December 7th Crap from the Past
Crap from the Past is one of my favourite radio shows — every week, Ron “Boogiemeister” Gerber serves up a helping of the best/worst pop music in history. The Holiday Continue Reading →
Category Archives: popculture
Victoria: home of architectural hoarding
I have lived in this city for most of my life. I am used to it, the way it is, or sometimes was. I am one of those people who Continue Reading →
Meaning To Read
Ulysses. It’s one of those books that has always been on that long list of books I “ought to read” but wasn’t terribly keen on reading. I had been told Continue Reading →
Happy Dance
A week ago, Shawn, Kiddo and I took part in a Dance Walk downtown. It was silly but fun. On Friday night, we went to Lucky Bar for a Daft Continue Reading →
End of an Era and One More Icon lost.
photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid “The moment after I learned I had been named Person of the Year by the Webby Awards, I remembered that my acceptance speech, Continue Reading →
Burning their own crops
I’ve been a Flickr user for almost 8 years now — a paid Pro user the whole time (the first year was a gift) — and while I have been Continue Reading →
Favourite Films
We own hundreds of movies and have seen hundreds more… I honestly cannot guess how many movies I’ve watched over the years. I’ve written dozens of reviews and sometimes this Continue Reading →
Road Trip Fever
We made it through a whole summer without a road trip — well, one very rushed day-trip to Richmond but nothing compared to previous years’ travels. I find I feel Continue Reading →
Thanks, Susie.
A while ago*, a tweet from Roger Ebert caught my eye: When I clicked through it took me to Susie Bright’s blog — and that name alone, even before I read Continue Reading →
Retroactively Better
Over at Love-Hate-Things a couple of weeks ago, Anthony Marco asked, “Does the Avengers make Thor a better movie?” I surprised myself by immediately answering, “Yes! And Captain America too! Continue Reading →