If you’ve got the money, honey
“Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald Nothing in life is certain, let…
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Our city’s still breathing
The title of the event couldn’t have been more “Winnipeg” in theme: “My City’s Still Breathing” — taken from the Weakerthans’ song “Left and Leaving”:…
Representing the folk out of Canada
The upcoming Canadian Folk Music Awards, taking place this weekend, will bring musicians from across Canada as nominees in 19 different categories such as “Traditional…
Revisiting Carolee Schneemann
Last February I attended a lecture on the rise of feminist art at Video Pool as part of Oliver Botar’s contemporary art history class. Among…
How to survive the sleazy beast
For 32 years Victoria jazz-punks NoMeansNo have lived apart from the sleazy beast known as the music industry. Now that the rest of the world…
Unnecessary Reviews: Marmaduke
Unnecessary Reviews is a column where things are reviewed in a manner that is unnecessary. They say you can’t keep a good dog down. Just…
Legends of the Periphery: Table Tennis Legend, Viktor Barna
From time to time even some of the greatest and most prolific heroes in all of sports fall through the cracks of obscurity and are…
Over the sea and back again
It is winter as you walk through the streets of St. Petersburg. The snow drifts gently down, quietly blanketing the canals and bridges on your…
Australia you’ve changed me
Any avid traveler can testify that leaving a country you have just explored and fallen in love with can be a heart wrenching and difficult…
Sex and the campus
I, like many people, previously had a love affair. It lasted quite a while, but has recently been on hold for a prolonged period of…