terrific portraits in these images." For the complete series of images, visit http://marshallsoules.ca/anon/
The photographs below were taken on the streets of the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver. "The walls along these mean streets and alleys are a message board for those of limited means," Soules writes. "They are connected to the machine in a different way — not with wires, but with paint, paste and flesh. Their grasp and their marks are temporary. This is documentary photography of the transient, to be remembered.
"In September 2009, there were many public artworks by Andrew Owen on the walls of the DTES, and you will see remnants of his terrific portraits in these images." For the complete series of images, visit http://marshallsoules.ca/anon/
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A Modest Opinion -- Man, I had a dollar...
In what would have been the smartest career decision I’d have ever made, (shadowed only by my planned campaign to be Supreme leader of the planned 2020 Moon colony) I, apparently, could have purchased Newsweek for one dollar. Instead, however, while I was trying to figure out if after the conversion it was really worth it, Sydney Harman, who is better known for selling FM radios than running news publications, (I don’t really think he’s actually known for anything) swooped in and purchased it. (… Continue
Posted by Nathaniel Moher on August 16, 2010 at 10:35am
Generation Lonely
Gertrude Stein wrote of the “Lost Generation”, a generation of disillusioned souls that were caught between 2 world wars, with little direction, stalled ambition and trepidacious hope for the future. Douglas Coupland wrote of “Generation X” and the perils of going through the 90’s bouncing from one McJob to another all the while searching for greater life meaning and a solid place among the counterculture. Millenials, those into their 20’s at the turn of the millennium, may consist of the thrivi… Continue
Posted by Lindsay Szymanski on May 22, 2009 at 3:36pm
I Hope She Dumps The Boyfriend
Tonight I am serving this young couple when the guy finishes ahead of her and ask me to pack the leftovers for him. She hasn't yet finished but he doesn't seem to care so I pack up his leftovers. Normally I let them pack it but it was slow so what the heck. He had an air about him that I didn't like at all. He was just full of himself.
Well she is still eating when he sees me and ask , can I see a dessert menu? You know if that is one thing that bugs me is when someone will not wait till the ot… Continue
Well she is still eating when he sees me and ask , can I see a dessert menu? You know if that is one thing that bugs me is when someone will not wait till the ot… Continue
Posted by Steve Nicolle on January 8, 2010 at 12:00am
Central Asian Journey
Kyrgyzstan goes to the polls today to elect or reelect a president in a process which is somewhat less than democratic. I just returned from a month in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan. I spent most of my time touring the cities with their theatres, monuments, parks, and museums rather than hiking in the mountains and feel I got a good sense of the social atmosphere in those countries. All three are former union republics which have retained many of the old Soviet ways… Continue
Posted by David Stanley on July 23, 2009 at 8:17am — 1 Comment
Are We Canadian? Am I Canadian? Will This Happen Again? Is there any help for Us....anywhere?
Mr. Troy Johnston
Mr.johnston73@yahoo.ca
I Need Lawyer Help
Anyone with a Heart
Dear Sir or Madam:
I am righting this letter and putting it in all the places I can, in the hopes that someone will see it and help me.
In the year 2001 I was mugged in Ontario, I am currently living in Alberta. As a result of the mugging I received severe head trauma. I was in a small coma with a 3 inch crack in the back of my skull. After I got out of the wheelchair and started to walk again (about 3 months), I was… Continue
Mr.johnston73@yahoo.ca
I Need Lawyer Help
Anyone with a Heart
Dear Sir or Madam:
I am righting this letter and putting it in all the places I can, in the hopes that someone will see it and help me.
In the year 2001 I was mugged in Ontario, I am currently living in Alberta. As a result of the mugging I received severe head trauma. I was in a small coma with a 3 inch crack in the back of my skull. After I got out of the wheelchair and started to walk again (about 3 months), I was… Continue
Posted by Troy Johnston on December 17, 2009 at 9:00am
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Lessons for Project Samosa
By Alison@Creekside The publication ban on Project Samosa, the RCMP’s latest salvo in the war on terror, has the media scrambling to get unnamed sources and security experts to augment and substitute for accounts of court proceedings. By a happy coincidence for war on terror fans, this allows for far more pants-pissingly terrorfying conjecture than mere [...]Media
Sun TV vs. Avaaz and Atwood: who’s the real hate-monger?
By Frank Moher Sure we should wonder what Stephen Harper was doing having lunch with Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes in New York last year. And of course the CRTC was right to refuse Quebecor a Category 1 specialty TV licence for its proposed SUN TV News Channel, which would force cable and satellite companies to [...]Culture
Lady Gaga twats Edmonton
By Frank Moher Could Edmonton mayor Stephen Mandel have been any more humourless in his response to Lady Gaga’s cheerful twit-pic from Rexall Place on Saturday? (That’s it to the left.) Crews had removed the letter “O” from a sign to position a spotlight; our lady, or one among her entourage, grabbed a shot of the [...]Technology
Book Review: Freedom (TM), by Daniel Suarez
By Eric Pettifor FreedomTM is the sequel to Daniel Suarez’s book Daemon which I reviewed previously, giving it four stars out of five. The sequel likewise is a very good read, progressing logically from the foundation laid in the first novel. The reason I didn’t give Daemon a full five stars is that towards the end [...]Living
The UVic rabbit problem: lessons from the woods
By Bev Schellenberg Imagine Avatar with a few plot changes. Keep the introduction, the meeting with newly-blue Jake and nimble Neytiri, and the seeds of Eywa floating around Jake in ethereal, foreshadowing bliss. Keep Jake’s hunting mission and the introduction of the Turuk. However, change the plot from the point when the Colonel tells Jake to [...]Arts & Books
Who needs a BC arts council when we have the Liberals?
By Frank Moher Jane Danzo, in her letter of resignation as Chair of the BC Arts Council and in various exit interviews that followed, has confirmed what most of us already suspected: that the Liberal government now sees itself as arbiter of all things cultural in the province. At last, we can begin to see the [...]Badge
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